• People with tanks do not support limited ammo but want some sort of ammo system.


• People that get killed by tanks support limited ammo.

I run a tank so I'm with the first one.

Killing a tank in BF3 is pathetically easier than it is in dust.

Even ships in eve have finite ammo. Nuff said

How is the ammo replenished?

You pay for it

So you just pay for it and the ammo magically replenishes in the ship? Cool.

you telling me what is and isnt appropriate in a discussion is just about as ridiculous as the post you just made. Im inclined to think there arent too many people on these forums who really understand what is good for Dust gameplay because they dont understand what Dust is trying to be.

ALSO, dont quote me in a way that ignores half my post where i say it doesnt matter what we say because CCP most likely will put in an ammo system like EVE so our opinions here dont matter.

I didn't want to comment on the rest of your post so I didn't quote it. Sorry if that offends you or whatever.

What is good for Dust gameplay is to have good gameplay. Putting limitations on gameplay over something as silly as sci-fi realism stuff is absurd. There's no reason a gameplay decision should be made exclusively because some made-up fiction suggests that it should be that way. So, justifying how the game should operate based on such grounds is not a sensible contribution to the discussion.

I prefer to play on the ground and use an AR or SMG and I have a finite amount of ammo, however vehicles have infinite ammo. Now I believe that vehicles should have to resupply just like the rest of us. They should be equipped with a reasonable amount of ammo and if it starts to run low they should have to either go to a supply depot, ask a teammate for a nano hive, jump out throw their own nano hive, or better yet have a vehicle ammo supply module.

If vehicles have an ammo supply module they could be mobile nano hives that could resupply themselves as well as teammates. Also it would give them a choice to make in terms of sacrificing a bit stopping power or defense in order to help out the team a bit more.

Go head say I'm QQing, but I'm trying to throw out a reasonable idea that could be implemented. So what do you guys think?

I think someone stole some of my ideas... :P

I agree, vehicles would start out with a large amount of ammo, even more possibly from skills, but having to resupply would take a while.

There could be modules allowing vehicles to be mobile supply depots, much like you could spec it for ground support, EWAR, black ops, or remote rep, you could spec it for resupply. Allowing a good dropship pilot to fly parallel to another dropship and keep up a constant supply of ammo, or an LAV to drive up to a squad of soldiers after an engagement and fill them up.

Basically what I had in mind, also it would make LAVs more relevant.

You have to buy it before you get in the ship

(The unprepared deserve to die)

In other words if you run out of ammo in EvE you in most cases die and lose your ship which should be the same in dust; waste ammo and die.
Next question is what amount of ammunition would be a reasonable amount for guns that miss 90% of the time (hence the spam with missiles et c.) until you'd have to go and restock for more ammunition.

Nobody runs out of ammo in EVE unless they are a literal idiot or have a severe lack of common sense, my Scorpion literally carries twenty thousand spare cruise missiles at all times, and those are damn big when it comes to ammunition.


Cargo bays are massive for warships, as you don't really need to carry all that much if your intent is to simply murder something senseless.

Regardless, since so many people are mentioning realism:

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M3 Bradly:
Main
armament
25 mm M242 Chain Gun
1500 rounds (300 ready)

Dual TOW Anti-Tank Missile Launcher
12 rounds (2 in launcher)

Secondary
armament7.62 mm M240C machine gun (God only knows how many rounds.

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M1 Abrams
Main
armament
105 mm L52 M68 rifled cannon (M1)
120 mm L44 M256 smoothbore cannon (M1A1, M1A2, M1A2SEP) with 42 rounds
Secondary
armament1 x .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine gun with 900 rounds
2 x 7.62 mm (.308) M240 machine guns with 8,800 rounds (1 pintle-mounted, 1 coaxial)

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Vehicles carry a kitten amount of ordnance.