deedubya wrote:if you're using the AR for crowd cleaning, you're gonna run out of ammo stupid fast. will agree that it's probably better than the garand though, even though the garand is way more satisfying and situationally better
also, only fools don't take the scout shottie, that thing is incredibly based while the SMGs are a smoking turd
wat. the assault rifle has really solid damage and a decent ammo pool. you shouldnt have to empty all your reserves to deal with swarms. it does 15 base damage compared to like the heavy cannon's 14 and has 350 base capacity while the cannon has 440.
The cannon also does area damage, but has way lower ROF and a longer reload time. Just to put it a in perspective; the assault rifle is fucking great out to a pretty substantial range in short little bursts of like 4-6 rounds
Are you guys not calling in resupplies enough? Ammo management shoulf raraely be an issue unless you have completely forsaken all the ammo cap upgrades to focus purely on damage (in which case you're retarded and deserve to run out of ammo dont do that).
Edit: actually I should temper this by admitting at least that I do sometimes run out of Assault Rifle ammo as well but because the gun is so good in all aspects that I have fucked up and not pulled out the shotgun in situations where it would be better and save me some AR boolit. When you have the AR upgraded and clocked in you just dont want to put it away, ever. Its good against everything.