How much does ammo cost?!!!!

Hermit

Hermit
I do like having a couple of autocannons equipt and just blasting away. It does make you feel good! There's just something satisfyingly primal about it :D:D:D
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But, during a USS hunt I got into a fight with a couple of wanted NPCs which I gunned down proper fashion. However, it took most of my ammo, so I returned back to the starport to reload (Azeban, I think). When I did, I was a bit shocked to see that the cost was over 4,000 credits! :eek:
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Each gun has an ammo load of 2100 rounds and I was down to about 150 rounds left on each. It worked out to nearly 1 credit per round. On previous occassions, after firing off maybe a few hundred rounds, the cost of reload would only be about 10-20 credits.
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So, has the price of ammo gone up with beta 3 then? Spoils my fun does that :(
 
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Lazlo Woodbine

Lazlo Woodbine
Yeah, the cost of ammo has skyrocketed. I've spent a couple of hours trying to earn a bit of money doing some bounty hunting, but am struggling to even break even. It seems to take a lot more bullets to take out a Cobra in this version too, which doesn't help, and I've yet to find a Nav Beacon where I can do some good hunting.

Hopefully the balance will be addressed in a future update.
 

Vjornaxx

Vjornaxx
Now you know how I feel. Used to be that you could get a case of 1200 rounds of M193 for $130. Now it's $455/case. How am I supposed to have my weekly mag dumps at that cost? Now every time I see guys running belts of ammo through their MGs, I think "Damn, that's like an entire paycheck he sent downrange in one minute!"

But really, I actually don't mind the in-game price increase. It makes energy weapons a lot more attractive of an option and also encourages you to be more deliberate with your fire. Also, 4k to refill your magazine is not too bad considering you can stand to make 50k to 80k on a decent outing. Roughly 10% maximum upkeep seems fair to me.
 

Hermit

Hermit
I think there's been alot of excessive tweaking in the game with Beta 3. What with this and increased feul being consumed by ships, leaving players stranded. I think they need to do some serious balancing.
 

XarKavier

XarKavier
I tried out the rail guns, pair of em. Fired about 8 shots; 18,000 CR to restock. Immediately replaced them with lasers.
 
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