That 1 ammo/s regen sounds chintzy at first thought, as it only adds ammo to the current magazine. HOWEVER, with all the COV cooldown guns I have, that essentially have no magazine, that means I just have to have the SMG in my hand while while walking and it will constantly regenerate ammo. Similar for my corrosive assault rifle ("wombo combo" lol). My weirdly wicked Jakobs Ballista sniper almost never uses ammo, because it regenerates in between shots (unlisted COV magazine)
Now, all that was fine and dandy, but I'd been noticing that my big futhermuckin Maliwan shock launcher heavy weapon has been giving me extra shots. I thought maybe that property was transferring from the legendary SMG I have that gives a free shot 30% of the time but no, it's that shield!
Because of the overshield which is often in place (you get it two ways), when I come out with the launcher I can still take some damage and the shield is still "full" and recharges my launcher ammo in between shots. Now that I know what the deal is, I can keep that going indefinitely... just don't consume all 6 shots quickly, or when the shield isn't full. (I can back off a bit and wait for it, it's got decent recharge stats). It's been making short work of those Vile enemies with the crystals you have to break. I've been taking them down completely in one launcher volley (e.g. 10 shots that I wouldn't have had before). I keep shock equipped for the heavy because it's the most useful. Strong shields are what piss me off the most. I have a skill perk thing that does both fire and shock when shock is used, and vice versa if fire is used so it's useful enough against most enemies.
Stuff like this is what's keeping me going. I know what the game is doing to me at least
