Redone minigun? (Spam machine -> Accurate support/assault gun)

[-Vis-]

I never prone with the minigun if I were to be attacking, because you CANNOT get out of a prone whilst firing a minigun by pressing the prone button - you'd have to turn your mouse to face the opposite side before you can get up, but that's a big waste of time and ammo. If I were to just stop firing, I'd have to waste another 50 ticks for the gun to start up.

You, sir, are holding your prone button too long. If you tap it, you stand up instantly, with no animation at all.

[Gnoblar]

In my opinion the minigun is nailed. It's so fun to use and No-one uses it anyway.

[STM1993]

You, sir, are holding your prone button too long. If you tap it, you stand up instantly, with no animation at all.

Hold...? O.o

I tap my prone button, I never hold it down.

Note:
New discovery - you cannot throw grenades while firing the minigun whilst standing, but you CAN throw grenades when you are crouched, and I think it also works when you are proning.

[-Vis-]

You, sir, are holding your prone button too long. If you tap it, you stand up instantly, with no animation at all.

Hold...? O.o

I tap my prone button, I never hold it down.

No, like a real tap, not just a normal button 'press'. If the button is pressed for more than a fraction of a second, it'll prone you again.

[demoniac93]

You, sir, are holding your prone button too long. If you tap it, you stand up instantly, with no animation at all.

Hold...? O.o

I tap my prone button, I never hold it down.

Note:
New discovery - you cannot throw grenades while firing the minigun whilst standing, but you CAN throw grenades when you are crouched, and I think it also works when you are proning.

Found that out a couple of days ago when miniguning on The Last Stand server.
But I thought it might've already been noticed...Eh.
@Gnoblar: You're damn right, the minigun is THE most fun weapon to play with, if it's accepted by the other players on the server ,like a joke, or simply for going nuts, it's a shame soldat isn't about fun anymore nowadays

[Shard]

Posting in this thread because I will be told to use the search function when this is already here.

It could use a slight damage buff, just to make it more balanced. It can be used to sprint to the flag, or escape with it. I think it should be strong enough to use a legit weapon. So yea, just increase the damage a bit. Maybe reduce self bink to like 8 or 9. But at least damage up.

[8th_account]

[...] Maybe reduce self bink to like 8 or 9. [...]

Are you talking about the realistic mode minigun? Please state so.

[Shard]

No, normal mode mingun. I do see a point in your post about having diferent boards for N and R

[STM1993]

Minigun has -3 self-bink right now for normal mode, making it -8 or -9 is raising its self-bink, that's worse. -10 self-bink is from the realistic stats.

[Neosano]

I think the Minigun is fun as it is, especially if you know how to use it. I'd rather see a buff in what it does best rather than a complete makeover =)

LoL! I remember how we were getting the flag in inf and shooting with miniguns, forcing another players to lag :DDDD That's how you should use minigun!

[STM1993]

Lag isn't supposed to be a feature... it's the side-effect of playing online and having poor internet connection.

[demoniac93]

He meant fps lag, even the best PC's can't handle industrial with 5 minigunners holding the fire down non stop.

[STM1993]

^ And that too. Ideally, there shouldn't be any of these in any game (unless deliberate as a special feature), it's due to limitations of some kind.

[demoniac93]

^ And that too. Ideally, there shouldn't be any of these in any game (unless deliberate as a special feature), it's due to limitations of some kind.

Client side?

[Ezko]

Many years ago I used to use the Minigun as a very functional and practical killing machine.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but back in the 1.2 era the Minigun had greater damage and lower firing rate?  I find the faster firing rate problematic - I only started playing 1.5 about a week ago, and haven't really noticed the effects of bink, but I feel that the Minigun now is unable to compete with other weapons in the way it used to be.

[CrashMan]

My current Minigun mod is as such.

[XM214 Minigun]
Damage=250
FireInterval=3
Ammo=100
ReloadTime=480
Speed=500
BulletStyle=1
StartUpTime=60
Bink=-1
MovementAcc=3
Recoil=0

I found that my biggest problem with the Minigun was that it's shots spread out to much and made it pretty useless. So I did away with that to concentrate it's fire more, and it became a pretty lethal weapon.

... and then as you can see, I modded the rest of it for personal taste. >_>

[D4NG3R NL]

How about removing the Minigun compleatly and add a different gun?

I would like to see another semi-automatic (with a short interval like 18, not like the ruger which is more like bolt action) a bit like the G3 in CoD4.

High power & Accuracy, Low fire speed

[tehsnipah]

That I will definitely have to disagree with, because minigun has its own potential fun in other game modes such as zombie mode, where you can fuck up the gun and make it more badass.

High power & Accuracy, Low fire speed

Son there is a gun called Ak-74 already implemented in this game -_-

[D4NG3R NL]

That I will definitely have to disagree with, because minigun has its own potential fun in other game modes such as zombie mode, where you can f**k up the gun and make it more badass.

High power & Accuracy, Low fire speed

Son there is a gun called Ak-74 already implemented in this game -_-

Lower and higher in accuracy

[Cyrix]

I say leave the mini gun. Like was said very few people use it but those who do on a regular basis are quite good with it. Leave it.