How to make the Minigun useful

[Rokbang]

Add auto-aim on minigun like the rest of automatic weapons.Right now it has no meaning to use it even against a helicopter unless you play free aim.Its unlocked at Rank 120 it should be a beast card to play on a gun fight.You even get your bullets to 0 if you die holding it.

 

What about playing in free aim? Loser.

 

"Add auto-aim on minigun" lol do you hear yourself

[Dottie]

Free aim sucks in gta.If they have a car and you are on foot you dont stand a chance you will either blow their car and pay the insurance or get owned.Try to do gang attacks with free aim 5 enemies all around you by the the time you shoot the 1st the others have killed you

Its called a automatic shotgun. no problems for me because no aim required

[SetOnFire]

Back on topic real quick - the only thing that needs to be done to the minigun is make it so you lose little or no ammo when dying and make it a little less accurate and long ranges. I don't play auto-aim, but I can't imagine how overpowered it would be if it locked on. What I can tell you is it wouldn't be used against tanks and helicopters primarily, and it would likely become one the most-used PVP weapons for the high level players, if not #1. Losing all your ammo wouldn't be an issue if you could kill everyone in your path instantly even at incredible ranges. Considering what level you need to buy one the balance problems in free roam would be apparent right away.

 

In my experiences its the least-used weapon in GTA:O free roam, but considering how powerful it is right now I don't really consider that a bad thing. Maybe they haven't changed the losing all the ammo thing yet because they're still trying to figure out how to make it more balanced for PVP.

 

I agree. Reduce accuracy and raise the range.

 

With max shooting, you pretty much dead on target most of the times. Having a bit more spray wouldn't be problem in my eyes.

 

But the range ? God yes. It's a frigging minigun. Half the time I'm shooting at an heli, I can see the bullets reaching it but it's still considered out of range. What the deuce ?

[TheWhiteKnight]

I usually just spray my mini gun at vehicles, or drop it for my lower level gang members

[Salty91]

 

Dying and losing 10k rounds of mini gun ammo is ridiculous you don't buy it in 15k increments you can buy it in 100 round batches for $150 if you die with the mini gun you should lose 100 rounds not 9999

 

Yeah that is one annoying bug. I was killed by 2 players and kept the ammo and later on got killed by cops and I lost everything. That is with 1.07. Might have been just lucky though.

 

But even if I'm right, the ammo bug still hasn't been fixed properly. Why is it taking so long ?

 

On the subject of bugged ammo, has anyone tried dying with the grenade launcher recently ? Wondering if that has been fixed yet.

 

 

It's not really a bug.

Every time you die you loose one magazine of the weapon you used while dying.

So the grenade launcher has 20 grenades in 2 magazines which means you will loose 10 grenades in the worst case.

The minigun has only one huge magazine and thats why you loose everything.

I don't care about the minigun, at least this way the servers aren't filled with minigun users only, but the grenade launcher could be quite useful against some backwards driving pricks.

[ExtremeTorque]

 

 

Add auto-aim on minigun like the rest of automatic weapons.Right now it has no meaning to use it even against a helicopter unless you play free aim.Its unlocked at Rank 120 it should be a beast card to play on a gun fight.You even get your bullets to 0 if you die holding it.

What about playing in free aim? Loser.

 

"Add auto-aim on minigun" lol do you hear yourself

Im talking about auto aim lobbies.Minigun is useless against cars and person because it cant auto aim and you cant combat roll with it to avoid a car trying to ram you.I dont want to use a minigun just for helis,you can take down a heli with sniper,RPG,Assault Rifle.At level 70 you get a tank but at level 120 you get a minigun as an extra way to take down helicopters,It must have more uses

[SFBryan18]

Play free aim. Get some skill. No skill required for the minigun.

Fixed. Except for the part when you lose 15k for dying.

Edited December 16, 2013 by SFBryan18

[OOM 313]

You do know you can free aim any weapon by lightly holding the trigger, even in an auto aim lobby. Even works with sniper rifles. Try it

[SFBryan18]

You do know you can free aim any weapon by lightly holding the trigger, even in an auto aim lobby. Even works with sniper rifles. Try it

Why would anyone want less accuracy against an aimbot?

 

 

Add auto-aim on minigun like the rest of automatic weapons.Right now it has no meaning to use it even against a helicopter unless you play free aim.Its unlocked at Rank 120 it should be a beast card to play on a gun fight.You even get your bullets to 0 if you die holding it.

What about playing in free aim? Loser.

 

"Add auto-aim on minigun" lol do you hear yourself

Im talking about auto aim lobbies.Minigun is useless against cars and person because it cant auto aim and you cant combat roll with it to avoid a car trying to ram you.I dont want to use a minigun just for helis,you can take down a heli with sniper,RPG,Assault Rifle.At level 70 you get a tank but at level 120 you get a minigun as an extra way to take down helicopters,It must have more uses

 

I'm not saying this as an insult, I am being literal...

 

Auto aim is for noobs. Seriously... It is designed for new players.

 

The minigun is made for free aim. They are not going to allow your deathmachine to have perfect accuracy. That would be too over powered. It would be instant death from any distance. Switch to free aim where it actually works.

Edited December 16, 2013 by SFBryan18

[ExtremeTorque]

 

 

You do know you can free aim any weapon by lightly holding the trigger, even in an auto aim lobby. Even works with sniper rifles. Try it

Why would anyone want less accuracy against an aimbot?

 

 

Add auto-aim on minigun like the rest of automatic weapons.Right now it has no meaning to use it even against a helicopter unless you play free aim.Its unlocked at Rank 120 it should be a beast card to play on a gun fight.You even get your bullets to 0 if you die holding it.

What about playing in free aim? Loser.

 

"Add auto-aim on minigun" lol do you hear yourself

Im talking about auto aim lobbies.Minigun is useless against cars and person because it cant auto aim and you cant combat roll with it to avoid a car trying to ram you.I dont want to use a minigun just for helis,you can take down a heli with sniper,RPG,Assault Rifle.At level 70 you get a tank but at level 120 you get a minigun as an extra way to take down helicopters,It must have more uses

 

I'm not saying this as an insult, I am being literal...

 

Auto aim is for noobs. Seriously... It is designed for new players.

 

The minigun is made for free aim. They are not going to allow your deathmachine to have perfect accuracy. That would be too over powered. It would be instant death from any distance. Switch to free aim where it actually works.

I played free aim ,you still use it only at helicopters when you are shooting a car with it you cant combat roll to avoid it and even if you kill the driver the car keeps coming or you can blow the car if he has no armor and pay the insurance and get a bad sport point.Minigun needs to have bigger role in online not just shooting helicopters.Even with helicopters its range is small.They need to add more range to it or tweak it some other way to make it more useful in other situations too

[senormidget]

Why would you try and shoot a single person with a mini-gun? It's designed for destroying vehicles, penetrating solid objects and taking out large crowds of enemies.

 

Use a rifle.

[Rokbang]

Free aim sucks in gta.If they have a car and you are on foot you dont stand a chance you will either blow their car and pay the insurance or get owned.Try to do gang attacks with free aim 5 enemies all around you by the the time you shoot the 1st the others have killed you

 

This just proves that YOU suck.

 

If I am in a battle with someone I would prefer if they were in a car since it's easier to kill them then. You have a lot of options, when you're in the car the only thing you can do is run them over then shoot or back up with an entity which is gay as f*ck.

 

There are tons of ways to kll players that are in cars, you can jump walls, you can shoot rpgs you can shoot them with shotgun or rifles. If I would have a minigun I'd be pwning people in cars even more, lol.

[Biohazard Abyss]

Auto-aim minigun would be the most OP sh*t in the game since you're not reloading, it's just continuous shooting.

[wanes]

Auto-aim minigun would be the most OP sh*t in the game since you're not reloading, it's just continuous shooting.

Combat MG says hi.

but seriously, they need to fix dropping all the ammo when you die first.

[Biohazard Abyss]

 

Auto-aim minigun would be the most OP sh*t in the game since you're not reloading, it's just continuous shooting.

Combat MG says hi.

but seriously, they need to fix dropping all the ammo when you die first.

 

 

Combat MG doesn't drop you in half a second.

 

Minigun literally only takes like around 5 bullets to kill another player.

[wanes]

 

 

Auto-aim minigun would be the most OP sh*t in the game since you're not reloading, it's just continuous shooting.

Combat MG says hi.

but seriously, they need to fix dropping all the ammo when you die first.

 

 

Combat MG doesn't drop you in half a second.

 

Minigun literally only takes like around 5 bullets to kill another player.

Lol yeah Just pass my line of fire *tries* *dead*

[Biohazard Abyss]

I'd prefer a rifle to a Combat MG anyday. Combat MG is great though for stunning large groups of AI by firing and switching targets quickly as you do.

 

Auto-aim minigun though? Hell no. The reason it's free aim is because it tears through everything and everyone. They just need to fix the crap where you lose all ammo when you die. It's only weakness is the wind-up.

[ExtremeTorque]

 

 

Free aim sucks in gta.If they have a car and you are on foot you dont stand a chance you will either blow their car and pay the insurance or get owned.Try to do gang attacks with free aim 5 enemies all around you by the the time you shoot the 1st the others have killed you

This just proves that YOU suck.

 

If I am in a battle with someone I would prefer if they were in a car since it's easier to kill them then. You have a lot of options, when you're in the car the only thing you can do is run them over then shoot or back up with an entity which is gay as f*ck.

 

There are tons of ways to kll players that are in cars, you can jump walls, you can shoot rpgs you can shoot them with shotgun or rifles. If I would have a minigun I'd be pwning people in cars even more, lol.

Theres a gang attack on an island to the southeast side of the map where there is no cover at all only bushes.There are 5 enemies all around you,they shoot you through the buses but you cant see them,theres no cover,they have auto aim and you dont.I challenge you to do it without dying,you will get what im talking about or try the 4 men guarding the crate drops from different angles all around you Edited December 16, 2013 by psycho_realm747

[Mr. Crowley]

It doesn't need auto aim.

It does need to not make you lose $15k any time you die with it equipped. That is just bullsh*t.

[SetOnFire]

 

 

Dying and losing 10k rounds of mini gun ammo is ridiculous you don't buy it in 15k increments you can buy it in 100 round batches for $150 if you die with the mini gun you should lose 100 rounds not 9999

 

Yeah that is one annoying bug. I was killed by 2 players and kept the ammo and later on got killed by cops and I lost everything. That is with 1.07. Might have been just lucky though.

 

But even if I'm right, the ammo bug still hasn't been fixed properly. Why is it taking so long ?

 

On the subject of bugged ammo, has anyone tried dying with the grenade launcher recently ? Wondering if that has been fixed yet.

 

 

It's not really a bug.

Every time you die you loose one magazine of the weapon you used while dying.

So the grenade launcher has 20 grenades in 2 magazines which means you will loose 10 grenades in the worst case.

The minigun has only one huge magazine and thats why you loose everything.

I don't care about the minigun, at least this way the servers aren't filled with minigun users only, but the grenade launcher could be quite useful against some backwards driving pricks.

 

 

It would be a flawed mechanic, and wouldn't deter mingun users simply because they aren't many that seem to appreciate its power. I see quite a few lvl120+ and Hardly ever do I see them pop out the minigun, most of the times, just like me they use it against vehicles. WHich really is a circumstance thing.

 

Never realised that minigun users were a problem to begin with lol... and yes, the mechanic is silly considering Rockstar intends to allow players to fully restock on all types of ammo for only $20K.

 

Lost rounds or not, losing 5k or 15k a pop because of "intended" ammo loss that's supposedly there to "encourage" me not resort to my grenade launcher or minigun makes absolutely no sense. The RPG isn't affected by this mechanic obviously since there are no rounds....does that meaqn Rockstar WANTS me to use my RPG every 5 seconds ?

 

It's a flawed argument, and the ammo loss bug/mechanic has to be fixed. I can afford it, most lvl120+ can afford it but it's stupid either way. I'd rather they raise the price of ammo than force me to make a trip back to ammunation if I make the slightest mistake in game.

Edited December 16, 2013 by SetOnFire

[Dont Shoot]

This is why game designers completely ignore players when it comes to game balance. The mini gun is in a really good balance wise. Its useful for way more than just helis. Auto-aim on a minugun would be the worst decision R* ever made. Even worse than not resetting ppl who have cheated and abused glitches in their game. The mini gun can tear large groups of ppl in seconds. You dont have to barrel roll away from a vehicle coming at you while using the mini gun. You can kill the driver or blow the car up in 2 seconds. Different weps have different uses. Its like getting mad bc the shotgun has less range than a rifle or a sniper isnt as good at close combat as a shotgun.