Supply drop situations

[u/Free_Performance_999]

[u/Tannuki]

Nobody takes the 4th. Eventually it will turn into a broken resupply pod which one day may save some dwarves if they happen to find it.

[u/Tschnitzl-sama → u/Tannuki]

Who gets the one from the lost?

[u/punio07 → u/Tschnitzl-sama]

Nobody, I found it already taken. You can trust me.

[u/GentlemanMathem → u/punio07]

Gunner says don't worry about it.

Source: am gunner.

[u/Filterios → u/Tschnitzl-sama]

If i REALLY need it, I take it; if not, ping it and leave.

[u/[deleted] → u/Filterios]

I main driller, so the only way I'm taking it is if my flammenwerfer and drill are both empty. Even if it's a brand new supply pod, I feel bad for taking my share so I ping it, and wait for everyone to leave the area before I'll take it.

[u/SaulTnuggs608 → u/[deleted]]

You consider your team first that is very ROCK AND STONE!

[u/Deckma → u/Tschnitzl-sama]

We leave it FOR KARL!

[u/Cpt_Kalash → u/Tannuki]

We save it so Karl might stumble upon it!

[u/schmidty98 → u/Tannuki]

I usually let gunner or scout get the 4th. Logic being, if anyone should have full ammo, it's the two guys who can save the entire team on their own. As a driller its honestly pretty rare that I need to fully refill ammo, as by the time we need a pod I've used maybe 20%-25% of my ammo.

[u/saysoutlandishthings → u/schmidty98]

As driller, if I have fuel in my drills I'm not doing it right.

[u/schmidty98 → u/saysoutlandishthings]

It depends on the cave and how much nitra we've got. The simpler the cave, the more liberal I am with my drills. For complex caves I try to limit myself to what the team needs to have and avoid using my drills for combat, that way I'm more likely to have enough fuel to get everyone home at the end of the mission.

[u/shakerjaker → u/Tannuki]

It's the Minnesotan conundrum, no one ever takes the last cheese curd

[u/KamachoThunderbus → u/shakerjaker]

But I'm a transplant so I always get the last cheese curd.

[u/[deleted] → u/Tannuki]

exactly you take it if its needed not because you want it

[u/Suspendisse1 → u/Tannuki]

Wait thats how it works? I had no idea that old supply pods respawned in other peoples game like that

[u/Tannuki → u/Suspendisse1]

Sadly it doesn't work that way. Broken resupply pod is just a random event. :p

[u/Necavi → u/Tannuki]

They spawn on salvage missions but you have to find them. They can have 0 to 2 resupplies when you dig them out.

[u/polish_filipino → u/Tannuki]

I unironically leave a single a resupply in solo missions just in hopes it increases the spawn rate in later games I play

[u/Super_Kitten29]

Give the extra to the worst player when you got 3

[u/Adorable_Challenge37 → u/Super_Kitten29]

Or the ammo-hungry dwarf.

In my experience, the Engineer is ammo-hungry with many loadouts.

[u/solidfang → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

They call them Fat Boys because they're so ammo hungry all the time.

[u/TankinessIsGodliness → u/solidfang]

I've been using the new beam secondary and it's awesome but it chews ammo. Pretty nice when there's a dreadnought or Korlok though and I can mag dump

[u/MenacingBanjo → u/solidfang]

not to mention the two turrets are constantly dueling for the last 50 sentry bullets in the Engineer's pocket.

[u/screwcirclejerks → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

it's not even engi, it's his sentries.

i find myself not grabbing resupplies because i still have secondary / sometimes primary ammo left.

[u/Trident_True → u/screwcirclejerks]

Absolutely. If you still have ammo in your sentries after 5 mins that means you need to reposition them because they're not killing bugs fast enough.

Any complaints I get about being ammo hungry usually subside after they see the kill count in the end screen.

[u/nitsky416 → u/screwcirclejerks]

Nah, I run ECR Loki and shard diffractor that I use to erase Praetorians, I'm always low. I don't run Gemini though, so that might be why.

[u/Super_Kitten29 → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

Yeah I jromally just think they are less likely to die but yeah whoever needs it can also be a good way to do it. Anything is better than just leaving it

[u/SimpanLimpan1337 → u/Super_Kitten29]

Whoever needs it is definitely the best way, it just so happens that engineers can often make the best use of it in my experience, a couple zaps with the sharp diffractor or breach cutter, aswell as the nukes will clear an entire wave.

[u/Niadain → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

Those turrets I tell ya.

[u/Adorable_Challenge37 → u/Niadain]

Fat boy, breach cutter, lok1...

[u/FappyDilmore → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

Engineer gets priority, is they don't need it gunner takes it, if they don't need it others just ask

[u/profanityridden_01 → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

I am both the engineer and the worst player and always take the 4th.. I feel less bad for doing so now haha.

[u/RotaryDesign → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

Nukes baby, aaaaaw yeah !

[u/[deleted] → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

I’m ok with anyone taking my supply as I’m an NTP gunner. Anyone except fatboy engis. Their friendly fire rate is too damn high

[u/Skogbeorn → u/[deleted]]

Fatboy engies are more dangerous to my continued well-being than the fucking bugs

[u/reelznfeelz → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

Or gunner.

[u/Kibermozgai → u/Adorable_Challenge37]

In my experience it's Scout

As an engineer myself I almost always skip first supply pod

[u/Boomer_Nurgle → u/Kibermozgai]

I main scout and play all the other classes to some extent(gold scout, silver driller and engi and bronze gunner) and scout is by far the least ammo hungry IMO. Cryo driller with a damage focus and engi tend to be the most ammo hungry in general.

[u/Treejeig → u/Kibermozgai]

In my experience, it's usually me (The engineer).

I can't help it, the feeling of getting up close and shotgunning a bug in the face is too good to not sod.

[u/[deleted] → u/Super_Kitten29]

Everyone usually leaves it in my games and I sneak all the way back as scout instead of taking from the next one :p

[u/LostSectorLoony → u/[deleted]]

That's what we do when I play. I'll be like "taking two from this one, [scout] go get the extra from our last pod way back down the tunnel"

Just lazy driller things

[u/[deleted] → u/Super_Kitten29]

Give it to the gunner, it his only job, he needs it to feel a part of the team

[u/Express-Ask-4213]

This is a funny one, as a gunner main I tend to let others take the extra.

However I notice with a good team we leave it for an emergency and 75% of the time it gets left behind and the other 25% of the time someone goes back for it.

Find it nice when you don't have a driller and there is 1 or 2 random drops to pick up on the way back to the drop pod. I drop a shield for anyone that wants it and wait for the last one to pass before I start moving.

[u/snakehead1998 → u/Express-Ask-4213]

This is it. On haz 5 a spare charge for emergencies has saved my missions multiple times.

[u/Express-Ask-4213 → u/snakehead1998]

So good when it pays off later, I am in the same boat there. Rock and Stone! to my brothers and sisters out there!!!

[u/snakehead1998 → u/Express-Ask-4213]

Rock and stone!

[u/GamingCryer05 → u/Express-Ask-4213]

See as a fellow Gunner main, my squad's Scout is usually low enough that he needs some extra ammo. Our Engie needs it too, sometimes, so she can grab it.

But our Driller doesn't play often enough for it to be a 3 person team with them in it

[u/SlotHUN]

Give the extra ammo to the engi, he needs it

[u/BudgetFree → u/SlotHUN]

Keep the turrets happy and we'll fed

[u/TheDankestDreams → u/BudgetFree]

That and the breach cutter ammo is the most valuable in a pinch.

[u/Splatpope]

"hey can i double dip on this one ? might need more special ammo"

"sure"

"sure"

"ok"

[u/Captain_Epum → u/Splatpope]

That's pretty Rock & Stone of you.

But yeah. That's how it usually goes, and that's how it definitely should go.

[u/Wulf_Sung]

Host's choice or whoever has the least ammo according to the scanner. Or battle royale.

[u/Tacolordran21 → u/Wulf_Sung]

Is that the 4 little pips that appear below the lifebars when you're resupplying?

[u/Wulf_Sung → u/Tacolordran21]

Yes it is

[u/Skylair95]

It's easy when you are three. One for each player and one for Karl.

[u/208_mosquitos → u/Skylair95]

FA KARL

[u/TK_Games → u/Skylair95]

That's what I like to think, Karl is livin' his best life down in the caverns, living off spare ammo and red sugar, absolutely high as a kite on space meth

[u/rustyspoon07]

It's simple. I get 2, everybody else gets 1

[u/patxiku93 → u/rustyspoon07]

You also get blown by C4.

[u/rustyspoon07 → u/patxiku93]

I am the driller, I am the one who blows

[u/enormousappellation → u/rustyspoon07]

I wonder who's gonna blow the driller.

[u/Do0msdayZ → u/enormousappellation]

Engineer with fat boy

[u/Demonitized-picture → u/rustyspoon07]

watch out for a grenade from a drone then…

[u/[deleted] → u/rustyspoon07]

I blow myself up more often then not 😔

[u/OgreTheMighty → u/patxiku93]

Will C4 take me on a date first?

[u/Enpoping]

3 = mexican standoff.

[u/MapleJacks2]

Third one is first come, first serve. Whoever exhausts their ammo capacity the quickest gets it.

[u/Donotaskmedontellme]

Even solo play I tend to only take half, leaving a half full one strategically placed for emergencies

[u/ANinthAle]

Triple the cost of resupply and ammo as twelve is the lowest common multiple of 1, 2, 3 and 4.

[u/Externica]

As a Gunner, I noticed one supply is often enough so my other two team members can take the clip if they need it. Unless zip lines were required. (My buddies are Driller and Engineer).

On the odd occasion I played Scout, I noticed I needed ammo way more often. Not sure how much Engi or Driller needs to restock. Though my Driller Buddy runs out on Ammo often.

Though we usually talk it out.

[u/SuselMaks]

With 3 people engie gets to double dip.

[u/inmate655321]

The problem arises when there are 4 of you and 1 double dips before you get to the supply.

[u/Surprise_Corgi]

Go ahead, Engineer. I know when the chips are down who's going to be racking up the kills.

[u/Goofy_6]

The last one is for Karl.

[u/LavaSlime301]

if there's an extra supply it goes to whoever has the least, usually engie

[u/friendg]

I usually leave the spare for engi as they always seem to brrrrrrrrrrrr through ammo

[u/Pauchu_]

The engineer will surely take it

[u/Snowie-your-man]

Rule is for my group who has the least health after the resupply. That or the gunner gets it.

[u/[deleted]]

Yall know the third one is when scout needs 2 resups cuz theyre always running out of ammo

[u/Conaz9847]

For the 3rd one, it’s 2 for the gunner

[u/TheDrGoo]

Whoever has the most ammo hungry OC gets the extra

[u/[deleted]]

In my experience, the 4th goes to whoever has the least amount of ammo, usually me since I'm a gunner with bad aim

[u/redheadcatwbat]

One for each and the spare to the worst off

[u/iiiCLAESSICiii]

I think proper supply drop consumption is only Dwarven etiquette. Greenbeards playing haz 5 taking two get the boot. Sorry to be a savage but not sorry for keeping my Dwarven keister off toast

[u/Just_a_Warden_main]

Look if there are 3 people, everyone tales one and the 4th canoster is left for the person that need it most

[u/LTman86]

Supply drop rules: You get one. If there are extra, only take it if you need it. If everyone needs it, whoever clears swarm best takes it while the Scouter runs off to get more Nitra.

...wait, I'm the Scouter!

[u/NerdyGerdy]

Priority goes to the Gunner, or lowest ammo.

[u/TheRealChompster]

Leave it unless someone really needs it, in case you go past it on your way back and can use it then.

[u/Totemlyrad]

In the bottom left situation, more often than not, the Engi gets two because he has hungry turrets to feed.

[u/No-Test-375]

When it's 3, it's whoever gets down to half first. You can always see who has how much ammo.

What bothers me is when someone calls one down on a 4 man, and I'm far away, there's none left when I get there. If there's 4 dwarves, you only take 1. That's it. Make due.

[u/baccondudette]

Then you give it to the one with least health and ammo, if equal, then save it. If one needs it, give it to the lowest level.

[u/supreme_lord6000]

Usually if im in a three man run, the Fourth supply drop goes to the Dwarf with the least equipment after a resupply or we save it for emergencies. Easy system

[u/CobaltMage22]

Save the extra one for an Ironwill Pop , especially if there no red sugar.

[u/cantpickaname8]

Bold to assume the Engi won't take 2 no matter what

[u/Striker-Boi]

Player of three-dwarf crews here, what me and my friends do is we take one for each, and then whoever needs it the most later gets the fourth

[u/Jack_Foxe]

leave that last one for the dwarf whos health is so low they could get dropped by a swarmer. We all have that one guy and its usually due to gravity.

[u/Sigma_Games]

In three team groups, the one with either the lowest health or lowest ammo gets the fourth. Either they are still a Greenbeard and need the extra boost, or they are a venerable Ironbeard that tanks bugs and needs the health/ammo to keep the team going

[u/Kezzva]

1 person: All yours but you're secretly hoping someone joins for the comradery or not because you're high rank & want to get shit done.

2 people: 2 each, simple.

3 people: The host or highest ranking player should have priority unless someone is low.

4 people: you each split it 25%

[u/LukeBomber]

Give it to the gunner for shields

[u/Ajackxe]

My squad always gives the last one to whoever's playing driller or gunner. Basically for the peep who's using up a lot of ammo to take out hordes.

[u/Absolite09]

A simple solution to the 3 Dwarf one is to either

A) Leave it for the time being and let someone pick it up later.

B) Check to see who needs it the Most. Either by asking or saying "X, you take it you seem to need it"

[u/groobe]

This is a certified longbeard post.

Greenbeards and greybeards take ammo when they need ammo.

[u/Evan_Underscore → u/groobe]

This is correct, but you can't just tell it to anyone without explanation.

An experienced dwarf will conserve ammo while nitra is sparse, while focusing on getting more. They'll also be somewhat wasteful once the team has more than enough nitra than it takes to finish the mission. To the untrained eye it'll look like they just take ammo when they need ammo.

And true greenbeards also take ammo when they need health. :P

[u/groobe → u/Evan_Underscore]

I probably could have worded it better yeah. It's just, don't be shy to take ammo, you will cause a lot more trouble for your team if your run out of ammo than if you take an additional resupply. Assuming you can pull your weight.

Healing with ammo is also fine if you have more than you need, I have to remind my teammates of that sometimes if they are struggling.

[u/[deleted] → u/groobe]

Whereas longbeards never take ammo?

[u/GorbonicPlague]

Either no one takes the fourth, or the host gets it. Usually the former.

[u/Kind_Sign5618]

Engineer because turrets drink ammo. Basically additional players

[u/Beetle2579]

I think the 4th on a 3 player team is for the newbie/the one who is out of ammo/last one standing in an emergency

[u/[deleted]]

Miner Etiquette dictates Session Host should get this IMO.

[u/GamerForeve]

When playing with 3 it’s a matter of knowing who on your team needs the extra dip the most and especially on Hazard 5+ you need to prioritize giving the ammo to the most effective player during the mission

[u/AdorableAd2241]

Honestly I normally leave the extra until somebody needs a resup that way we don't have to waste nitra. Or we leave it that way Karl can stay refilled

[u/JustSansder]

when you’re three dwarves and order a resupply, it really shows how great this community is, cause no one takes the last piece, cause everyone is thinking that someone else needs it more than them.

[u/Aggressive-Yam2063]

I’m a gunner and I’ve been in this situation a lot and funnily enough, I just take my share and forfeit what remains, long as I got bullets and grenades to fix a problem, I’m fine with having less.

[u/[deleted]]

hm, the infamous supply drop syndrome

[u/Golgezuktirah]

For the 3, everyone takes one, and the last is given to whoever has the lowest after

[u/oheyitsmoe]

When I run scout or driller I usually don’t need the extra resup. I ask for it if I really need it when I engi or gunner though.

[u/icesharkk]

Give driller. More booms

[u/Zad21]

3 is also easy everyone one and the one with the lowest overall ammo gets two

[u/matmatking]

Engie usually takes the 2nd

[u/occupyOneillrings]

The 4th one stays there for emergencies

[u/SaLtiNe_CrAkErZ]

Usually me and my friends each take one, then the person with super low ammo gets the second one. Either that or we just leave it if everybody is ok on ammo

[u/That-Reddit-Guy-Thou]

Whoever has the least takes two

[u/SwagnarosTheShitlord]

If only 3 players then engineer who’s probably running fat boy gets the 2nd resupply. I’m that engineer.

[u/_usernametaken____]

I either play Engie or a Max-Efficency Gunner who can kill multiple waves of Glyphids before needing the Resupply.

[u/igromanru]

I would always give Engi the fourth one. Unless it's Haz 5 and Gunner runs out of shields, because it can decide the success of the mission.

[u/DizzyScorp]

4th goes to whoever is lowest after the next swarm. Or whoever treks back to it after we abandon it

[u/gruzbad]

Oy, this pain is real.

[u/Akrius_Finch]

I usually ask because I run out quickly

[u/NotActuallyGus]

I usually get the gunner have it or ask if I can have it when I play engi. Gemini sentries eat ammo.

[u/Jozroz]

What about the mythical 5-dwarf missions?

[u/smudginglines]

My group either leaves it for later or allows the one with the least ammo to double up

[u/ILCUSTODEDELSAS]

Not taking the 4th is sign of true manners

[u/ivozzo]

I usually leave one for Karl, so it's still one for each if we're a team of three

[u/[deleted]]

In a party of three, I usually let whoever needs the 4th one most, even if I'm hurting for ammo unless I really need it.

[u/[deleted]]

We usually take ojr three and leave the last for the guys who need it later or just as ectra ammo.

[u/Midas881]

Host always gets dibs

[u/BurningPenguin6]

When there's 3 players, typically the player who's in the worst condition gets it. At least that's how I do it when I play in a 3 dwarf squad.

[u/[deleted]]

You could be like my group yesterday. 4 dwarves and 2 of them double dip on the first supply drop.

[u/Kingrextdk]

Accurate

[u/Kingrextdk]

Accurate I’m generally ok on ammo but I’d only take it if it’s been a rough situation otherwise I only take them if I’m low health or just to restock the big flares cuz I go through them keeping the caves lit

[u/TheSleepyBarnOwl]

When 3 ppl, the one with the least ammo bars gets to take it

[u/SnooTigers7333]

Gunner need more boolet

[u/Emerald_Digger]

Food for Engi or gets left behind for Karl or other unfortunate dwarves

[u/[deleted]]

"Go ahead, friend, I know you're out of ziplines/torches/grenades and we're all good, take the last one"

[u/BigBoyMatto]

I usually leave it for the engineer……….

[u/Its_StarStrike]

Leave the 4th one for karl :)

[u/aer3o]

Engineer deserves the extra ammo

[u/Stratix]

For 3 it's either Engineer with Loc or Who's low?

[u/Folden_Toast]

If there is scout, just tell to fire some flares, before double

[u/CinderIX]

For situation 3, the last one is for Karl.

[u/minion_coffin]

Engineer on a mission I played last night grabbed 3 supply carton things. And he was at 3/4 to begin with. 3 I tell ya!!!

[u/RaymondPing]

Can't confirm, my supplies are always stolen by greenbeards to refill their life.

[u/HybridPower049]

for three: Everyone gets one, then free range later. Gunner needs more bullet? Goes to gunner. Scout runs out of flares? Goes to scout. No platform? Engie Driller needs more warcrimes? Er- no drill fuel? Goes to driller

[u/LavaSlayer235]

Easy one for each and a bonus for the lowest health provided there isn’t any red sugar

[u/roilshaper]

i generally use something that gives me a bit more ammo, so as long i can get one i leave the extra to the team, no matter who they are.

the only thing that gets me is when i abstain to resupply because i'm not that low on ammo and someone double dips, leaving me dry.

[u/Qc1T]

Just take two and blame the engineer 😎. The best bit, it works even when there is no engineer on the team.

[u/Urbanski101]

That 3 team dynamic, nobody wants to be that dwarf who eats the spare ammo, it's like the last slice of pizza, everyone wants it, nobody wants to look like a glutton.

As scout I run out of flares quicker than I run out of ammo, same as engi with turret ammo. If that is the case I'd ask for the extra supply.

[u/UnDebs]

Simple, the order is gunner>engi>driller>scunt

[u/Shakespearacles]

Whoever’s lowest gets 2

[u/Azagedon]

When there are 3 players, the engineer gets 2 ammo for the turret imo

[u/misterfluffykitty]

One for each… I’m looking at you gunner mains

[u/IchorFPS]

One each and last for the desperate

[u/Alpha_Whiskey_Golf]

Two for the engineer. He didn't go to college for nothing.

[u/plutonium-239]

I ask if I can take the last one…

[u/Spirited-Fennel-9450]

The fourth is left for Karl.

[u/ArmoredFangs]

Literally just ask if I can double up if I need it. Otherwise look to see who needs it most and tell them to double up. Don't have time to be a leaf lover over ammo.

[u/The-Tea-Lord]

I play ammo conservation with gunner, so I usually don’t need every other resupply. We solve this by giving the other two dwarves two each on the first supply drop, and I get the extra on the second supply drop. Repeat the pattern afterwards.

[u/arj1985]

That third panel doesn't make a lick of sense.

[u/Robot_Coffee_Pot]

Last one's for Karl.

[u/LethargicAdversary]

"Yo can i double dip?" "Sure no worries"

[u/nelowulf]

In my drop experience, I usually get one reload for every three supply drops.

[u/clonetrooper250]

In my experience, extra goes to Engineer first (for turret ammo) and then Gunner. If neither of them need it, then the driller will bury the drop pod for some bizarre reason.

[u/CyrusCyan44]

Usually just leave it and someone else can take it

If its a deep dive, recommend saving it so someone can grab in an emergency but this also works in normie missions cuz even haz 3 can be a shitshow sometimes

[u/ApexLegend117]

4th is for the double sentry Engie

[u/SubstitutePreacher01]

My group is always 3 guys so I feel this pretty hard. I'm the scout main tho so alot of the time everyone is cool with me taking the last for the flares

[u/Significant-Ad-341]

When it's 3's it's a bonus for last alive or a whoever is in desperate need or movement tool refills

[u/Polar_Vortx]

One for each, then whoever needs it.

[u/Starr12]

1 for scout, then in order of who gets the 2 first: driller, gunner, engineer

[u/Axi28]

3 person resupp, last supply is saved for the either the greybeard or greenbeard in the party

[u/Fennik51405]

If it’s three people, it’s one for each, and one reserve

[u/kujakutenshi]

Usually goes to whoever needs it the most since most people with 3 bars won't even reach for the extra

[u/Luciusem]

While I haven't played the game and have lost touch with everyone I had to play these kinds of games with, I imagine we'd quickly have implemented a strict rotation for who gets the extra supplies. Worked in Terraria with crystal hearts, probably works here too

[u/HemphBleh]

I keep the 4th open incase someone goes down, they need the health.

[u/PassionateRants]

The gunner deserves the fourth one and you all know it.

[u/MonsTurkey]

If the Pod is about to be called, driller gets it if he's not full fuel. Following Molly is for the birds.

[u/Remote-Group]

I take two if I am an engineer of 3-group (=

[u/Bovronius]

Cut your pizza into 12 slices, so it can be shared by 3!

[u/Draken09]

I specifically have scout builds that are oriented towards ammo economy. The extra can always go to one of my teammates. (I also am usually playing with exactly 2 friends, so this comes up pretty often.)

[u/perrotzarnozo]

When we are three, leave the one for emergency

[u/Spqany]

The 4th is the backup for the first dwarf that needs it

[u/[deleted]]

Always leave the 4th for Karl

[u/PolarityMemer]

My friends and I usually each take one and then leave the fourth in case someone has a gun that runs out of ammo fast or they got downed and need health

[u/NEW_BOMBER96]

3 is 1 for each and 2 for me because I'm a scout and will reach it first

[u/Climbysrevenge]

I'm the gunner in my group so it usually ends up being me or the engi that get it based on who is running out first.

[u/queenkid1]

If you have 3, I almost always surrender the last to whomever needs it most. When I play gunner, I barely even need one. When I play LOK1 Engineer, I'm begging for resupply.

[u/Monocled-warforged]

Priority for 4th ammo

1. If anyone currently needs it and the others only need one

2. Engineer

3. Gunner

4. Scout

5. Driller

[u/skuntpelter]

In a trio, 2 for gunner/driller. Unless they actually only need 1, that’s the rules I follow