Burston Prime

The Burston Prime is an ancient Orokin Burston. As the predecessor of the Burston, the Burston Prime features higher damages across the board, and a slightly higher status chance, making it a direct upgrade from the standard Burston. Like the standard Burston, the Burston Prime is signature for its three-round burst mechanic, making it difficult for some Tenno to use, but rewarding if one can learn the patterns.

The Burston Prime can be sold for 7500 credits.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Compared to the normal Burston :


 * Higher base damage.
 * Slanted slightly towards Slash damage.
 * Faster rate of fire. (Quicker bursts.)
 * Higher Status Chance.
 * Much higher accuracy due to higher burst speed.
 * Low recoil
 * Has a polarity slot.

Disadvantages:
 * Burst-fire punishes missed shots more than automatic fire.
 * Linearly less efficient. Sometimes a target may only die with four bullets, requiring another burst to be fired.
 * Semi-automatic weapons suffer rate of fire drops when frame rates are non-ideal.
 * Only obtainable from the Void.

Acquisition
The Burston Prime blueprint and components can be acquired from Orokin Void and Orokin Derelict missions.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Tips

 * The Burston Prime has a fast burst, making it decent in long-range combat.
 * This weapon's Status Chance makes it more likely to deal Elemental procs than the usual Burston. Its chance to proc is at least 38.6% for each burst.
 * The Burston has arguably better ammo efficiency than the Soma or Synapse due to its burst-fire nature.
 * This weapon's burst-rate is affected by fire-rate mods, but its fire-rate during bursts is not.

Trivia

 * The pointed end below the barrel of the Burston Prime is used as a guiding tip for aiming. It can be mistaken for a bayonet.
 * The Burston Prime has noticeably less golden ornamentation than previous Prime weapons.
 * The Burston Prime may have been designed for actual combat, in contrast to the ornamental nature of other Prime weaponry.
 * The Burston Prime is the first Prime weapon to be ever entirely released with components as Orokin Derelict drops instead of the traditional Orokin Void drops.
 * This has changed since Update 12; having components dropped in the Orokin Void.