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*Combat - None.
 
*Combat - None.
 
*Fatal - Increased damage.
 
*Fatal - Increased damage.
*Frenzied - Increased rate of fire.
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*Frenzied - Increased fire rate.
 
*Genocide - Increased damage.
 
*Genocide - Increased damage.
 
*Grievous - Increased damage.
 
*Grievous - Increased damage.
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*Lethal - Increased damage.
 
*Lethal - Increased damage.
 
*Painful - Increased damage.
 
*Painful - Increased damage.
*Raging - Increased rate of fire.
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*Raging - Increased fire rate.
*Riot - Decreased accuracy, increased rate of fire.
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*Riot - Decreased accuracy, increased fire rate.
 
*Spiked - +100% or 200% melee damage.
 
*Spiked - +100% or 200% melee damage.
 
*Terrible - Decreased clip size, decreased accuracy, increased zoom.
 
*Terrible - Decreased clip size, decreased accuracy, increased zoom.

Revision as of 08:05, 8 November 2009

Weapon Prefix

Weapon Prefix are words that may affect the visuals and the stats. A gun can be without this prefix, generally of the more common weapons (specifically white rarities). This prefix also has some types that are spread amongst most if not all weapons, for example any elemental effect, can be found on all weapons, or cheap/surplus can be found on all weapons, those that are found on two or less (like Double and Plywood) are put into their respective categories.

Combat Rifles

  • Battle - Increased damage.
  • Combat - ?
  • Deathly - Increased damage, reduced recoil.
  • Double - ?
  • Genocide - Increased damage.
  • Intense - Increased accuracy.
  • Punishing - ?
  • Rowdy - ?
  • Scoped - none.
  • Shattering - +85% damage.
  • Short - Decreased damage, reduced recoil, increased reload speed.
  • War - Increased damage.

Pistols

  • Bad - Increased damage.
  • Cold - Increased damage, decreased fire rate.
  • Cruel - Increased damage.
  • Double -11% accuracy, +2 clip size (possibly percentage based clip size increase instead) , -14% damage per projectile, fires 2 projectiles at the same time and consumes 2 ammo.
  • Fanged - +100% or +200% melee damage (depending on tiny color indicator on the barrel) .
  • Grim - Increased damage.
  • Mean - Increased damage.
  • Nasty - ?
  • Sighted - Increased accuracy.
  • Stabilized - Reduced recoil.
  • Vile - Increased damage.
  • Wicked - Increased damage.

Revolvers

  • Bladed - +100% or +200% melee damage (depending on tiny color indicator on the barrel).
  • Bloody - Crimson color, +57% damage.
  • Brutal - +12% damage.
  • Plywood - Increase accuracy (Jakobs only).
  • Primal - Increased damage.  
  • Raw - Greatly increased damage, normally with only 2 bullets per load.
  • Savage - Increased damage.
  • Swift - Increased fire rate, increased reload speed.

Rocket Launchers

  • Big - Increased damage.
  • Colossal - Increased damage.
  • Devastating - Increased damage.
  • Evil - Increased damage, increased fire rate.
  • Helix - Fires 3 rockets in a spiral pattern.
  • Massive - Increased damage.
  • Recoilless - Reduced recoil.
  • Rocket - None.
  • Spread - Fires in a fan pattern.
  • Triple - Fires a 3-shot burst.

Shotguns

  • Angry - Increased clip size, +44% reload speed.
  • Assault - None.
  • Battle - Increased damage.
  • Combat - None.
  • Fatal - Increased damage.
  • Frenzied - Increased fire rate.
  • Genocide - Increased damage.
  • Grievous - Increased damage.
  • Hunter's - Increased accuracy, increased zoom.
  • Jagged - +100% or 200% melee damage.
  • Lethal - Increased damage.
  • Painful - Increased damage.
  • Raging - Increased fire rate.
  • Riot - Decreased accuracy, increased fire rate.
  • Spiked - +100% or 200% melee damage.
  • Terrible - Decreased clip size, decreased accuracy, increased zoom.
  • War - Increased damage.

Sniper Rifles

  • Brisk - Increased rate of fire.
  • Deep - Increased damage.
  • Distant - Increased accuracy, decreased recoil.
  • Fearsome - +4 clip size, 2.4x weapon zoom.
  • Hard - Increased damage.
  • Hawkeye - 2.5x Weapon Zoom.
  • Heavy - Increased damage.
  • Liquid - Increased rate of fire, increased reload speed.
  • Long - Increased accuracy.
  • Plywood - Increased accuracy (Jakobs only).
  • Semi-Auto - None.
  • Sober - Increased accuracy.
  • Solid - Increased damage.
  • Rolling - Increased reload speed.
  • Vicious - Increased accuracy.

Sub-Machine Guns

  • Double - Has a 2 shot burst fire, does not overlap with the Anarchy suffix.
  • Hostile - Increased accuracy, reduced recoil.
  • Malevolent - Increased damage. 
  • Patrol - None.
  • Relentless - Increased clip size.
  • Ruthless - Increased reload speed. 
  • Violent - Increased clip size, increased damage, decreased fire rate.
  • Twisted - Fires in a spiral pattern.

General

  • Blast - Explosive damage, 1-4x
  • Burning - Fire damage, 3x
  • Caustic - Corrosive damage, 1-4x
  • Cheap - Tediore only?
  • Cobalt - Gives the gun a cobalt shimmer. Affects stats as well?
  • Combustion - Fire damage, 4x
  • Crimson - Gives the gun a crimson shimmer. Affects stats as well?
  • Desert - Desert-camo look
  • Detonating - Explosive damage, 3x
  • Flaming - Incendiary damage, 4x
  • Incendiary - Incendiary damage, 1-4x
  • Lightning - Shock damage, 3x
  • Pearl - Gives the gun a pearl shimmer. Affects stats as well?
  • Pestilent - Corrosive damage, 4x
  • Recoiless - High Recoil Reduction
  • Rusty - ?
  • Scoped - Weapon Zoom
  • Static - Shock damage, 1-4x
  • Steel - ?
  • Substandard - ?
  • Surplus - ?
  • Vitriolic - Corrosive damage, 3x
  • Urban - ?
  • Weaksauce - ?