Gatling Gun Barrel
The Gatling Gun Barrel is a Secret ranged weapon from the Wild West faction. It is used by the Gatling Gun.
Characteristics
The Gatling Gun Barrel functions unlike other ranged weapons in the game. It cannot fire immediately; rather, it has to be cranked repeatedly until the barrel rotates rapidly to start firing. While it starts off slow, it can quickly become one of the fastest firing weapon in the game after sustained cranking.
Winding up the Gatling Gun Barrel to the first shot takes 4 continuous cranks, after which it can fire a round with each crank. Starting with a one second cooldown, each crank will reduce the subsequent crank's cooldown up until 20 cranks, where the weapon can fire 12 rounds per second or 720 rounds per minute. If the cranking were to stop, the barrel's rotation will slow down until it stops entirely. If one wishes to fire again, they will have to wind it up once more.
The Gatling Gun Barrel's bullet in itself is quite weak. Its damage is lackluster when compared to the Musket Bullet or even the Regular Arrow, and shields can completely nullify its damage despite it passing through. However, with a high rate of fire, the Gatling Gun Bullet can become a menace even to groups of shielded units. While it cannot kill units in one shot, rapid fire delivers exponential amounts of knockback to units, from staggering to pushing them back. As units get immobilized, they are most certainly to perish by the hail of bullets.
- Ranged
- Gun
- Wild West
- Weapons