Keybind for Reloading Weapons Please

[Zero Neutral]

Please add a keybind for us to reload ammo based weaponry kthx.

 

[Kastor]

Keep in mind that such a key would dump the rest of the clip. But i would still like that.

 

[McWraith]

+1. Sometimes loosing a few bullets would be worth it

 

[Asfalto]

Seconded. Very good idea. Just inform people they will lose remaining bullets in currect cartridge.

 

[Eidenm]

Yeah, a few rounds left after a fight and going into a new fight: blam blam click.. Reloading. So annoying! You want to fire off those last shots into space to force a reload: you lose the rounds anyway so losing them on a reload is no bother.

 

[Zueuk]

+1, although IMO the whole reload thing is quite unrealistic - I haven't seen any real fighter jets being able to reload their miniguns.

 

[ravensoul]

+1 from me too; excellent idea

 

[ArnieDadrink]

Yeah or ditch the need to reload at all.

 

[Grayman]

I haven't seen any real fighter jets being able to reload their miniguns.

This. No reloads, overheats is a better way of handling it.
No modern autocannon requires reloading until the craft is on the ground. Look at the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the pilot has the option (it's not recommended but it is possible) to fire 100% of the carried ammunition load in a single burst. The weapon system is capable of holding 1,350 rounds of 30mm AP or HE and its fire rate is around 65 rounds per second. For one gun. Compare that to the 8.5 or so rounds per second of the ED multis and they start to look like properly balanced number blasters instead of real weapons. Not to mention, no designer would add in a complicated and heavy reloading mechanism when the technology exists already (in the 1970s even) to linklessly feed ammunition into a weapon and to restock the empty casings in the drum so they don't become a hazard to the craft.
So seriously, they don't need to be multicannons for that sort of sustained fire rate and they don't need to reload but I would simply be happy with a removal of the reload and the addition of a heat bar. It would also be nice to be able to switch the safeties off and allow overheating the guns in return for module damage (since no vehicle should be set up to save equipment modules at the cost of the entire machine and the pilot and no sane designer does that).

 

[Eidenm]

I 100% agree. Overheating is a far better approach and would rid us of this annoying reload mechanic while still Not allowing them to fire indefinitely. Between fights you can let them cool and be ready to engage the next ship.

 

[HazardJake]

I wouldn't mind having the current clip just drop into space, Have like 20 in your current clip (multi cannon) does get annoying when you interdict someone does get annoying.