new HMG SUCK !

[Kirshak]

What is this trash doing in the armory? You can't aim with it on 3rd person and it has an INSULTING low ammo in it's magazine and it's damage are REALLY not that amazing !

[Lord Rambo]

alexa, define skill issue.

[Majorita]

It is legitimately pretty lame, but I think the biggest problem is it lacks identity.

Best way to use it seems to be like tap-firing it like a DMR. A 75 round magazine... DMR.

And not an 'MG' at all. Probably because even while prone the recoil is not just bad but completely unusable.

[Vespertellino]

Did you mean HMG?

[Kirshak]

Originally posted by Vespertellino:

Did you mean HMG?

yeah you right my bad, it's so BAD I thought it was an LMG instead of a HEAVY machine gun

[jbwjr]

Originally posted by Kirshak:

What is this trash doing in the armory? You can't aim with it on 3rd person and it has an INSULTING low ammo in it's magazine and it's damage are REALLY not that amazing !

Eh Hm. 1 its a HMG. and 2. its not like the other 2 Machine guns.

Want to clear the horde? Use the Stalwart, 250 rounds per mag.

Need a bit more punch? Use the Machine Gun, 150 i think rounds per mag, been a while.

The HMG is meant for killing tougher enemies, and it SHREDS! It even has 1200 RPM setting for when you just need to MAG DUMP into something. Its definately more of Automaton killing weapon, just Dump the mag into a Hulk or Tanks Vents as watch it go BOOM.

Do i wish it had more ammo? Yes, give it 25 more rounds. Does its lack of 3rd person sight suck? Also yes.

Is it fun to use? HELL YEAH IT IS!

[Calantlar]

To be honest I agree, I don't see why I would bring this over the regular LMG. The HMG doesn't do anything better than it, while not having a crosshair to boot. It should at the very least actually do something vs. armor, since it's specifically called a Heavy Machine Gun.

[Hawk]

Originally posted by jbwjr:

Originally posted by Kirshak:

What is this trash doing in the armory? You can't aim with it on 3rd person and it has an INSULTING low ammo in it's magazine and it's damage are REALLY not that amazing !

Eh Hm. 1 its a HMG. and 2. its not like the other 2 Machine guns.

Want to clear the horde? Use the Stalwart, 250 rounds per mag.

Need a bit more punch? Use the Machine Gun, 150 i think rounds per mag, been a while.

The HMG is meant for killing tougher enemies, and it SHREDS! It even has 1200 RPM setting for when you just need to MAG DUMP into something. Its definately more of Automaton killing weapon, just Dump the mag into a Hulk or Tanks Vents as watch it go BOOM.

Do i wish it had more ammo? Yes, give it 25 more rounds. Does its lack of 3rd person sight suck? Also yes.

Is it fun to use? HELL YEAH IT IS!

Not when it consistently shoots 15 feet below your point of aim and it's not height over bore because it never intersects. Shooting things at 200 yards and beyond nets the same result as if you shoot at something 1CM from your face. Out of everything in this game it is probably the second worst feeling weapon in the entire game, bar non.

[Average Democracy Enjoyer]

Originally posted by Lord Rambo:

alexa, define skill issue.

Well we are more than one having this "skill issue"

I find HMG kinda lame, both stalwart and MG outperforms it, imho.

[Hosenbisla]

It seems all mgs just suck. The arc gun does their job way way better and has unlimmited ammo and no reloads. They need to improve the MGS a whole bit. At least give them 4 mags ... or make the cooldown super short.

[Majorita]

I just want to know how they thought like oh yeah the HMG, let's be pretty cautious, don't want to make... a literal bullet-spewer that doesn't take care of any of the important threats in the game, TOO powerful.

Oh but the Quasar? Go crazy dudes! That one needs to blow up everything.

[Cole]

Originally posted by Lord Rambo:

alexa, define skill issue.

Rambo forgot to also ask "Alexa, find me a job"

[Hans Skaro]

I think the HMG would be much better if it had a backpack belt feed, I quite like it, I think it shreds bots, I just lower the rpm's down to 450 or whatever it is and chug away, its a lot more manageable

[Average Democracy Enjoyer]

Originally posted by Hans Skaro:

I think the HMG would be much better if it had a backpack belt feed, I quite like it, I think it shreds bots, I just lower the rpm's down to 450 or whatever it is and chug away, its a lot more manageable

I dont like the fact that it has no aiming dot (like the anti-material rifle), that's a big turn down, and a shame since i'm also an average BAKKA enjoyer

[Kirshak]

Originally posted by Hans Skaro:

I think the HMG would be much better if it had a backpack belt feed, I quite like it, I think it shreds bots, I just lower the rpm's down to 450 or whatever it is and chug away, its a lot more manageable

That's what I think as well, not only it would look cool to have an ammo backpack with it's ammo connected to the gun like in the Predator movie, but it would also be more efficient, it's hard to aim with it because you can't aim with it on 3rd person, however t is supposedly a bug from what other people have been talking about.

So far i tried against the Berzerker bots, I often run out of ammo before I can finish one horde of them, and for the Devastators, it's so hard to aim I don't bother and use my Scorcher instead

[kesselringt5846]

Originally posted by Lord Rambo:

alexa, define skill issue.

Skill issue? It's only has about 4% higher dps (including reloading) than the machine gun.