Nightsolo's Mass Effect Weapons

It's difficult to say which items are the "best" in any category, as some gamers may prefer, say, Damage to Accuracy.

Assault Rifles

Name	Where to Get
M-8 Avenger Assault Rifle	Starting equipment
M-15 Vindicator Battle Rifle	Couch in Archangel's base on Omega
M-76 Revenant Machine Gun	Collector Ship
M-96 Mattock Heavy Rifle	Firepower Pack DLC
Geth Pulse Rifle	Haestrom (Hardcore and Insanity difficulties only)
Collector Assault Rifle	Collector's and Digital Deluxe Editions

Shotguns

Name	Where to Get
M-23 Katana	Starting equipment
M-27 Scimitar Assault	Illium (Eclipse base)
M-300 Claymore Heavy	Collector Ship
M-22 Eviscerator	Cerberus Assault Gear DLC
Geth Plasma	Firepower Pack DLC

Heavy Pistols

Name	Where to Get
M-3 Predator Heavy	Starting equipment
M-5 Phalanx Heavy	Firepower Pack DLC
M-6 Carnifex Hand Cannon	Professor on Omega

Submachine Guns

Name	Where to Get
M-4 Shuriken	Starting equipment
M-9 Tempest	Haestrom
M-12 Locust	Beckenstein (Kasumi DLC)

Sniper Rifles

Name	Where to Get
M-92 Mantis	Starting equipment
M-97 Viper	Illium (Dantius tower)
M-98 Widow Anti-Material	Collector Ship
M-29 Incisor	Digital Deluxe Edition or Aegis Pack DLC

Heavy Weapons

Name	Where to Get
M-100 Grenade Launcher	Lazarus Station
ML-77 Missile Launcher	Research
M-622 Avalanche	Research
M-920 Cain	Research
Collector Particle Beam	Horizon
Arc Projector	Arc Projector DLC
M-451 Firestorm*	Zorya (Zaeed DLC)
M-490 Blackstorm Projector	Bonus with preorder of Mass Effect 2 at select retailers

* A "Farenheight 451" reference, perhaps?

last modified 29 June 2013