Iceborne HBG ammo belt?

[Formous]

So I was watching a video on the expac, and I noticed a player had a HBG with a large ammo belt feeding his gun. Is this a customization?

[cklambo]

New mod

[Formous]

Any info on what it does?

[Greb]

It's probably Fast or Heavy bullets, or the mod that lets you reload one bullet back into your magazine when you roll, right?

I think there's another one that boosts Wyvernheart and Wyvernsnipe damage.

Don't know for sure which mod it was, but I recall seeing someone dodging around with a Light Bowgun with an ammo belt attached to it, and they were regenerating bullets in the magazine when they dodged twice, etc...so it could be that.

[lexilogo]

Originally posted by Greb:

Don't know for sure which mod it was, but I recall seeing someone dodging around with a Light Bowgun with an ammo belt attached to it, and they were regenerating bullets in the magazine when they dodged twice, etc...so it could be that.

That is a new mod, yeah. However I would guess that it's Fast/Heavy Bullets seeing as I believe it's been seen for both Bowguns.

As for what they do, you can check the Iceborne megathread but the bottom line is that Heavy Bullets penetrate tough monster parts easier and cause more flinches, and Fast Bullets increase the bowgun's range and critical distance window. The two mods are mutually exclusive so equipping one prevents you from equipping the other.

Originally posted by Greb:

I think there's another one that boosts Wyvernheart and Wyvernsnipe damage.

Yeah, there's two seperate mods, one that boosts Wyvernheart damage (and I THINK lowers recoil so much that it essentially doesn't even exist) and another that exchanges Wyvernsnipe's piercing mechanic for a straightforward but ultra-powerful explosion.