VA39 Spectre

The  is a sniper rifle available to the Vanu Sovereignty. It is unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

The Vanu Amerish 39 Spectre is a simple and balanced semi-automatic rifle designed for longer ranges. Though the weapon isn't quite capable of the raw single-shot damage of its bolt-action brethren, like the standard-issue XM98, the rifle's quick refire time makes it forgiving and gives it the potential to kill bulkier targets faster than those higher damage rifles, further aided by a simple recoil pattern.

Although the VA39 Spectre serves the same role as the 99SV and  Gauss SPR, it has notably different statistics—particularly its ballistics and range performance, with a higher velocity and zero gravity, in exchange for harsher damage fall-off at longer ranges.

Damage Fall-off
'' Damage drop-off is linear. ''
 * 450 before 50 meters
 * 334 at 153 meters
 * 280 after 200 meters

Ribbons and Medals
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the rifle. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

History

 * November 18, 2016 Hotfix
 * Recoil recovery delay from 0ms to -130ms
 * June 12, 2018 Update
 * Maximum ADS cone of fire while standing or crouching from 2 to 0.15
 * ADS Cone of Fire recovery rate while standing or crouching from 20 to 100
 * Maximum damage range from 8m to 50m
 * ADS cone of fire bloom from 0.8 to 0.15
 * September 15, 2021 Update (A New Player Experience)
 * The XM98 has replaced the VA39 Spectre as the default sniper rifle for the Vanu Sovereignty Infiltrator.
 * September 22, 2021 Hotfix
 * VA39 Spectre and 99SV can now be purchased via certs, and the DBC costs have been brought in line with other weapons.
 * March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)
 * Anti-infantry sniper rifles now use a separate resistance (type 20).
 * Being struck by a sniper rifle now has more prominent audio.
 * Dev Note: The damage values for this new resistance are equivalent to small arms. This change will allow us to do is modify the bodyshot damage output from Nanoweave, as mentioned above.
 * Most Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Scout Rifles now use Comfort Grips, instead of Forward Grips.
 * Dev Note: Traditional Forward Grips offered no functional benefits to slow firing semi-auto weapons, so swapping them for Comfort Grips (which reduce the equip and unequip time of a weapon,) can be interpreted as a buff in almost all cases.
 * Hipfire CoF bloom from 0.8 to 0.6
 * ADS starting CoF while moving from 0.55 to 0.25
 * Max damage from 400 to 450
 * Min damage from 260 to 280
 * Dev Note: These changes make the progression from scout rifle to semi-auto sniper a bit more apparent as semi-auto snipers in general are made more useful.
 * Added Weighted Receiver.