So you want more sniper ammo: tests and perk guide. Long. (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, July 31, 2015, 18:41 (3502 days ago) @ Funkmon

More ammo for sniper rifles: gives you more ammo. Not as much as special ammo, which gives you one extra round.

More ammo for special weapons: gives you a full clip of extra ammo. Doesn’t matter if it’s on boots or the chest. They work the same.

I've noticed the same behavior with shotgun ammo vs special ammo. On Invective, for example, I can carry 19 rounds total with a shotgun ammo perk, but 20 with special ammo.

This seems sort of backwards from what I would have expected. I would have expected, if there was any difference between them at all, that the more specialized (and therefore more limited) perk would be the one to add more capacity. But actually it's the general one that's more effective.

So, if you're just picking between the two on a single armor slot, there's NO reason to use the perk specific to weapon class, as far as I can see - you're better off using the generalized one. The only reason to use the specific one is if you're stacking it with a second armor piece which has special ammo (since as we found out recently, those do stack).