Scavenge enemy weapons…
When situations get a bit feverish, you can blast through ammo surprisingly fast. The best way to stock up on ammo would be to pick up some ammo boxes along the way, but those can be few and far between. Don’t get stuck with your gun going click, but rather prepare yourself for the endless fight by scavenging enemy weapons.
This has two benefits. Obviously, the first one is that there’s a steady stream of ammunition laying around for you on the battlefield. Every time you kill a DeeBee Sheperd, for example, their Enforcers will be dropped, allowing you to pick it up to use it yourself or scavenge the ammo it drops.
The second benefit is that you become experienced with a wider variety of weapons, which will increase your overall skill level in Gears of War 4. If you constantly rely on your basic weapons to make it through the story, you’ll miss out on a lot of opportunities to experiment with a vast amount of different arms. Each weapon supports a different playstyle, so don’t hesitate to see what tool of gory destruction suits you best.
Do take note that grenades also fall under this category. Ranging from the standard frag to the incendiaries, each grenade has its own effect, and they’re frequently dropped by a variety of enemy types. Grenades can be used to set up defenses, take out large groups of enemies, and can even be stuck to enemies by melee attacking them with the grenade equipped. You might want to take a few steps back if that’s the case, because friendly fire is most definitely enabled.
