Ammo Siphon

 is an ability available to MAXes of the Terran Republic. It is unlocked and upgraded using Campaign Standing on any character participating in the Distant Shores campaign.

While active, an ammo siphon will begin to continuously reload the suit's weapons from their ammunition pool without requiring a reload to be executed. The siphon lasts for 9 seconds, improved to 11.25 seconds when the ability is at rank 5, and the cooldown of the ability similarly decreases from 60 seconds to 45 seconds based on the ability's rank.

The siphon does not fully reload the weapon's magazine, instead restoring 15% of the weapon's magazine every second. If this is equal to less than one round, such as in the case of the M3 Pounder HEG, the ability will simply restore one round per tick. The siphon will also not cancel any in-progress reloads, nor does it prevent reloads being started while active.

To activate this ability, press the Use Ability hotkey ( by default).

Certifications
"Activate to cause your weapons to passively reload for several seconds. Expires at the end of the Campaign. "

History

 * November 17, 2021 Update (The Nine-Year Anniversary of PlanetSide 2)
 * Added to the game.
 * January 26, 2022 Update (Expedition: Oshur)
 * Ammo Siphon ability for TR MAX now works with the M3 Pounder HEG.
 * April 1, 2022
 * No longer usable on PC with the end of the Distant Shores campaign.