Content Suggestion Allow for the reload of guns on the new vehicles when your mag is only partially empty

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Dec 25, 2024
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What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Allows for the reload of guns on vehicles, such as LMGs, cannons and such when your magazine is only partially empty.
Right now the only way to reload is to empty the magazine entirelly, which wastes ammo, shows your rough position to the entire surface and can lead to your vehicle getting caught of guard because the reloads are looong.
It would just be a keybind your press, which would initiate the reload as normal. Unused ammo would be saved for future use.

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Not that I could find.

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
No more wasting ammo
You'll no longer need to just spam shots into a random hill just to reload. With there being no way to get more ammo for a vehicle (afaik), just needing to waste it just so you are ready for the next fight instead of being on 13/50, which is bad.
Better concealment of vehicles
This is more of an issue for vehicles like BTRs, LAVs etc. Their shots are loud as fuck. And if they need to reload, you just broadcast your position to any Matador/vehicle with the message "YO I CANNOT FIGHT FOR THE NEXT WHILE COME DESTROY ME". And you do that only to not be caught without ammo next fight. Pick your own poison. This eliminates that choice.
Nice QoL change
You know, there is already a way to reload the guns. Get out of the gunner seat and get back in a bit later. And suddenly, you are reloaded. Adding an actual key to it would make it feel more official, and would just generally improve the feel of the vehicles.

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
I honestly cannot think of anything...maybe like dev time but tell me a content suggestion that doesnt require dev time.

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
Just a small little QoL change that would improve the new vehicles by a bit. This was already possible with the old vodniks/humvees, and Ive even seen a dev that wanted to add a reload key, but couldnt use R. Just use a different one or smth...
But yeah, I dont see a reason for why we shouldnt be able to reload when our mag is partially empty.