I really hope Bungie fixes the reload animations for the full release.
I played the beta and noticed right away, that the animations were flawed. Basically there are two situations in which to perform a reload:
1. You're completely out of ammunition in your magazine.
Reload procedure: Eject the magazine, put on a new magazine and cock your weapon to load it.
2. The situation calls for a fresh magazine even though your current one is not completely empty.
Reload procedure: Eject the magazine and put on a new magazine. That's it!
See the difference? There's i absolutely [b]no[/b] need to cock your weapon when you still have a round in the chamber. In the beta my character [i]always[/i] cocked the weapon after putting on a new magazine. This is wrong. In reality cocking your weapon with a round in the chamber would eject that unspent round thus wasting it.
It might seem like a small issue to some of you - but for me it would make the whole experience more believable. This should really be in order. It [i]is[/i] a shooter after all :) Otherwise I [b]really [/b]enjoyed the beta. This was my only concern which says a lot about the overall quality of the game!
Please let me know if there is a more appropriate forum for this topic.
//Chris
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Agreed.