They Still Haven't Fixed The Mini-Gun issue

[Ai®a©ob®a]

I'm getting to the point where I don't want to even use my mini-gun anymore because it seems like everytime I do use it and I die I loose all of my ammo and since they took away all the money we had it's not that easy refilling your mini-gun ammo anymore.

 

Anybody else fed up?

[ugotsmoked]

I might be if I ever used it...HEAVY SNIPER.

[GTA-Addicted]

Its not an issue, its a feature. When you die you'll loose your current weapon clip. Minigun clip holds 9999 bullets.

 

Yes it sucks but was ment this way. Switch to diff weapon if you think you're about to die

[Ai®a©ob®a]

Yeah I like using the Heavy Sniper on tanks and hear there WTF reaction only to be sniped out a second, third and fourth time till they wise up and stay away from it.

[wolfp212]

I lost my ammo the other day, and didn't even have it out. I was in freeroam, and was scrolling through the guns, selected the grenade launcher to have ready after going past the minigun, not even stopping on it for more than a second. After I selected the AP pistol, a player ran me over with his car before I could react. I thought, 'well, at least I didn't have my minigun on'. Nope, somehow it counted, and I ended up having to buy all the ammo again. This really needs to be fixed.

Edited January 24, 2014 by wolfp212

[wimthetim]

sounds like an annoying bug. im lvl 91 so haven't unlocked it yet.

 

how much does the ammo cost?

[The Spook]

I only use it against helicopters and cars. The back of a tank if I feel brave enough. Against other people is pretty pointless because you're asking to get clipped and lose all your ammo.

[Ai®a©ob®a]

Its not an issue, its a feature. When you die you'll loose your current weapon clip. Minigun clip holds 9999 bullets.

 

Yes it sucks but was ment this way. Switch to diff weapon if you think you're about to die

Not always possible, I don't use it often just when i'm bored but it's stupid.

 

Then why don't you loose any other ammo?

 

All my guns hold 9999 rounds but I never loose any ammo from them

[GTA-Freak-Vi]

That sucks, I've always wanted to use a mini-gun online...shame I'm like 66 levels away from getting it

[StewNorth]

I played a couple of DMs last night where I used my minigun and I didn't lose any ammo upon death.

 

Not sure if it was just a glitch or the map weapon lock, but I'm gonna try using it more in DMs and see what's what. Worse case, it's only 15K.

 

Would be cool if they could work properly, at least in DMs.

Edited January 24, 2014 by StewNorth

[Ai®a©ob®a]

sounds like an annoying bug. im lvl 91 so haven't unlocked it yet.

 

how much does the ammo cost?

It's $150 for 100 rounds so about $10,000 to fill up

[LBxFinalDeath]

The minigun is basically useless outside of missions anyway and even in missions you get very few chances to use it because of the autoaim the NPCs have (just being honest), I'd prefer they fix the tank not having to pay insurance glitch before the minigun one but in a perfect world I want both fixed as fast as possible.

 

Though I personally believe the minigun is meant to be that way..you die with an assault rifle? You drop a magazine. (30-60 rounds depending if you have ext mags)

 

The miniguns "magazine" holds 9999 so when you die you drop it, just remember where you died and you should be able to pick the ammo dropped back up unless the person who kills you runs over where you died to pick it up (which happens a lot) though I don't honestly know if you can pick up minigun ammo..I know you can for everything else though.

Edited January 24, 2014 by LBxFinalDeath

[PerceusSOZ]

 

Its not an issue, its a feature. When you die you'll loose your current weapon clip. Minigun clip holds 9999 bullets.

Yes it sucks but was ment this way. Switch to diff weapon if you think you're about to die

 

Not always possible, I don't use it often just when i'm bored but it's stupid.

 

Then why don't you loose any other ammo?

 

All my guns hold 9999 rounds but I never loose any ammo from them

if you read his post properly, he said "current clip" of ammo. Miniguns only have a single clip, unlike other weapons that have to reload.

 

 

 

I played a couple of DMs last night where I used my minigun and I didn't lose any ammo upon death.

 

Not sure if it was just a glitch or the map weapon lock, but I'm gonna try using it more in DMs and see what's what. Worse case, it's only 15K.

 

Would be cool if they could work properly, at least in DMs.

its not a glitch. Read above.

[Zondar]

 

Its not an issue, its a feature. When you die you'll loose your current weapon clip. Minigun clip holds 9999 bullets.

Yes it sucks but was ment this way. Switch to diff weapon if you think you're about to die

 

Not always possible, I don't use it often just when i'm bored but it's stupid.

 

Then why don't you loose any other ammo?

 

All my guns hold 9999 rounds but I never loose any ammo from them

Every time you die holding a gun , you lose all the ammo that's in the weapon or clip.

So you don't really notice losing 30 bullets from a rifle or pistol, but since your minigun holds all your ammo at the same time then all ammo is gone.

Kinda happens with the grenade launcher too as that holds 2 clips of 10.

[BrownMattHall]

ive had the same issue with the heavy sniper right when i unlocked it. 30ish k for it over some stupid bug is annoying to be polite

[Kracus]

Yeah it's a bit ridiculous for them to state they fixed it and it's absolutely not fixed whatsoever. I got pretty pissed about it when I lost my rounds too cause I filled up thinking I wouldn't lose it all. Somehow I got 7k minigun rounds right now even though I never bought more though. I think from crates.

[GraniteDevil]

On the prioritized list of sh*t that needs to be fixed, the minigun ammo thing I hope is nowhere to be found.

 

Never fill your minigun ammo and stop running around with it out all the time and you'll be fine.

 

I only ever lost my minigun ammo one time because of dying. I have since died many times and still keep my ammo. Because I don't often have it out. When I do? I'm in a secure location where I have some time before I know I'm about to buy the farm and I can swap the weapon out.

[StewNorth]

Yeah I know about the one mag.

It's pretty abrupt and ridiculous balancing from Rockstar to be honest if that was intended, and I don't think they gave the matter much thought with this weapon.

 

If you die once wielding it, then that's this weapon out of the game til you decide to restock... lol wtf? Besides minigun don't even have mags per say, as illustrated in the following picture. It's more of an ammo reservoir, and the ammo can be "broken off" the ammo pack anytime, they aren't permanently linked.

 

 

yeah I know it's not real life and doesn't have to follow/imitate the same rules, but I'm just trying to exacerbate how silly the feature is.

 

They should make it have 10 mags of 1000 bullets. So that any idiots with a minigun gets broke pretty darn fast if Rockstar is worried about minigun psychos.

To be honest, the only time I've really seen miniguns ruin a session was when an iso modder was wielding it with godmode and with rockets insteads of bullets. We already can't use cover, so give us a break lol.

 

Or make the ammo more expensive if you worried about abuse, I don't care. I just hate having my minigun cut out of the fight if I make just 1 mistake. No other weapons in the game come with that penalty. The grenade launcher comes really close, but it can be dealt with since you can still get cover and it comes with 2 magasines that aren't that pricy (2.5k per mag if I remember correctly).

 

I know you can avoid that happening by constantly switching on/off your minigun with the weapon selec menu but it's just an annoying mechanic and distract from the action at end.

Edited January 24, 2014 by StewNorth

[senormidget]

Miniguns are worse than noob tubes in COD. Man up and use a proper gun.

[Zwenkwiel]

don't buy full ammo

[ToMuchMayo]

Am i the only one that just solos survival on processed to get my free 9999 mini gun in like 20 mins?

[StewNorth]

Am i the only one that just solos survival on processed to get my free 9999 mini gun in like 20 mins?

 

It's been patched. You can't pick up ammo from survival anymore if you already got the weapons unlocked.

 

And that's not even the issue. Restocking is easy. It's having to do it each time you die with said weapon.

[710_Holidayz]

 

 

Its not an issue, its a feature. When you die you'll loose your current weapon clip. Minigun clip holds 9999 bullets.

Yes it sucks but was ment this way. Switch to diff weapon if you think you're about to die

 

Not always possible, I don't use it often just when i'm bored but it's stupid.

 

Then why don't you loose any other ammo?

 

All my guns hold 9999 rounds but I never loose any ammo from them

Every time you die holding a gun , you lose all the ammo that's in the weapon or clip.

So you don't really notice losing 30 bullets from a rifle or pistol, but since your minigun holds all your ammo at the same time then all ammo is gone.

Kinda happens with the grenade launcher too as that holds 2 clips of 10.

LOL. I get what you're saying but, GRENADE LAUNCHERS IN THIS GAME ARE NOT MAGAZINE/CLIP FED LOL. Thats like saying a revolver holds 2 clips of 6... No. Its has a spinning cylinder with 10 individual chambers, 1 chamber holding 1 round... Geez man, does anyone on this forum know something about guns or is everyone a Call Of Duty know it all that thinks an AK-47 and an AR-15 shoot the same bullet lulz.

[Pixel S]

Miniguns are worse than noob tubes in COD. Man up and use a proper gun.

Whip out that SNS pistol.

Saying that I have seen people get streaks with that thing.

[nitefallz]

Miniguns are worse than noob tubes in COD. Man up and use a proper gun.

You're just pissed you can't buy one.

[wanes]

I have a dream and that dream is getting the LSPD mini-gun tint, even if it costs me 25k every time i die with it.

[Kracus]

I walk with the sns pistol in hand all the time. It's small and most people don't know you have it out and if they pull a weapon out I have time to fire the first shot before they can fire at me.

[poklane]

It's not a bug or glitch, it's just dumb game design.

[iFight]

Maybe Rockstar thinks it's a dangerous weapon and so people should use less.

[jwyleski]

Am i the only one that just solos survival on processed to get my free 9999 mini gun in like 20 mins?

U don't even have to reach Wave 10. At the start of wave 9, u can pick it up in processed and still have it with u if u die during wave 9.