The Morningstar is a Unique talking Hyperion Sniper Rifle. Morningstar is obtained from the mission Hyperion Contract 873 located in The Highlands.
Special Weapon Effect
"A Rose by any other name..." – Increased damage. Berates the user in a nagging, whiny voice any time they reload, kill an enemy, swap weapons, or score a critical hit.
Usage & Description
The Morningstar has slightly boosted damage for a Hyperion sniper rifle, greater than any blue rarity Hyperion rifle but less than those of purple rarity. This makes it a solid performing weapon, but because this is its only discerning combat-relevant property it can be outperformed by other sniper rifles, even blue rarity weapons from other brands depending on the player's needs.
Nonetheless, the Morningstar is still a "better-than-blue" weapon that the player can count on obtaining, making it an especially attractive option for players looking for an excellent level-appropriate sniper weapon. The quest which gives the rifle will increase in level as the plot progresses, allowing it to be saved for a later level should the player anticipate a need for a better weapon at that time.
Although it is not tactically relevant, the inherent comedic value of the weapon may also offer some incentive toward use, especially in multiplayer environments.
Trivia
- The red text is a reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The full quote is "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" and is said by Juliet, who argues that the names of things don't matter, only what things are.
- The weapon and the mission that grants it as a reward are a reference to an XKCD web comic, specifically, FPS Mod, in which an individual laments the fact that nobody likes his mod that gives a short guilt-inducing factoid about each enemy killed by the player. When completing the quest, the weapon is referred to as "the Hyperion ex-K seedy," a homophone for XKCD.
- The weapon is voiced by Monica Rial.
Quotes
When reloading:
- "Now you're wasting ammo!"
- "There are children on Promethea who can't afford ammo!"
- "If you were a better shot, you wouldn't need to reload"
- "Well, at least you stopped shooting for a little while"
After a kill:
- "Wonderful shot! Murderer!"
- "Someone is now an orphan and doesn't know it yet!"
- "They might have been raised in a broken home"
- "They might have been nice if you got to know them"
- "That was murder by most definitions."
- "You don't talk to your parents as often as you should."
- "Good job ending that life!"
- "Most serial killers thought they were good people, too."
- "By not donating to charity, you indirectly murder thousands of people every day!"
- "You don't exercise as much as you should...fatty!"
- "Your clothes were probably made by slaves."
- "They were probably just defending themselves."
- "Oh, maybe they were just having a bad day."
- "They had a family."
After a critical hit:
- "Oh!"
- "How could you?!"
- "Eh!"
- "You're a bad person."
- "Bad, bad person!"
- "Ooh!" (Pronounced differently to "Oh!")
- "How do you feel now?"
- "Please..."
- "Feel bad."
- "Murderer!"
- "Oh no."
- "Aah!"
- "You feel bad yet? 'cause I do!"
- "Guilt!"
- "Ahh!" (Pronounced differently to "Aah!")
- "Horrible. You're just horrible!"
When switching to a different weapon: (Currently these quotes do not play under normal circumstances)
- "You can't ignore me."
- "Just wait until I tell your father!"
- "Oh fine, be that way!"
Bugs
- If the Morningstar is put away during a quote-generating event, typically reloading, its voice may remain active even when using other weapons. Currently this is the only way to hear the "weapon switch" quotes.
- The subtitles don't give the entire quote from the weapon.
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