Triple barreled heavy gatling

[teweedo]

Come on guys, you know it'd be great!

Hum, right LordFunPants ?

[Coldcurse]

+1 vote

[Mr. Mask]

Doesnt the manticore already serve the purpose a large-caliber minigun does?

That being a hail of small projectiles.

[N-Sunderland]

Doesnt the manticore already serve the purpose a large-caliber minigun does?

It's more like a large rocket carousel.

[teweedo]

Doesnt the manticore already serve the purpose a large-caliber minigun does?

That being a hail of small projectiles.

Not really.

The manticore provides a barrage of rockets with long reload time.

A the gatling gun provide constant and rapid low damage fire. A heavy gatling gun would have a much different purpose. It wouldn't necessarily be a higher caliber but have a much more ammo and a better rate of fire.

That being said, we can discuss balance later but you can't deny it would be awesome to have. :p

[JaegerDelta]

Come on guys, you know it'd be great!

Hum, right LordFunPants ?

technically thats octodecuple barreled

[teweedo]

technically thats octodecuple barreled

Haha, thanks for the clarification. The more you know

[LordFunPants]

oh the horrible horrible can of worms i opened ^^;;; though my version was literally 3 Gatling guns on a Gatling gun ^^ really wish i saved that file. . .

[HamsterIV]

oh the horrible horrible can of worms i opened ^^;;; though my version was literally 3 Gatling guns on a Gatling gun ^^ really wish i saved that file. . .

Would each Gatling gun pick up a new ammo box at the end of its revolution?

[teweedo]

though my version was literally 3 Gatling guns on a Gatling gun ^^

Which is even more awesome !

Now let's work again on that new file of yours

There's no turning back now haha

[LordFunPants]

Would each Gatling gun pick up a new ammo box at the end of its revolution?

are you trying to imply that each gat would be able to house a different ammo clip? firing lesmok, incendiary, and burst rounds all at the same time? talk about getting a trifecta. . .

[HamsterIV]

The traditional Gatling gun is like a circular conveyer belt for the loading and firing of a bullet. Eventually the magazine runs out and you have to reload, however if you have three or more Gatling guns rotating constantly you can attach a new magazine to one while the other two are still shooting. I am not saying it is a good idea game balance wise but it would be a fun way to make an auto-loader.

[Nadrynne]

There was a super gatling in the first GoI so it would be nice to see the small gatling's big sister in GoIO. Plus I like the gatling - it is fun to shoot.

[Machiavelliest]

Maybe a heavy gatling with a spin-up time?  It would make it so you couldn't just instantly start shredding hull.  It should sound like the GAU-8 too.  So like a bullet-lawnmower.

An interesting balancing mechanic would be increasing jitter and shortly thereafter, damage to the component from firing extended bursts.  I mean, if you fire them for too long, they start to melt.

I also think the barrels getting red-hot and smoke generation from firing it would be some nice added flair.

[Nadrynne]

Well not just on the gatling, but perhaps overheating on some guns generally could be a thing? And there could be a new gunner item which is a coolant thing?

Just a thought anyway.