i do like this, its just made to be expensive for the balance but i mean people who grind can do it but i get your point about limitng that not ervyone can just mass produce it

i thought of this at 2 am today. i just woke up but still eepy. :>

I very much like the idea of heavy MGs for fortified positions. I like the second one more than the first one in terms of use for combat.

I like the 2nd one, but then it should be an expensive multiblock
Maybe use 1 gold block or 1 dia block, or a new custom, expensive block in its build

Also it shouldnt be able to be piloted as turret, since it would mean u can have 3 HeavyMGs at the same time
Or maybe yes idk

no it would be the same as a cannon. like a clock and you can shoot.
also give it a wide spread too

Make it mass produceable and deadly, same damage as rifles, but shooting rapidly and much less mobile (like it used to be in the past) and when people run into machinegun fire and die just explain them how common sense works.

We used to have a maxim in the past, and it is difficult to even explain how crippling is the "root" it gives you. I think ramping up its damage significantly is a fair tradeoff to the fact that, you know.. you can't move!. Also, if people think it can be abused in close combat, getting rooted is a certain death when people can hit you with swords.

i know there was a maxim before. i dont agree with the damage part tho. as allies will probably heal eachother. exept for swords. it might be harder for defend itself.

I think maxim should certainly be brought back to the game with buffed damage, i remember in the past it was more of liability than a weapon, whenever somebody starts shooting maxim, they deal 0 damage and become an easy target.

Solution is to bring maxim back, buff it's damage, and in my opinion even extend the root duration so that the machinegunner becomes a vulnerable high priority target in case he starts shooting, which balances out the massive damage output.

That way machine guns would have their own strategic importance, and would still not be overpowered due to the obvious weakness. It brings strategy into the game, instead of current meta being to swarm the banner with as much sword/pot spammers as you can find.
Sometimes people need to learn to play around game mechanics and bring more depth into the game, instead of sticking to old strategies and complaining about everything that may counter it, until it's nerfed to obsolescence.

hmm true.