M-17 "Fast Talker"

Increased damage versus powerful combatants. Very low heat generated. [Reload] to vent heat from the weapon. Overheating forces a sustained vent. Manually venting at very high heat greatly increases venting speed.

Lightly vented barrel. • Greatly controls recoil • Increases handling speed

Stable barrel attachment. • Increases stability • Moderately controls recoil • Slightly decreases handling speed

Balanced barrel. • Slightly increases range and stability • Slightly increases handling speed

Weighty barrel extension. • Increases range • Decreases handling speed • Moderately controls recoil

Ultra-light barrel. • Greatly increases handling speed • Slightly increases stability

Barrel optimized for distance. • Greatly increases range • Decreases stability • Slightly decreases handling speed

Durable ranged barrel. • Increases range

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Ranged shotgun barrel. • Increases range • Greatly decreases handling speed

Slightly reduces damage in exchange for improved cooling.

Passively grants 2% increased damage and 10 decreased Cooling Efficiency stat.

Strong battery life. Reduces heat generation.

A large, heavy battery. Increases the time it takes to vent, in exchange for greatly reduced heat generation.

Improves stability. • Increases stability

Distance optimizations. • Increases range

Lightweight, agile battery. Increases handling and vent speed.

This weapon has multiple small improvements. Slightly improves stability, vent speed, and range.

Scoring multiple Hits against enemies within 5 seconds of each spawns an Orb of Power that grants 0.8% Super Energy. Does not require Direct Hits. Hit counter persists through stow. Hit requirements for activation: • Rocket Launchers: 2 hits • Heavy Grenade Launchers: 3 Hits • Wave-Frame Grenade Launchers: 4 hits • Bows: 4 Hits • Swords: 5 Hits • Area-Denial Grenade Launchers: 26 Hits • Others: 55% of Magazine Size rounded down + 1 Support Frame Auto Rifle healing round Hits on damaged allies count as 2 Hits.

Each shot while holding down the trigger grants the following benefits: • 1 Stability • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Reaches maximum strength after 10 shots, granting 10 Stability, ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size, and 100% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth.

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Grants linearly decreasing benefits as Weapon Heat increases from 0% to 50%: • 20 to 10 Range • ? to ? Handling • ? to ? decreased Accuracy Cone Growth

Upon damaging 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each, for 10 seconds: • 35 Handling and Reload Speed • 10 Stability and Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance • 0.95x Reload Duration Multiplier Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Collecting an Orb of Power or Elemental Pickup dissipates 33% Weapon Heat. Elemental Pickups include Firesprites, Ionic Traces, Stasis Shards, Tangles, and Void Breaches.

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Successive Hits within 0.2 seconds of each grant a ramping Damage Buff after scoring 12.5% of the Magazine Capacity as hits. Missing deactivates the buff. Stacks displayed on-screen are only visual aides, the buff ramps up with each shot once active. Reaches maximum strength at 5 Stacks. % of the Magazine Capacity as Hits required for each Visual Stack: 12.5%|35.5%|54.5%|74.5%|110.33% Damage Buff ramps up from 16.73% [10.46%] to 40% [25%] upon reaching maximum strength. Assuming no missed shots, it provides roughly a 25% [15.85%] Damage Buff on average after firing 100% of the Magazine Capacity.

Weapon Kills grant Stacks of Sword Logic. The number of Stacks and the buff duration are tied to the highest Enemy Rank killed since activation: • Minors: 1 Stack for 5.5 seconds • Elites, Players: 2 Stacks for 7.5 seconds • Players in their Super and Minibosses: 3 Stacks for 10.5 seconds • Bosses: 4 Stacks for 15.5 seconds Damage increase at 1|2|3|4 Stacks: 15% | 25% [15%] | 35% | 50% Additional Kills refresh the buff duration to the duration tied to the highest Enemy Rank killed.

Weapon Kills grant 'Crystalline Corpsebloom' for 4 seconds. Kills while Crystalline Corpsebloom is active spawn a Stasis Crystal 3 meters away from the enemy death location in a random direction.

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Firing grants 'Tap The Trigger' for 0.6 seconds, providing the following benefits: • 40 Stability • 50% decreased Recoil • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Fusion Rifles only receive 25% of the benefits. Buff cannot be refreshed until Automatic Weapons stop firing, or until the next burst. [Controller-Only] Weapon fires the instant trigger pressure is applied.

Scoring a Kill with any weapon grants Master of Arms x1, granting 15% increased damage for 7 seconds. Scoring a Kill with any weapon with Master of Arms active grants Master of Arms x2, granting 25% increased damage for 4 seconds. Master of Arms x2 expiring reverts the buff back to Master of Arms x1.

While above 50% Heat: • Grants 8.25% [3.5] to 14% [?] increased weapon damage as Heat increases from 50% to 100% • Enemies explode on direct damage kills, dealing up ? damage matching the weapon's element in a 7.5 meter radius. Detonation damage by weapon type: • Hand Cannons: 74 (lol) [77?] • Submachine Guns: 289 [?] • Sniper Rifles: 552 [?] Detonation damage falls off to 0% damage at the edge of the radius. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

For single-shot weapons: Scoring 3 hits with at least 1.2 seconds or at most 4 seconds between each other grants ? Reload Speed and 5% [?] increased damage for 8 seconds. Additional hits while the buff duration is below 4 seconds refresh the timer to 4 seconds. For multi-shot weapons: Scoring 3 hits with at least 0.8 seconds or at most 1.2 seconds between each other refills 10% of the magazine and grants 5% [?] increased damage for 4 seconds.