Editing Centipede gunner

 

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As mechanoids, centipedes are immune to [[fire]], toxicity, and temperature extremes, despite having a Comfortable Temperature. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. They will be stunned by [[EMP]] attacks and will "adapt" for {{Ticks|2200}}, starting from the stun, rendering them immune to further EMP strikes.

 

Centipedes have a [[Psychic Sensitivity]] of 75%, reducing the duration of certain [[psycast]]s.{{RoyaltyIcon}} However, most other mechanoids have a psychic sensitivity of 50%, making centipedes more vulnerable than their contemporaries.

 

===As an ally===

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In general, centipedes are the tanks of the [[mechanitor]]'s arsenal - slow, with decent to great firepower, but incredibly bulky. This is due to 2 key factors:

*High raw bulk. Centipedes have good armor, but a massive health scale of 4.32. Centipedes have much higher bulk than 4 [[bandwidth]] of any lighter mech combined, even considering the [[tunneler]]'s shield belt.

*Superior physiology. Most light mechs are bipedal, with 1 torso and 2 legs. Centipedes have 6 body rings, all with a roughly equal chance of being shot. While the head is more likely to be hit, due to its higher health scale, a single headshot won't kill a centipede like it would a [[lancer]].  

Centipede gunners are effectively an incredibly durable pawn with a [[minigun]]. They can be used alongside regular pawns if you were already using miniguns in the first place. Miniguns are great in a dedicated kill area, mowing down a crowd of raiders without worry for accuracy. In those cases, gunners add more firepower at little worry. The main disadvantage is that mechanoids can't wield higher [[quality]] weapons. If you find value in miniguns, you'll find value with a centipede gunner. Centipedes are also ''very'' slow, which can be troublesome against targets like [[breacher]]s.

In theoretical DPS, it beats mechs like [[lancer]]s and [[tesseron]]s per bandwidth. However, the minigun has issues in practice. It has a long warmup cycle, and often "overkills" due to the 25-bullet burst. A gunner will have to aim and cooldown for the same time no matter how quick any single target dies. If bandwidth is not an issue, then lancers are generally better for DPS/material. Of course, in situations where miniguns are good (large, compact crowds), the centipede gunner is one of the best mechs, and beats anything smaller than it.

=== Compared to other centipedes ===

Compared to [[centipede blaster]]s, centipede gunners cost {{icon small|plasteel}} 100 [[plasteel]] less and are unlocked at [[Research#High mechtech|High mechtech]] rather than [[Research#Ultra mechtech|Ultra mechtech]]. The minigun has {{Bad|x66.6%}} the damage per shot, but has a firing cycle {{Good|x{{%|(75 + 444 + (5*24) )  / (150 + 138 + (5*25) ) round 3}}}} faster, and fires 1 more shot per cycle. In total, the minigun has slightly more raw {{DPS}}. The [[heavy charge blaster]]  has a shorter warmup than the minigun, but a ''much'' longer cooldown. In addition, the blaster is slightly more accurate and has {{+|7%}} {{AP}}, but 4 tiles less range.  

This results in the gunner having more ''sustained'' {{DPS}} than the blaster, while the blaster has a faster ''time to kill'' against targets that will be killed before the blaster's burst finishes (regardless of whether that it is from the blaster alone, many blasters firing together, or other damage sources). This time to kill can be very important in some [[killbox]] setups. If all your colonists, armed with {{ticks|60}} warmup time [[charge rifle]]s, are generally killing raiders in the first burst, then either centipede should only shoot if an enemy gets lucky and survives all your colonist's attacks. In this case, centipede blasters will be the preferred option, due to the lowered warm up and higher per-shot damage. In contrast, the gunner's higher average {{DPS}} is preferred if the mechs are constantly firing, such as in minigun killbox setups. For the same reasons, gunners are better when fighting outside of a killbox, like when against [[sapper]]s and [[breacher]]s.

[[War queen]]s are more durable than any centipede, both in health and health per bandwidth.  Centipedes have {{%|4.32 / 5.6 round 2}} the health and ''very'' slightly less armor ({{--|3%}} Sharp / Blunt armor rating) than the war queen. War queens are even better for defense when considering [[war urchin]]s, which can act as valuable distractions. If a [[doomsday rocket launcher]] is aimed at a war urchin, then little is lost. Centipedes are cheaper, require less research, and take 1 less bandwidth. They also come with (more) standard armament - which can be useful for its firepower. A possible niche is to use 1 war queen as a distraction, then have a squad of centipedes, with dual purpose of damage dealers and secondary tanks.

 

The [[diabolus]] has a radically different niche to the centipedes. Its hellsphere cannon can blow up your [[killbox]], but can be an equally devasting weapon against your enemies. A diabolus is only slightly bulkier than a centipede. Therefore, you should build diaboli if its cannon is desired, or centipedes if the cannon is not desired.

* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - The base [[centipede]], which could wield a charge blaster or inferno cannon, was split into [[centipede blaster|blaster]], [[centipede burner|burner]], and gunner.