Assault Minigun

Assault Miniguns are a type of Ground Weapon. Their primary fire method shoots a series of bolts (4 shots) of energy at a target.

They also have a secondary fire mode that shoots a large number of bolts (11 hits) that damage several enemies in front of the player up to 30m away. These shots have the chance of causing a target to become exposed, which can be useful if someone else is armed with an Exploit weapon.

Depending on the type of energy used, these weapons usually come with a 2.5% chance of applying a specific effect to the target, unless otherwise stated.

Firing one more shot per volley in its primary attack, assault miniguns have lower DPS than an equivalent full auto rifle due to their brief spool-up animation—which is performed with every attack, primary or secondary—but their secondary attack has a greater range (30m vs. 20m) and fires more shots, giving a greater chance to expose enemies. Borg will adapt more quickly to a minigun than any other weapon due to the number of shots delivered per volley and should not be relied upon to deliver reliable DPS to them, but exposing a large group of Borg with the secondary fire mode may prove highly beneficial.

Minigun Types

Assault Minigun
Damage Types	Icon	Effect
Phaser		2.5% chance: +2 Stun and -50% Runspeed
Disruptor		2.5% chance: -10 All Damage resistance for 10 sec
Plasma		2.5% chance: __ Plasma Damage
Polaron		2.5% Chance: Weapons Malfunction for 5 sec
Tetryon		2.5% chance: -__ All Shields
Antiproton		+20 Critical Severity Bonus

Special Weapons

There are currently no special Assault Miniguns available.

Modifiers

There are four factors that can affect personal weapons. These are Modifier suffixes, spent Player Skill Points, Personal Armor and weapon rarity.

Weapon Rarity

As of Season 5, the rarer the weapon, the more base damage it would do, regardless of suffixes.

Modifier Suffix

Uncommon Assault Miniguns will have one modifier suffix, Rare will have two and Very Rare will have three. The same modifiers may appear multiple times (e.g. [Acc]x2, [Cap]x3, etc.).

Modifier	Effect
[CritD]	+20 Critical Severity
[CrtH]	+2% Critical Chance
[Dmg]	+X Damage
[DoT1]	5% chance: X Radiation Damage over 15 sec
[DoT2]	5% chance: X Radiation Damage over 15 sec
[DoT3]	Grants Radiation Aura over 15 sec: 5 Radiation Damage
[KB1]	5% chance: Knocks back +5 feet
[KB2]	10% chance: Knocks back +10 feet
[KB3]	10% chance: Knocks back +10 feet 5% chance: Applies Explosive Impact: Knocks back +5 feet
[Rch]	-2.5 sec recharge
[Borg]	15 Kinetic Damage vs Borg NPCs
[Sonic]	7.5 Kinetic Damage vs Tholian NPCs

Skills

Player Skills
Skill	Rank	Effects
Weapon Proficiency		Increases the base damage of your ground weapons.
Weapon Expert		Increases the base damage of your ground weapons.
Weapon Criticals		Increases both your chance of landing a Critical Hit, as well as your Critical Severity, for all weapons.
Improved Weapon Criticals		Increases both your chance of landing a Critical Hit, as well as your Critical Severity, for all weapons.
Weapon Penetration		Increases the damage dealt by your weapons by penetrating your enemies' Resistances.
Improved Weapon Penetration		Increases the damage dealt by your weapons by penetrating your enemies' Resistances.

Personal Armor

Personal Equipment
Icon	Equipment	Effects	Melee/Ranged
	Energy Harness Armor	+5% All Energy Damage	Ranged
	Recoil Compensating Armor	+40% Critical Severity	Both
	Integrated Targeting Armor	+5% Critical Chance	Both
	Personal Shield + [Ene] Suffix Personal Energy Harness Shield	Chance to provide a 10% Energy Damage Buff for 4 sec when you take damage.	Ranged
	Crystalline Personal Shield Matrix	Chance of 10% energy damage buff for 4 sec when taking damage. Part of the Crystalline Shell set.	Ranged
	Power Cell Small - Medium - Large	Small - +15 All Energy Damage for 15 secs. Medium - +20 All Energy Damage for 15 secs. Large - +25 All Energy Damage for 15 secs. Consumed on use.	Ranged
	Tribble	+1% - +2.5% All Damage strength, depending on Tribble used.	Both

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Ground Weapons
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Melee & Other
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Standard Weapons and Special Weapons
Antiproton
Disruptor
Phaser
Plasma
Polaron
Tetryon
Non-Standard
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Elite Fleet Ground Weapons (standard + extra proc)
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Melee Physical damage
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Phaser
Disruptor
Plasma
Tetryon
Polaron
Antiproton

Reputation and Lock Box (dual-proc and new proc)
Damage Type	Pistol		Rifle		Assault	Set Items & Other
	Expose	Exploit	Expose	Exploit	Expose
Antiproton -based
Disruptor -based
Phaser -based
Plasma -based
Polaron -based
Tetryon -based
Non-Standard