The Pulsar Light Support Weapon (LSW) is a Pulsar variant with a high capacity battery and heavier barrel. Its reputation as a highly versatile weapon makes it a popular choice for missions where anything can happen.
The Pulsar Light Support Weapon is presented as a more middle-of-the-road option compared to the Orion VS54. In sacrificing some damage and a large amount of hip accuracy, the Pulsar LSW earns an extra 25 rounds in the magazine (plus further access to an Extended Magazine) and potentially superior ranged accuracy, thanks in part both to friendlier vertical recoil and a very low bloom-per-shot, lower than the vast majority of similar weapons.
The Pulsar LSW's biggest competition within the Vanu arsenal is found in the SVA-88, which shares the Pulsar's rate-of-fire and damage model but sacrifices some reload speed, access to an Extended Magazine and Soft Point Ammunition, and suffers a bit more recoil in exchange for improved hip accuracy and access instead to High Velocity Ammunition and Unstable Ammunition.
Designed as a replacement for standard iron sights in close-quarters combat, the Holo-Projected Reticle sight creates and accurate dot-and-circle reticle above the top rail. More reticles for this sight available, see full article.
The revolutionary Vanu Holo-Optic reflex utilizes nanotechnology to project a circle and dot reticle. Additionally, it features a 2X magnitude zoom for better performance in urban combat scenarios. More reticles for this sight available, see full article.
Created to better suit carbines and assault rifles for support roles, the OG-4's simple crosshair allows the user to make accurate shots at a distance. It uses 4x magnification perfect for mid-range fights.
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.
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the Pulsar LSW. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the machine gun. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.
Medals earned with the Pulsar LSW contribute towards the Light Machine Guns directive tree.
Trivia[]
The Pulsar LSW, like the similarly named Pulsar C, Pulsar Burst, and Pulsar VS1, is named after the term "pulsar"—which refers to a cosmological phenomenon in which a star rotating at immense speed emits electromagnetic radiation out of its poles, seen by observers as a beam.
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