Fighting MULE thugs?

[Shinviroz]

I dont have a gun or a weapon so I just V - melee'd like 5 guys and had to get the confidential documents.
Am i doing it right?
This is not very player friendly game.

[Annie T. Mood]

I think they try to reinforce Sam not being a fighter by making the combat terrible.
That said, you get items and such that make fighting large groups much easier, which you should be using anyway when squaring against them so you don't waste time.

[Shinviroz]

Originally posted by Annie T. Mood:

I think they try to reinforce Sam not being a fighter by making the combat terrible.
That said, you get items and such that make fighting large groups much easier, which you should be using anyway when squaring against them so you don't waste time.

i can only make some grenade right now, is that what im supposed to use? or should i just keep punching? kind of lame.

[Annie T. Mood]

Originally posted by Waltz:

Originally posted by Annie T. Mood:

I think they try to reinforce Sam not being a fighter by making the combat terrible.
That said, you get items and such that make fighting large groups much easier, which you should be using anyway when squaring against them so you don't waste time.

i can only make some grenade right now, is that what im supposed to use? or should i just keep punching? kind of lame.

I would honestly just keep playing the story until you get better equipment, like actual guns and better sneaking items.
The game I think gives you way too much freedom to do side stuff too early when they don't even give you equipment to make dealing with MULEs more tolerable. Like, yeah, fighting MULEs with only your bare hands and strand-parrying is doable, but it's such a hassle compared to using the restraining gun or stun grenades.

[trollface11321]

Personally I dunno if it’s just me but I went in and took out a the entire camp of mules near port knot and I only used the strand and the containers on the ground

[pandreon]

You can use your strand to sneak up behind and bind MULEs, or dodge/reverse then bind if you can't avoid fighting them. Later on you get more useful options like the MASER gun and running them over with a truck. Unfortunately, the MULEs get machine guns.

[Joe]

Keep punching them till you get the bola gun. Or alternatively, get a sacrificial piece of cargo and hit them with it.

[NotReallyMyName]

Before getting to chapter 4 (or 3, don't remember), your only options are the rope for both stealth and counter attacks, punches/kicks or throwing small containers at enemies. After sufficient progress in the story, you will get access to your first ranged weapon. Before that avoid combat if possible.

[Garbagepanda]

Shoulder check charge and then beat them to death, works even on the hardest difficulty.

Until the savages learn how to use guns...

[Mountainhaze64]

Highly recommend holding some cargo in one hand to use as a weapon. You can even throw it from a distance while releasing the trigger button mid swing then run up to them for a relatively safe KO.

[Liberty]

you can simply bump them with any vehicle.. but i like to use bola, or if u have nothing u can use your rope too

[WeirdScienceX]

Originally posted by Waltz:

I dont have a gun or a weapon so I just V - melee'd like 5 guys and had to get the confidential documents.
Am i doing it right?
This is not very player friendly game.

I like picking up cargo and smacking them across the head with it, something satisfying about it

[Teapot]

if you learn how to throw equipment combat becomes a giant game of dodgeball. it can become fun but it takes practice. overall the game discourages most combat scenarios until later with equipment but it is by no means hard by any 3rd person shooter standards

[disharm0ny]

Strand is a powerful weapon. It allows you to counterattack and decapitate enemies. However, do so carefully because decapitating takes time and you're not immune while doing that.

You can also try a stealth approach.

[Overseer]

Yeah early on you can just parry and wrap. Stealth is also good.
Learn how to handle the strand you have as equipment. Aim it and use it to parry at the right moment. It will leave you somewhat behind an opponent. And from behind you can use the back attack to render them harmless.
Stealth is all about staying out of sight and often in the high grass.

You can also throw stuff you hold in your hands, by releasing as you attack. It's a strong attack but damages cargo. So use junk.

[Shinviroz]

Originally posted by Overseer:

Yeah early on you can just parry and wrap. Stealth is also good.
Learn how to handle the strand you have as equipment. Aim it and use it to parry at the right moment. It will leave you somewhat behind an opponent. And from behind you can use the back attack to render them harmless.
Stealth is all about staying out of sight and often in the high grass.

You can also throw stuff you hold in your hands, by releasing as you attack. It's a strong attack but damages cargo. So use junk.

i keep ending up just punching like 20 guys to the ground.
its so easy. just spam punch.