Is Gunner Good?

[Viking_]

New to DRG first class I've been playing is Gunner with a minigun. I do like using ziplines and firing down on aliens while listening to fortunate son, but it always seems if I get covered with aliens only option is shield and spray and hope for the best no way I'm running or slowly using the zipline. Always been seeing scouts and the driller clutching games. I've also just promoted my gunner.

[Suzaku]

All classes are good, but they're good in their own ways. And the "no way I'm running" line won't fly here. Mobility is the greatest asset a dwarf has. If you choose to stand still, you've chosen death. Run, get all the silly bugs lined up, and mow them down.

[gungadin22000]

Shooting swarmers is easy, you just don't lead 'em as much. Ain't mining hell?

Dwarves of DRG are excellently balanced against each other and all bring something valuable to the team. Gunner's fighting capability is sustained firepower at medium range, single-target or AoE depending on loadout, due to his large ammo pool.

His most useful tool is the shield, of course, which saves missions from failure again and again, and the zipline is excellent for getting whole teams of dwarves to awkward locations above or below safely and quickly, despite being the most awkward to use traversal tool.

Mobility is key, however, and keep in mind that you can jump and shoot at the same time. Most enemies in the game can be kited easily until haz 5, at which point some of them will overtake you, but that's when you zip away or shield.

[Kitsune Dzelda]

When you need something dead, Gunner is who you go to.
If you need a point locked down, Engineers save the day.
When you need to get everyone through a maze quickly, Drillers know the drill.
If you need someone to act as (C4) bait for the other classes, theres always the Scout.

[GIRL]

You'll learn stuff in time. You can clutch the game with any class. Ideally you should balance out your AoE and single-target options though.

If you only have the minigun and bulldog unlocked right now, I'd say modify the minigun for maximum damage (taking the damage mod over ammo actually saves you ammo in the long run by killing stuff faster), and get the explosive rounds on the Bulldog for Swarmers.

[Dwarfurious]

Hes B tier when it comes to C4ing scouts; mostly because he used to have C4 but at least has clusters.

[Нагризолич]

No gunner bad

[Нагризолич]

Originally posted by Kitsune Dzelda:

When you need something dead, Gunner is who you go to.
If you need a point locked down, Engineers save the day.
When you need to get everyone through a maze quickly, Drillers know the drill.
If you need someone to act as (C4) bait for the other classes, theres always the Scout.

Literally the weakest class of them all, has an ability to hide in a safe space to cope and then complain for being harrased with balls

[Pedz]

Useless on low haz.
Handy on high haz.
Must-have on modded difficulty levels.

Gunner's shield means breathing space for the whole team, which is unnecessary when the mission itself is a walk in the park.

[Jack left town]

Originally posted by Dwarfurious:

Hes B tier when it comes to C4ing scouts; mostly because he used to have C4 but at least has clusters.

Gunner is S rank at killing scout. Lead Storm Lead Storm can kill anything anywhere. Mole Coilgun can kill that pesky scout through a wall. Culter grenades? Pah, try sticking 3-4 sticky grenades to his ginger ass, now that's a lot of damage!

[Wakipai Pero #PLAYGG]

I agree with Pez. The Gunner is a class that can feel underwhelming at Haz 3 and below. But at Haz 4 and up, his sustained firepower and shield starts to shine.

[phenir]

Use dash.

[Chibbity]

Take it from someone who's max rank on every class, yes; Gunner is very good.

[Powerfull]

All classes are good but I think gunner is the worst one.

[Zargothrax]

Gunner is the only class that gets worse on easier difficulties, if there ain't nothing to shoot or the enemies you get are too spread apart then gunner can't work to their full effectiveness. Any team on haz 4 or higher will always appreciate a good gunner.

Same goes for any other class really, but gunner specifically scales the best when it comes to higher difficulties while scout scales the worst, doesn't mean you wouldn't want either of them on any given team though.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Very good, with the right built you can glue even the most unorganized team together in an EDD.