Remove/Replace the minigun.

[Norbo]

Title says it all. We all agree that the minigun is pretty useless at the moment, and nobody uses it for real killing. Its a waste of space IMO, and it should be replaced with a different weapon that will fit in and balance. It probably has been suggested before, but i think Enesce should really look into this. I know this might be a too drastic change, but i think we should try something new in soldat.

[[SIRS]Foxconn^^2012]

KILL THE MINIGUN WITH FIRE!

[smiluu]

Leave the poor gun alone, besides Minigun could actually be quite dominant if it werent for the ping always.

[STM1993]

MM wanted the Minigun in the first place and it's been there for years, and is unlikely to want to remove it, that's one.
Two, Minigun can be a fun weapon to use even if underpowered and plagued by netcode.
Three, not so important, but think of the modding community as well.

Four, what can we replace Minigun with that isn't similar to what we have already? We don't need another auto, we have sufficient unique 1-hitters and semis, and we don't need/want some weird weapons like a cluster gun or another flamethrower. Removal is also unnecessary since servers can always disable the minigun and most players would avoid that weapon anyway.

So just leave it be.

[Centurion]

Maybe another sniper rifle that has 10 shots in clip. Possibility to zoom and shots doesn't kill with single shot. takes like 2 or 3 shots. but fire interval is low.

[-Major-]

Maybe another sniper rigle that has 10 shots in clip. Possibility to zoom and shots doesn't kill with single shot. takes like 2 or 3 shots. but fire interval is low.

you mean a ruger combined with barrett?

[[SIRS]Foxconn^^2012]

No, he mean M14 EBR

[Centurion]

Maybe another sniper rigle that has 10 shots in clip. Possibility to zoom and shots doesn't kill with single shot. takes like 2 or 3 shots. but fire interval is low.

you mean a ruger combined with barrett?

Pretty much.

[STM1993]

You might as well just use the Ruger as it is. From your description of that sniper rifle, it is like giving the Ruger a scope and an extended magazine and then lowering its fireinterval back to 32, making it a weird clone weapon.

Not to mention how overpowered that looks, along with the fact that the beta testers don't really like guns that are inherently inaccurate.

[scout]

No, he mean M14 EBR

You play way too much MW2.

On topic- Keep the minigun. Theres no other weapons to replace it- save heavy machineguns and less lethals. Besides, its always nice to have an exotic weapon to mod around when you get really tired of using others.

[[SIRS]Foxconn^^2012]

You play way too much MW2.

You are a pointless noob. I'd better join the boycott of it than play it.

[croat1gamer]

Lower its reload time and its a win weapon.
Awesome defense weapon, 2 kills and lots of enemy pushed back per clip.

[scout]

You play way too much MW2.

You are a pointless noob. I'd better join the boycott of it than play it.

lmfao.

Lower its reload time and its a win weapon.
Awesome defense weapon, 2 kills and lots of enemy pushed back per clip.

Another nice change to the minigun is double the ammo, half the damage.

[croat1gamer]

So we would get from nowhere to nowhere. 

[Neosano]

I like the idea about smth like an auto with a scope... But do not touch the minigun

[tehsnipah]

I'm sorry, too damn lazy to read thoroughly to find where "replace" is. What does that one mean?

[L[0ne]R]

Pretty much what smiluu and STM1993 said (3rd and 4th post).
Minigun is a nice and fun weapon, it adds a good bit of variety to Soldat arsenal. If it wasn't for the netcode, there would be no reason to even consider replacing/removing it.

What about increasing fireinterval to around 4-5 (for comparison: MP5 has fireinterval of 6)? Shouldnt it reduce lag a bit? Overall it could be made to something like a slightly faster MP5 with much higher bullet speed and more ammo. If MP5 is usable, I don't see why Minigun can't be made usable too.

Also, number of minigun users could be limited to one player per team. I know there are scripts that make it possible, but a built-in feature would be more useful in this case.

[darDar]

1. Basicly you re wrong if you say "no one uses this weapon for real killing".
2. Why we should change things which re there for years + they re not annyoing?
3. I think adding / removing new weapons causes only Problems like for excample ( balance problems,...)
4. Changing the whole weapons.ini like it was made in one of new Soldat BETA versions is even worse than adding a new weap. "Dont change a Working Game"

[Shard]

I like the idea about smth like an auto with a scope... But do not touch the minigun

We already have that, you just cant use the scope on the Steyr.

I like the minigun, its always fun to use, and it if wasn't for the boosting effect, I'd still be thinking of what to do with it in my mod.

[Mexer]

Sounds stoopid; but remove the minimi and add something like a mine to the secondary weps list ?