You didn't see that? Of course blasters are powerful, heck just by the movies alone we see an E-11 blast a hole straight through a metal grate and Jango's blasters were leaving mini explosions in his fight with Obi-Wan, Han's blaster blew off chunks of wall in docking bay 94.
Among other things, you have blaster rifles and pistols blowing off chunks of walls and exploding body parts in Legends.
Registered: Oct 2014
Location: France/Rezée (near Nantes)
Sorry 15 left when I make reasearches..
"specialized "pyro" slugs which used combustible materials to light targets on fire[1], explosive detonite[1][2] and Deuterium[3] rounds, armor piercing rounds made from depleted baradium[4], and even anti-lightsaber rounds made from cortosis which were capable of shorting out lightsabers[5]. "
So yhea even if there is some pearl left in the slug technology (I'm talking about chiss and transodhans... Or mer son)... It still outclass by blaster and laser...
Registered: Oct 2014
Location: France/Rezée (near Nantes)
Same for the Westar M5 wich was fuuucccccccc********************* powerfull.
They say in Holonet than the weapon get surely replaced by a cheaper and more sophisticated version in the empire era...