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Gatling guns in shadowrun are basically machine guns that fires about 50% faster. However, this is far from reflecting what a real gatling gun is capable of doing, being able to shoot literally hundreds of bullets of seconds.
What I expect here isn't a houserule proposition be rather a discussion on how they could work in this game, when completely disregarding the obvious balance issue.

Let's say I have a minigun, with a potential firing rate of 50 rounds pet bursts and a base damage of, well... whatever. Let's say base damage of 8. Let's imagine that the recoil is also manageable in some way or another.

Now, this weapon, according to the base rules, would either obliterate the target or leave it unscratched because of the nature of armor. Indeed, I don't see many things capable of soaking 58 points of damage each rounds. However, depending on the user's skill, the damage might be downgraded to stun damage (which would still obliterate a living target, but do basically nothing to an object).

To anyone that actually deciphered my horrible english, I ask: how would you work this around?

PS: disregard balance issue, I just want a logical "fix" that fits within the general mindset of the rules.
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- Evilness45   Gatling guns   Jan 11 2011, 05:12 AM
- - Yerameyahu   There is no answer to the question as posed. The b...   Jan 11 2011, 05:19 AM
- - Evilness45   To be honest, its because I enjoy rewriting variou...   Jan 11 2011, 05:26 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Ah, a complete rewrite. I thought you meant 'w...   Jan 11 2011, 05:30 AM
- - Evilness45   I did mean that I wanted it to fit within the orig...   Jan 11 2011, 05:41 AM
- - Yerameyahu   *shrug*. In some cases, it *is* true. Presumably, ...   Jan 11 2011, 05:44 AM
- - KamikazePilot   if a M249 has about 875 rounds per minute average ...   Jan 11 2011, 05:56 AM
- - Manunancy   In my opinion the easiest fix would be to tinker w...   Jan 11 2011, 06:35 AM
- - kzt   Miniguns cut cars in half. You can cut through co...   Jan 11 2011, 07:40 AM
|- - PBTHHHHT   QUOTE (kzt @ Jan 11 2011, 02:40 AM) Most ...   Jan 11 2011, 07:23 PM
|- - capt.pantsless   QUOTE (kzt @ Jan 11 2011, 01:40 AM) Minig...   Jan 11 2011, 08:47 PM
- - Smokeskin   A simple fix would simply be let them do full burs...   Jan 11 2011, 10:01 AM
- - Bushw4cker   Here are my House rules on Full Auto Combat, pleas...   Jan 11 2011, 12:09 PM
|- - KamikazePilot   QUOTE (Bushw4cker @ Jan 11 2011, 11:09 PM...   Jan 11 2011, 12:51 PM
|- - Bushw4cker   QUOTE (KamikazePilot @ Jan 11 2011, 12:51...   Jan 11 2011, 07:50 PM
|- - KamikazePilot   QUOTE (Bushw4cker @ Jan 12 2011, 06:50 AM...   Jan 12 2011, 05:18 AM
|- - sabs   QUOTE (Bushw4cker @ Jan 11 2011, 08:50 PM...   Jan 12 2011, 04:14 PM
|- - KarmaInferno   QUOTE (kzt @ Jan 11 2011, 11:56 PM) I did...   Jan 12 2011, 04:30 PM
- - Yerameyahu   I don't agree that HMGs and above are underpow...   Jan 11 2011, 02:11 PM
- - Fortinbras   This sort of thing is exactly how Grognard Capture...   Jan 11 2011, 02:46 PM
- - Whipstitch   It's really more like they leave you to fend f...   Jan 11 2011, 09:50 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Whipstitch @ Jan 11 2011, 03:50 PM...   Jan 12 2011, 12:39 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Except you don't need to do anything. Just use...   Jan 11 2011, 09:55 PM
- - sabs   they're murderous on weapons, or ona troll wi...   Jan 11 2011, 10:00 PM
- - Whipstitch   It helps if you think of these things as a tool fo...   Jan 11 2011, 10:36 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Which is exactly right. It's a dramatic rolep...   Jan 11 2011, 10:41 PM
- - Whipstitch   Yeah, but ultimately we're talking about a mat...   Jan 12 2011, 01:42 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Indeed. That's not 'bouncing off'. It...   Jan 12 2011, 02:09 AM
- - kzt   I didn't say it did. I said you can cut holes...   Jan 12 2011, 04:56 AM
|- - Aarakin   QUOTE (kzt @ Jan 12 2011, 02:56 PM) I did...   Jan 12 2011, 11:30 PM
- - Yerameyahu   The barrier rules are really a *whole* nother issu...   Jan 12 2011, 05:20 AM
- - sabs   Also, Did you ever watch the video from wikileaks ...   Jan 12 2011, 02:38 PM
|- - Dahrken   QUOTE (sabs @ Jan 12 2011, 03:38 PM) They...   Jan 12 2011, 03:40 PM
|- - sabs   QUOTE (Dahrken @ Jan 12 2011, 04:40 PM) W...   Jan 12 2011, 03:55 PM
- - Yerameyahu   I thought we were talking about situations where t...   Jan 12 2011, 04:07 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Ah, he forgot about vehicle RC. I dig.   Jan 12 2011, 04:18 PM
- - sabs   and tripods, and shock pads   Jan 12 2011, 04:19 PM
- - Whipstitch   Yeah, handling incremental damage is why barriers ...   Jan 12 2011, 04:42 PM
- - kzt   Since you can shoot a hole you can walk though in ...   Jan 13 2011, 12:32 AM
- - CanRay   Well, not exactly "Walk" as I'd desc...   Jan 13 2011, 12:53 AM
- - Brazilian_Shinobi   QUOTE (CanRay @ Jan 12 2011, 09:53 PM) PS...   Jan 13 2011, 03:13 AM


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