Running out of ammo

[Guest]

Hi, guys-n'gals!

The weather in the Wasteland is find, and the sun is shining bright (or shall I say, a touch too bright?). One problem, though. My folks are running out of 7.62mm ammo, and the merchants don't seem to offer any anymore, either. The quartermaster at the bunker? Zilch. The trader and the farmer? Nada.

So, is it just the usual cycle of ups and downs in the Wasteland economy, so I gotta think savings and resort to using the second-grade equipment for the time being? Or is there a way to "fix" the market?

Leo

 

[Guest]

i can believe what i'm reading!

after the 8th mission, i had 20000 (!!!) 7.62 bullets in my hummer.

the best way to get the 7.62 ammo is from encounters. tour the wasteland, kill bad guys, loot their corpses. it's fun and sometimes it pays off. trust me

Major Glory

 

[Guest]

>i can believe what i'm reading!
>
>
>after the 8th mission, i had
>20000 (!!!) 7.62 bullets in
>my hummer.
>
>the best way to get the
>7.62 ammo is from encounters.
>tour the wasteland, kill bad
>guys, loot their corpses. it's
>fun and sometimes it pays
>off. trust me
>
>Major Glory

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, though, and was able to find all sorts of stuff on the fallen enemy's corpses... BUT a single piece of 7.62mm ammo! Has there been a shortage lately? I'm only wasting the ammo in those random encounters without getting any new one.

Leo

 

[Guest]

the mutants are VERY rich, in terms of 7.62 ammo. when you'll engage them, you'll get more than enough.
i finished the game with 35,000 bullets.

good luck!

Major Glory

 

[Guest]

>the mutants are VERY rich, in
>terms of 7.62 ammo. when
>you'll engage them, you'll get
>more than enough.
>i finished the game with 35,000
>bullets.
>
>good luck!
>
>Major Glory

Actually, the mutants I met so far in random encounters mostly had grenades and no 7.62mm ammo. However, I managed to stretch my supplies till the bonus mission, and Springfield brought me quite a lot of 7.62mm ammo, after all! Now I know who'd bought out all of it in the Wasteland.

Leo

 

[Guest]

Early in the game I found it beneficial to use multiple kinds of rifles, and to give everyone a backup with different kinds of ammo. I never had a problem with running out.

Later on 7.62 becomes very plentiful and you get some really good 7.62 assault rifles including the sniper rifle. At that stage I switch to only 7.62 (until you meet robots, of course).

 

[welsh]

I have to agree with this, using a variety of rifles early in the game does help. The M1 makes a pretty good sniper rifle until you get the real one. The M16 is also not too bad. Also you will probably not use your pistols as much later in the game as earlier. I have been doing the Mutant missions (in Jefferson now) and find that they carry around a lot of spare bullets with the SAWs. If you can hold out until the Mutant missions you should be ok.