Gauss Prime

The  is an assault rifle available to the New Conglomerate. It is unlocked upon completion of the Master Assault Rifle directive.

The Gauss Prime is an 'auraxium' variant of the NC1 Gauss Rifle, sharing most of the same base stats and decorated with a special 'auraxium' camo. Compared to the base weapon, the Gauss Prime features a built-in Forward Grip along with an increased muzzle velocity. In addition, the Gauss Prime is also given exclusive access to the Cure Launcher by default.

Damage Fall-off
''Damage drop-off is linear. Stats in yellow are with Soft Point Ammunition, and stats in orange are with High Velocity Ammunition.''
 * 167 before 10 meters (15 meters) (8 meters)
 * 143 at 55 meters (57 meters) (66 meters)
 * 125 after 90 meters (90 meters) (110 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

 * February 2, 2017 Update
 * Damage from 167@10m-143@95m to 167@8m-125@110m
 * Vertical recoil from 0.2850 to 0.255
 * Horizontal recoil from 0.14 to 0.13125
 * Horizontal recoil tolerance from 0.4 to 0.3
 * Projectile velocity from 650 to 651 (bug fix)
 * August 15, 2018 Update
 * Velocity from 651 to 682
 * September 15, 2021 Update
 * Fixed projectile sizes that were smaller than the standard on the following weapons:
 * Gauss Prime (NC Auraxium Assault Rifle)
 * March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)
 * Now has access to the Underbarrel Cure Grenade Launcher by default.
 * Removed innate non-velocity HVA, but kept some velocity.
 * Projectile velocity from 682 to 675.
 * Removed integrated Compensator.
 * Dev Note: Stacking HVA on top of this weapon makes it the highest projectile velocity assault rifle in the game. The forward grip benefit can be stacked with an optional forward grip for heavy horizontal recoil reductions.