All Miniguns are Bottomless

[Omny]

I like the minigun, but one thing that bugs me about it is how silly the reload animation looks. Doesn't matter if you're a power armored beefcake or a skinny little twig, anyone can apparently just hold the minigun up with one hand and pull out and replace a 500-round drum of ammo the size of a beer keg with the other hand. The simplest solution I feel is to just get rid of it entirely by having all miniguns have the "Bottomless" quality by default. The amount of ammo in the gun is the same as what's in your inventory. It would certainly fit the more Hollywood-esqe depiction of the minigun as basically an infinite bullet hose.

 

Of course, if we want to add some kind of replacement for reloading, I'd suggest giving the minigun an overheating quality if that's possible. Similar to other games with miniguns in them, the barrel would slowly overheat over time, and sustained fire would lower the gun's accuracy, damage, or firing speed, whatever makes the most sense. Gun modifications would lessen the effect of overheating.