5.56 for Ak101

[PilgrimsPlague 0]

it seems to me that since now the ak 101 takes 556 ammo, that ammo should spawn in places other than the heli crashes

[fluxley 2228]

It does, found an AK101 mag in a police station the other day.

[emigrates 261]

It does, found an AK101 mag in a police station the other day.

I think OP means actual 5.56 rounds that aren't already in a magazine.

 

For the AKM you can find a boxes of 20 rounds of 7.62x39mm and you can find 30rd magazines along with 75rd magazines. Same for SKS, you can find clips that pre-contain 10 rounds or boxes of 20 rounds and same with all pistols, you can find Magazines with rounds already contained and boxes of ammo.

 

For the AK101 you can only find 30rd 5.56 ammo, the actual boxes of 20x 5.56 only spawn at heli crashes. I agree with OP, let's make the 5.56 more common but keep the M4 rare.

[Merrick362 (DayZ) 263]

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 How about a compromise? Make the odds of finding any sort of 5.56 ammo slightly more common, but limit the amount of ammo to a random count between 1-5 loose rounds. Any magazines will be found completely empty. Besides, as anybody familiar with mag fed weapons can tell you, if you compress the spring for longer than a few weeks (leaving a full mag in your vest for months or lying on an abandoned cot for possibly years) you will lose so much pressure that you will be unable to feed rounds into the weapon.

[Parazight 1599]

Helicopter events are temporarily disabled.  I'm pretty sure the devs are aware that loot spawns aren't balanced properly.

 

In addition to the mags in cop shops, you can also find ammo off of the corpses of other players.

[emigrates 261]

 How about a compromise? Make the odds of finding any sort of 5.56 ammo slightly more common, but limit the amount of ammo to a random count between 1-5 loose rounds. Any magazines will be found completely empty. Besides, as anybody familiar with mag fed weapons can tell you, if you compress the spring for longer than a few weeks (leaving a full mag in your vest for months or lying on an abandoned cot for possibly years) you will lose so much pressure that you will be unable to feed rounds into the weapon.

I'm well aware of what happens when rounds are held in a magazine for a long period of time, but you know.. we are playing a game. As realistic as it may be, it's still a Zombie game. 

[Katana67 2907]

This is the only reason why I think 5.45x39 should've been included for the AK-74M/AK-101.

 

You can't have 5.56x45 supplying one of the rarest weapons in the game (which spawns at some of the rarest locations in the game, meaning helicopter crashes) and also have it supplying an assault rifle that's able to be found at less-common locations.

 

If they want to have 5.56x45 supply the AK-101, they have to make it more common via spawning at conventional locations.

 

But, if they want to have the use of the M4A1 be a rare occurrence, they can't do that. Otherwise, once someone finds an M4A1 they can arm it easily from conventional locations.

 

Of course, I don't even believe assault rifles should be all that rare to begin with (given their inherent intermediate and middle-of-the-road nature). But it's interesting to see this being an issue of contention in-game as they add more weapons.