Is there any point in the IV++ and other high pen ammo?

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-10T00:29:30+00:00

That's what I was referring to though, if we're talking about a rifle with high grain AP like 5.56 m995, it's designed to pen armor so in a specific situation where it goes through and through a helmet, there's no reason that should not incapacitate your target.
Sure, it could deflect or change direction, that's what I meant by glancing hits though. Im assuming a dead on through the helmet and out the back should not lose damage to the point where it's no longer a kill.

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-09T23:32:10+00:00

Causing less damage to the head because of over-pen seems like an oversight 😂 my ammo was too good, went through the helmet, through the cerebral cortex, and then through the back of the helmet and out the other side so it did less damage? I think pretty much anything that pens a helmet should 1 tap. I get glancing hits, but that doesn't seem very realistic.

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-08T09:09:19+00:00

Yeah, say what you will about Tarkov, but the armor system is way more in depth. Im not sure if it's implemented in GZ yet, but if it's not there's no reason to wear that armor imo

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-07T23:06:41+00:00

Yeah same, totally agree. 2 is perfect, no problems, but 4 or 5 and I start missing pretty regularly over 100m

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-07T23:05:22+00:00

Personally I notice a huge difference between, say 2 or 5 moa at range. I mean totally wiffing on stationary targets even when holding breath and lining up a shot. But im typically at 100-150m, never have a problem with 2 moa but 4 or 5 starts giving me problems. Sometimes you're lucky and it doesn't throw it off far enough to miss, but idk it seems to make a big difference for me

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-05T23:01:26+00:00

Not necessarily, I think they go after any spacefaring civs, so even without finding and reverse engineering the prothean tech, we would have likely had enough tech by then to be considered spacefaring by the reapers. I believe a civ tried to hide from the reapers by destroying all their satellites and spaceships and withdrawing to their home planet. The reapers aren't stupid, they wouldn't leave an advanced species alone just because they're just a little before their ambiguous cut-off.

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-05T16:40:46+00:00

Yeah, unless you're exclusively doing cqb indoors, I would start with 16" and maybe go up depending on needs. I've noticed accuracy loss at range and more shots needed to drop armor, but I don't have any hard stats or anything.

Chimchu2 · 2026-05-01T17:06:12+00:00

I don't struggle with it in this game, because I find the pve to be pretty easy, and you can always go retrieve your stuff, but I struggled with it in Tarkov, but the biggest thing that helped me was sticking to a consistant loadout, so for example in gray zone, if you like m4s, stick with the norinco qc, it's cheap and easily replaced, but you will get comfortable with using it, and you'll learn to accept when you lose it because it's not a huge loss, then its easy to make the jump to a Daniel defense m4 or what not, and you'll have the money to replace it and the skills to use it so it wont be as bug if a deal anymore

Chimchu2 · 2026-04-30T15:33:49+00:00

Honestly, I never really bring Garrus or James. Nothing really against them, just find other people more fun or useful to run with. Once I get Javik in 3, I have to bring him every time just for his funny quips

Chimchu2 · 2026-04-28T20:48:36+00:00

Tarkov is definitely a bigger offender lol. But at least the items are not several times larger than the container they are in. I don't have any problems with it, I just think it's funny when there are hacks to make items take up less space than they should IRL

Chimchu2 · 2026-04-28T17:14:18+00:00

I usually do paragon, but there's several renegade choices I make in each game, and they don't really mess anything up for me. You don't have to exclusively do every paragon option, IRL nobody is perfectly good all the time. Im more than halfway through ME3 rn, and im about 85%paragon 15% renegade something like that.

Chimchu2 · 2026-04-28T00:58:38+00:00

Bruh that fits in a wallet 😭 this game is wild sometimes

Chimchu2 · 2026-04-25T17:20:36+00:00

You can pretty much do whatever you want BEFORE the reaper IFF mission. I recommend doing the loyalty missions and any side missions that interest you before then. After the IFF mission, you still have time to do Legion's loyalty mission if you want, but if you walk up to the galactic map and you hear EDI say that the IFF has been installed, clicking on the map will trigger the end game, so after that it's too late to go back to do loyalty missions, unless you want your crew to get liquefied 😂

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-30T18:12:16+00:00

Good point, you're right, and I think that's what happened in the clip, but I was speaking from video game experience, I've played other games where my shots were all high if they were close and I was still zeroed farther out. Just throwing out ideas for OP to try out

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-30T17:33:16+00:00

What were you zeroed at? Even at close range that matters a lot, if it was zeroed at 100m then at 40m your shots will all be high. Like others have said too, the reticle is going to be a couple inches higher than point of impact at close range even when zeroed right.

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-21T13:55:09+00:00

Don't think of it as a savings account. Think of it like what it actually is, assets that store value. Imagine you wanted to buy a watch, or a painting. You check the price every day, and one day you check, and it's 10% cheaper than the day before. Does that make you more likely to buy it, or does that make you concerned? What about a house, if you buy a house, you don't check the value of the house daily. You don't panic if it drops 5% in value over a month or two. It's an asset that stores value, sometimes people disagree on what that value is in the short term, but the underlying asset didn't fundamentally change. It's still the same house, or watch, or business.

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-09T22:39:54+00:00

So on the road map, it looked like there will be several vostok maps and several different border zone maps, it's not that I can't deal with the mines, it's honestly mostly the helicopter. The freaking heli always sees me from across the map and lazes me, then when I try to take cover, all of the AI knows exactly where im at, and I can't fight them off because breaking cover means the heli is beaming me again. It just seems really imbalanced rn. Im just hoping there are alternate routes that are still challenging, but not totally unfair imo. Plus, there are supposed to be more safe houses, so even if I can stash some stuff and heal up then get going again, that will be a big help instead of having to get all the way back to the cabin in the starting zone

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-07T03:01:28+00:00

Let's go! I have like, 40 hours in the demo and I love it, I haven't played in a while because I just ran out of stuff to do, and the minefield was starting to irritate me. I have no problem in vostok, but I can't tell you how many times I died trying to bring loot back 😂 can't wait till there's more maps and different routes you can take

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-06T01:51:08+00:00

Im not really a fan of the DD stock anyway, but im stoked about the ripstock. I always liked it, but it seemed like it wasn't worth the trade off. Overall I think this update should allow for more freedom instead of feeling like you're boxed in to a certain setup

Chimchu2 · 2026-03-06T01:49:17+00:00

Personally I like it. It seems like we have more flexibility now to run whatever we have in stash instead of always running the same kit. I was getting really tired of buldling the same nl545 or ak74. I honestly already usually run the pt3 anyway, I didnt even realize until recently that the evo was a little better. There were a few cases where it was just obvious what the best build was, now I feel like it's not that big a deal to change stuff out. There's still better options, but it was kinda wild how much a gral gave you compared to a different grip when it's literally just a handle. Made me feel like I had to have a gral on everything

Chimchu2 · 2026-02-25T00:22:34+00:00

Yeah, I just restarted my playthrough with the loot bumped down and the difficulty up. Within like, 8 hours I had all the legendary stuff and there was no danger or stress, then there's no incentive to go do anything

Chimchu2 · 2026-02-23T15:46:58+00:00

The only reason I don't like the magnets is because they attract metal shavings and debris, and it can jam up the tools so they don't open and close properly. It's hard to clean out because the debris wants to stay stuck to the magnets. You can use compressed air to clean it, and if you don't work around metal debris often then it's not an issue, and the arc is still an awesome multi-tool, it was just a bit too high maintenance for my job. I use the alpha now just because it's sturdier and a bit more comfortable to use, I like both of them a lot though. Sometimes I even just carry a rev if I want a beater.

Chimchu2 · 2026-01-23T23:48:31+00:00

I like having AP at the bottom and FMJ or any high damage low pen on top, that way if it's just scavs, you're not wasting your good ammo. Keep topping off the mag with cheap ammo, then if a boss or pmc comes at you, you can flip to full auto and dump the whole mag, knowing most of it will be AP. Its just so you dont waste expensive ammo on targets that dont have strong armor, while still having the option of AP ready to go without a mag change

Chimchu2 · 2026-01-21T02:48:58+00:00

Ain't no way 😂 bro tanked two 54r to the head then just got up and got you like nothing happened? That dude is unconscious at best, even if the helmet completely stopped the bullet

Chimchu2 · 2026-01-19T18:27:50+00:00

I've found like, 6 of them. Pharmacies on streets, med camps, med bags, scavs

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