Larkspur

Update 35.0 (2023-12-13)

ARCHGUN DEPLOYER: HEAVY WEAPON CHANGES

With the various buffs and adjustments we’ve made to Warframe weapons over the years, a common question we see in response is “but what about Archguns?”. These Heavy Weapons are meant to be heavy-hitters, but arguably have been overshadowed by the Primary and Secondary guns in your Arsenal. To address this feedback, we have made the following changes:

ON-DEPLOY OVERGUARD BUFF
Upon using an Archgun Deployer, players will now gain 2000 Overguard.

• Effect has a 60s cooldown.
• The Overguard gain is capped at 2000, so re-deploying your Archgun after the cooldown resets will refresh your Overguard up to the 2000 cap.

HEAVY WEAPON BUFFS
Overall, most Heavy Weapons (a.k.a. Archguns when used via the Archgun Deployer) have had their damage doubled. Some of the Archguns have also received buffs to their Archwing version, which we will indicate below.

Archgun Damage Resistance

Before we get into the stats, we have added a 50% Archgun Damage Resistance to the Profit Taker. Since these weapons have had their damage buffed, this resistance keeps these fights to the same difficulty as before.

Heavy Weapon Stat Changes
Note: these apply only to Archgun Deployer versions of these weapons unless otherwise specified.

LARKSPUR

• Held: Total Damage increased from 90 to 180
  • Impact Damage increased from 10 to 20
  • Radiation Damage increased from 80 to 160
• Charge: Total Damage increased from 420 to 840
  • Impact Damage increased from 140 to 280
  • Blast Damage increased from 180 to 360
  • Radiation Damage increased from 100 to 200
• Charge - Radial Attack: Total Damage increased from 800 to 1600
  • Blast Damage increased from 400 to 800
  • Radiation Damage increased from 400 to 800

Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

• (Undocumented) Added new "BATTERY" CompatibilityTag.

Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

• Improved the fire animation of the Larkspur to better match its audio FX.

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

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 29.10 (2021-03-19)

• Fixed the Larkspur beam (when used as a Heavy Weapon) occasionally not dealing damage to Nullifier bubbles.

Hotfix 27.5.3 (2020-05-15)

• The Larkspur now has force feedback when using a controller.

Hotfix 27.4.1 (2020-05-01)

• Fixed Larkspur not showing Lead Indicator when it is in Alt-Fire Mode.

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

• Archwing Gun stats normalized - space combat now uses ground “Heavy Weapon” stats.
• Reduced the collision size of Larkspur's Alt Fire projectile.

Hotfix 27.2.2 (2020-03-06)
Reduced the following AoE weapons Radial Damage Falloff from central impact that were all previously 90%:

• Larkspur: 60%

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

Self Damage Changes

We are getting rid of Self Damage and replacing it with something else: instead of Self Damage, it’s now ‘Stagger’. This change completely removes the chance of killing yourself, and instead now creates scenarios where you will interrupt yourself - or ‘Stagger’ - to varying degrees if you aren’t careful.

The degrees of Self-Interrupt start with a small stumble all the way to full knockdown depending on how close you are to the center of explosion. Any Mods referring to Self Damage will be converted to acknowledge Stagger.

With this Self-Interrupt system, we have added dozens of new recovery animations that harness a ninja-like recovery experience. By pressing ‘Jump’ at the correct time, you can execute a ninja-skill-based knockdown recovery to ALL in-game knockdowns. This ninja recovery window is indicated by a glowing FX on your Warframe.

In the original Dev Workshop, we said:
As a result of this overall systemic change, Weapons with Stagger will be getting approximately a 20% buff in Damage, with any weapons with AOE receiving a 50% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact.

This is no longer accurate after continued testing. What we are doing now is:

No damage buffs have been added, but any weapons with AOE are receiving ~20% increase in Radius. Additionally, AOE weapons are receiving a 90% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact. This means on the very outer section of the explosion Radius 10% of the Damage will be dealt. Tactics will be deadly - aim true, Tenno.

Why: Several players brought up the history of the Tonkor and we want to make sure we ship this change in a place that’s conservative in its starting point from a balance perspective. The complete removal of Self Damage does change the pace of destruction with some of the game’s most powerful weapons, so we want to make sure we can iterate upwardly instead of releasing a bonanza of explosions with no other choices.

Hotfix 27.0.7 (2019-12-20)

• Fixed Larkspur not recharging correctly.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Fixed Larkspur beams lagging behind when flying in Archwing.

Hotfix 24.5.2 (2019-03-18)

• Fixed the Larkspur not having the Archwing symbol in the Arsenal, which made sorting by name incorrect.
• Fixed a script error when viewing Larkspur in the Arsenal.

Hotfix 24.4.4 (2019-03-11)

• Fixed incorrect scaling on the Larkspur FX when used in Submersible missions.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Introduced.