Nanite Systems Quad Gatling

[EVILPIG]

24 barrels of <3 for the Galaxy or Liberator.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2243/quadw.png

[headcrab13]

I'd hit it.

[Death2All]

7 barrels each x 4 = 28

[onwee]

This is incredibly sexy. I don't know what role I'll be playing yet, but I get closer and closer to thinking I'll be playing some sort of air support.

The fast travel speeds into combat and the great weaponry is just getting way too appealing.

[Rabb]

7 barrels each x 4 = 28

I think you will find the centre doesn't count as a barrel

[EVILPIG]

7 barrels each x 4 = 28

You don't know how a gatling gun works? What kind of TR are you??? :lol:

[kertvon]

24 barrels of <3 for aircraft.

I'm thinking, Liberator?

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2243/quadw.png

I was thinking liberator too. I certainly hope so. The liberator will definitely live up to it's name with a front mount weapon like that.

[Geist]

You don't know how a gatling gun works? What kind of TR are you??? :lol:

Apparently he's the kind of TR who is actually a VS. They don't even know how their own weapons work, why would they understand conventional weapons?

Also, <3 24 barrels. Screams Anti-Infantry Mosquito.

[acosmo]

yeap. if those are 20mm's the lib is definitely going to pound the shit out of everything without wings.

[Rabb]

Nanite Systems do it TR style.

If at first you miss, throw more lead.

[Semetis]

if at first you miss dont worry its a fucking gatling gun youll hit the bastard eventualy

[Hamma]

This weapon System can be outfitted on to any of our large Gunship or Transport platforms
Via @NaniteSystems

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[Lorgarn]

That looks sweet! I can't wait to tear some people apart with that one.

[Canaris]

how is this NS? that says TR all over it!!..... do want

[Robotix]

Needs more dakka.

[stonelizard]

Feels more TR than NS

[Eyeklops]

This could be a great AA weapon.

[Pozidriv]

This could be a great ANTI EVERYTHING weapon.

I agree, still looks more TR than NS :D.

[The Janitor]

Eventually, I'd like to see more and more over-the-top weapons like this for every race. Just awesome huge guns that are possibly very expensive but incredibly devastating and sexy. Just for fun :D

[Malorn]

Looks like a fantastic Liberator gun.

NaniteSystems sure loves their gatling machineguns.

[Captain1nsaneo]

So is this the replacement for the ball turrets on the Gal and Lib Tail? The twit mentions that it can be attached to transports as well as the Lib so this makes me think this isn't the bomber's weapon.

[CutterJohn]

Kinda misses the point of a gatling gun.. Their whole purpose is if you need more firepower you just speed it up. Considering I doubt they'll come anywhere close the the many thousands of RPM real gatling guns spit out, they could have just had one and made it behave like a real gatling gun.

Does look wicked though, so I guess it has that going for it. :)

[Trolltaxi]

Add this to both arms of the TR max and other empires can have whatever they want! :)

[DviddLeff]

That thing is going to kick out a lot of lead.

[Red Ketchup]

So is this the replacement for the ball turrets on the Gal and Lib Tail? The twit mentions that it can be attached to transports as well as the Lib so this makes me think this isn't the bomber's weapon.

This weapon was mentioned in the Liberator update (http://www.planetside2.com/news/jan132012vehicle) on the official site, as one of the weapons available to the gunner:
"The Liberator is an armored gunship capable of wreaking havoc on ground forces. The primary weapon on the Liberator is a downward facing gun emplacement operated by a passenger. This emplacement has several different options such as an armor devastating 150mm cannon or a shredding 30mm Gatling gun."

[EVILPIG]

Kinda misses the point of a gatling gun.. Their whole purpose is if you need more firepower you just speed it up. Considering I doubt they'll come anywhere close the the many thousands of RPM real gatling guns spit out, they could have just had one and made it behave like a real gatling gun.

Does look wicked though, so I guess it has that going for it. :)

Looks to be more of an infantry specialized weapon. A spread of lead, versus the pinpoint lazer beam of lead. Either would be effective and there are more parts that can burn out on the quad, though if a cylinder went down, you'd still have 3.

[Hmr85]

Looks sexy. I can't wait to see that thing in game. :D

[Atheosim]

Holy shit...I really do wonder which air vehicle will be getting that thing and in which slot...

[Shogun]

damn sexy. and if it´s only 1/4th as dangerous as it should be in this configuration, i am a happy camper!

can be equipped on transports... does this include the sunderer and galaxy?

[QuantumMechanic]

I know it says this is for aircraft, but I'd love to see this mounted on the roof of that sleek low-profile troop transport we saw recently (the suspected Deliverer).

[Talek Krell]

If they're putting those on the turret mounts for the Lib there are going to be a lot more volunteers to tailgun. :love:

[Fenrys]

does this include the sunderer
I'd love to see this mounted on the roof of that sleek low-profile troop transport we saw recently (the suspected Deliverer).

That's exactly what I was thinking.

It has more of an aircraft ball turret look, but the Sunderer and hypothetical Deliverer are transport platforms?

[Ruffdog]

Lead poisoning, yo

<3 Nanite Systems

[Mastachief]

WARNING: May cause embarrassing trouser moments.

[kertvon]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

It has more of an aircraft ball turret look, but the Sunderer and hypothetical Deliverer are transport platforms?

I am wondering if the ball shape is the mount point or the capsule for the gunner. If that is the gunner capsule, then that is some serious firepower...

[kaffis]

can be equipped on transports... does this include the sunderer and galaxy?
I sure hope so.

Kinda misses the point of a gatling gun.. Their whole purpose is if you need more firepower you just speed it up. Considering I doubt they'll come anywhere close the the many thousands of RPM real gatling guns spit out, they could have just had one and made it behave like a real gatling gun.

Does look wicked though, so I guess it has that going for it. :)
Who says it won't "behave like a real gatling gun"? You get millions of rounds of ammo, and chew through it preposterously fast. Each shot does small amounts of damage... presto. Quadruple "real" gatling gun.

[Blackwolf]

You don't know how a gatling gun works? What kind of TR are you??? :lol:

I was going to say... the center one isn't a barrel...

[TekDragon]

I was going to say... the center one isn't a barrel...

I think he was more referring to the fact that the number of barrels are meaningless as they don't all fire at the same time, the way the poster thought. Only one barrel shoots at a time while the others cool themselves.

[RawketLawnchair]

I'd hit it.

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with an inverse tachyon beam! (http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/id-hit-it-with-an-inverse-tachyon-beam.jpg)

[Blackwolf]

I think he was more referring to the fact that the number of barrels are meaningless as they don't all fire at the same time, the way the poster thought. Only one barrel shoots at a time while the others cool themselves.

Well Evilpig is both the OP and the one quoting the 7 x 4 = 28 comment, which was an attempt at correcting his statement of "24 barrels of goodness" comment. So I doubt he's suggesting that the number of barrels is meaningless. Which, by the way, is a silly statement to make. Moar barrels is obviously a good thing.

We're both saying that each rotary gun has 6 barrels, the middle is not a barrel. 6 x 4 = 24.

[Stew]

24 barrels of <3 for the Galaxy or Liberator.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2243/quadw.png

nice one

[Biscuit]

sooooo...... how big are the bullets?

[Stew]

http://youtu.be/S5Ev19NsDQ4

this X4 :D

[Ertwin]

sooooo...... how big are the bullets?

It says quad 30 mm chaingun on the bottom right. So about 3 cm or just over 1 inch in diameter

[NewSith]

I know what mah' lib is gonna have for a secondary gun...

To call it mean is to call it pussy...

[Aractain]

Its a good job we don't have to pay for the rounds we fire! (We don't right?)

[Brusi]

That shit is going stright on my ATV

[CrystalViolet]

Too bad there's no destruction in the game. I think I'd enjoy sawing down trees with that thing.

[BorisBlade]

Now hopefully its an actual quad gattling, doing exactly what 4 single 30mm guns would do and not like the "dual 12/15mm" guns in ps1 which were just single guns but with an alternating CoF making them actually worse than a single gun.

In other words it better not just be cosmetic, if you want to make it do less than 4x a normal gun then use less guns, dont put 4 just for looks, thats retarded.

[ArbitraryDemise]

So.Many.Bullets.

[Carbanu]

I agree with Comrade Boris, 4 barrels at once or not worth it.

[PeteHMB]

FUCK yeah! I really can't wait to see the close air support in Beta. No longer will Galaxies be useless for anything but hot-drops! I really want a viable air platform Terminator style...come screaming in from the sky, apply brakes and hover while support gunners blast the shit out of everything beneath you to clear the landing zone. And WTF? 150mm cannon on the LIBERATOR?! O_o I was a dedicated Reaver + Liberator pilot in PS1....used to LOVE mowing through infantry and armor alike with my Libby's nosegun, and if another aircraft was dumb enough to come at me head on I'd rip through them too. Tailgunners were damn near worthless, which is what led to the Libby as a close support gunship in the first place. With these though...repeated bombing runs, armor column escorts, and various other transport duties just became far more desirable. Plus just think of a fleet of Galaxies coming in with 3 of these on each one (or more depending on whatever the new configurations are!). Holy hell <3 for air support!!!!

[Tamas]

Out of ammo in 30 seconds?

[Kran De Loy]

Out of ammo in 30 seconds?

More like in less then 5.

Seriously when I saw that I got a warm feeling in my chest.

Could have also been heart burn.

[Toppopia]

Did vehicles in first Planetside have unlimited ammo or limited ammo? and do we know if Planetside 2 vehicles will have unlimited ammo or is it going to be an overheating concept?

[Captain1nsaneo]

Tailgunners were damn near worthless

And out come the knifes. Aside from that running the lib as an armor support does make sense though I'm still hesitant about it due to the libs slower move speed than the ES fighters and the plethora of tanks on the field. Using these as helicopter door gunner tools however is something that I can definitely see potential for.

Boris brings up a really good point. All 4 should share one reticle rather than acting like the Basilisk did with its two. I don't mind if the damage is low as long as the rate of fire is appropriate. The only Mini-guns I've seen done that felt like miniguns were BF2's Black Hawk's at release but those were over powered and just used shotgun shell impacts to imitate the high rate of fire. Four points of impact on the ground that each wander around in their own CoF would be ideal but I don't know how that would play out with the ingame physics and processing budget.

[Goku]

Did vehicles in first Planetside have unlimited ammo or limited ammo? and do we know if Planetside 2 vehicles will have unlimited ammo or is it going to be an overheating concept?

Limited, but it would take you a good amount of time/runs to finally run out.

[Kran De Loy]

Did vehicles in first Planetside have unlimited ammo or limited ammo? and do we know if Planetside 2 vehicles will have unlimited ammo or is it going to be an overheating concept?

Ps1: Had to have the ammo for the weapons in the vehicle inventory, iirc.
Ps2: I have no idea, really but in the GDC videos where Higby was in the tank it showed his ammo for the main cannon I think, so there is an ammo limit I just don't know the details or if it will stay that way since GDC was considered Alpha still.

And out come the knifes. Aside from that running the lib as an armor support does make sense though I'm still hesitant about it due to the libs slower move speed than the ES fighters and the plethora of tanks on the field. Using these as helicopter door gunner tools however is something that I can definitely see potential for.

Boris brings up a really good point. All 4 should share one reticle rather than acting like the Basilisk did with its two. I don't mind if the damage is low as long as the rate of fire is appropriate. The only Mini-guns I've seen done that felt like miniguns were BF2's Black Hawk's at release but those were over powered and just used shotgun shell impacts to imitate the high rate of fire. Four points of impact on the ground that each wander around in their own CoF would be ideal but I don't know how that would play out with the ingame physics and processing budget.

And it would make no sense. I mean all four of them are mounted to the same pivot, so the CoF would logically be the same for all of them. However I would absolutely love to actually be able to see 4 individual steams of death spewing all at once.

[Atheosim]

Now hopefully its an actual quad gattling, doing exactly what 4 single 30mm guns would do and not like the "dual 12/15mm" guns in ps1 which were just single guns but with an alternating CoF making them actually worse than a single gun.

In other words it better not just be cosmetic, if you want to make it do less than 4x a normal gun then use less guns, dont put 4 just for looks, thats retarded.

Quoting for truth/reiteration/pleaselistentothisguy

[Degrifter]

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When you absolutely need to kill every MotherFucker in the area... Accept no substitutes. :D

[headcrab13]

Out of ammo in 30 seconds?

Exactly, that's why I'm lashing two Light Assault guys to my wings for constant ammo refills.

That, or I'm picking up the infinite ammo bandana from the cash shop.

[Mechzz]

Exactly, that's why I'm lashing two Light Assault guys to my wings for constant ammo refills.

That, or I'm picking up the infinite ammo bandana from the cash shop.

Lol. That made me chuckle, after all the agonised discussion about ammo drops.

Is this the first official exploit for the new game?

Should we have a "planned exploit" thread?

[Captain1nsaneo]

And it would make no sense. I mean all four of them are mounted to the same pivot, so the CoF would logically be the same for all of them. However I would absolutely love to actually be able to see 4 individual steams of death spewing all at once.

Except all of them are differently positioned and experiencing different wind effects and such. I actually believe we're on the same track just don't see it. One crosshair for all 4 guns but each stream acts like it has it's own CoF that over laps with the other 3.

I whipped this up in MSpaint as an example:
http://i46.tinypic.com/mjl4ax.gif

Each of the 4 circles is a CoF while the player only sees the large main crosshair. They all intersect the middle of the crosshair and would allow for much better suppression of an area when the weapon was fired at a high rate of fire.

[Destroyeron]

That's a TR Max attachment right?

[Geist]

That's a TR Max attachment right?

Don't worry, TR MAXes still have 24 barrels. :D

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120306_4f56399332d6f.jpg

[The Janitor]

ROFL! Love it... Absurd weapons are the best weapons!

[headcrab13]

ROFL! Love it... Absurd weapons are the best weapons!

Which is why I'm especially excited about the new Vanu MAX weapons:

http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=3657247&t=o (http://gifsoup.com/view/3657247/turok-cannon.html) GIFSoup (http://gifsoup.com/)

[Raka Maru]

Exactly, that's why I'm lashing two Light Assault guys to my wings for constant ammo refills.

That, or I'm picking up the infinite ammo bandana from the cash shop.

Hehehe, the merc ship at the beginning of the Chronicles of Riddick with the hanging gunners.

[Fenrod]

Well now that's some firepower.

Is it for MAXes ?

[TheBladeRoden]

Who says you can't convert the center axle into another barrel so long as it has its own chamber? Moar barrels!

[Shogun]

Hehehe, the merc ship at the beginning of the Chronicles of Riddick with the hanging gunners.

i would love it, if the liberator had a max-clamp on every wing, to make the maxes and their equipped weapons act like the wing-gunners you refer to!

[Raka Maru]

i would love it, if the liberator had a max-clamp on every wing, to make the maxes and their equipped weapons act like the wing-gunners you refer to!

That would be something to see... Would love to see this. Wish I were an artist, I would draw this up.

We need a Max Gunner!!!

[MonsterBone]

I never had a quad but one time I had sisters.