Thanks to its lightweight frame and stabilized barrel, the NS-30 Vandal scout rifle features accurate fire and superior mobility while aimed, making it a common choice for aggressive, mid-range infiltrator.
Thanks to its lightweight frame and stabilized barrel, the NS-30 Vandal scout rifle features accurate fire and superior mobility while aimed, making it a common choice for aggressive, mid-range infiltrator.
Thanks to its lightweight frame and stabilized barrel, the NS-30 Vandal scout rifle features accurate fire and superior mobility while aimed, making it a common choice for aggressive, mid-range infiltrator.
The Nanite Systems - 30 Vandal is the companies' first entry into the long-ranged market. Unlike other weaponry produced by Nanite Systems, the Vandal's damage-per-second is actually on par with offerings made by the three empires. The Vandal instead has a slower reload speed, slightly worse recoil, and lower velocity.
In exchange, the Vandal enjoys two advantages. Less notably, it has a larger magazine, but it also has a trait seen in no other long-ranged rifle—a 0.75x ADS movement speed multiplier, allowing the user to stay mobile even while aiming.
Many soldiers choose Nanite Systems' popular Illuminated Combat Optic series over stock iron sights for superior target acquisition in both close quarters and low-light situations. More reticles for this sight available, see full article.
Nanite Systems' laser-assisted gunsight is perfect for situations that need a little more range than a standard reflex scope. The LANS uses a simple red dot reticule with 3.4x magnification.
Nanite Systems launched the NiSGO gun optic much to the delight of designated marksmen across Auraxis. The NiSGO utilizes a triple chevron reticule with the 3.4x magnification.
For marksmen that prefer to not put themselves directly in the fray, the Nanite Systems Quadra scope allows users distance between themselves and their intended targets. The Quadra comes equipped with a simple crosshair at 4x magnification.
Nanite Systems' Tetra scope gives its users a significant advantage at target acquisition at mid to long ranges thanks to its triple chevron reticule and 4x magnification.
Nanite Systems set the standard for quality long-range optics with the HeXO sniper scope. It comes equipped with a mil-dot crosshair at 6x magnification. Hold Sprint to steady aim.
A compensator redirects gases upward, reducing vertical recoil by 30%, and increasing hipfire cone of fire by 15%. The added sound pressure causes the player to show on the minimap 35m farther away.
The weapon's muzzle flash and noise generation is reduced, and the player no longer appears on the minimap when firing. In exchange, the weapon's damage falls off 20 meters sooner and bullet velocity is reduced by 15%.
The rail mounted Darklight Flashlight can illuminate hostile cloaked infiltrators and dark areas but the light can give away your position. The light can be turned on and off with Toggle Attachment hotkey.
High Velocity Ammunition increases the weapon's projectile velocity by 10% and minimum damage range by 20 meters, but reduces the weapon's maximum damage range by 2 meters.
There is no bottom to the magazine well. If viewed from the bottom, exposed rounds are just shown floating inside the weapon.
When reloaded, the expended clip is not shown ejecting before the new clip is loaded. This makes it appear as if the previous clip just disappears.
The barrel of the NS-30 is not inline with the bolt/firing chamber, but the gas tube is.
When reloading, the bolt is never locked to the rear. This would block the new magazine from being inserted and the previous magazine from being ejected.
Due to how it is reloaded (top down, inserted clip), there should be no difference in how long it takes to reload. Whether or not the previous magazine was full or empty, it is ejected out the top, past the bolt. This prevents a round from staying in the chamber.
There used to be a bug where the model meshes distorted during reloading.
Trivia[]
The NS-30 used to be reloaded using stripper clips, and is now fed using en-bloc clips. The Vandal shares this feature only with another Nanite Systems scout rifle, the NSX Tomoe. Almost every other small arm in PlanetSide 2 uses either a tube magazine loaded with loose ammunition (for pump-action shotguns), a battery (for Vanu Sovereignty-developed weapons), or a detachable magazine (for virtually everything else).
The NS-30 is the only NS rifle to be at least partially colored white. All others, except special editions, are colored only tan/black.
Media[]
NS-30 Vandal review by ZoranTheBear (2015.03.04)
NS-30 Vandal review by Wrel (2014.03.30)
Gallery[]
The NS-30 Vandal's magazine, being reloaded with an en-bloc clip.
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