Machine Gun...best uses?

[SolomonGrundy]

So I really want to like the machine gun, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to best use one..

So far I've used them for
1. stunlock (they fire fast enough to lock one enemy down).
2. Shoving a level 1 status effect down the throat of an enemy (usually ice, but lately I've been pondering silence on the megid casters)
3. Breaking up the attack patterns of monsters that charge, or swing around very quickly.



How are you guys using them?

[Careful]

I don't.

[Pentence]

usualy i shovel the effects with em or ill pin enemys useing oposing elements since it will stun them no matter what for a breif second.Pinning fire for hunters or shoveling elements also i like to use it for massive damage quickly on tough enemys before people get up close n personal.

[Garnet_Moon]

Machineguns are amazing when the target mob is lower than your level. ;3

[DonRoyale]

Depends on the effect.

Fire:
-Those melee-resistant bitches
-Minibosses (Tengoghs? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif)

Ice:
-Speedy enemies that you want to tag
-When you're having difficulty killing a group and want to deal with them one at a time

Shock:
-When you're being facefucked
-Minibosses

Silence:
-Megid-spitters
-Best for CASTs and Beasts (if you're dumb enough to be a Beast using a machinegun http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif)
-Minibosses? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Golto]

You won't be doing any status effects to the larger monsters with lvl1. I found them to be mostly a tag weapon but I haven't used them since close to launch.

[panzer_unit]

Paralysis spam and stunlocking. They do good DPS and also fill rage gauge like crazy.

[Ryoga4523]

The Machine gun is the most overlooked weapon. It has the highest DPS in the ranger class. They are really cheap to fill their PP, and it works well with a wand, saber, or dagger. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Taris]

Paralysis spam for me, usually on a large group of really small critters popping at once, or 4-5 "koltova" sized critters popping at once. Yah, shotguns are good, but when a bunch of small targets are running around like the neighborhood sugar-junkie-kids, nothing seems to beat "strafe the gang with the bullet hose".

[omegapirate2k]

meh, I use the lightning or gravity shot on a group of shitty enemies or unload all my PP on one good enemy just for the fuck of it.

[drizzle]

I find them useless for status effects, but they deal very good damage in the right situations. Now if only its PP would last longer than a single Tengogh's life....
Also, it's the best gun to open agroup of boxes with http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[JasonWFD]

With my Guntecher, I always carry a Mechgun with Lightning bullets and a Saber as one of my equipped weapons. I find this combination great for either defense or laying down suppressive fire on small critters (i.e. Naval, etc.).

It may cause a good amount of damage if you hold the trigger down on one mob for an extended period of time, but innuendo aside, you'll be spent rather quickly. Great burst but little staying power.

Gameplay be damned, I like weaving back and forth spewing bullets like they're going out of style and listening to that cool "dewt-dewt-dewt" sound!

[Merumeru]

XD omg, my favorite ranged weapon next to the GRANADE LAWNCHAIR...

ice is good for getting a shitload of shots in while the others are pretty good for dps <3 X3

[etlitch]

Their SE lvl is crappy(only small and medium size targets, does'nt last longer than 2-3 seconds), range is crappy(abit less than handgun), ROF is too bad for a machine gun(shoots around at 4PP/shot), accuracy is too bad(none at all), does'nt stun at all on missions harder than C grade, OMG EVERYTHING IS TOO BAD.

Plus dps clearly being pwned by highlvl crossbows, fans and twinhandguns.

They'd actually be usefull it the game was like the old PSO, where characters had MASSIVE ATP. But the characters does'nt have MASSIVE ATP right now and the monster DFP cuts down the dmg so much it's better to use weapons that already have some ATP.

SEGA hates MGs. They even screwed over the old-school Yasminakov while the agito at least still kind-of looks like a katanna or tsurgi or whatever it's supposed to be.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7562/mgfailuo0.jpg
Left Yasminakov
Right Maggac

Maggac looks much cooler.

I'm only using MG because it looks cool. In PSU, Look clearly pwns functionality. (why'd people spend money on room decos and clothes otherwise?)

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[Diablohead]

If you got a strong enough mechgun and shoot a mob from behind yeah you basicly stun it, really handy on hard levels as long as they dont do a jump attack or move out of range quickly.

Mechgun ammo is pretty short so you can't really do it over a whole stage, thats the main downpoint.