Does difficulty affect loot?

[Buttson]

Higher difficulty multiplies gamestage right? and higher gamestage = better loot?

 

Just curious

[Gazz]

Yes.

[meganoth]

Followup question: Does the size of the ammo stack also depend on gamestage, i.e. that the roll for the stack size tends to the lower end more often at lower gamestage?

 

Or does the lower gamestage only get you less ammo because you generally find fewer ammo stacks?

 

[FA_Q2]

Followup question: Does the size of the ammo stack also depend on gamestage, i.e. that the roll for the stack size tends to the lower end more often at lower gamestage?

 

Or does the lower gamestage only get you less ammo because you generally find fewer ammo stacks?

 

Interested in this too. My empirical experience is that it does AND it seems to effect how many open containers are in a POI as well. I notice the much higher likelihood of getting full bookcases for instance when I reset a POI late game versus when I loot it at the beginning of the game. That is empirical though and may be incorrect.