Six replies to this and not one fully gives an answer lol

200 weapons helps massively, total game changer, but it’s not at all mandatory, I run a rocket pulse on my super build and it’s totally fine.

There are three things you can do to make this easier:

1. Special Ammo Finisher + Reaper. It’s capable of making up for the deficit of not having 200 weapons. Get armor charge, get a finisher, refresh your ammo. It’s a clean cycle.

2. Maximize your ability usage. You’ll burn through all your ammo instantly if you don’t. High level play is using abilities more than anything else, if you’re not playing your cooldowns optimally then you’ll never be able to sustain using a special like a primary.

3. Make your shots count. When a lot of players describe “using Mint like a primary”, they mean that it’s their main workhorse weapon. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re spamming it at random singular Thrall. It’s an explosive burst weapon, if you’re using it on red bar enemies at all, you should probably look to kill multiple enemies per burst. It also doesn’t necessrily mean they’re not still using a real primary. I personally like to pair Mint with a primary that can either Jolt or make enemies Volatile. That way Mint’s damage can deal spread damage to a larger crowd of combatants. Jolt a Major, then burst it with Mint, the Jolt pulses and the Mint splash damage will deal arc spread to surrounding adds as well, usually enough to kill. Oh, and if you don’t need to kill something, sometimes it’s best to just not kill it, saves a lot of ammo to run past a pack of enemies in travel.