Balanced Minigun?

[Thorax]

Miniguns, in most servers, tend to be overpowered. Players can fire walls of bullets that deal tons of damage, free of any movement penalties. Would it be possible for someone to create a minigun that can't be fired normally unless you toggle on the barrel with right-click? When the barrel is spinning, you can fire the gun, but your movement speed is drastically decreased and you can't crouch or jump. By right-clicking when the barrel is on, you turn it off and can move around freely.

I feel like this is one important change to the way guns operate in this game to make DMs more fair and fun.


Also, if at all possible, make it so that if the weapon is dropped, the player automatically switches back to the server's default player and isn't stuck on the slow moving player.

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[SWAT One]

Um, it's a minigun.

You're saying you want a fair minigun?

Fair...
Minigun...

What?

[lordician]

Most of the (T)DM's out there that use a minigun already have a slower playertype for minigun users or the minigun already uses a system similar to what you describe.
But often you see that the minigun is being balanced by having a small amount of ammo, overheat system or by having little to no other firepower when comparing to other classes/loadouts.

[Thorax]

the minigun already uses a system similar to what you describe.

Would you mind posting a link to a specific addon? While there are other fixes (most of which I'm familiar with), they are all very specific and don't directly address the issue I'm having.

Um, it's a minigun.

You're saying you want a fair minigun?

Fair...
Minigun...

What?

TF2, Halo, etc.

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@lordician miniguns with little ammo suck because you just expend most of it quickly

[SWAT One]

TF2, Halo, etc.

No, okay, no.

It's a MINIGUN.  It fires thousands of bullets per second.  What part of that is fair?  What weapon is made to be "fair" in the first place?

[Böltster]

No, okay, no.

It's a MINIGUN.  It fires thousands of bullets per second.  What part of that is fair?  What weapon is made to be "fair" in the first place?

have you ever actually played tf2? perfect example of how miniguns can be implemented in a fair and balanced manner

[Thorax]

No, okay, no.

It's a MINIGUN.  It fires thousands of bullets per second.  What part of that is fair?  What weapon is made to be "fair" in the first place?

Fair: being in harmonious or proper arrangement or adjustment, proportion, etc.

Because the amount of firepower is so great, to make things fair, you'd need to make other things negative about the gun. ie Making you slower when using it.

[Mr. Jelly]

I think the Vulcan in Frog's Weaponry is pretty balanced


it's forget all inaccurate unless you set it down with right click or something

[GEN.Fire Bird]

I think the Vulcan in Frog's Weaponry is pretty balanced


it's forget all inaccurate unless you set it down with right click or something

This. but the ammo needs to be replaced by a quick overheat and long cool down...

[lordician]

I think the Vulcan in Frog's Weaponry is pretty balanced


it's forget all inaccurate unless you set it down with right click or something

One example of a pretty fair solution.
Another being the old LMG in T+T.
It overheated slowly when shooting, making bullet spewing in long terms overheat the gun, after which you had to wait a fair amount of time.

Kaje's Minigun slows you down when shooting (if i am correct).

The slowness when having the minigun can also be achieved by giving the player a slower datablock when he acquires the minigun.

[blockbeard]

They don't have any unbalanced miniguns

[CopBlock]

One example of a pretty fair solution.
Another being the old LMG in T+T.
It overheated slowly when shooting, making bullet spewing in long terms overheat the gun, after which you had to wait a fair amount of time.

Kaje's Minigun slows you down when shooting (if i am correct).

The slowness when having the minigun can also be achieved by giving the player a slower datablock when he acquires the minigun.

kaje's minigun allows you to fly and stuff lol

[Thorax]

kaje's minigun allows you to fly and stuff lol

That's what I was going to point out. It's one of the most overpowered guns.

[blockbeard]

There hasent bin a good minigun for a while has there