Understand Perpetual Agony
Useful when…
- Extend useful status effects from a pistol.
- Choose a status-duration bonus when longer effects suit the weapon’s role.
Effect and fit
The standard pistol mod provides +15% Status Duration at rank 0, +60% at rank 3, and +90% at rank 5. It fits a standard pistol slot and has Madurai polarity. The listed bonus affects status duration; no increase to status chance or direct damage is specified.
Ranking and cost
It reaches rank 5 with base drain 6. Rank it further when the added duration is worth the Endo and Credits: the listed step from rank 4 to 5 costs 160 Endo and 7,728 Credits. Lower ranks provide partial duration bonuses.
Alternatives and mistake to avoid
Augur Seeker has the same listed +90% Status Duration, but its base drain is 2; both are pistol mods with Madurai polarity. Carnis Stinger instead lists Slash and Status Chance bonuses, while Embedded Catalyzer grants Status Chance only after an ability cast and while aiming for 9 seconds. Do not treat those different effects as equivalent, or confuse duration with chance to apply a status.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Higher ranks increase status duration but require additional fusion resources.
- Uses a standard pistol mod slot that could hold another effect.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming Status Duration makes statuses more likely to apply.
- Ranking to maximum without valuing the additional duration against the fusion cost.