| “ | A dependable, hefty weapon. Usually not the first choice of proper dwarves, but the combination of heft, weight, and satisfying boom makes it worthwhile all the same. |
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About
The Deepcore GK2 assault rifle is the Scout's default primary weapon. It is a bulky assault rifle built out of dark-coloured metals. The weapon's stubby barrel is contained within a heatshield, resting above a huge foregrip. The weapon's ironsights, while visible, are not used. When reloading the Scout knocks the spent magazine out of the receiver with a new magazine, before slamming it into the weapon.
With a respectable damage potential, plenty of reserve ammo and forgiving recoil, the GK2 is an excellent mid-range assault rifle perfect for taming the hostile wildlife of Hoxxes IV. Its easy-to-use nature makes it a great choice for greenbeards and veterans alike and it is capable of remaining relatively accurate while firing on the move. Alongside its respectable stats, the weapon has a moderately high stun chance when aiming for weak points which helps for crowd control.
The weapon suffers when targeting foes at long ranges. Enemies such as Glyphid Acidspitters, Glyphid Webspitters, Glyphid Wardens and Mactera Spawn who like to keep their distance can stay out of the GK2's effective range, requiring the use of tap-firing to ensure that shots land. The weapon's base firing rate is also somewhat sluggish. Thankfully, both of these flaws can be corrected though the use of Modifications.
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Modifications
There are five tiers and each tier has up to three upgrades, only one upgrade can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  Gyro Stabilisation |
-100% Base Spread (First Shot) | Base accuracy improvement with pin-point accuracy on first shot |  1200 Credits
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 Supercharged Feed Mechanism |
+2 Rate of Fire | We overclocked your gun. It fires faster. Don't ask, just enjoy. Also probably don't tell Management, please. | 1200 Credits
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Tier 2 4
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 Increased Caliber Rounds |
+2 Damage | The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased. | 2000 Credits
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 Expanded Ammo Bags |
+100 Max Ammo | You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased! | 2000 Credits
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| Tier 3 8
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 Floating Barrel |
x0.5 Recoil | Sweet, sweet optimization. We called in a few friends and managed to significantly improve the stability of this gun. | 2800 Credits
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Improved Propellant |
+1 Damage | The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased. | 2800 Credits
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 High Capacity Magazine |
+10 Magazine Size | The good thing about clips, magazines, ammo drums, fuel tanks... You can always get bigger variants. | 2800 Credits
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| Tier 4 12
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 Hollow-Point Bullets |
+20% Weakspot Damage Bonus | Hit 'em where it hurts! Literally! We've upped the damage you'll be able to do to any creatures fleshy bits. You're welcome. | 4800 Credits
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 Hardened Rounds |
+500% Armor Break Bonus | We're proud of this one. Armor shredding. Tear through that high-impact plating of those big buggers like butter. What could be finer? | 4800 Credits
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Improved Gas System |
+2 Rate of Fire | We overclocked your gun. It fires faster. Don't ask, just enjoy. Also probably don't tell Management, please. | 4800 Credits
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| Tier 5 16
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 Battle Frenzy |
+Battle Frenzy | Move faster for a short time after killing an enemy | 5600 Credits
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Battle Cool |
+Battle Cool | Killing an enemy increases accuracy | 5600 Credits
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 Stun |
+30% Stun Chance | Increased chance to stun the target on a weakpoint hit | 5600 Credits
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Unique Modifications
Battle Frenzy
Battle Frenzy gives the scout a 50% movement speed increase for three seconds after destroying any creature or object with the GK2. Only the killing blow needs to be dealt with the GK2, and the Scout does not have to have the weapon out to keep the speed bonus in effect. The speed bonus will stack with all other speed bonuses, except itself, and Grappling Gun's Momentum upgrade. Getting another kill with the GK2 will simply reset the timer.
Battle Cool
Battle Cool prevents bloom from accumulating when firing the GK2 for 1.5 seconds after destroying any creature or object with the GK2. Bloom from previous shots will continue to decay until the GK2 returns to its base accuracy. Base accuracy is affected by the Gyro Stabilisation upgrade. Recoil is not reduced by this bonus. Only the killing blow needs to be dealt with the GK2 to trigger the bonus.
Getting another kill with the GK2 will simply reset the timer, meaning that chaining kills together will make the weapon laser-accurate. Pair with the Hollowpoint Bullets mod to deal maximum damage to enemy weakpoints, which will be easier to do with the increased accuracy.
Weapon Overclocks
 Deepcore GK2 [Expand/Collapse]
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Compact Ammo
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"Stuff a few more of these compact rounds into each magazine and they have a bit less recoil as well." |
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Gas Rerouting
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"Increases the weapon's rate of fire without affecting performance and helps with magazine ejection as well." |
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Homebrew Powder
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"More damage on average but it's a bit inconsistent." |
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Overclocked Firing Mechanism
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"More bullets faster and it kicks like a mule." |
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Bullets of Mercy
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"Deal significantly more damage to targets that are burning, stunned, electrocuted, frozen, poisoned, etc." |
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AI Stability Engine
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"It's like it knows what you are going to do before you do it, compensating for all recoil and bullet spread. The system requires a lower rate of fire and the fin-stabilized rounds do less direct damage but give a bonus to weakpoint hits." |
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Electrifying Reload
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"Embedded capacitors electrocute targets from the inside when you reload. However all that tech reduces total ammo and magazine capacity." |
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Skins
Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.
Trivia
- In earlier versions of the game, the GK2 had a much more realistic design with a longer barrel, smaller foregrip and a more shapely stock.
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