Putting explosive rounds in all my weapons disregard the space police.

What's the trade-off though?

I'd like to hear more ideas for different bullet specialties.

Trade off would be increased armor damage and decreased shield damage. Same way it works in EVE.

I post these in the general section because no one reads them in feedback and suggestions and if I get a Dev or GM to move it, It means I know they read it, which gives us that slim chance of it actually coming to Dust. Now that we got that out of the way.

How would you guys feel about specialized rounds or ammo being added to the game? I think it would add a deeper level of gun game to Dust with more weapon combinations, customization's and loadouts to choose from.

For example, Assault rifles could have bullets that give a 2% damage increase. Or sniper rifles could have rounds that are cloak tipped, that reduces the visibilty of the bullets smoke line(I don't know what its called) but it comes with a range decrease.

I could come up with at least 20 of these for every type of weapon in the game. Of course we don't want the specialized rounds taking precedent over skill books, so they would all be very minimal increases or have some sort of trade off for special rounds like the sniper example above. Add another slot above the weapon slot labeled "Rounds" or "bullets" or whatever you'd like and have them cost a certain amount of PG and CPU to be added to your fit.

Last but not least, these rounds would be bought just like any other item, not by bullet amount. Meaning, If I bought 100 of Shotgun 3% range Increase rounds, My weapon will only shoot these specialized rounds and will be replenished from any supply depot or nanohive, the amount of special rounds for my fitting will only decrease by 1 for every death I receive. Reverting back to normal bullets as soon as your fit runs out of these Bullet mods.

Thoughts? Opinions?

I'll throw out some ideas for how ammo types could work in Dust 514 based on how damage types work in EVE Online:

Electromagnetic: Damage inflicted through electromagnetic radiation. Lasers inflict this, as well as some missiles and projectiles. Shields are most vulnerable to it, armor is least vulnerable to it. EM rounds in Dust could work by inflicting electric shock.

Thermal: Damage inflicted through extreme heat. Lasers can inflict this type of damage, as well as certain missiles and projectiles. All hybrid weapons inflict this kind of damage by default. Shields and armor take equal damage from it. Thermal rounds in Dust could be hybrid rounds (in weapons that don't use them by default) or incendiary rounds.

Kinetic: Damage inflicted through kinetic force. All hybrid weapons inflict this kind of damage, as well as some projectiles and missiles. Shields have the second highest resistance to Kinetic damage, while shields have the second lowest resistance. Kinetic damage in Dust would probably be inflicted by most weapons, but Kinetic rounds could be Armor-Piercing rounds.

Explosive: Damage inflicted through explosions. Some missiles and projectiles inflict this kind of damage. Shields are most resistant to explosives, while armor is least resistant. Explosive rounds in Dust could be... Well, Explosive rounds.

I don't think you understand the concept behind most of these weapons.

ARs shoot Plasma, the 5th state of matter if you include Einstein's state of matter at absolute Zero.

Pretty sure you can't have cloaking plasma, nor explosive plasma unless you have gas dissolved in it, but that would probably just kill the user.

I don't think you understand the concept behind most of these weapons.

ARs shoot Plasma, the 5th state of matter if you include Einstein's state of matter at absolute Zero.

Pretty sure you can't have cloaking plasma, nor explosive plasma unless you have gas dissolved in it, but that would probably just kill the user.

I don't think you understand the concept behind most of these weapons.

ARs shoot Plasma, the 5th state of matter if you include Einstein's state of matter at absolute Zero.

Pretty sure you can't have cloaking plasma, nor explosive plasma unless you have gas dissolved in it, but that would probably just kill the user.

Really? We're going to go there? Anything is possible in a video game, especially one set thousands of years into the future.