The Gatling Gun would be available from a Home City card (lvl 25) for 1000 gold for one unit in the Industrial Age. The Gatling Gun card may only be used twice per game (one use in the Industrial Age, and one more use in the Imperial Age).
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However, since the Gatling Gun is a clip-fed machine gun, the gun should realistically have no delay between bursts, which is why the Rate of Fire is 4. That means, every 4 seconds, the weapon will fire and spread 100 damage in an area of 4. That sounds pretty weak, but since it has the fastest reload time of all of the artillery engines, it will balance itself out. After the gun fires 5 bursts, the gun will experience a longer reload time to illustrate the reloading of the clip (about 8 or 9). This is basically stating that the gun's clip contains 50 bullets, which is 4 times less than in reality, but this is just a game after all. The special attack has a two to three minute cool down time to help balance it out. When the attack is used, it fires on an AREA, not a unit. The gun will fire all of its remaining ammo on the targeted area, and any unit within an area of
Now I must explain a few things. I need to explain the Burst Feature of the Gatling Gun, it's reload time, and its special attack.
The Gatling Gun will operate by firing in bursts at single targets. In Burst Mode, the gun will fire 10 shots toward its target with each shot dealing 10 siege damage, which totals 100 dmg per burst in an area of 4. That's roughly the same as a Falconet, with the addition of +1 to area.
This special attack will spread all of its remaining bullets in its current clip in auto-fire mode. As stated above, clips will contain 50 bullets. The gun
This unit idea is definitely unique since there is no unit that operates quite like it, but I'll let you guys comment on the idea and see if any of you can improve it any better.