Sledge Hammer = One hit if aiming down. Crowbar = One hit if aiming down.

[Larry Krappenschitz]

This is getting REALLY old, I'm being repeatedly one shoted on here by the same weps and all I hear is: "Get down betch, I got the last word." This is probably why I quit DayZ for a month or so... Anyway, lemme know if you find melee weps are getting a lil bit overpowered. If not, don't comment then.

[DarienKane]

those are head shots, anything that gets in the swing arc gets hit. looking down puts the swing arc starting at about the head and following down through the body, instead of behind the shoulder and ending about the chest. basically it's easier to hit someone with a melee and knock them out while looking down, niether of those will one shot you with a body shot, trust me, i been in plenty of melee fights.

[Larry Krappenschitz]

Originally posted by DarienKane:

those are head shots, anything that gets in the swing arc gets hit. looking down puts the swing arc starting at about the head and following down through the body, instead of behind the shoulder and ending about the chest. basically it's easier to hit someone with a melee and knock them out while looking down, niether of those will one shot you with a body shot, trust me, i been in plenty of melee fights.

Darien, I was literally in a fight, my sporter vs a crowvar, he one shot me. I'm not dumb.

[species5150]

Well I think melee weapons are good it is not like we are wearing a suit of armor, a sledge hammer to my foot in real life would bring me down. To the head and just forget about it.

[Larry Krappenschitz]

Originally posted by species5150:

Well I think melee weapons are good it is not like we are wearing a suit of armor, a sledge hammer to my foot in real life would bring me down.

I know, but it seems like they are getting better and better... Well I'm no- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥....When i was typing this a truck hit me on the road, and he killed himself...I died too... Anyway, they seem to be getting a lil bit more OP each update.

[species5150]

Originally posted by 一═デ︻Jdogberg︻デ═一:

Originally posted by species5150:

Well I think melee weapons are good it is not like we are wearing a suit of armor, a sledge hammer to my foot in real life would bring me down.

I know, but it seems like they are getting better and better... Well I'm no- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥....When i was typing this a truck hit me on the road, and he killed himself...I died too...

Sounds crazy my friend, I feel the hit box for melee has got muth better in .57. In .55 30 wacks with a fire ax to the head would not stop zombie and people some times that is when I stopped playing for awile. Sorry about the spelling I am using my fore head to type it has been a long day.

[Larry Krappenschitz]

Originally posted by species5150:

Originally posted by 一═デ︻Jdogberg︻デ═一:

I know, but it seems like they are getting better and better... Well I'm no- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥....When i was typing this a truck hit me on the road, and he killed himself...I died too...

Sounds crazy my friend, I feel the hit box for melee has got muth better in .57. In .55 30 wacks with a fire ax to the head would not stop zombie and people some times that is when I stopped playing for awile. Sorry about the spelling I am using my fore head to type it has been a long day.

Tell me about it xD.
I'm not a grammar nazi, unless u judge meh by my grammar.

[Thomas Eichhorst]

Originally posted by 一═デ︻Jdogberg︻デ═一:

This is getting REALLY old, I'm being repeatedly one shoted on here by the same weps and all I hear is: "Get down betch, I got the last word." This is probably why I quit DayZ for a month or so... Anyway, lemme know if you find melee weps are getting a lil bit overpowered. If not, don't comment then.

I hear you.

In a fight between a gun and a melee, a gun should win in great majority.

The fact that it doesn't in Dayz is mainly due to 1 thing.

Unlimited sprinting.

It needs to die. Stamina should be introduced ASAP, and issues like that will cease to exist.

No more unlimited zig-zagging. You with your baseball bat will get slow really fast and die from a gun.

Secondary issue is hit detection when it comes to melee weapons and inability of helmets to protect from uncounsciousness.

[Septic]

Originally posted by Because I Can:

Originally posted by 一═デ︻Jdogberg︻デ═一:

This is getting REALLY old, I'm being repeatedly one shoted on here by the same weps and all I hear is: "Get down betch, I got the last word." This is probably why I quit DayZ for a month or so... Anyway, lemme know if you find melee weps are getting a lil bit overpowered. If not, don't comment then.

I hear you.

In a fight between a gun and a melee, a gun should win in great majority.

The fact that it doesn't in Dayz is mainly due to 1 thing.

Unlimited sprinting.

It needs to die. Stamina should be introduced ASAP, and issues like that will cease to exist.

No more unlimited zig-zagging. You with your baseball bat will get slow really fast and die from a gun.

Secondary issue is hit detection when it comes to melee weapons and inability of helmets to protect from uncounsciousness.

If i were to smack you with a sledgehammer on the head, you would go down regardless if you are wearing a helmet or not. That being said though i hope they will add some sort of stamina system that dont allow us to keep swinging a sledgehammer like it was made of plastic maybe even to the point where we are unable to lift it(anyone that have ever worked with a sledgehammer know what im talking about) maybe even drop it randomly.

[[LT] Liam [TSD]]

Originally posted by Septic:

Originally posted by Because I Can:

I hear you.

In a fight between a gun and a melee, a gun should win in great majority.

The fact that it doesn't in Dayz is mainly due to 1 thing.

Unlimited sprinting.

It needs to die. Stamina should be introduced ASAP, and issues like that will cease to exist.

No more unlimited zig-zagging. You with your baseball bat will get slow really fast and die from a gun.

Secondary issue is hit detection when it comes to melee weapons and inability of helmets to protect from uncounsciousness.

If i were to smack you with a sledgehammer on the head, you would go down regardless if you are wearing a helmet or not. That being said though i hope they will add some sort of stamina system that dont allow us to keep swinging a sledgehammer like it was made of plastic maybe even to the point where we are unable to lift it(anyone that have ever worked with a sledgehammer know what im talking about) maybe even drop it randomly.

the helmet would probably make the difference between life and death though

[Septic]

Originally posted by liamhall1989:

Originally posted by Septic:

If i were to smack you with a sledgehammer on the head, you would go down regardless if you are wearing a helmet or not. That being said though i hope they will add some sort of stamina system that dont allow us to keep swinging a sledgehammer like it was made of plastic maybe even to the point where we are unable to lift it(anyone that have ever worked with a sledgehammer know what im talking about) maybe even drop it randomly.

the helmet would probably make the difference between life and death though

That might be true(not too sure though) but you would still go down no matter what ;)

[[LT] Liam [TSD]]

yeah, no doubt they would be knocked the ♥♥♥♥ out. motorbike helmets save peoples heads basically exploding on impact, but a skate helmet wouldnt because of the actual construction of it

[[LT] Liam [TSD]]

sledge hammer would probably break your neck even if the helmet stopped it actually hitting you in head

[Septic]

Originally posted by liamhall1989:

yeah, no doubt they would be knocked the ♥♥♥♥ out. motorbike helmets save peoples heads basically exploding on impact, but a skate helmet wouldnt because of the actual construction of it

I think(heavy on empahise on THINK here) that a skatehelmet basicly is designed to take the same impact as a bikehelmet, ofc not regarding the facial area but in terms of impact tolerance(butchered that) im pretty sure it has the same "stats" and remmember that those are everyday items that are not made for a hit to the head with a sledgehammer. But like i said everyone that has ever swung a sledgehammer knows that the force/impact is unparalleled to anything ever used maybe a pickaxe is about the same.

[Septic]

Originally posted by liamhall1989:

sledge hammer would probably break your neck even if the helmet stopped it actually hitting you in head

Yups if hit ontop of the head your neck would shatter and the same would your skull if hit on the side of a helmet with a sledgehammer no questions asked.

[Tactical Gecko]

If I hit you with my axe straight in the head and my sledgehammer hits your brain, then you are game over. Some ammo types are so week they are just simply not really able to kill people with 1 shot. A Sporter is a weak weapon, however, if used right you can easily kill them. A sledgehammer and for example an axe is just... In real life you wouldn't survive a gun shot either, I know. But neither would you survive an axe or sledgehammer hit.

Try complaining when you get KO'd by a zombie just before server reset and your friends can't make it in time to even take loot of your body. And this was before it was so easy, in a patch where loot was hard to find and where M4's were scarce. This is just someting that is in DayZ for now. They probably take it out by the weight you see now already. Stamina will be reduced. I hope we don't swing paper anymore once this is in the game for more purposes.