Awesome gun, ruined by ammo limitations

Found a VOT Blaster pistol, high rate of fire and high damage, only drawbacks are the short range and frequent reloads. Unfortunately I can't use this gun for anything because handguns have a max ammo cap of 150 rounds, making an awesome gun worthless. That's 7 reloads without mods and the guns out, which amounts to 7-14 kills against mid to late game enemies ,not talking about hellbugs, the larger of which wouldn't die before the gun is empty starting at full. I would love to use this gun, but ammo renders it worthless and I can't bring myself to scrap it.

Its been said before and needs said again, ammo caps need raised, or a method of raising them needs to be put in. SMG's, LMG's, and assault riffles carrying a 400 count ammo pool is unacceptable. Having ammo constraints adds depth to the game, but running out of ammo constantly and having guns rendered useless or near enough because of ammo restrictions is not fun.

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Originally Posted by Mordeth Kai

Found a VOT Blaster pistol, high rate of fire and high damage, only drawbacks are the short range and frequent reloads. Unfortunately I can't use this gun for anything because handguns have a max ammo cap of 150 rounds, making an awesome gun worthless. That's 7 reloads without mods and the guns out, which amounts to 7-14 kills against mid to late game enemies ,not talking about hellbugs, the larger of which wouldn't die before the gun is empty starting at full. I would love to use this gun, but ammo renders it worthless and I can't bring myself to scrap it.

Its been said before and needs said again, ammo caps need raised, or a method of raising them needs to be put in. SMG's, LMG's, and assault riffles carrying a 400 count ammo pool is unacceptable. Having ammo constraints adds depth to the game, but running out of ammo constantly and having guns rendered useless or near enough because of ammo restrictions is not fun.

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While I agree that the "Blaster" needs a higher ammo cap, saying that it's worthless is far from true. The Blaster is great for taking down large late game enemies. I can drop a 99er Blacklung in 1 1/2 clips with a green VOT Blaster. Since you have one you know how fast that clip empties. I get your frustration with the weapon but you just have to figure out when and where to use it, just like every other weapon in the game.

You can always fill his magazine mod with blue mag mod for +12 rounds.
This can give you a second time to shoot your foes.

It's even worse in pvp where you have something like 28 rounds. That's a clip and a half for my blasters. Trivializes an otherwise lovely little uzi.

Snipers are currently the only weapon in need of an ammo cap buff. No others.

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Originally Posted by Error404

Snipers are currently the only weapon in need of an ammo cap buff. No others.

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I disagree. Sniper ammo is quite sufficient.

If you're using any pistol other than the Wolfhound you're doing it wrong. ^_~

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Originally Posted by PhotriusPyrelus

If you're using any pistol other than the Wolfhound you're doing it wrong. ^_~

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It'd be nice to be able to use other pistols though, no? If only for flavour.

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Originally Posted by Ensu

It'd be nice to be able to use other pistols though, no? If only for flavour.

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I'm just joshin'. I actaully like the double-tap pistols okey. And the Magnums seem like they'd be good, too (shallow magazine aside). The biggest reason I don't use the Blaster is because it just feels like an SMG. If I want something that acts like an SMG, why not use an SMG?

I'm honestly flabbergasted the Wolfhound hasn't been nerfed yet, it's just SO good with precision shooting thanks to the absurdly high crit modifier.

My Rocket Launchers have 10 max in PvP and 15 in PvE. Cry me a river. ;)