The Ignis produces a stream of intense heat.

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

Ammo Changes

We understand the power fantasy of these weapons is very popular for some, so our first approach was to keep them powerful, but limit how often they can be used by making changes to ammo pick-up.

Ammo Pickup Overrides
The following weapons now have ammo pickup overrides, meaning they gain less from picking up ammo. This mostly applies to AoE weapons, in hopes that players will become more deliberate with their aim to make the most of their Ammo pools. The following lists the specific ammo pick up overrides per weapon category.

Primary Weapon Ammo Pick Up Overrides

40 Ammo per Pick Up:

• Ignis

Many weapons have also had their maximum ammo capacity adjusted.

Primary Weapons:

• (Undocumented) Ignis: From 750 to 150

Headshot Damage Changes

During playtesting, the ammo changes alone weren’t enough to significantly change things for AoE weapons. So instead of tightening these values to be overly restrictive, we chose to address other factors that make these weapons so strong, such as headshot damage.

Our approach here is two-fold, to reduce the impact of headshots for AOE weapons, but to also make precision headshots pack a larger punch overall.

• Radial damage no longer gains extra headshot damage or triggers headshot conditions.
  • This is primarily targeted at the Ignis Wraith - as a “flamethrower” weapon, it’s hard to imagine a blanket of elements being precise enough to target weak points specifically. Explosive projectiles themselves can still land headshots, so there is still a reason to aim with most weapons for maximum damage.

Update 31.6 (2022-06-09)

• Fixed crash related to the Ignis’ fire tracing.

Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)

• Fixed incorrect icon sizing for the following icons:
  • Ignis

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

• Fixed Ignis’ Energy color appearing defaulted in reflections when in mission.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Converted materials to PBR on the Ignis.

Hotfix 25.4.3 (2019-07-26)

• Made a micro optimization to Ignis effect scripts.

Hotfix 25.0.8 (2019-05-31)

• Fixed the Ignis Energy color persisting as default.

Update 22.14 (2018-03-01)

• Fixed Beam weapons not being able to damage enemies (alive but in a ragdolled state) when being affected by certain ‘crowd control’ Abilities.
• Damage now ramps up over 0.6 seconds and after moving off target there is a delay of 0.8 seconds before it starts to decay over 2 seconds.
• All Beam weapons now start their Damage ramp up at 20% (instead of 10%).
• The Multishot chance should now apply more consistently with Beam weapons.
• Fixed Beam weapons continuously firing when quick Meleeing.
• Fixed missing fire FX when using the Ignis/Ignis Wraith with Blast Damage.

Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)

• Increased the Beam weapon Damage ramp up time from 0.8 to 1 second.
• Fixed Beam weapon Damage ramp up not happening per target.

Hotfix 22.13.3 (2018-02-21)

• Perfect accuracy and high fire rate is balanced by limited range and damage ramping up from 10% to 100% over 0.8 seconds when firing and decays back to 10% over 1 second after stopping.
• Damage increased from 27 Heat per sec to 33 Heat per tick of damage.
• Fire Rate decreased from 10 to 8.
• Status Chance increased from 25% per sec to 27% per tick of damage.
• Critical chance increased from 5% to 11%.
• Flame passes through all avatars damaging them but will now be stopped by level geometry and require Punch Through Mods to penetrate.
• Aimed Zoom reduced from 2.23x to 1.2x.
• Ignis and Ignis Wraith are now usable in Conclave.

Update 22.1 (2017-10-25)

• Fixed Ignis (and similar weapons) being able to damage friendly Gara's Spectrorage mirrors.

Hotfix 20.4.6 (2017-05-11)

• Fixed continuous weapons (Ignis, etc) getting extreme Range when used in Limbo’s Stasis.

Hotfix 20.2.3 (2017-04-19)

• Fixed continuous weapons (Ignis, etc) receiving extreme Range when used with Limbo’s Stasis.

Hotfix 20.0.7 (2017-03-30)

• Fixed a crash when firing the Ignis while in Limbo’s Stasis.

Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)

• Fixed the Ignis firing FX sometime not showing up if you tap the fire button.

Hotfix 19.11.5 (2017-02-28)

• Ignis flame FX and the transition of Ignis’ flame particles fading on ceasefire has been visually improved!

Update 18.8 (2016-04-06)

• Fixed Hush and Hushed Invisibility not applying to the Ignis.

Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

• Slightly adjusted the Ignis’ audio FX.

Hotfix 18.3.1 (2016-01-14)

• Fixed an improper fire visual FX that would appear on the Ignis in the Arsenal.

Hotfix 18.2.2 (2016-01-07)

• Fixed the Ignis model not looking properly when the weapon is stolen from the Drahk Master and placed on the ground.

Update 17.9 (2015-10-28)

• The Ignis will now char the corpses of enemies slain.

Update 17.8 (2015-10-21)

• The Ignis has received a visual overhaul and has received the following stat changes:
  • Increased fire range.
  • Increased innate multishot effect.
  • Added 2m punchthrough.
  • Increased clip size and total ammo capacity.

Hotfix 16.0.4 (2015-03-23)

• Increased the brightness of flames produced by the Ignis.

Hotfix 13.7.1 (2014-06-12)

• Improved the performance of the Ignis visual effects.

Update 13.3 (2014-05-14)

• Fixed an issue with the Grakata and Ignis not properly aiming if the player attempted to aim while in the middle of a reload animation

Update 12.3 (2014-02-27)

• Fixed Ignis not using energy colour.

Update 11.6 (2014-01-08)

• Changed logic that determines visual representation of damage mods on continuous-fire weapons (eg: Synapse, Ignis, etc).

Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)

• Fixed issue that allowed spectators to fire the Ignis and Flux rifle while spectating in Conclave.

Update 10.4 (2013-10-16)

• Changed Ignis’s default colour to represent realistic fire, not white flames.

Hotfix 10.3.2 (2013-10-10)

• Fix for Flux Rifle and Ignis not being able to damage reactor cores or Orokin death orbs.

Update 10.3 (2013-10-09)

• Fixed continuous fire AoE weapons (Ignis, Embolist) from hitting the same target multiple times per shot when in ragdoll.
• Fixed weapons that played reload sounds twice (Ignis, Grakata, Embolist)
• Fixed Ignis and other weapons causing Pickups to go crazy if they had not come to rest in Conclave duels.

Update 10.2 (2013-09-27)

• Fix for Ignis and other weapons causing Pickups to go crazy by flying off the map if they had not come to rest.

Update 9.5 (2013-08-09)

• Added custom reload sounds for Strun, Dera, Supra, Gorgon, Ignis, Grakata, Acrid, Kraken, Hek, and Lex.
• FX tweaks to Ignis.

Hotfix 8.1.2 (2013-06-13)

• Fixed Ignis and Flux Rifle showing a clip size of 1.$ in the arsenal.

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

• Introduced.