Remove AP M41A ammo

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Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Edgelord » 22 Apr 2016, 22:12

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Remove AP M41A ammo from the game.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Less getting killed instantly by friendly fire.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): I admittedly get salty when I die, I don't deny it. But what gets me EXCEPTIONALLY salty is when I get killed from ONE OR TWO BULLETS. I have played 3 rounds today, and every single round has had me getting instantly taken out of commission by a marine wantonly firing his rifle. Now I'm not one for removing FF, it's an important balancing aspect of CM. But with this ammo the amount of harm done to the marines is insane. It's simply not fun.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Just remove it.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Rey » 22 Apr 2016, 22:14

+1
Ain't gotta explain shit for this one.

As an alternative, perhaps only give it to specs or squad leaders.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by LocalizedDownpour » 22 Apr 2016, 22:14

+1 to this. Two rounds puts me in a hard crit with broken bones. As a medic it is EXTREMELY hard to treat ontop of all the Xeno wounds as well.

I understand this is a High risk High reward ammo type, but the risk isn't on the person taking it, but everyone around them. I'm for keeping the ammo, but make it a RO order maybe?

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Zilenan91 » 22 Apr 2016, 22:15

Should be only for non-standards only so that you can trust them not to mess up. Probably just add the rounds to all the vendors but the public ones. Or just add it to the spec room and let them distribute it.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Dyne » 22 Apr 2016, 22:17

-1 on limiting AP bullets, +1 on upping marine armor against them a bit.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Edgelord » 22 Apr 2016, 22:24

Zilenan91 wrote:Should be only for non-standards only so that you can trust them not to mess up. Probably just add the rounds to all the vendors but the public ones. Or just add it to the spec room and let them distribute it.
I'd be down to have the RO distribute them to only squad leaders and specs
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by DernSquirrels^3 » 22 Apr 2016, 22:48

Nah, no point in just limiting it. Just remove it entirely (or make it research unlockable)

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Edgelord » 22 Apr 2016, 22:52

Yeah, I really can't think of it doing any good. Maybe give it to certain ERTs.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Mitchs98 » 22 Apr 2016, 22:54

Just buff marine armor protection against it, really. I mean. You'd assume they'd have their armor protect better against their own rounds, right?

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Yottawhat » 22 Apr 2016, 22:58

+1 I just saw a death squad get destroyed because the marines were using AP rounds.

It would be better if you have them be handed out like attachments or be a research item.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Monoo » 22 Apr 2016, 23:00

+1 for all reasons stated so far.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by RoswellRay » 22 Apr 2016, 23:11

Mitchs98 wrote:Just buff marine armor protection against it, really. I mean. You'd assume they'd have their armor protect better against their own rounds, right?
Not really how military armour works, it's more for shrapnel protection.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by ClumsyAlcoholic » 23 Apr 2016, 00:43

-1 because it's not the ammo you should be pissed about, it's the lack of aim

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by forwardslashN » 23 Apr 2016, 01:00

-1
But limiting it to 10 per ammo vendor would be nice. AP ammo shouldn't be super available.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Edgelord » 23 Apr 2016, 01:33

ClumsyAlcoholic wrote:-1 because it's not the ammo you should be pissed about, it's the lack of aim
Thanks for telling me what I don't like friend.

If you took the time to read my post you'd see that it's not the general bad aim of marines that pisses me off, it's how an unavoidable circumstance is made a hundred times worse for an item that no one really needs.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by ClumsyAlcoholic » 23 Apr 2016, 01:53

Edgelord wrote: for an item that no one really needs.
Every tier three xeno can basically deflect all shots fired at them, so if anything it is DESPERATELY needed. but it would be good to make it harder to get and in smaller quantities instead of saltremoving it

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Nubs » 23 Apr 2016, 06:42

Its a good and needed for repelling crushers, but should be more limited. marines spraying it everywhere is ruinous, 1 stray shot crippled me through b18 armour!
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Reimer » 23 Apr 2016, 08:49

Nubs wrote:Its a good and needed for repelling crushers, but should be more limited. marines spraying it everywhere is ruinous, 1 stray shot crippled me through b18 armour!
I can beat you there, I got critted (fucking critted) from one shot to my left hand.

The round prior to that a new guy playing his first round fired three AP to my gut and killed me.

I can definitely see the utility of these rounds against high-caste aliens, but having every tom dick and harry grab them from the main vendors is just ruinous.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Jeser » 23 Apr 2016, 10:01

Dyne wrote:-1 on limiting AP bullets, +1 on upping marine armor against them a bit.

It's AP rounds, marine armor is not titan sheets, it should be penetrated easily with AP rounds, as it is now. Problem with incompetent idiots. Place AP rounds into SL and Spec vendors only.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by SecretStamos (Joshuu) » 23 Apr 2016, 11:24

I've always been partial to Cargo having AP rounds

I don't think they should be in the current vendors

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Aeleto » 23 Apr 2016, 11:25

SecretStamos (Joshuu) wrote:I've always been partial to Cargo having AP rounds

I don't think they should be in the current vendors
This, make it ordered only.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by qDan » 23 Apr 2016, 15:50

Same as Dyne - leave AP mags alone just make plastic stomrtrooper's armor spehs marine's bulletproof one.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Derpislav » 23 Apr 2016, 17:06

I'm completely against removing AP rounds. They are my waifu. If you really can't handle FF that much, just make it so RQ/Specs/SL distribute them, but don't you dare take them away from me.
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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Tristan63 » 23 Apr 2016, 17:16

+1 Standards wouldn't get expensive AP ammo anyway, and everyone really is just running around with it.

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Re: Remove AP M41A ammo

Post by Edgelord » 23 Apr 2016, 20:52

So is it generally agreeable that we make them ordered from cargo? I think that's a fair compromise.
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