Considering the module Gatling platforms take (dem cap), they seem rather... lacking


When i hear gatling, i expected them to RAPIDLY launch their 10 missiles.
They actually shoot missiles slower than my dread can, and because they are stationary, the missiles need to fly and keep up with a target that is likely moving away from them. Thus the damage isn't being applied as "immediately"

And even then, their damage also seems rather small... single large gatling can just take out a rosmary.

With their energy requirement and how fragile they are... deploying a full 6 against a higher level AI would likely result in them getting popped beforehand, or the gunner himself dying.

I can put out DPS faster with the normal AP and kinetic missiles than the gatlings can.

They also take up all missile slots untill they have fired all 10 of their missiles.

DMs get defensive about everything, first off.

Secondly:

I've found I can dps most ai one on one with the new missiles, but in a dg they tend to get popped before landing a single hit.

Also, lancers seem to use a bit too much elec for them to be useful at all. Smaller ai get one hit, but that's with large lancers (I'm talking level 500 bana ai). With the huge elec cost and the meh DPH it's often better just to get in close and spam APs. I would suggest beefing the heat laser(IE: more range, full tracking, is it possible for them to MF?), and giving them a delayed explosion time, so that the laser will fire more than once. Again,back to elec, since they have a huge minimum firing range they seem better suited for a HF gunner. But HF gunners I've talked to use a regen based elec which can't keep up at all to the massive elec drain of 4k per missile.

Disentegrators are nice I guess, but they're squishy. I liked them better when they took away resists. That extra debuff would've really made a gunner actually useful in runs.

Overall I think the new missiles are nice, but I don't think they're the endgame missile gunners need to become relevant. Right now we're more of a novelty than something that's useful.

Lancers - I can look at them. HF gunners usually have ~ 70k bank if they're augged for missiles [PtE + CaL?]. However, there's no way to prevent them using their warhead once they get close ~ and if they hung around, they're quite squishy. I'll look at giving them a RoF / Range boost on the weapon.


I notice you don't mention MIRVs or Bunkerbusters - not got them, or simply they're good so you're not complaining?