Ammo Suggestions

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I just want to start this thread out to say I think this is the only game that gives characters so little starting ammo compared to any other game. I feel like this game only gives you like 2/3 of the ammo most other games give. So I have some ammo related suggestions.

  1. Maps should have static ammo boxes that activate and deactivate at each spawn point after you take an objective. I get the game has the engineer class that can build ammo boxes… but sometimes your engineer dies before you get a chance to build anything… and oftentimes teammates don’t ever build any for some reason. So it would be nice to be able to resupply after taking an objective or at least go back to the spawn / the previous objective to resupply.

  2. Increase starting ammo? Especially for Bolt Action and Semi Auto rifles. Never seen a game only give you 20 rounds in reserve for bolt actions, most games give you 40, 45, 50, 100 rounds. For semi autos they usually give you 50 - 100 rounds, and for M1 Garands usually like 64-96 rounds.

  3. Currently in game small ammo pouches only give 10% more ammo or 1 full mag… while large one gives 100% more ammo. I feel like small ammo pouches needs to be massively increased to like 50% more ammo cause 10% more ammo basically means you get basically nothing, and it always defaults to 1 mag. For instance 10% of 20 rounds is 2 rounds which means you only get 5 rounds for a bolt action. For semi autos you basically only get 10 rounds (8 rounds if using M1 Garand). Cause it silly that a pouch caries so little ammo.

  4. If you equip 2 weapons using the same ammo you should have double the ammo. One of the weirdest things about this game is if you have a bolt action rifle with a scope and one without a scope you only start out with 20 extra rounds instead of 40 rounds… that should really be changed cause it silly. Especially when shoot all rounds and resupply at an ammo box, the game gives you 40 rounds. So they shouldn’t be any reason why start out with only 20 rounds. Especially when you equip 2 guns with different ammo you get 100% so that is a weird inconsistency.

  5. You be able to request ammo from bots if you have less than 1 full mag / clip left instead of having to be completely out of ammo. It silly that the game gives you the “You have ammo” message if you have like 1/0 rounds left. If you’re using like a M3 Grease Gun and have 5/0 or 10/15 rounds left, the bots should just give enough ammo to fill a new mag… so 5/0 turns into 5/30 or 10/15 turns into 10/30

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I think the ammo capacity are fine.

Remember: if you don’t use an ammo bag, you will use a grenade bag.
And grenade spamm is not a thing you want.

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if you get two of the same guns you do get double ammo after using an ammo box if i’m not mistaken

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1st is… attractive. Should make your squads feel less as expendable cannon fodder.
2nd point - depends on gun. If 1st point is going to be resolved, then 2nd may not be that much of an issue.
3rd point - yeah, small ammo pouches should give at least 20 or 25 % and/or 2 spare magazines rather than 1/10% (although, one could ask the question regarding large magazine weapons, such as soviet PPshs with 71 rounds - should they also get another extra magazine?).
4th - yeah, that is an oddity, it should give 5 extra rounds (or other magazine equivalent), rather than 2 full loadouts.
5th - yeah. You should be able to request ammo when there are 0 bullets in reserve.

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I’d be happy for rifles to get more starting ammunition. Beyond that I think that ammo conservation is an important balancing factor. Full-auto spam is already bad enough that automatics don’t need to be given more reason to spray bullets.

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That is only if you expend all the ammo. For instance if you have 2 guns that use the same ammo like K98 and shoot only 1 round. Your ammo would be 5/19, if you use the ammo box you only get 5/20. If your ammo is 5/0 then you get 5/40.

My point is it should always be 5/40 if you have two of the same bolt action rifles.

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That sounds like you want to cut off your nose to spite your face.

Not to mention that is an issue with how the handles grenades itself not with ammo. People who like spamming grenades will always spam grenades and bring grenade pouches. That doesn’t justify the gimping of how much ammo everyone else starts with.

Also if someone wants to waste 2-3 silver orders to get more grenades that is their right to do at that point. Having more ammo benefits everyone across the board, it means you can fight longer, and have more ammo to shoot fools who have to run up close to throw grenades.

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No you get normal ammount of ammo and one mag in the secondary, if you want the more 100% ammo you need the large ammopouch