Poll: Your reloading habits.

[B4D 9R4MM3R]

I used to reload all the time, and that typically ended up getting me killed.

Now I generally only reload if I either have less than half a magazine's worth of ammo in my current clip, or if I know I am completely safe.

 

[SpireOfFire]

when its safe. i may have killed one guy but i dont know if another guy is close, so i wait til i'm disengaged.

 

[regallmighty]

I like to reload right after a kill, but i always do a quick look around before hand just in case there are any enemys i misses or apper right after the dude i just killed

 

[Mr. Gency]

I reload after I kill every one in the room I find a corner to hide

 

[TimeLord]

Normally a "frantic" kill takes up 3/4 of my clip so I always reload after a kill because you never know how many bullets it will take to kill your next enemy.

 

[DustyDrB]

The only game with guns I play is Mass Effect. Therefore, I don't think about reloading (in the second game) until I'm told to.

 

[omega_peaches]

It depends What game and who I am playing as...
In TF2, I play spy, so I cloak and go out of cover so I can find some ammo on the ground
On Battlefield games, I reload after every kill

 

[Mr. Gency]

I reload when I know I can't kill a person with the current amount of bullets left in the magazine.

I played a lot of Battlefield 2 back in the day, and in that game, you had magazines.

You start with a few, and every time you reload, whether or not you fire 1 bullet or 15, every reload uses 1 magazine. and you don't get a lot of magazines.

The only exception is shotguns, where you reload by putting in the shells 1 by 1, in that case I reload whenever I'm able.

Basically, I make my shots count, and reload only when I have to.

Do people still play Battlefield 2?

 

[x0ny]

I reload when there are allies around to cover me, I don't reload often, for a start it wastes bullets in certain games, and also in CS:S it takes a max of 4 bullets to make a kill, on average I fire in 2 shot bursts.

 

[Valdsator]

I reload right after a kill, unless of course there's two people pointing their guns at me. Sometimes this habit gets me killed, when I begin reloading, and another enemy comes around a corner. :[

 

[Chauncey]

Anytime safe.
That is to say, whenever someone isn't shooting at me.
That includes when the enemy briefly stops shooting for whatever reason.
Some call it OCD I call it preparedness.

 

[KingArmery]

Always after a kill, but I make sure I'm relatively safe first. I used to reload after every bullet, but kicked the habit just recently.

 

[AlchemistMayCry]

Reload at the right moment. Mainly when I'm nearly drained. Depends on the weapon.

 

[Daniel Cygnus]

Right after a kill, impulsively. This has gotten me in trouble so many times in MW2 when I kill one guy, reload, and then his buddy comes around the corner and feeds me a buckshot sammich while I'm busy shoving bullets in my gun.

 

[likalaruku]

Looks like I'm not the only one who likes to play it safe. Takes less time to reload than it does to pick another weapon, for me anyway.

 

[Spiner909]

I reload a lot. Totally unrealistic though.

 

[leprecron]

Randomly, one bullet is used I'll reload, getting rushed by someone I'll reload because I didn't reload before hand, thank god for not having to equip your knife in MW 2.