What is the difference between AP ammo and HiPower ammo

[ElCabong]

Which is best for Zombie Bears?

[Scyris]

Hi power as bears have no armor. But you also have to consider that AP ammo penetrates one target (or more depending on weapon type) so vs groups its overall superior in general, its why most people just run AP ammo later game. The fact it can hit more than the inital target makes it worth.

[theFlu]

Yup, HP for bears, but prolly not worth the trouble. Unless you're either going for a farm plot hunt or just have horrible time surviving bears in particular.

 

I haven't tested HP in A21, but it used to do exactly 0 damage to highly armored enemies, like soldiers.. so, beware.

[hiemfire]

HP is not "HiPower" or "High Power", it is "Hollow Point", or Dum-dum rounds to those outside the US, and yes, they are legal for non-military use over here. They are designed to expand on impact/entry into the target dumping more of the bullet's energy into it. They're less effective against "armored" enemies because allot of their energy is spent by the bullet splattering and sending bits all over the place outside of the target instead of inside the target.

 

The "basic/standard" ammo in game is target/ball, basically what people use at to practice with or when a box of HP is costing about as much as a month's rent, and AP is just that, Armor Piercing/Penetrating.

 

That covered, as has been stated, Hollow point chews up bears, dogs, wolves, deer and other unarmored critters beautifully. AP is slightly more effective than standard ammo against unarmored critters, not enough better to justify the cost of using only it, but is best used against armored or clustered groups of unarmored critters that you can finagle into a line and dump a mag into.

[theFlu]

3 hours ago, hiemfire said:

HP is not "HiPower" or "High Power", it is "Hollow Point",

While that is the case in reality, in the game they literally are named "HiPower".