I believe the developer once replied to the suggestion of adding a reload command during combat that the core idea of the game is that you should win battles via designing and fitting better mechs, rather than via micro. Hence, giving the command for reload would go against this design choice.
I cannot recall where he wrote this, so I am not 100% it is true.

However, adding a force reload during the testing phase would be helpful to gauge reload time and heat generated and it does not go against the design principle explained above.

Originally posted by MaskedFelon:

the core idea of the game is that you should win battles via designing and fitting better mechs, rather than via micro

Yes, I'm aware that this might be a deliberate design decision. My request is fokusing on the teast lab, which is a simulation, so could simulate a reload. Or maybe simulate having only one shot in the magazine. Anything that prevents us from having to sit there holding the mouse button for 2 minutes just because our mech build is ammo-efficient.

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