Resupplying and resupplying others

[F.A.A.L.]

how to resupply team member who needs ammo and who isn't machine gunner?

for example-how to resupply anti tank soliders? they run out of ammo fast and when they approach ammo box first they get 2 satchel charges. then they must wait 2 minutes or more(!!!) (on commisiars house for example) so you can take ammo for AT rifle from ammo box. also i want to point this out again that you must wait 2 minutes, doing nothing at all, to resupply again, so after i take satchel charges i'm there lying down and wait, so i can take that 3 magazines, so i can continue fighting and doing my job (because in 99% of cases tanks won't get close, and you can't fight infantry with pistol on 150m+ distance). on some maps resupplying is faster (fallen fighters). why?

 

[how2skate_com]

Not really helping, but in your example I'd just try to get close to the tanks with pistol, don't just wait 2 minutes for ammo while doing nothing for the team, that's a waste.

 

[F.A.A.L.]

ok, but primary question is:

how to resupply player who needs ammo, and who isn't machine gunner?

 

[Cwivey]

ok, but primary question is:

how to resupply player who needs ammo, and who isn't machine gunner?

Tell him to run to the nearest ammo dump. I beleive that only machine gunners can be re-supplied by other players. And if he's an AT rifleman, pity him and tell him to throw his empty AT rifle on the ground as he can't even re-supply it at ammo dumps!

 

[F.A.A.L.]

Tell him to run to the nearest ammo dump. I beleive that only machine gunners can be re-supplied by other players. And if he's an AT rifleman, pity him and tell him to throw his empty AT rifle on the ground as he can't even re-supply it at ammo dumps!

why you have than "request ammo" in center of communication wheel (plus - looks as most important communication request because it is in center) if somebody can't give you ammo?

 

[The Beast (nl)]

That was already in ROost the case, only mg gunners can be supplied.

There are enough supply spots to walk to.

 

[Cwivey]

It's always there because it's just a standardized for everyone menu, not specific to a class like the command menus.
I supose it can be used as a general, "I don't have any ammo" kind of thing, alerting everyone around to know you can't do any shooting.

 

[Wookie87]

Tell him to run to the nearest ammo dump. I beleive that only machine gunners can be re-supplied by other players. And if he's an AT rifleman, pity him and tell him to throw his empty AT rifle on the ground as he can't even re-supply it at ammo dumps!

AT rifles can get ammo from ammo boxes. You just have to remember that the first time you go to an ammobox it always refills those satchels/explosives first without giving any AT rifle ammo. It means you either:
A) wait there for 30 seconds or whatever for another resupply or
B) Run away from the ammobox by about 20m then return to it. Should give you the extra ammo.

I do wish AT rifles could be resupplied by others, even if its just a single clip per resupply.

 

[Cwivey]

Much love for posting that Wookie, going to try it out when I can. ^^

 

[Dr.Phibles]

they should make ammo separate to weapons like it was in RO1 so you can ressuply at any fallen soldier rather than have to trade weapons with them (mainly useful for germans with g41 and k98s)

 

[F.A.A.L.]

so, conclusion is:

"request ammo" in communication wheel is useless, because no one can resupply you (if you are not MG of course)

 

[Johnny Utah]

All good to know.

Follow up questions on this:

Can anyone resupply an MG? Just squad members? Just commanders/SLs? Does the ammo request only serve to show your position on the tactical display or does it also "enable" resupply (it doesnt seem to be required for this...)? Does a request not show your position on the map as well as the tac display (it should)? How many times can each individual player resupply an MG? If resupplies are limited (as it appears), if the resupplier restocks at an ammo dump, can they then resupply MGs again?

Genesis: I've had instances where multiple folks could not resupply me as an MG -- it didn't provide them the option (yes, even after I requested ammo in the menu multiple times). Seems when I'm a SL I can always resupply any MG...but a limited number of times.

 

[Cwivey]

Anyone can re-supply a machine gunner.
The ammo request call shows your position on the map and tactical display.
A single player can re-supply a machine gunner once after spawning, and then any further times after visiting a supply dump each time they give ammo.

Not sure why there are times when you can't re-supply machine gunners, just one of thoes random bugs I guess, luckily not too often and doesn't seem to hang about for very long. Usually the machine gunner dying or a round end fixes it.