Is the mini gun good?

[Bob The Bo]

Yes so I have went with pa and minigun combo but is it good sure it is able to mow down ur enemies and fun to play with but would a shotgun be better sure the minigun has better range however it has expensive and rare ammo so should I use the minigun or is a combat shotgun better?

[Vectura]

Minigun has absolutely trash damage later on in-game, and you can't upgrade it for more damage like you can with shotguns and other guns.
Edit: minigun is great if you manage to find one with an explosive legendary effect.

[WildCat]

Vectura の投稿を引用：

Minigun has absolutely trash damage later on in-game, and you can't upgrade it for more damage like you can with shotguns and other guns.
Edit: minigun is great if you manage to find one with an explosive legendary effect.

Wounding and plasma infused are good too but not as good as explosive.

[Bob The Bo]

Vectura の投稿を引用：

Minigun has absolutely trash damage later on in-game, and you can't upgrade it for more damage like you can with shotguns and other guns.
Edit: minigun is great if you manage to find one with an explosive legendary effect.

So I stick with good old combat shotgun ehh?

[ghpstage]

Truth be told, the combat shotgun is underwhelming without specific legendaries too.

[Sisohiv]

If you are willing to take the time to set up ammo plants any build is viable but exclusive mini gun might prove frustrating. Grenade, Mini gun, Power Armor build with good old spray and pray for the tight spaces could be fun though.

"Is the mini gun good"?

No. The spin up takes it out of many fights. Mobs can kite to safety before you ever see bullets.

[EolSunder]

mini gun is only good if you get a good legendary effect on it. At higher levels enemy have more armor and health, and the minigun won't do much vs heavy armor, it shoots many bullets, low damage, and will do fine vs stuff with no armor, but against anything with even the slightest bit of armor, not so well. That is why legendary effects help.

damage boosts for any fast weapon that adds extra damage. wounding, explosive, cyro, plasma infused. Or benefits like knee capper, knockback, and similar stuff.

With the minigun, like all low damage fast automatic weapons, the right legendary effect really makes the gun much more functional.

[Lenny Rat]

Answer; no. Mini gun is heavy, slow, and ammo is sparse unless you are making it or modding.

[danconnors]

Lately I've been having excellent results with an assault rifle with an advanced reciever, 80 shot, quick reload drum clip, and a long recon scope. I dropped a six man rust devil squad in about 10 seconds recently. The ammo is so light I can think of sortying with 1,000 rounds. I may possibly give up my .50 sniper rifle, lowering my carry weight considerably. I never use it on full auto, though. I hate seeing 90% of my ammo fly through the treetops.

I wouldn't carry a minigun if someone gave me the gun and 2,000 rounds of ammo free. It's virtually useless.

[Duneman]

The basic Minigun is good for: low level areas, low to medium level Ferals(stops their advance).

Acquiring an Explosive Minigun though is like winning the post apocalyptic lottery. As a Heavy weapon the explosive damage benefits from both Heavy Gunner and Demolitions Expert, similar to how the Missile Launcher and Fat Man work. Just... don't use it in tight quarters, for obvious reasons.

[Vinnie Mack]

Vectura の投稿を引用：

Minigun has absolutely trash damage later on in-game, and you can't upgrade it for more damage like you can with shotguns and other guns.
Edit: minigun is great if you manage to find one with an explosive legendary effect.

i absolutely hate the minigun. The bullets do crap damage. The thing weighs a ton. It uses too much ammo too quickly. I have never found a legendary one, yet. I have considered doing the minigun for my BOS Power Armor playthrough that i might do some day in a distant future. I keep going back to my preferred sniper-sneak conwoman. Even started naming my character after a real life sniper from WWII, Tania Chernova from Stalingrad. Google her. She was kind of cute. And deadly. Her boyfriend was the famous sniper from Stalingrad whose name i can never remember. If i thought he was cute i might find it easier to remember his name.

[MortVent]

The trick with the mingun, is to give it to settlers on guard duty. Especially in the lower threat areas with low level spawns. (or companions with the infinite ammo tweaks for it)

I like giving it to my settlers, it's better than a pipe rifle and after a certain point I got a ton of them

They also make good ones to scrap for parts. but then again I loot and scrap all armor and weapons till around level 30-40ish then I just look for the modded stuff

[Nerevar]

the minigun and the combat shotgun are pretty medicore weapons at default overall. the basic minigun is actually almost bad.

however if you get explosive variant of both they basicly turn into the best weapons in the whole game. its like a different game almost. the shotgun with explosive is outright broken untility wise.

the only other weapon that comes even close to these 2 then is the splattercannon/slover but that can be only be gotten in nuka world dlc.

just dont try to use the explosive minigun in small indoor locations. youll regret that fast....

the shotgun on the other hand has basicly no downsides if you know to not pull the trigger when something is right in your face and instead aim at the floor behind it to get rid of it.

the basic variants are pretty meh tough. there is better base weapons for sure. but with the right legendary they turn so much top of the class they break the game.

[danconnors]

Danilov, comrad.

[Claybot]

Depends on how you use the minigun.

If you give it to a settler then its fantastic, if you use it your self its not worth it.

[grakky2]

ghpstage の投稿を引用：

Truth be told, the combat shotgun is underwhelming without specific legendaries too.

Watch John Wick 2 to determine the effective range of a shotgun.