G30 Vulcan

The  is a gunner weapon available to the Prowler. It is unlocked through purchase with Certification Points or Daybreak Cash.

The G30 Vulcan is a high damage-per-second chain gun, capable of shredding through vehicles at very close ranges with its high rate-of-fire and large magazine, although becomes increasingly less effective even out to middling ranges, thanks to relatively unfavorable accuracy characteristics and a low minimum damage range.

Like other chain guns, the Vulcan must spool up to reach its maximum fire rate, beginning at a fire rate of and spooling up to  over a period of 1000ms (1.0s) of the trigger being held. If the trigger is released, the weapon's rate-of-fire immediately resets.

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 chain gun. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

History

 * October 12, 2012 Update (Beta)
 * The following weapons have had some tuning adjustments.
 * G30 Vulcan
 * November 16, 2012 Update (Beta)
 * The role of the G30 Vulcan and P525 Marauder Grenade launcher has been switched. The Vulcan is now an anti-vehicle weapon and the Marauder anti-personnel.
 * Game Update Number 2 (2013-02-02)
 * Increased minimum damage.
 * Decreased maximum (close range) damage (It still maintains the best TTK at close range by a large margin).
 * Game Update Number 13 (2013-07-24)
 * Changed to Armor Piercing Bullet Resist Type
 * Max Direct Damage increased from 120 to 250
 * Minimum Direct Damage increased from 90 to 175
 * This should make the Vulcan less powerful against Aircraft
 * This should make the Vulcan more powerful against infantry
 * April 16, 2014 Patch
 * The Vulcan is missing too many shots at 100 meters.
 * Increasing COF sight range from 75 meters to 100 meters
 * August 29, 2014 Update
 * G30 Vulcan reticule now uses a red circle (shotgun style)
 * December 18, 2014 Update
 * Min COF increased from 0.5 to 1.1
 * COF bloom removed
 * Damage falloff max range increased from 130 to 200 meters
 * Clip size increased from 60 to 90
 * FP tracers increased to 1:1
 * May 19, 2015 Update
 * Prowler G30 Vulcan: COF reduced to 0.9
 * September 26, 2017 Update (Undocumented Changes)
 * Changed from Armor Piercing Bullet to resist type.
 * Maximum refire rate from 75ms to 100ms
 * June 12, 2018 Update
 * Max damage range from 10m to 40m (Prowler)
 * Min damage range from 25 to 100m (Prowler)
 * Maximum refire rate from 100ms to 80ms after 1sec.
 * Dev Note: Like the Aphelion, the Vulcan's range is extended to allow for more damage output at typical engagement ranges. In addition, we've increased the weapon's maximum rate of fire to give it a more competitive advantage when training fire on the target.
 * October 25, 2018 Hotfix
 * Max damage range from 40m to 15m (Prowler)
 * Min damage range from 100m to 60m (Prowler)
 * Dev Note: The June 12th gave the Vulcan some much needed power, but ended up going a bit too far. The Vulcan overshadowed the power and role of mid and long range weapons, while surpassing other factional CQC weapons as well. We're pulling some of the range buff back, while leaving in the rate of fire increase, so that playing to the weapon's effective range is more important.
 * March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)
 * The reload speed certification lines for top guns, air vehicle non-nosegun (and non-bellygun) weapons have been standardized at 10/14/17/19/20% reload speed.