Kaleidostorm
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Since: May, 2012
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Mar 8th 2015 at 3:34:19 PM
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I always found it kind of funny that weapons like gatling guns and modern miniguns actually use the multiple barrel firing system to avert this trope, yet in games the Minigun is usually the primary victim of overheating mechanics. From a balancing perspective it is understandable, since miniguns are bullet hoses that chew through ammo reserves: A player would be disappointed after using it all up after a short period of time.
Edited by Kaleidostorm "Fear not those with nothing left to lose, but those with something left to save." ~ Somebody at some point in time, probably.
Orisa from Overwatch had to reload, but had unlimited ammo. The change to cooldown only made complete sense. Still, she uses 3 "shooters" and should not overheat at all, if the purpose of having 3 was to cool the gun down.
And yeah, multiple barrels means cooling, but games screw that up... except GTA. You drop 9999 bullets from the minigun in 65 seconds or such. You can hold the trigger all the way, non-stop.