DUST Search - Heavies: The part of the argument I never see on these forums.

Polish Hammer wrote:

Altina McAlterson wrote:

Yes, miniguns have a spool up time as the barrels have to be accelerated to the required RPM. The HMG does not however as it features a counter-rotating gear system that compensates for the immense torque produced when pulling the trigger. This is the reason the gun is initially inaccurate until it is up to operating speed.

In mounted miniguns the spool up time is very short, but noticeable. A carried minigun would have to feature a much longer spool up time for it to even be usable by an infantry unit. The HMG is specifically designed to operate without the need for a noticeable spool up. So not, it doesn't need that at all.

On a side note...where was all the crying when an AR could hit 20 headshots in a row from across the map because you had a magic little dot and no recoil? Remember when the heavy was garbage and any decent AR could kill it no problem?

If I had awards to give you, I would. Thank you for knowing what you're talking about....


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Baal Omniscient L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising 248	Posted - 2013.02.07 23:38:00 - [1] - Quote The heavies cry about laser rifles and shotguns, which are individual weapons. But lasers and shottys are the bane of EVERY merc on the field, heavies just have a harder time running away (thus the need for teamwork). The main issue non-heavies (those that HAVE an issue) have is that the combination of a heavy suit + the HMG is too much. Massive HP, massive damage, and accuracy that improves the longer you fire. Of course, letting other suits fit the HMG would not solve this, but make it worse since the HMG user would be more agile in other suits. The only real way to tweak it would be to either increase the spread or reduce the range. Of course, to counter balance reducing the range or increasing the spread, I would be fine with increasing the clip size by a 300~400 rounds, the capacity by 500~700 rounds, and reducing the heat build up a bit. I think that would be a fair trade off. The HMG is meant for spraying bullets, not precision shooting, so when in it's intended range, having a larger clip and slower cooldown would benefit it the most, especially if you increase the spread.
Baal Omniscient L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising 248	Posted - 2013.02.07 23:43:00 - [2] - Quote Polish Hammer wrote: Altina McAlterson wrote: Yes, miniguns have a spool up time as the barrels have to be accelerated to the required RPM. The HMG does not however as it features a counter-rotating gear system that compensates for the immense torque produced when pulling the trigger. This is the reason the gun is initially inaccurate until it is up to operating speed. In mounted miniguns the spool up time is very short, but noticeable. A carried minigun would have to feature a much longer spool up time for it to even be usable by an infantry unit. The HMG is specifically designed to operate without the need for a noticeable spool up. So not, it doesn't need that at all. On a side note...where was all the crying when an AR could hit 20 headshots in a row from across the map because you had a magic little dot and no recoil? Remember when the heavy was garbage and any decent AR could kill it no problem? If I had awards to give you, I would. Thank you for knowing what you're talking about.... And to Altina, there was MASSIVE QQ from the community about AR's, but CCP decided to wait for the new buid to fix it because we still had many lag and hit detection issues. The HMG had no such issues since they fire so many rounds so rapidly in a cone. That is all.