Snipertron, eats sniper ammo but use rifle mod?

[neKroMancer]

Ok, I noticed that there's no, NO sniper mod (God, I'm embarassed to notice this after a week) but there's sniper ammo. Snipertron just use rifle mod to boost performance.

Not a big problem but is it intended? or it's because we have only one sniper rifle in the game.

[MJ12]

Ok, I noticed that there's no, NO sniper mod (God, I'm embarassed to notice this after a week) but there's sniper ammo. Snipertron just use rifle mod to boost performance.

Not a big problem but is it intended? or it's because we have only one sniper rifle in the game.

The name implies it's intended.

A sniper rifle, after all, is still a rifle. It just uses bigger bullets.

[neKroMancer]

Well, then why Snipertron can't use rifle ammo? It's a sniper RIFLE afterall.

Sorry,can't resist. :D

[TinyRaccoon]

Well, then why Snipertron can't use rifle ammo? It's a sniper RIFLE afterall.

Sorry,can't resist. :D

It uses sniper rifle ammo.

[Comatose]

It uses sniper rifle ammo.

Probably because sniper rifles use wildly different calibre rounds to a standard rifle? Otherwise. Though for modifications, a sniper rifle is still a rifle.

[Cleff]

I can see sense in it from technical side. Shotguns itself work different way than rifle, while sniper and assault rifels pretty similar. Different .cal is it.

I whould more wonder why Bronco uses pistol ammo and mods instead... well, maybe only is Bronco shoot bunch on bullets, that's why it have only 2 in clip.

Edited January 10, 2013 by Cleff

[RawrKitty]

i have 6 snipetron mods o.o

[MabsWinterKnight]

i have 6 snipetron mods o.o

Yeah, but there are weapon-specific mods for all the different weapons. What they were talking about was weapon-type mods, like how shotgun and rifle mods are seperate.

Edited January 10, 2013 by MabsWinterKnight

[Feindfeuer]

It's actually a good question, it's not like the Latron and the other Assaultrifles have much in common, even though eating the same munition from a gameplay perspective. Even having the same, large-sized ammo pool. I guess (and i'm realy just guessing here) that the ammo pool is currently connected to the munition used, and they wanted a different, smaller munition pool for the Snipertron so it got it's own kind of ammo. *shrug* It's not like you run out of munition for it anyway.