Probably BO1 or BO2. Games after that treat it as a better than unpacked bullet weapon (barely) but worse than any other wonder weapon there is. Sure there are a few WW it is better than but I wouldn’t put OG raygun at the top of the list nowadays.
Lost_Objective_1448
BO1, the splash damage is too strong on WaW and BO2 it gets outshined by the mark 2
Panda_PLS
Bo1 German version. That version was censored. Besides removing symbols that are literally illegal, they also removed the ability to make crawlers. So you wouldn’t run into the problem of having a bunch of them that could get in your way.
Also PHD Flopper.
catwthumbz
Bo1. I hate bo2’s why the fuck did they make the barrel green??? Stupid
Vins22
cold war
Solariss
Purely aesthetic, but Buried’s. Love that the energy chamber was green instead of blue for no explanation, but it just popped.
Bonus points for the MKII in the Buried section in Blackout. It did the inverse, made the green bits blue for again no reason.
BigBoiFoot
BO2 Buried. They made it look REALLY good, and I liked that the chamber became green instead of blue. Made a little more sense when pap turns it and the projectiles red, since the ray gun doesn’t shoot blue shots.
Fit-Boss2261
Cold War Ray Gun at launch was the best wonder weapon of all time
Affenrodeo
Please.. give me more pixel
drprfranny
Vanguard
MyCatIsAB
If we count the damage cap it’s bo4 no contest, each headshot was a one shot kill.
If we don’t, vanguard or bocw for the damage potential
TheMeh115
Conveniently forgetting the VGZ Ray Gun, I see.
…nah, but, realistically… the only choice IS the CW iteration. Damage like no other. But, y’know, at least BO1’s is nostalgic as hell. And no matter what, being an oldhead in the community has gifted me with such a great in-joke with it, and “cold cell research”.
If you know, you know. You probably heard it in his voice.
Anxietyriddenstoner
Cold War Ray gun
Impending_Doom25
BO2
SmellyMcSmelly
Purely aesthetically the bo1 raygun is my beloved and helped get me hooked on zombies when bo1 came out, but I will say I do enjoy the bo6 shiny one
Hawthm_the_Coward
The Zap Gun was the proper divergence in the line. It never stops working, it never hurts or moves you, it holds the most reserve ammo, and it has an emergency second mode that’s even stronger and has its own ammo source.
ImLiterallyGonnaBlow
Bo1-2
TragicTester034
Either CW or Vanguard
kingsfourva
if we’re talking stats, cold war easily. if we’re talking aesthetics, that fancy looking skin from buried and the bo2 version of origins is on another level (and i wish it could return for bo6 since we have wonder weapon blueprints)
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Probably BO1 or BO2. Games after that treat it as a better than unpacked bullet weapon (barely) but worse than any other wonder weapon there is. Sure there are a few WW it is better than but I wouldn’t put OG raygun at the top of the list nowadays.
BO1, the splash damage is too strong on WaW and BO2 it gets outshined by the mark 2
Bo1 German version. That version was censored. Besides removing symbols that are literally illegal, they also removed the ability to make crawlers. So you wouldn’t run into the problem of having a bunch of them that could get in your way.
Also PHD Flopper.
Bo1. I hate bo2’s why the fuck did they make the barrel green??? Stupid
cold war
Purely aesthetic, but Buried’s. Love that the energy chamber was green instead of blue for no explanation, but it just popped.
Bonus points for the MKII in the Buried section in Blackout. It did the inverse, made the green bits blue for again no reason.
BO2 Buried. They made it look REALLY good, and I liked that the chamber became green instead of blue. Made a little more sense when pap turns it and the projectiles red, since the ray gun doesn’t shoot blue shots.
Cold War Ray Gun at launch was the best wonder weapon of all time
Please.. give me more pixel
Vanguard
If we count the damage cap it’s bo4 no contest, each headshot was a one shot kill.
If we don’t, vanguard or bocw for the damage potential
Conveniently forgetting the VGZ Ray Gun, I see.
…nah, but, realistically… the only choice IS the CW iteration. Damage like no other. But, y’know, at least BO1’s is nostalgic as hell. And no matter what, being an oldhead in the community has gifted me with such a great in-joke with it, and “cold cell research”.
If you know, you know. You probably heard it in his voice.
Cold War Ray gun
BO2
Purely aesthetically the bo1 raygun is my beloved and helped get me hooked on zombies when bo1 came out, but I will say I do enjoy the bo6 shiny one
The Zap Gun was the proper divergence in the line. It never stops working, it never hurts or moves you, it holds the most reserve ammo, and it has an emergency second mode that’s even stronger and has its own ammo source.
Bo1-2
Either CW or Vanguard
if we’re talking stats, cold war easily. if we’re talking aesthetics, that fancy looking skin from buried and the bo2 version of origins is on another level (and i wish it could return for bo6 since we have wonder weapon blueprints)