Gauss minigun tri vs penta barrel.

[CoolSensei]

So which barrel do you guys think is better? Especially for a gauss minigun with the explosive secondary effect instead of faster fire rate? Difference between them is like 14 fire rate in favor of penta barrel while tri barrel has 12-13 more damage per shot. I know the explosive effect gets better the more base damage you have but more fire rate should mean more dps on paper? What are your thoughts? Ammo is not an issue, i have 100k ammo on stash and can make even more.

[DocBravo]

I watched a video not long ago. AngryTurtle I think.
My 2nd's second build is heavy weapons and I'm somewhat new to the play style.
He explained that Penta would increase fire rate = more damage but the ammo use is much higher.
It's currently using the Tri. I loathe grinding and when 76 becomes a chore it's not a game anymore. The trade off for Tri isn't worth the ammo waste.

[Mooman]

Single barrel, has the longest range which means less damage loss from drop off.

The faster barrels seem nice but getting closer with an explosive weapon isn't nice.

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Originally posted by Mooman:

Single barrel, has the longest range which means less damage loss from drop off.

The faster barrels seem nice but getting closer with an explosive weapon isn't nice.

I definitely agree with this. I have always stuck to using the single barrel after trying them all out. The actual damage difference between them was not huge. Unless you want to be in the face of the enemies you are shooting at and likely taking explosion damage, the longer range and less damage drop off with the single barrel is the way to go.

Gauss mini is sort of unique that it can keep a very long range and with its decent accuracy and still be effective at this longer range, where the other heavy guns will struggle to perform as well.