MG Ammo Relayers

[Fulgenzio]

This idea is meant to improve slightly the team aspect of the game, and should cause no particular exploits at all.

We all know that MG gunners can be replenished by soldiers who carry spare mg rounds with them, however, it is right for them to be able to replenish just once, to prevent excessive mg firepower.

My idea was this one: A soldier that has already replenished a gunner but moves to an ammo refill point should also be able to refill once again a machinegunner. This would involve some extra teamwork as soldiers would actually take care to feed the mg while the gunner keeps covering without any need to abandon position. Since all ammo refill points can only be used once, and you won't even find all the time one in the vicinity, there is no risk of gunners being oversupplied, though the team aspect would benefit from it.
To know if you are still carrying mg ammo to spare you could easily press T for tactical view and see if there is an icon showing a mg magazine near your ammo. If there is not, you have already refilled.

What do you think?

[Proud_God]

This should already be in the game, have you checked?

[Fulgenzio]

i tryed with no success. if it exosts its maybe buggy or my bad day.

[teemu92]

I like this idea too

[Trotskygrad]

Originally Posted by Fulgenzio

To know if you are still carrying mg ammo to spare you could easily press T for tactical view and see if there is an icon showing a mg magazine near your ammo. If there is not, you have already refilled.

What do you think?

this is already in game minus this aspect... having this would be nice.

Also allow people to resupply ATRs.

[CocaineInMyBrain]

Originally Posted by Trotskygrad

this is already in game minus this aspect... having this would be nice.

Also allow people to resupply ATRs.

I think the issue with that is common soldiers didn't carry AT rounds as standard equipment, while MG ammo was rather common.

Perhaps the people in the "AT squad" would be able to resupply their AT gunner(s) and no one else.

[LugNut]

Also allow people to resupply ATRs

Oh, please this. I think a way around the fact that ordinary soldiers wouldn't have ATR ammo on them would be to allow anyone to pick it up from a cache and then resupply. You'd need a selection system for this though.....

+1 for OP's suggestion as well.

[rowan112]

Originally Posted by LugNut

Oh, please this. I think a way around the fact that ordinary soldiers wouldn't have ATR ammo on them would be to allow anyone to pick it up from a cache and then resupply. You'd need a selection system for this though.....

+1 for OP's suggestion as well.

how about a new class called ammo runners (just an example) i remember the movie of saving private ryan and the last battle they had Corporal Upham which was running with ammo all around his body giving everyone ammo.
(look at pictures below)
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/i...7d6c91f0/l.jpg
http://images1.fanpop.com/images/pho...74-600-325.jpg

as you see he is carrying alot of ammo
so i am thinking of the idea of adding ammo runners they are a little faster (more ammo they have on them the slower he is)
he carries all sorts of ammo for the mgs, rifleman, engineer etc. he has almost all types of ammo and when he has given out all the ammo he goes back to a resupply location and get more ammo.
everyone can see that he is a ammo runner because of all the bullets around his neck and the ammo boxes he carries, i would also give him either a pistol or just a bolt action rifle his main job is to give out ammo not kill people.

[LugNut]

A fine idea except for the fact that the vast majority of players rarely stay alive long enough to run out of ammo and need resupply excluding AT, MG and Marksman. Any of the rifleman and assault who do can easily pick up ammo or weapons from the battlefield.

[Fulgenzio]

i think that even though all ideas are great at the reality of facts the thing itself would be quite complicated.

in case we want to do this the hard way: from weapon selection screen there are 3 blank points. each decides which spare ammo you carry. defaul is mg.but you can also choose instead anti tank or extra ammo for your class which you do not use but can be shared with your own classtype mates.

if the thing is too hard just add it for at gunners too. of course you can only refill one person at a time and it can either be one of them. but nothing else