Should we able to give ammo clips to allies?

(watsyurdeal) #1

So every class can plant bombs and revive allies, but still not as good as say, an Engineer or a Medic respectively.

So my question is, what if we had a new command for “Give Ammo”.

What this will do is take your gun’s clip size, and subtract amount of ammo from your ammo pool to give to your ally in the form of a small ammo pack, like what the Looter perk drops when you finish someone.

So here’s a scenario, I’m playing Nader, I visit the ammo box pretty often and fill up, but I notice my allies need a quick fix. I lose 40 ammo from my SMG 9 but I give my Fragger a clip for his M4, or my Sawbonez a clip for his Crotzni.

This is obviously a very rough draft and idea but what do you think? It wouldn’t be nearly as good as Skyhammer’s ammo packs, or Kira’s Ammo station, but it’d be a soft alternative like it is with planting bombs or reviving allies.

(Sinee) #2

This would be just fucking amazing… I play support to my sniper partner as a medic, but he runs out of ammo all the time. If ammo-giving mercs were played by people worth a damn (and 90% of the time they aren’t), it wouldn’t be a problem. But he’s always having to beg for ammo, or I’m having to suicide to switch to an ammo merc. It’s just fucking annoying, honestly.

Brilliant idea, IMO. Would be extremely, extremely useful.

(Rjsto) #3

I like it

(ludicrousBlast) #4

I like this idea, but I doubt it will be added. They are trying to make the game more teamwork oriented, which is why they moved some of the ammo crates to inconvenient areas. This would slightly lessen the need for fire support, which is arguably the second most important merc type.

(JesseKomm) #5

While I do think it’ll help from time to time, it’ll by no means be a solution to the lack of teamwork displayed by a majority of Fire Support players. Personally I’d play fire support more often if I liked the characters more themselves… love Skyhammer but he’s kind of a douche when he talks. And yes that does influence my choice in mercs, I personally find it easier to play them when I can relate to the person I play, one reason I like Fragger is because he’s a funny guy and kind of a geek which suits me!

(SteelMailbox) #6

Thing is fire support’s role will kind of be neglected then.
Sure it is only a clip and it does cost you a clip but I feel fire support are the only ones who should be able to give ammo.
That said I do think the ammo system needs a bit of rework since it is annoying to play Fragger and having to got behind enemy lines to get some ammo (Seriously give defenders a fucking ammo crate in the last stage at underground).

(Ghosthree3) #7

Imo it’s pointless. If ammo resupplies are coming then it doesn’t matter, and if they aren’t then both people will be out of ammo soon.

(frolicsomeCrane) #8

Wait, wait, wait. So you’re trying to put SMG bullets into an M4A1?

I personally found the real life counterpart of the SMG 9. And it uses these bullets.

And, you said earlier you were giving a fragger ammo, well… I SERIOUSLY HOPE YOU’RE NOT GONNA USE THOSE BULLETS ON AN M4, BECAUSE AN M4 USES THESE TYPES OF BULLETS.

I don’t even think an M4 could even fire such small bullets, as mentioned above, and while I do know that this is a game, there’s a reason why there are mercs that give out ammo, and why there are ammo crates around the maps.

(K1X455) #9

It really defeats the purpose of Skyhammer, Kira and Arty. I too am forced to play ammo supplier for the team when I want to play as Sawbonez and that’s what the game promotes. While everyone is taking on Vassili, Nader and Bushwhacker, no one intends to play as medic or ammo supplier for the team. That’s why I recommended having 5 mercs in the squad instead of just 3 with 2 reserved as support mercs.

Besides, the current combat load of 3+1 (4+1 if you have spares) is ridiculously low already, why else will you share your ammo?

If you want to pass ammo, play Arty, Skyhammer or have Kira put down her ammo station.