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ZZ:
In Doom we have maximum
10mm Ammo: 200;
12g shells: 50;
Rockets: 50;
Plasma cells: 300;

In DoomRL we transformed this into:
10mm Ammo 100;
12g shells: 50;
Rockets: 10;
Cells: 50;
per stack.
Are we sure this is right transformation?

I think better would be such thing:
10mm Ammo: 100;
12g shells: 25(this will add more problems, but shottymnans really feed doomguy well);
Rockets: 10 (nobody really uses them as main weapon);
Plasma cells: 150;
The half of Doom maximum.

Frankosity:
Personally, I know how unpopular this would probably be, but I'd prefer it if DoomRL just used the ammo reserves used in Doom rather than having ammo occupying inventory slots. The main problem with that is that it'd force players to use variation in their weapons in a game where you practically have to railroad yourself into specialism.

Madtrixr:

--- Quote from: Frankosity on November 20, 2009, 12:00 ---Personally, I know how unpopular this would probably be, but I'd prefer it if DoomRL just used the ammo reserves used in Doom rather than having ammo occupying inventory slots. The main problem with that is that it'd force players to use variation in their weapons in a game where you practically have to railroad yourself into specialism.

--- End quote ---

Don't forget that Inventory Management is a feature of Roguelikes. You have to think: "Should I drop a small medkit in order to start stocking up on plasma?" or "Shotgun shells? or 10mm?"

Frankosity:
On the other hand, it's a roguelike feature which bogs the game down and draws away from the focus of the game, which is fast-paced action. If you had an ammo reserve then you could potentially cut the player inventory down to 5-10 slots, so you'd still be making decisions in terms of carrying health items vs. tertiary items like enviropacks, phase devices etc. Personally, I tend to find I never pick up stuff like phase devices, because I'm too concerned about running out of ammunition.

Malek Deneith:
IMHO ammunition stacks and their management are all fine as they are now.

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