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AngrySquid270
3 years ago

Armor Piercing rounds

Has anyone found a good use for the AP rounds?

These rounds come with some pretty serious trade offs.  Slower reload, smaller mag, less dmg vs infantry.

I can accept that they aren't much use at killing vehicles.

But at a MINIMUM I'd expect AP rounds to either ignore or instantly break body armor.  I'd also expect that AP rounds could destroy a turret or ranger with a short burst.  I've found neither to be true.

The only somewhat useful tactic is to harass a fleeing vehicle to delay their health regen, but that's hardly worth the effort.

Was really hoping to see some changes in the 4.0 attachment overhaul.

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  • Noodlesocks's avatar
    Noodlesocks
    3 years ago

    They're trash. They do almost no damage to even light vehicles and the downsides against infantry are greater than their benefit. Could do with a buff against light vehicles and aircraft.

  • kregora's avatar
    kregora
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @AngrySquid270 I have the impression, that there is no real concept behind the armor piercing rounds.
    Maybe the issue starts with infantry armor plate concept. My impression is, that the armor plate just provides 20 points more health. With bullets you first do damage to those 20 points and then do damage to health.

    Maybe that is the issue, and why AP rounds make no sense.
    I assume they are a left over of game logic never truly implemented.

    APs do damage to vehicles, while the others don't . At least that is what the hit indicators indicate. But on normal hand gun they barely seem to have a noticeable effect.

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