Devs: Stop being lazy, give us different types of ammunition

[stielhandgranate 480]

So I read this quote from the suggested weapons thread, allegedly from Chris Torchia:

 

 

what it comes down to is us really wanting to have the lowest possible number of calibers spawning in the game. Thats why we've only been adding in the most common types (9mm, .45, 12ga, 5.56, 7.62, etc...) and why we've been grouping similar kinds of ammo into one. Its the reason we haven't made a distinction between the mosin, blaze, longhorn, or eventually SVD ammo types. In reality these four are firing two different kinds of 7.62mm rounds but the performance characteristics are more or less the same. There was a time when we weren't even going to delineate between SKS and Mosin ammo but after some "enthusiastic" discussions, 7.62x39 was added (thankfully :)).

So if we add a Makarov pistol, its going to simply fire 9mmP instead 9mmM. If we add an AK74, it'll fire 5.56mm, not 5.45mm. Thats why I haven't added those in. Those of us who are real gun nuts would revolt (but I have a feeling the wider community dosn't give a crap as long as it looks cool :)

 

 

 

This isn't going to do. DayZ is supposed to cater to the type of players that WANT the level of detail. I think this dev is out of touch with the community. Now this isn't an argument that can be shut down with the old "it's only an alpha" counter argument as this is stated intent. Also Chris Torchia should do some research on firearms as 7.62x39,7.62x51, and 7.62x54R have very different characteristics. 

Edited May 30, 2014 by Dale Gribble

[guppy22143 1081]

Yeeaaaaah no. Good suggestion, but implying that the devs are "lazy" (after working their asses off) will not motivate them to implement this.

[alexeistukov 272]

If the Devs fail to add the various ammunition types, count on us community members creating mods when there is mod support for Dayz Standalone.

[OrLoK 16188]

Hello there

 

Im not tolerating folk calling the dev's lazy anymore. Its untrue and just upsetting.

 

Use the search tool youll find a pre existing thread on this topic and what Chris' post really means.

 

Closing.

 

Rgds

 

LoK