Please get rid of dropping magazines

[War Penguin]

or at least gives us an option to disable it. it doesn't serve a purpose and it happens frequently regardless of what 'reload scheme' you're on. i genuinely can't think of a reason to have it in the game and have no idea what it's intent is.

[ImKrazyK]

It does have a purpose. It's a tactical reload which is supposed to be faster than your character taking it out, sticking it somewhere, then reloading another mag.

However, if you go into your options, you can make it so when you press "R", it does a normal reload instead of a tactical reload and drop the mag. It was something I looked into Day 1.

[Zokolar]

You can change how long you need to hold the button for in order to drop a magazine. If you're having issues then set it to 2sec for dropping them and a quick tap for normal reload.

[Galanga]

it only drops the mag when you hold R, if you press R it doesn't drop the mag

[War Penguin]

Originally posted by Zokolar:

You can change how long you need to hold the button for in order to drop a magazine. If you're having issues then set it to 2sec for dropping them and a quick tap for normal reload.

setting it to 2 sec also puts a 2 second delay on reloading for me

[brettapuss]

ive changed mine to double tap to drop. all games need this feature for fast reloads in heated situations. if you spam/hold to reload then its a you problem and habbit you need to get out of.

[War Penguin]

i dont think you're understanding what im saying. it happens r e g a r d l e s s if i tap or hold. just randomly drop a magazine. adjusting the hold timer to 2 seconds alleviates randomly dropping magazines but also puts a 2 second delay on reloading. to further break that down, i TAP r, nothing happens for 2 seconds, THEN i reload. ive played fps' for like 20 years, ive never held r to reload, nor would i ever prefer that over tapping to reload, regardless if it gives some minute amount of reload speed.

[awkwardjoke]

Originally posted by brettapuss:

ive changed mine to double tap to drop. all games need this feature for fast reloads in heated situations. if you spam/hold to reload then its a you problem and habbit you need to get out of.

Same here, honestly would make more sense as the default imo

[Mindless]

Originally posted by ImKrazyK:

It does have a purpose. It's a tactical reload which is supposed to be faster than your character taking it out, sticking it somewhere, then reloading another mag.

However, if you go into your options, you can make it so when you press "R", it does a normal reload instead of a tactical reload and drop the mag. It was something I looked into Day 1.

Developers should already decide what kind of game they are making, so far this is a battlefield with minecraft graphics and casual arcade gameplay, why is there a clip reset, combining clips is not very clear at all, is this a tactical shooter with hardcore elements? No...so why the heck it is even here? Too many unnecessary complications in this arcade.

[Obby]

Originally posted by War Penguin:

or at least gives us an option to disable it. it doesn't serve a purpose and it happens frequently regardless of what 'reload scheme' you're on. i genuinely can't think of a reason to have it in the game and have no idea what it's intent is.

you can drop magazines?

[gza]

I've had the magazine drop on a single tap before, so something isn't right.

[FuzioN]

it has its purpose, faster reaload and drop the mag slower reload keep the mag.

there is no way you can accidentaly hit it. there is basicly even 3 settings for it in the menu.

[Vamilad]

Originally posted by gza:

I've had the magazine drop on a single tap before, so something isn't right.

Bind drop magazine to a key that isn't R

[Vamilad]

Originally posted by Obby:

Originally posted by War Penguin:

or at least gives us an option to disable it. it doesn't serve a purpose and it happens frequently regardless of what 'reload scheme' you're on. i genuinely can't think of a reason to have it in the game and have no idea what it's intent is.

you can drop magazines?

If you hold R it drops the mag which means you reload faster since you're not storing the mag.

99% of the time it's better to do this unless you have an ammo box.

[gza]

Originally posted by Vamilad:

Originally posted by gza:

I've had the magazine drop on a single tap before, so something isn't right.

Bind drop magazine to a key that isn't R

That's a solid suggestion, didn't even know you could bind that. Thanks! :)

[War Penguin]

Originally posted by Vamilad:

Originally posted by gza:

I've had the magazine drop on a single tap before, so something isn't right.

Bind drop magazine to a key that isn't R

thats not an option.

edit: you can change the reload key, but there is no independent bind for drop magazine