Only show the ammo you need

[Cyler]

Alright, my main complaint about the game right now(just playing for a day) is all that ammo lying around that nobody actually needs, I never have rifle ammo, and none of my teammates got any either. There's all that shotgun, sniper and whatever else ammo, I keep walking over it just to find out it's NOT the kind of ammo I need.

So, is it possible to change it so you only see the ammo you need? Like rifle and pistol ammo in my case.

EDIT: Another possibility:

There is this "ray" going upwards from the ammo(when on the bottom) which is orange right now, why not colouring it blue/green/whatever for the ammo you can use? So you can still see the other ammo but you know YOU can't use it.

Edited January 19, 2013 by Cyler

[Xan-Diesel]

That's sound reasoning. I seem to spend a lot of my time running over the same ammo drop over and over (can't fix stupid :P). I like the idea of the coloration difference. There's something cool about getting "stuff", though. Initially I love the idea of not "seeing" ammo I can't use, but when I open lockers and "stuff" just flies out it feels good, even if I can't use it (orbs at least I can run back to).

[Rivy]

Yes. +1

Or just make the ammo you can't pick up not glow at all.

[Cyler]

@Rivy That's an even better idea, +1 for that.

[ForeverUnclean]

I vote for this also. Seeing a bunch of crap on the floor just gets messy and annoying.

[Wiwewo]

Yes. +1

Or just make the ammo you can't pick up not glow at all.

I really liked that idea. Cuz u can still pointing at the ammo for your friends (with different kind of weapons) if you need to.

[Zakalwe]

I think they should either colour code the ammo, or make different models for each ammo pick up.

[Galestorm]

I think color coding would be easier done than having some ammo glow for some people and not for others, but it's still a good idea.

[Cyler]

Color coding wouldn't work out well, you'd need 4 colours to work with. That would look too colorfull for Warframe :/

[ForeverUnclean]

or perhaps just make universal ammo boxes, make them drop less frequently, and change the pistol/shotgun/assault/sniper scavengers to just "ammo scavenger". That way less crap laying around, everyone sees the same and gets it, and scavengers still have use and wont be as annoying to people who dont use that specific ammo type.

[Cyler]

+1 for that, the dev's need to decide what to do now :D

[Zakalwe]

Color coding wouldn't work out well, you'd need 4 colours to work with. That would look too colorfull for Warframe :/

i think it'd look just fine.

Just make them dark. Red, Yello, Blue, Green. The colour correction filter washes over everything and blends it anyway.

[Volume]

Give them different models, or some method of differentiating them.

[Cyler]

Just pushing this thread up so the devs actually see it. This is the biggest flaw in Warframe for me, that's why :/

[BL4CKL1STED]

Another vote for combining a few of these ideas. Different colored glow based on if you can or cannot use it (currently having that weapon type equipped) + different models to specify what type of ammo that pickup supplies would make players able to tell immediately if they can or cannot use a dropped ammo pickup.

[wickwire]

Rebecca said in another thread they took note of the idea *thumbs up*