Do You Have Constant Reload Syndrome?

[oldMcDouche]

me too!
thats why i rarely use weapons which take ages to reload. even if i fire only one round i HAVE TO reload cause i cant stand not having a full mag.

playing the old Rainbow 6 titles or GRAW2 on PC is particularly hard cause you lose all the bullets you would have left if you swap mags although its not entirely empty

 

[Varun Garuda Maharaj]

Yes. I reload whenever possible. It certainly beats the alternative.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I do in most games... In Killzone 2 I do because its sometimes infuriating to have to reload during a shootout. If the enemie's close though, I would usually switch to my pistol if my clip runs dry. But if It's a long range shootout, Id get to some cover to reload. To avoid this though, I reload as soon as possible.
It was also nice that the game rewarded me with a Trophy for 150 manual reloads... I was quite happy with that.

In the game Black however, Reloading is usually a no-no. As you see, the creators of black were the only developers that I know of who were smart enough to release that by taking out a clip with ammo in it, you lose that ammo from your total amount... Which makes sense right?
But ammo was pretty common if I remember correctly. And after completing it once, you unlock silver weopons, which means unlimited ammo. So reloading was no longer a problem.

In the 5 pages of replies I hope I wasn't the only one to mention those two games, because those are the 2 best serious FPS I've ever played.

EDIT:Excellent... Somebody else mentioned Black and its excellent reloading system, and they explained it much better than I did.

The game BLACK had a unique system where the rounds from your magazine weren't pooled into the rest of your ammo reservoir, and reloading after a single kill could cost an entire magazine.

Ever since BLACK, I've waited until about 1/5th of my magazine remains before reloading, or until the action has died down.

 

[JDarkley]

After playing Call of Duty for a while I find myself switching to my secondary until the firefight is over. But if I'm behind cover, then I reload constantly.

 

[Ze_Sapper]

I reload way too much for mu own good. Thats why I love explosives, no reloads required =)

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Loading Melee weapons has always held great difficulty over this end.

But handgun-wise.Yes.

 

[WorldCritic]

Indeed I do. To the point that even I get annoyed.

 

[henno13]

Yes. It's a tactical must.

... Unless you're playing Battlefield 2. Reloaded magazines aren't "swapped", they're actually lost.

That's true. I always did that in BF2, then I facepalmed every time becasue I remembered that they were lost not replaced.

 

[Red_Fog]

me too!
thats why i rarely use weapons which take ages to reload. even if i fire only one round i HAVE TO reload cause i cant stand not having a full mag.

playing the old Rainbow 6 titles or GRAW2 on PC is particularly hard cause you lose all the bullets you would have left if you swap mags although its not entirely empty

Cause they're trying to be more "realistic" and taking bullets from two partially full magazines and combining them into one takes a really long time...

My favorite reloading systems are the games where if you reload with ammo still in the clip you simply save that clip for latter. After you've gone through all your full clips you start to reuse the partially full clips that had enough in them to bother saving.

As for my reloading habits, every now and then I'll reload immediately after a kill, but usually I'll keep my gun at the ready until I've secured my immediate area, find good cover and then reload. If you're gun goes "click" that's what your pistol is for. Unless your playing something that's trying to be more realistic and doesn't give every grunt a side arm. If that's the case, duck and cover, or smash his face in I guess...

 

[Thwarted]

yup, always like to keep a full clip

 

[Ramses the Third]

I reload all the time too just a habit of mine

 

[Sewer Rat]

I reload about every 5 seconds, even if I've only spent one bullet. I just can't help but think that it may be that one bullet that saves me from being fragged.

 

[SoranMBane]

Yeah, I pretty much reload after every little encounter. It can be a bit troublesome when an enemy barges in on me while I'm in the middle of reloading, but it's better than running dry while I'm in the middle of the action. I'm especially meticulous about keeping shotguns loaded, because the last thing I want is to have to keep loading shells in the middle of a firefight.

 

[Bravo Company]

I always reload when not presented with an immediate threat

This.

I reload after the area is clear.

 

[FlashHero]

I haz it bad..

 

[Galad]

only if the coast is clear, certainly

 

[Humanoid333]

Same here. I really hate when you lose all the bullets you currently have before reloading though (Battlefield anyone?), probably some technical term for that but I don't know what it is.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Oh yeah, I've had some real problems with not reloading. Every time I turn a corner and don't have a fully loaded gun there is an enemy that does. I try to keep as much ammo in my gun as possible at all times.

 

[CruelSpider]

I do the same. I reload constantly. Even if I miss, if I'm ducking back into cover, I'm reloading.

 

[Darth Pope]

I always reload as soon as nothing is trying to kill me.