Edit: you guys are killing my battery! Stop replying! Just accept you're wrong and move on. No one is perfect, not even me(though I'm damn close if you ask my girl friend) it's okay!! And yes I'm aware this will get me even more responses. Prove me wrong and shush! Fiiiine! Be jerks. I've disabled notifications for now. Sorry for trying to help you people!
They are heavy machine guns! This is how bungie even refers to them, not LMG!
Edit: this has been very entertaining, thank you all for making this my most popular thread evar! Keep it coming!
But okay, to address a few points that have been made:
First "in the military a machine gun of this size is called a LMG blah blah blah." Well LA de dah! Good for the military! This is not the military, this is DESTINY, a video game, not real life.
Second: "in real life an HMG is mounted on a vehicle or some other stable platform!" Again, this is not real life, this is a video game! Our HMGs are mounted! They are mounted on our big burly space magic wielding guardians. We are strong enough and magical enough we don't need them mounted! Also as a side note I'm curious what people think of the machine guns in Halo that were mounted. Did they go from HMGs when they were mounted but when master chief ripped one off did it become an LMG?
Third, "what about just machine gun, as that's what they are called in destiny." While yes, they are just called machine guns and I applaud your willingness to compromise, they are indeed still HMGs. The heavy part is implied because they go into the heavy weapon slots.
And finally, the quote from bungie, and they obviously know more about their own game than you folks:
HMGs
· Improved HMG projectile networking.
https://www.bungie.net/7_Update-101---Patch-Notes/en/News/News?aid=12125
Keep it coming though, I appreciate all the responses even though the vast majority of you folks are wrong. :)
Edit 2: also, yallerhorn, not gallerjorn! And "a lot" not "alot" while I'm educating you guys.
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bro you should read a little bit http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=LMG
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LMG, SMG, MG, Justin Bieber
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You do realize both terms are wrong? There are no skinny or fat machine guns.......only machine guns, and their master is THUNDERLORD!!!!
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They are not Heavy or light machine guns. They are simply just Machine Guns. And who honestly cares? If you know what the person is referring to then it is not worth bitching about unless you enjoy wasting your time.
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lol cant even call it by its real term bungie seems to get everything wrong lmao
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I call them heavy revolvers with big cyclinders.
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I think there is a subdivision, even within the machine gun category. Ones like against all odds or thunderlord are heavy (high caliber), whilst high ROF are light (smaller caliber)
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Actually, its just a "Machine Gun"
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Bungie refers to them simply as Machine Guns. By nature of being "portable" they are LMGs.
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I like using my LMG in Destiny.
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They are actually just machine guns
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Well a heavy machine gun is usually mounted like a 50 cal. so the ones in the game are technically light machine guns
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LMG is a CoD term. Personally, I call them machine guns.
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WHO CARES!!!!!
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LMG is an actual real life term. It's heavy ammo for an LMG.
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I call them machine guns because that's what the game calls them.
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First world problems...
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They're light compared to mounted ones...