Minigun

[Tsorig]

It's so bad that it's not even funny :)

What's your opinion?

[Nathiri]

I was ingame with someone when they bought it, and the firing sound was so comical I didn't even think about how it looked :)

[Urizen]

Should be renamed to Slowshooter.

[RageMojo]

I didnt think it was bad, but i doubt i will ever choose it over the smart-gun.

[Urizen]

Oh, it's bad, allright.
I cringed all the way while leveling it.

[Axe]

Here are some peoples opinion of the Minigun.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1549970/discussions/search/?q=minigun&gidforum=3105766250725614506&include_deleted=1

[Horstmann]

I was able to get some kind of enjoyment out of pretty much every gun in the game, but the minigun feels just so unbelievable tedious to use.

[AlleyCa7]

The minigun is for holding hallways and doing big damage to elite enemies. If you're trying to swing this thing around like a smart gun then you're not using it properly.

[Purple Sauce]

If I remember correctly it's a damn good DPS weapon with absolutely no ammo to use the DPS. . . It's trash not because of the damage but because it has no ammo to use that DPS with unless you are standing directly next to an ammo box. . .

[RMPyro]

I like the weapon, just need to maintain fire to keep the accuracy. Also much better against stronger enemies than smartgun.

[Avery]

I would LIKE to try to use it again, but I would also like to not run the risk of have a full on seizure from the muzzle flash :/

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Delimon:

If I remember correctly it's a damn good DPS weapon with absolutely no ammo to use the DPS. . . It's trash not because of the damage but because it has no ammo to use that DPS with unless you are standing directly next to an ammo box. . .

It really isn't, though. It has less DPS than the Smartgun in pure damage and only slightly higher than the Smartgun if you manage to land ALL headshots. It has slightly more "potential damage" in its ammo capacity on account of the higher damage per shot, but not to a meaningful degree. It's basically a SLIIIGHTLY more powerful Smartgun without the autoaim.

It's also really disappointing, presentation-wise. It sounds like a tennis ball cannon (reminds me of Warframe's Tenora). It blows my mind why the development team decided to create a minigun (a weapon which is typically depicted as firing 2000-6000 RPM) and gave it ~600 RPM. This just makes no sense. You can keep the same DPS and potential damage in ammo capacity. Just up rate of fire, drop damage, drop recoil and increase ammo capacity. Bonus - high RoF with low recoil is easier to control than low RoF with high recoil even for the same amount of "force" over time.

I literally have no idea where this design came from. I've seen slow miniguns, but never THIS slow, especially not in a game where an SMG can easily shoot the 50 RPS that it takes to do a decent minigun.

[Cable Salad]

Originally posted by Tsorig:

It's so bad that it's not even funny :)

What's your opinion?

All new weapons are underwhelming.

[Sarris]

Ya some guns sound like your dry firing while cleaning your gun. That is why I still carry the pulse rifle. Its sound IS ALIENS!!!

[Riftwind]

Theres an attachment that increases accuracy as you fire it, that helps - but to call it a minigun when its got lower fire rate than the smart gun is insulting. Its more like an old gatling gun, or a very large machinegun. If you use it as such its better. Id like to have seen a MUCH higher fire rate than this, but the dmg on it means it would OP the smartgun.
The issue is picking it for higher difficulties means using attachments that do little damage in order to have accuracy to hit things - maybe usng it wrong?

[Tsorig]

Originally posted by AlleyCa7:

The minigun is for holding hallways and doing big damage to elite enemies. If you're trying to swing this thing around like a smart gun then you're not using it properly.

I can do much bigger dmg and faster killing with my burst rifle to any elites or xenos in any situations, cause I simply just aim the weakspot.

In minigun that is not the case, since its weakspot dmg and accuracy is quite bad. I would say its a gun for some low skill players and that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ muzzle light makes you almost blind shoot cause its too bright and large on your screen.