swordsaint9712: Endgame weapons should have the power of endgame weapons, the nerf is unnecessary and too significant, i hope they revert back the changes.

brandonbiochucky3116: i hope bethesda sees this i agree the most rarest and most expensive mini should not be the weakest

iseeyoulookin4807: I understand the need for balance. But the Gauss Minigun just started to get use.

battlecruiserna: how cool of bethesda to nerf a weapon that requires quite a lengthy grind to finally acquire, because people were actually using it. this is just a friendly reminder that bethesda does not give a shit about the time you invest overcoming their hurdles. I am well aware of this, which is why i dont play this game anymore. they fuck with my save data so i am done.

eiraskye1693: Rip gauss minigun

swxyy02: just got it too :(

VATROU: I kinda feel like most Heavy Guns should be close or on par with the others. With the exception of Gold Bullion Heavies. I'm fine with some trade offs now and then but in this case I'd rather that be something else instead of damage, heavier ammo weight which we don't have Unique Gauss Minigun ammo, longer spin up times, more AP cost in Vats.

If Bethesda wanted Players to use other heavy weapons, maybe they should look at why those weapons aren't great and buff them.

eprimchad2576: i just made 130 flux worth with max ammo crafting perks for the ultracite version of this why would they do this

Backdraft905: Nerf bows and elder marks next

paranaplant: end game gun is not as good as a normal gun

killerta87: Thank you Turtle, your content is always amazing even when its bad news. I don't think we say it enough, but we all appreciate your hard work in this community

Omen-EN01: So we gonna run with plasma caster now ? or minigun ? Or maybe soon ppl farm raid with bows and sticks ?

c.h.u.d: Smashsnow said the pts was bugged" and the energy damage wasn't showing just ballistic so according to him the numbers were way lower who knows maybe he's wrong we'll see

SirVelstadt: Cant wait for them to nerf the minigun after this

Tiberius3991: Judging from the seconds it took to kill it (video seconds that is) it's about the same time. I think the gauss needs to be about 10-15% faster time not more. They went a lil too far but not much tbh. It's still baseline explosive so more crowd control without changing the second star. I wish they'd make almost all weapons near equal but with different strengths like aoe, attack speed, bleeding etc. Thx for testing!

The_Winter_Owl: Bethesda is a disgrace. Elder's Mark still not nerfed but Gauss Mini got nuked?!

pedrificado: Nerfing both Overeaters and Gauss Mini... I feel like I need a new build every updtade from, jeezz.

IamHomelander: The meta somehow gets even more unfathomably stupid. Wow.

It should be Enclave plasma, Gat Plas w/ rare mods, Gauss mini on top. They are a grind to get/setup and expensive ammo hogs.

Now event reward weapons (Elders Mark, Holy Fire) and a minigun with a couple box mods are better?

AshleythetigerUK: Well that's just lovely, I'm almost at Ally (on Neighbourly) with the Raiders an was planning to buy the Gauss Minigun plan there (mostly the mods as I don't know if Minerva had the recommended mods available)

A End game ish weapon should not preform worse than a weapon you find randomly, especially cause I've learnt that it uses 2mm Ec faster than you can refill it too, hoping they come to their sense's

loryt690: well they just balanced the weapons, of course gauss should do a bit more damage but we are in a 1minute vs 1minutes case, I m shure that vs normal enemies gauss is still better and you will need less ammo so is kinda balanced tbh, plasma gatling other ways need to be fixed

killerta87: Gauss mini being weak angers me so much after all the grinding for reputation and mods. Hanging up fo76, Bethesda just keeps doing this to anger players

auronziosboronio: This is ridiculous! The regular minigun stronger than the Gauss one? I hope they revert this change cause this doesn't make sense!

Pashymyna: I'm amazed on how Bethesda makes the most random changes.

ramen-numerals: it feels like the devs don’t know that no matter what one weapon will be on top, it’s a video game, there will be a meta weapon no matter the game even

TheTwoTwoForReal: I might start playing Fo76 again once the devs are done with all the perks, stats and armor/weapon changes.

10Diyes: It was in a good spot considering it is one of the weapons with a grind attached to it (like the Gauss shotgun, which IMO should be stronger) I dont understand Beth nerfing it.

Jan 19 2026

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