Without building around it to sustain ammo, 5 shots and you’re out? Come on now, that’s a little overkill isn’t it?
no man it is totally fine just use redistributor with million in ammo pool and shoot things into d1cks and everything around you will just die for no apparent reason. who needs ion canon anyway
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Haven’t had any issues with Shotguns so far, but snipers need some more for sure. For launchers I’m a bit on the edge because I feel like they are not supposed to be a sustainable weapon type that you use all the time, anyways.
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yes i hate having no ammo
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To be fair on snipers I’ve only ever really had an issue with the Lyuda, most of the others aren’t too bad in terms of ammo usage. Shtoguns are a bit trickier
Sniping is general just doesn’t seem viable in this game. I mained Mordecai is BL1 and went down Zeros sniping tree for the campaign in BL2. The gunplay and action in this game is so chaotic that I cant snipe. And dont get me started on the insane amount of particle effects in your face at all times lol.
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snipers need straight up huge buff
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Ion cannon is mainly just a clone weapon now useless out side of that I get it power full but town down the ammo consumption to two for normal 4 for double and buff other launchers to the same degree launchers are supposed to be a tool for the right situation atm they are just a waste of a slot and a waste of money as most have problems getting you out of ffyl meaning you have to spend a lot of money on respawns
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Ion Cannon still viable as a main weapon on Moze with the right build. Just be careful stacking too much bonus splash radius and firing at something too close. I’ve had enough to make the forsum unique pistol unusable on my moze build because the splash was boosted so much I hit myself every time the bullets collided.
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I agree. Particularly in regard to rocket launchers. Legendary launchers consume 4 ammo and M4 enemy health is outrageous rendering them largely useless without a little more wiggle room or a niche build for ammo recovery.
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The Monocle is a pretty good sniper. I think it has some crit bonus not on the weapon’s card. Even in M4 it can one shot trash mobs and some BAs if you have crit bonuses rolling. The big maliwan guys with the crit spots over their shoulders are one shot.
Level 39, Moze, first playthrough;
Launchers need buffed a lot in BL3 to be relevant, and if so definitely more ammo.
Shotguns same as launchers.
Snipers definitely needs more ammo. At least double to start and 24, instead of 12, with each upgrade.
Some ammo regen for each character like Moze has , and available early, would help with ammo problems. With ammo regen my Moze can use snipers to thin the herd from a distance , or retreat to a safer distance when overwhelmed or to survive badasses with their nasty elemental weapons.
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I always carry Monocle for long range work, and it is very effective. I never run out of ammo for this one. That said, most of the other sniper rifles seem to be used more like long range Assault Rifles, requiring multiple hits to take down an enemy. The new AutoAime is a good example. I can’t find a good use for it because of ammo usage and failure to target for crits. An increase in sniper SDUs is needed in my opinion.
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phebert and slow hand can blast through shells quickly.
perhaps increase shotgun shells between 400
and 600 shells. off-topic, i miss the old hyperion
reload. chik-chik, oh well. 
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Let’s not forget that in BL universe snipers with burst/auto fire option are a thing (looking at you, Dahl/Vladof). I’m not a firearms expert, but i think it makes them more like an AR indeed (and I actually find that some ARs like Q-system are better at ‘sniping’).
If you had most of BL snipers be like Jakobs, then ammo consumption would be much less of an issue.
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Tbh no they don’t need an ammo increase the real problem is thier lack of bite if you had a choice rocket launcher or smg or assault rifle to get a second wind most people choose the assault rifle and smg something wrong with that
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And they listened, sweet. No Shotgun but that one needed it less than the other 2.
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