Ammo drop formula?

[Mr. Black]

2005 was 70 pistol bullets, then they drop for your weapons on your cage.

I Tried running TMP & shotgun only and is impossible, not a single TMp or shotgun ammo drop...

[Dan]

they really screwed up the ammo drops

[Eren Jäger]

I don't know if you've noticed, but you can influence what you find with the suitcase and the tags.

The knife and the pistol are your weapons for the daily work. With all other weapons you should save the ammunition and only use it in an emergency.

I'm playing on hardcore like this and got till chapter 12 pretty well.

[Phara]

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

I don't know if you've noticed, but you can influence what you find with the suitcase and the tags.

The knife and the pistol are your weapons for the daily work. With all other weapons you should save the ammunition and only use it in an emergency.

I'm playing on hardcore like this and got till chapter 12 pretty well.

I know thats true and weapon parry is also very important. But mostly using the Pistol gets boring and create a burn out (at least on my side).

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

Originally posted by Phara:

Originally posted by Eren Jäger:

I don't know if you've noticed, but you can influence what you find with the suitcase and the tags.

The knife and the pistol are your weapons for the daily work. With all other weapons you should save the ammunition and only use it in an emergency.

I'm playing on hardcore like this and got till chapter 12 pretty well.

I know thats true and weapon parry is also very important. But mostly using the Pistol gets boring and create a burn out (at least on my side).

Use the bolt thrower. It's very satisfying.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Mr. Black:

Originally posted by Player Zer01:

they want you to make the ammo thats why.

not enough gunpowder for running other weapon than the pistol lol

This is so wrong, from my experience. I'm nearing the end of the game (on hardcore) and I have gotten to a point that I have more rifle (my fav weapon) ammo then pistol (about 20-25 pistol and 25-20 rifle). The best way to play is NEVER use gunpowder to make pistol ammo unless its a last resort, since it drops more often. I have used all of my resources on Rifle, magnum, and shotgun ammo and have never even felt close to running out of it for any of them.

If you play this game like a call of duty game on your first playthrough where ammo does not matter you will run out of ammo all the time, but if you use them for specific situations (like in OG RE4) you will end up with plenty of ammo for your other weapons to use in tight spots.

OG RE4 was the same way on your first playthrough, where your most useful weapon was the pistol because you get staggers into knife damage, and then when a special enemy or a fast enemy comes out you pop out the big guns like rifle, shotgun...etc.

Its all about using your guns wisely and not just spraying and praying. If you do this, even on hardcore, ammo will not be an issue.

[Mr. Black]

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by Mr. Black:

not enough gunpowder for running other weapon than the pistol lol

This is so wrong, from my experience. I'm nearing the end of the game (on hardcore) and I have gotten to a point that I have more rifle (my fav weapon) ammo then pistol (about 20-25 pistol and 25-20 rifle). The best way to play is NEVER use gunpowder to make pistol ammo unless its a last resort, since it drops more often. I have used all of my resources on Rifle, magnum, and shotgun ammo and have never even felt close to running out of it for any of them.

If you play this game like a call of duty game on your first playthrough where ammo does not matter you will run out of ammo all the time, but if you use them for specific situations (like in OG RE4) you will end up with plenty of ammo for your other weapons to use in tight spots.

OG RE4 was the same way on your first playthrough, where your most useful weapon was the pistol because you get staggers into knife damage, and then when a special enemy or a fast enemy comes out you pop out the big guns like rifle, shotgun...etc.

Its all about using your guns wisely and not just spraying and praying. If you do this, even on hardcore, ammo will not be an issue.

I have around 85% accuracy, melee all the time but whatever, I'm playing it likes call of duty,you are right.

I was just asking if anybody know the ammo drop formula, not an how to play the game, thanks.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Mr. Black:

Originally posted by Mike:

This is so wrong, from my experience. I'm nearing the end of the game (on hardcore) and I have gotten to a point that I have more rifle (my fav weapon) ammo then pistol (about 20-25 pistol and 25-20 rifle). The best way to play is NEVER use gunpowder to make pistol ammo unless its a last resort, since it drops more often. I have used all of my resources on Rifle, magnum, and shotgun ammo and have never even felt close to running out of it for any of them.

If you play this game like a call of duty game on your first playthrough where ammo does not matter you will run out of ammo all the time, but if you use them for specific situations (like in OG RE4) you will end up with plenty of ammo for your other weapons to use in tight spots.

OG RE4 was the same way on your first playthrough, where your most useful weapon was the pistol because you get staggers into knife damage, and then when a special enemy or a fast enemy comes out you pop out the big guns like rifle, shotgun...etc.

Its all about using your guns wisely and not just spraying and praying. If you do this, even on hardcore, ammo will not be an issue.

I have around 85% accuracy, melee all the time but whatever, I'm playing it likes call of duty,you are right.

I was just asking if anybody know the ammo drop formula, not an how to play the game, thanks.

If you understand the systems your worry about ammo drop formulas will not even be an issue, so what I said was in fact related to your post

[BananaBadman]

You get ammo when you are low. If it doesn't happen, then your luck is just trash. I've always been scraping by with just enough ammo to get me through the next encounter.

And don't use that stupid bolt thrower. It was a complete waste of money

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

Originally posted by BananaBadman:

You get ammo when you are low. If it doesn't happen, then your luck is just trash. I've always been scraping by with just enough ammo to get me through the next encounter.

And don't use that stupid bolt thrower. It was a complete waste of money

It was the best investment I've made in the game. You're wrong.

Also wth. "If you can't get ammo your luck is trash, also don't buy the item that can eliminate this element of luck from the process because I don't like it".

[HappyDroplets]

Heh, I had a save on PS2 that was a whole case of just handgun ammo, red9 and eggs. Beat the whole game with it. Good times. Id imagine there is case charms for more ammo chance etc that make certain playstyles more viable. That said, the handgun is meant to be the staple weapon and the rest are for dealing with problems.

[kaffekoppen]

Originally posted by vandalism:

I am almost done with the game and running out of steam on just normal mode cause it's all pistol all the time. Fun game but I don't want to have to beat profession with s+ rank to get infinite ammo...

I liked in better in the RE3 remake where you could buy infinite ammo for weapons separately with challenge points. It was better in Village too, but then again Village was a much, much easier game than this. I remember going through the knife only run in that game, and it wasn't too bad. Also went for challenge runs in RE2, but again that's a much shorter and easier game.

I love the RE4 remake, but this focus on doing timed runs on higher difficulties really doesn't interest me, especially with how long the game is, and it leaves the most interesting unlocks out of reach of most players. I'm also not going to bother playing through NG Professional to get the Handcannon. I'm almost ready for NG+, why can't I keep playing with those unlocks?

If I had designed the game, I would let players start to unlock infinite ammo for regular weapons in NG+ and then make the infinite ammo rocket launcher a bit harder to get instead. Seems silly that you can get that, but you can't get a handgun with infinite ammo. In the other RE remakes, the infinite ammo rocket launcher just breaks the game, while infinite ammo for the weaker weapons still preserves some of the challenge. I'm basically swimming in challenge points, and all I can unlock are models and concept art.

[BananaBadman]

Originally posted by GRVTSFat Bastard:

Originally posted by BananaBadman:

You get ammo when you are low. If it doesn't happen, then your luck is just trash. I've always been scraping by with just enough ammo to get me through the next encounter.

And don't use that stupid bolt thrower. It was a complete waste of money

It was the best investment I've made in the game. You're wrong.

Also wth. "If you can't get ammo your luck is trash, also don't buy the item that can eliminate this element of luck from the process because I don't like it".

Well I'm glad you had fun spending extra time killing enemies with a bad weapon, but you're wrong about it being the best investment. If you just used your guns/grenades/environmental hazards more effectively, you wouldn't have needed to bother with it.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though. Maybe you are the 0.01% that had such bad luck that you genuinely needed to use a reusable ammo source.

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

Originally posted by BananaBadman:

Originally posted by GRVTSFat Bastard:

It was the best investment I've made in the game. You're wrong.

Also wth. "If you can't get ammo your luck is trash, also don't buy the item that can eliminate this element of luck from the process because I don't like it".

Well I'm glad you had fun spending extra time killing enemies with a bad weapon, but you're wrong about it being the best investment. If you just used your guns/grenades/environmental hazards more effectively, you wouldn't have needed to bother with it.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though. Maybe you are the 0.01% that had such bad luck that you genuinely needed to use a reusable ammo source.

Why do you say it's a bad weapon? Two shots to the head, kick and repeat for each enemy. It's braindead simple and effective, and it has a higher stagger chance than your average pistol.

It was so effective that I used it for a majority of the game to the point where I actually had plenty of ammunition for every boss fight.

What do you mean extra time? I really don't understand where this bad weapon thing is coming from.

[Jester]

Not enough Gun powder. At this point I have so many Resources but not the other component. Frustrating af especially when it seems like the game want you to craft different tools like flashbangs and whatnot.

[Kalderus]

Get the black case ASAP (Chapter 4 I think?) and only craft flashbangs, except in unique situations like the cabin fight where you might need extra rifle/shotgun ammo. Flashbangs are both more economical to make (half as much gunpowder as making rifle rounds/less than half for shotgun) and are almost always useful.

Facing a mob? Flashbang+roundhouse melee and/or knife takedowns

Facing a chainsaw user? Flashbang+roundhouse melee and/or knife takedowns

Ashley got grabbed? " "

Facing a garrador, or two? Upgraded rifle to the plaga AND flashbang = instant kill

Facing uno or dos Gigante(s)? Shoot the head with a rifle to expose the parasite then flashbang = dead

Cornered by Verdugo? Flashbang and reload/run to increase distance/reach the next liquid N2 shower

Too many plaga enemies surrounding you? Flashbang = console commands-> delete all enemies

TLDR: Buy the flashbang recipe and get the black attache case ASAP and never look back and almost never craft anything else. You will have loads of gunpowder and a decent extra backup of large resources. Get rid of small resources save for maybe keeping one around as an emergency backup.