Is the Gatling Gun still best All-Around Heavy Gun?

[jones292]

Hello All


After 10+ months away I've come back to playing and trying to catch up on builds, whats new, best, perks, buns, armor, etc...

Last year it seemed opinions on Heavy Guns ranged all over the place....Mini ok but chewed thru ammo....50 cal great and solid but ammo expensive....Laser great damage but too expensive with Fusion Cores...and Gatling Guns somehow even a plain-jane model were considered Best All-Around.....has that changed any?

I'm just seeing more and more in Power Armor wielding various Heavy Guns than before outside The Blast Zone so I've been looking to upgrade and re-do my Armor Build. Thanks...

[Kuro Neko-Sama]

Give plasma caster a try, hard hitting and ammo efficient (plasma cartridge). Also gatling laser and the ultracite variant can be ammo efficient as well if you put charged barrel (increase damage but lower rate of fire). Combine them with prime receiver it boost the damage further.
Ammo can be farm in daily ops and expedition from fallen enemy (except for core) to help you stock up.

[msy]

When the gatling gun is properly upgraded each fusion core can give you 1000 shots per core. My fusion core gun and my ultracite fusion core do that. I can't tell you what upgrade is needed because I am not in the game now. My plasma core gatling gun does not do that yet.

[morikaane]

Originally posted by jones292:

Is the Gatling Gun still best All-Around Heavy Gun?

Yes. Gatling Gun is the best all-rounder.

Originally posted by Kuro Neko-Sama:

Give plasma caster a try, hard hitting and ammo efficient (plasma cartridge). Also gatling laser and the ultracite variant can be ammo efficient as well if you put charged barrel (increase damage but lower rate of fire). Combine them with prime receiver it boost the damage further.
Ammo can be farm in daily ops and expedition from fallen enemy (except for core) to help you stock up.

A decent Gatling Cannon out classes the Plasma Caster enormously in DPS, and the obvious boon of not needing to reload every twenty shots. I have used the Plasma Caster extensively but still prefer my Gatling Cannon over it.

Originally posted by msy:

When the gatling gun is properly upgraded each fusion core can give you 1000 shots per core. My fusion core gun and my ultracite fusion core do that. I can't tell you what upgrade is needed because I am not in the game now. My plasma core gatling gun does not do that yet.

I find carrying around and restocking cores annoying. I usually reach for my Flamer if I need massive dps and firepower (my non-legacy one). However, a decent ultracite gatling laser is pretty useful if you don't mind farming cores.

[美波]

A two shot explosive gatling it would out damage most heavy weapons. If you use the fire rate glitch. Otherwise gauss minigun is the best if you dont consider ammo consumption especially the ultracite 2mm has weight reduced. Of course excluding legacies

[Hefutoxin]

Yes, it is still the best all around heavy weapon. Not the best in any particular area, but doesn't have any real weakness either.

[B2_Spirit]

Originally posted by msy:

When the gatling gun is properly upgraded each fusion core can give you 1000 shots per core. My fusion core gun and my ultracite fusion core do that. I can't tell you what upgrade is needed because I am not in the game now. My plasma core gatling gun does not do that yet.

Bruh, OP talking about Gatling gun not Gatling laser.

[william_es]

LOL... best is a mini-gun shredder, with no ammo. It's like a chainsaw.

[Augustus666]

Gaus minigun with Tesla coil capacitor mod is my favourite. Ammo consumption is hard to manage. Grinding daily ops helps a bit.

[Father Lamb]

I'm still oldschool.... Dragon rifle lol

If you have the time for it, and can move around enough to reload.. Have fun.

[Mooman]

The Gatling Gun is the most ammo efficient and if you're into exploiting glitches can have a high fire rate (don't ask).

However I find the Gauss Minigun to be my 'Oh crap!' gun in many events.

High dps, natural splash damage (explosive), and sounds good. It's only downside is heavy ammo and the constant need to collect steel/lead for crafting (recycle those cans people).

But... really any heavy with complimentary legendary rolls can do better than others without. For example I sometimes run a crit damage VATS reduced Pepper Shaker with the standard barrel. It works due to low fire rate and can crit hard increasing the effective dps vs. other guns.

[Mandalorian Deathknight]

Originally posted by Mooman:

The Gatling Gun is the most ammo efficient and if you're into exploiting glitches can have a high fire rate (don't ask).

However I find the Gauss Minigun to be my 'Oh crap!' gun in many events.

High dps, natural splash damage (explosive), and sounds good. It's only downside is heavy ammo and the constant need to collect steel/lead for crafting (recycle those cans people).

But... really any heavy with complimentary legendary rolls can do better than others without. For example I sometimes run a crit damage VATS reduced Pepper Shaker with the standard barrel. It works due to low fire rate and can crit hard increasing the effective dps vs. other guns.

its a bug not a glitch only works in 1st person mod

[uni790]

The gatling gun is probably the best for day to day use, due to it's ammo efficiency, but the other heavy weapons will put out more dps unless you're abusing the bug with aiming in first person. (which I do not recommend doing, bugthesda may eventually get around to fixing it/punishing people who abuse it)

[Mandalorian Deathknight]

Originally posted by uni790:

The gatling gun is probably the best for day to day use, due to it's ammo efficiency, but the other heavy weapons will put out more dps unless you're abusing the bug with aiming in first person. (which I do not recommend doing, bugthesda may eventually get around to fixing it/punishing people who abuse it)

i dont think they would punish players for it due to the fact its been known knowledge for some time now

[Mooman]

Originally posted by william_es:

LOL... best is a mini-gun shredder, with no ammo. It's like a chainsaw.

No, this will be the best:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2880689999

What is it? ...I don't know. It's sitting on a bench in the PTS. You can't pick it up (the prompt is for the screwdriver next to it) and it doesn't seem to drop from the events (what was shown).

You can see it has the heavy weapon holding points. Imagine a Minigun Shredder without the Minigun part. No unwanted ammo in loot all, no heavy mods, just pure drill action.

Now I've got everyone's hopes up... lets just pray it is a future weapon.

[therussmeister]

If you have a Prime gatling gun, do enemies drop 5mm Ultracite?