| “ | What's more effective than bullets? A whole LOT of bullets. With a fire rate of 3500 rounds per minute, the Minigun remains a mainstay of any heavy engagement. |
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About
The Powered Minigun is the Gunners primary weapon. With excellent accuracy, firerate, and consistency, the minigun is crucial to Gunners role. Unlike many other weapons, the minigun is fed ammo continuously from a large, single drum of ammo which never needs to be reloadeed. However, it will overheat if fired for too long, similarly to Drillers Reinforced Power Drills.
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Firing Sequence
The Minigun has multiple components to its firing sequence. When the trigger is first pulled, the barrel will spin up. The Minigun will not fire until the barrel is spinning at maximum speed. When the trigger is released, the barrel will gradually spin down to a stop.
The Minigun's accuracy will begin at the minimum accuracy, every bullet fired will increase the accuracy by a small but additive amount, up to a maximum. After 0.5 seconds of not firing, the accuracy of the Minigun will begin to decay, completely draining in 3.5 seconds.
Every bullet fired increases the heat of the Minigun by a small amount. It takes 8 seconds of sustained fire for the Minigun to overheat. Cooling will begin once the trigger is released. Cooling is non-linear, cooling faster over time. Firing while the weapon is still cooling will generate a burst of heat, meaning firing in rapid short bursts will cause the weapon to overheat faster.
If the Minigun overheats, it will be disabled for 10 seconds.
Modifications
There's five tiers and each tier has two up to three upgrades, only one upgrade can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  Magnetic Refrigeration |
Increases the cooling Rate | +1.5 Cooling Rate |  1200 Credits
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 Improved Motor |
Increased rate of fire and faster gyro stabilization | +4 Rate of Fire | 1200 Credits
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 Improved Platform Stability |
Increased Accuracy | + Increased Accuracy | 1200 Credits
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Tier 2 4
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 Oversized Drum |
Expanded Ammo Bags | +600 Max Ammo | 2000 Credits
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 High Velocity Rounds |
The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased. | +2 Damage | 2000 Credits
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| Tier 3 8
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 Hardened Rounds |
Improved armor breaking | +200% Armor Break Bonus | 2800 Credits
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 Stun Duration |
Stunned enemies are incapacitated for a longer period of time. | +? Stun Duration | 2800 Credits
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 Blowthrough Rounds |
Shaped bullets capable of passing through a target! | +1 Max Penetrations | 2800 Credits
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| Tier 4 12
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Variable Chamber Pressure |
Damage increase when fully stabilized | +15% Damage % at Max Stabilization | 4800 Credits
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 Lighter Barrel Assembly |
Start killing things sooner with a shorter spinup time. | -0.4 Spinup Time | 4800 Credits
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 Magnetic Bearings |
Barrels keep spinning for a longer time after firing, keeping the gun stable for longer. | +3 Spindown Time | 4800 Credits
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| Tier 5 16
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 Aggressive Venting |
Burn everything in a radius when the minigun overheats | + Critical Overheat | 5600 Credits
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Cold As The Grave |
Every kill cools the gun | + Heat Removed on Kill | 5600 Credits
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 Hot Bullets |
Rounds fired when the heat meter is red will burn the target | + Hot Bullets | 5600 Credits
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Unique Modifications
Aggressive Venting
Aggressive Venting is a tier 5 mod for the Powered Minigun. When it is equipped, the minigun will release a blast of heat when it overheats, igniting creatures within a 3m radius of the Gunner. While Aggressive Venting is useful for eliminating lots of smaller creatures, such as Glyphid Swarmers, it puts the Gunner at a disadvantage against his foes during the cooldown process. Be sure to only use it if your secondary weapon is loaded with ammo, or if you can fall back into your Shield Generator.
Trivia
- Before Update 11: Dead And Gun, the Powered Minigun had an ammo clip, similarly to Autocannon, but it was still able to overheat.
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