[quote=“ProfPlump;191619”][quote=“FrostyVampire;191463”]Ammo stations are already better than ammo packs, I actually think they need a nerf and a buff at the same time but more nerf.
I like the idea of giving faster reload speed (but 15% is a bit too much, 10% or so sounds a bit more fair) but they also need to give only half a clip every second (like ammo crates) and MAYBE give them a limited supply of ammo? Like each ammo station has only 15 clips in it and once all clips are gone the ammo station despawns[/quote]
Ammo stations are DEFINITELY not better than ammo packs, for the record, in both resupplying your teammates AND resupplying yourself.
In terms of resupplying yourself:
- Ammo pack takes about a second to resupply you COMPLETELY, and this can be done while on the move.
- Ammo station takes about half a second to deploy, and then you have to stand next to it for about 2 seconds while it slowly resupplies you mag by mag. This means that you can’t resupply yourself while on the move. The ‘advantage’, if you can call it that, is that you only have to deploy it once, but this is negated by the amount of time you have to spend standing next to it as it resupplies you mag by mag (instead of in one go, like the ammo packs).
In terms of resupplying others:
- Ammo pack can be thrown, meaning that you can resupply people on balconies above you (like on Terminal), or you can resupply people who are on the other side of ‘no man’s land’ (so you don’t have to run through an area that is covered by the enemy to reach and resupply your teammate - you can just throw it across). Ammo packs can also not be destroyed by the enemy.
- Ammo stations have the same slowness of resupplying your teammates that were mentioned in the ‘in terms of resupplying yourself’ part. They also can be destroyed, which means that while you CAN leave one with your team for a while, it usually doesn’t last long. Ammo stations are also TERRIBLE for when you are trying to get support xp from your nooby teammates, as they have to know to run TO the ammo station (whereas with an ammo pack you can just run up to them and force them to take your ammo - NO CONSENT REQUIRED XD), and this makes a huge difference when you’re trying to farm support XP.
In terms of non-resupplying purposes:
- Ammo pack has no benefits.
- Ammo station can block doorways, but this only works against people who don’t know that you can just crouch-jump over them. And you CAN use an ammo station as a temporary shield but this is very ineffective.
And, this is just my personal experience, but my score per minute with Arty and Skyhammer is MUCH higher than my score per minute with Stoker and Kira, which leads me to believe that generally you can get more XP with ammo packs than with stations.
So yeah, ammo stations are definitely not better than ammo packs.
And you suggested that 15% faster reload speed might be too high - I respect that. But you also said that we need to SLOW DOWN the resupplying rate of the ammo stations, which is ridiculous - they already take so long to resupply with which makes them incredibly awkward for self-resupplying especially (because you have to stop moving, deploy the station, wait 1-2 seconds for your ammo to be stocked up, and then continue moving, whereas the ammo pack only requires you to take 1 second to throw a pack WITHOUT requiring you to stay still). I see no reason why this slow resupplying needs to be slowed down even further, especially for Kira who requires fast movement to stay alive - bogging her down further by forcing her to take longer to resupply her ammo would @$!# her up.[/quote]
soo…
buff Ammo Station Everyone agree?
@ProfPlump is rite tho. very rite.
