Talk:Sobek/@comment-217.255.102.169-20130802165146/@comment-13117751-20130805173749

Ammo stock affects shots in the magazine, not max ammo, so the comparison to ammo boxes is invalid. Ammo stock is mathematiccally better than tactical pump for the sobek. Its reload SPEED is low (so its reload time is long), so a tactical pump, which adds percentage of speed, does not see as much effect as ammo  stock, which gets dramatic increases in magazine ammunition due to the sobek's already large capacity.

Example:

Max ammo stock, cost 7, 60% addition. --> Clip size 32

Tactical Pump, cost 7, 30% speed boost

Old speed, 1/4 magazine / second. New speed:  0.325 magazine / second

--> Final reload time: 3.08 seconds (from 4 seconds).

So, conclusively you can get, for the same cost, 12 extra shots in your magazine or roughly a second less of reload time.

Math aside, an example of how ammo stock can be better, if I timed to see how long it would take either user to fire 60 shots (assuming fire rate on both weapons is the same), the tactical pump user would have to reload twice during this interval, thus saving about 2 seconds with his tactical pump. He spends a total of about 6 seconds being vulnerable. The ammo stock user would only have to reload once, ending up spending about 4 seconds being vulnerable and STILL having shots leftover in his magazine once the 60 shots were expended.

Also look at it this way...ideally you are reloading when you are NOT in combat (when nothing is threatening you so you aren't vulnerable at all). If you cannot clear a room in 32 shots, then either your sobek is very poorly modded / unleveled or you are missing most of your shots...in which case I would recommend switchign to another gun. With a 20 shot magazine there might be a chance that you could run empty mid-fight and have to reload, in which case sure tactical pump would help, but you could've dodged the problem entirely with ammo stock.

Of course, if you can clear a room in under 20 shots, it doesn't really matter which of the two you use...however ammo stock will be consistently better in every situation requiring you to fire more than 20 shots.