Tactical Chaingun

INFO:

Name: Tactical Chaingun
Class: 4
Type: Hitscan
Palette: Doom
Summon: TacticalChaingun
AmmoType: Clip
Altfire: Yes
Powered Mode: No
Brightmaps: No
Actor Modifications: No
ACS: No

DESCRIPTION:

A stealthy chaingun tailored specifically for the UAC Spec-Ops needs, it
comes with a silencer and a scope, when fired it won't alert enemy units, 
unlike the normal chaingun, it's not full-auto, instead firing in
bursts, it is also more accurate than the normal chaingun, despite not dealing
as much damage, great for infiltration & assasination missions.

CREDITS:

Submitted: Craneo
Code: Craneo, Z86, Perkistan
GLDefs: none
Sounds: 3DRealms
Sprites: Zrrion the Insect, Midway, Id Software, JoeyTD, Tesefy, Sgt. Shivers
Sprite Edit: Craneo
Idea Base: Tacticool

 
 

This seems fine, but one nitpick I have is that it seems to do a bit too much damage, it both doesn't alert enemies at all when firing, AND is also more accurate. But in terms of damage, it only does 1 less damage compared to the vanilla chaingun.

So either it should do 3 or even 2 damage, so it's more significantly weaker than the vanilla chaingun. To balance it a bit more, since otherwise it's basically just a better chaingun in almost every situation.

Alternatively, it should either be a bit more inaccurate, or it shouldn't be totally silent, and instead have +NOALERT, but also call A_AlertMonsters()  with a smaller sound alert range of like 256-512 MU.

I would keep the damage as it is, but give the weapon a new ammo type, ie. subsonic ammo.

not too sure about adding a new ammo type, may nerf the damage instead...

Okay, I think it's a little more balanced now with the slightly more reduced damage, but I'll wait to see what Gothic thinks.

I'd say setting the damage to 4 would be ideal, still not as powerful as the chaingun, but think shooting bursts of fire instead of continuous should be enough of a drawback.

Also
Testing 1 2 3 4

So do I restore the old damage instead? What is the general consensus for the Tact. Chaingun?

4 damage

alright, restored the damage to how it was before.

Added