How does ammo bag work?

[Alizarin]

I want to pick this game up but I see a lot of talk online about the ammo bag being short in points so people couldn't resupply. Can someone give me an explaination on how the ammo bag & points system work? As well as ammo economy of rifleman weapons if possible. Thanks.

[Alizarin]

Originally posted by Aegmar:

Rifleman Kits have an Ammo Bag with 100 Ammo Supplies, so not really much, can supply bandages and magazines for a few soldiers or ONE Light AT launcher.

Those are refilled (just as anything else) at ammo crates which can be build a FOB's and have in turn to be supplied by logi trucks with ammo (and construction) resource from main base.

I see people talking about them being 1 point too high to resupply at the ammo bag though, what does that actually apply to and how well does it sustain me & my squad (how many mags will it give per resupply)?

[fuzzhead]

The next version will have granular rearming ability, meaning that you can select exactly what items to rearming.

Here's the "ammo point economy"

Ammo bag has 100 ammo points
Logi trucks can store up max 3000 ammo points (but often has Construction points that shares that 3000 max)


Pistol mag = 1
Rifle mag = 2
Bandage = 5
Grenade = 10
Light AT = 40
HAT US/GB = 80
HAT RU = 100

[Tajin]

Ammo isn't that much of a problem for most classes unless you're really wasting ammo by going full-auto at all times.

1. You spawn with enough ammo to last you for quite a while if you use it well.
2. You can rearm at most FOBs.
3. You can rearm at most vehicles.
4. You usually have 2-3 riflemen with ammobags in your squad and they can also refill their ammobags at FOBs and vehicles.
5. You can ask nearby players or talk to your squadlead so he can organize supplies.

Most of the time ammo is primarily important for anti tank, grenadiers and medics.




To sum it up:
IMHO the new ammo system works quite well and thanks to the ammobags and vehicle supplies, it even makes things easier than before in some cases. It just requires some planning ahead.

[Drax]

Originally posted by Tajin:

IMHO the new ammo system works quite well and thanks to the ammobags and vehicle supplies, it even makes things easier than before in some cases. It just requires some planning ahead.

Only really negatively effects LAT/HAT and Grenadier roles imo. Sometimes medics if they are doing their job well.

[Tajin]

Quite the opposite.
You can now quickly fire several LATs in the field by using ammo bags.

The only "negative" effect of the new system is that you no longer get a free resupply as reward for dying.