Mmm, yeah, everything you listed above I think takes priority over reloading animations. All those goodies will be worth the wait I am sure!

I wouldnt expect any reload animations in the next release or 2

I even did find the ammobox of a wookiee bowcaster

Reloading
Extra Ammo
Ammo stays how it is

I suppose if reload animations is such an issue then I suppose having extra ammo is better.
But I find that having a lower ammo count, but having a few extra mags in handy makes me check my aim, go for the headshot, then start pumping ammo, that way I use a lot less ammo. But with FS no extra mags and 100 rounds in the most basic weapon, I simply try to pour as much of it onto the battlefield before I die.

There are many intances in the books, and comics where they talk about and show a person reloading their blaster mid combat.

I am unwilling to accept the existence of material outside the orginal trilogy

Sure, but my point was that there was no need to add a reload animation if you just want more ammo, like it appears blaz3r1121 want.
You can just increase the existing ammo count.

But I suspect that the relative low ammo count is intended to encourage teamwork.

blaz3r1121 wrote:

eh?

The fact of the matter is, I am pretty sure, all most people want is to have the reassurance of having a few hundred extra shots they can use, regardless of whether it is accurate to the movies or not.
In the real world, actually I think someone said it was no real world just AFK, all the 1st world armies of the world, the grunts carry a huge amount of ammunition, so much it would be to much for a normal person to carry alone.

Then we are not talking about the need for reloading, but about how much ammo you carry.
If they wanted to they could just increase that amount without any need for reloading.

There are many intances in the books, and comics where they talk about and show a person reloading their blaster mid combat. It did not pop up in the movies becuase they were mock ups of old WW2 weapons, and all of them were glued togather so realistic reloading was out of the question.

In the Republic commando games you also have to reload your weapons, you also reload your weapons in SWBF/SWBF2, and you will in the PSP exclusive game too. It was something Lucas has admited he wanted to do but it would of made the fight sceens way too close tor real life and nobody wan'ted to see a hero get cought out in the open with one shot left in his power pack.

In the books they talk alot about the iner workings of blasters and how you do have to reload them but not often as they are meant to last a while. A good power pack will last you a few days at most in light use, but in heavy combat your going to have to reload alot faster and you need too keep your power packs charged. They are re useable.

So if you wan't the devs could make it so you only have to change out your power pack when you go to the ammo box, or power pack that players can use to recharge their blasters. This way you only reload when you need to and not every time you fire a shot and thus run outa ammo too quickly ala BF2142/BF2

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In the real world, actually I think someone said it was no real world just AFK,
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eh?

The fact of the matter is, I am pretty sure, all most people want is to have the reassurance of having a few hundred extra shots they can use, regardless of whether it is accurate to the movies or not.
In the real world, actually I think someone said it was no real world just AFK, all the 1st world armies of the world, the grunts carry a huge amount of ammunition, so much it would be to much for a normal person to carry alone.

Then we are not talking about the need for reloading, but about how much ammo you carry.
If they wanted to they could just increase that amount without any need for reloading.

I haven't played online yet because of the punkbuster issues. So I guess that's why I didn't think of ammo from dem little ammo things.
But when your not near one of them, then what?
It would be much ...."Nicer" for want of a better word... to have a few extra magazines in your magical storage pocket that you use to hold all those grenades, bacta tanks, mines and personal shield generators. Hm, reminds me of Master Chief and his magical pockets that can store rocket launchers without anyone knowing that they are there. Anyway that's off topic.
The fact of the matter is, I am pretty sure, all most people want is to have the reassurance of having a few hundred extra shots they can use, regardless of whether it is accurate to the movies or not.
In the real world, actually I think someone said it was no real world just AFK, all the 1st world armies of the world, the grunts carry a huge amount of ammunition, so much it would be to much for a normal person to carry alone.

It happens.

After 80 or so shots, next to an ammo box.

So there should be reloading in FS because it's in the rest of the Star Wars universe, just because we don't see it all the time in the movies, it still happens.

CLIP VS MAGAZINE....."magazine" is a container in which ammunition is stored, whilst a "clip" is a small piece of metal which holds rounds in place whilst outside the magazine.  Sorry but even in SW this annoys me lol.

And the C96 is indeed loaded with a clip, so what are you trying to say?

Something else I found on Han Solo's pistol since I saw it mentioned earlier. I have confirmed that it has a power pack, it is located just forward of the trigger *that little box thing there* and a lever on the back releases it so a fresh "clip" can be loaded.

That is because it is a Mauser C96 with some plastic added
And it does not have a detachable magazine, it is loaded with a clip form the top.
I don't think they would bother making a complete fake magazine assembly just to show reloading.

This one probably look familiar too: