.223 VS 5.56

[SteelWolf45]

The reason I ask is because of this, the regular 5.56 has regular stats, BUT the .233 has .90 damage, with a .80 damage multipler, meaning you can overall, not per bullet, shoot more rounds out of your gun with .223 rounds. So I wanted to know, who if anyone, uses .233 over 5.56 in some cases where they don't want to decay their gun as much.

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

As a general rule I prefer target damage to weapon decay, so I will use the match 5.56 over .233, at least now that the game is fully patched.

[Incunabulum]

Weapon decay is not really enough of an issue - even on hardcore with the Trait that increases decay in exchange for increased damage *and* using PN with the decay settings set to increase rate of decay and the malus due to low condition. Add in the *plentiful* number of guns you'll scavenge ofs corpses or find in boxes.

So, overall, i would go for increased damage over slowing decay.

Plus - you'll find far more 5.56 NATO than .223 Rem. Pretty much all the enemies with dual ammo weapons will be carrying the more powerful ammo in their inventory.

[talgaby]

Since DT exists in the game, it is generally better to have higher damage per shot than pure dps.

[Vassago Rain]

I use surplus/alternate ammo extensively. Types like .223 is really good when you're out hunting animals.