Weapon unique ability highlighted in upgrade menu!

[HunterDigi]

Reading weapon descriptions (especially since they're only seen when you equip or link the weapon) is pretty easily skipped over or missed, which in turn means people miss what makes a weapon special.

I suggest making the description obviously clear (a separate paragraph with some icon) to separate lore description from unique function/ability description.

But most importantly, show it in the upgrade screen too because everyone mods their weapons and that increases the chances of them seeing the actual function.

The place to write the special ability could be top-left of the mod-slot screen, same place that warframes have their max rank bonuses listed at.

 

This is from a MR farming perspective where I went through 99% of the weapons in the game and I've missed a lot of their functions because they were not obvious that they had any, being mixed with the descriptions which I had no interest in reading as many were stories/lore, so I only tested them from a purely damage perspective while ranking them and that's it. Only now I discover their unique abilities and build some weapons again, seems like a hugely missed opportunity to discover the weapons properly while MR farming them.

[Andikki]

Yes! Better weapon descriptions are direly needed. What can be found on the equip screen is not only easy to miss, it also often leaves details out. For example, Ballistica Prime's description says nothing about its ability to create ghosts, syndicate weapon effects aren't explained.

I'd like to have a clear explanation of all the weapon's special gimmicks. Maybe this could come in the form similar to "tips" on the warframe abilities screen. These tips could also tell when the weapon has a unique mod, like Hata-Satya for Soma Prime, Electromagnetic Shielding for Ack & Brunt, Neutralizing Justice for Miter, etc, etc.

Another important piece of information that's not displayed anywhere is the weapon type. Sometimes sorties have a weapon type requirement, like assault rifle or sniper rifle, but there's no way to filter the equipment by type or even see the type spelled out. Stance mods say what weapon type they fit, but the weapons themselves don't really show anywhere what type they are.