Ordnance Dampener

The Ordnance Dampener is a tactical slot consumable available to all non-MAX infantry. It is unlocked through purchase with Merit from Outfit vendors in Sanctuary.

While deployed, an Ordnance Dampener will reduce the damage all allies within eight meters receive from the '' damage-type by 50%, MAX-units included. This is the same effect as the first level of Flak Armor or Ordnance Armor, with which the dampener's effect does not stack.

The Ordnance Dampener does not, ironically, apply its effects to itself, and is just as vulnerable to explosives as other deployables of its kind. It is therefore advisable to place them where they are less exposed, as the dampening effect is not blocked by walls and environmental objects.

Ordnance Dampeners cannot be placed within eight meters of each other, and if two dampener's fields overlap, their effects do not stack.

History

 * June 18, 2020 Hotfix
 * The Ordnance Dampener should no longer cause the Infiltrator's cloak to display incorrectly in-person.
 * We addressed a performance issue that would occur when many nearby players had been buffed by an Ordnance Dampener's effects.
 * June 24, 2020 Hotfix
 * Ordnance Dampener no longer temporarily breaks cloak when entering and exiting the field.
 * July 8, 2020 Update
 * Dialed back particle visuals.
 * Self-exclusion radius from 5m to 8m.
 * Merit cost from 20 to 25.