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« on: February 17, 2015, 03:51:21 AM »
The minigun is great against large groups of enemies but is largely inaccurate, takes a very long time to fire, and will destroy things around the target -- this is good to eliminate cover but can damage your colony.
The M-24 is slow-firing, but has amazing range and accuracy. It has the highest damage in the game and can sometimes land one-hit kills. It's best used for firing on mechanoids and siege bases rather than close-up defending your own base, if your base is closed in.
The LMG that I can't remember the name of, the one that fires bursts of 3-5 rounds, is a personal favorite simply because of being all-around good, though it's not particularly special in any way. It's decently accurate but still has the slight spread of the minigun and the medium range of the M-16. It's got average damage and with enough of them centipede-killing is pretty easy.
The M-16 is useful for picking off single targets, good for early game raiding parties when they aren't too crazy. It's medium range, but in base defense you don't need anything that long range. It's pretty quick to fire, has a three-round burst, and is significantly accurate. However, its damage is nothing to be too crazy about (I once shot a pirate at least 7 times, and had to flee -- they died of blood loss.)
The uzi is largely similar to the M-16, firing slightly faster with a medium-damage three round burst, however it's quite close range.
The pump shotgun is, as you can guess, close range and high damage. It takes a little bit more time to fire than the uzi but can decimate targets in two shots and doesn't miss often from its effective range, if the enemy is out of cover. Pile them at your doors to wipe out pirates that storm in. Their damage, combined with the centipede's 200% accuracy bonus for being a large target, make them ideal for taking out mechanoids.
The pistol has pitiful range and damage but fires a single shot very fast. Medium accuracy. Better to replace it with an uzi or a pump shotgun if you can.
The Lee-Enfield is for those who kind of want an M-24 but hate its long aim time. It fires faster, does about half the M-24's damage which is still enough to cause decent harm, but doesn't quite have the same range.
Can't say much about the charge rifle, I don't particularly use it that much as its accuracy doesn't seem to be too great.