Melee weapons

[Arkhanor]

Are there any? and if not did the devs said anything about it.

[tkwoods]

You use your hands or MT. Since the game is not combat focused I'm surprised that a melee is even available.

[Lindy Bomber]

There is a melee attack, but there is nothing that improves it.

[Jaggid Edje]

No to both questions. The only "melee" in the game is the bare hand melee attack that no one uses except to hit the ground to do a jetpack boost.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by tkwoods:

I'm surprised that a melee is even available.

I think it is there so that you can get ferrite dust by hitting rocks if your mining beam is broken. (Ferrite dust is what is used to repair it)

[Azure Fang]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by tkwoods:

I'm surprised that a melee is even available.

I think it is there so that you can get ferrite dust by hitting rocks if your mining beam is broken. (Ferrite dust is what is used to repair it)

Or to hit plants for carbon to power a depleted mining laser, but same general principle.

[Arkhanor]

Was thinking that some lazer sword, star wars look alike would be cool but I guess nope.

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

There is a melee attack, but there is nothing that improves it.

A rubber band around the controller button while you go make a coffee... : )

Originally posted by SoloVan:

Melee weapons
Are there any? and if not did the devs said anything about it.

The in game controls to remap keys lists all the commands for the game. The in-game guide may help too. Melee on a controller is Left Shoulder button I think. It's there in case you get stranded on a planet without any resources to repair or refuel damaged multi-tools, so you can mine the most basic resources to fix them, without needing any tech. You might mine carbon thumping a tree to make creature bait, so you can ride to safety, or refill your mining laser. It is possible after dying or landing in a new galaxy that equipment will be damaged.

[Flyingbox]

Melee is a last resort.

Things do not do well with being smacked. Me smacking a sentinel? It flies at me and behind me like I just used a lasso on it.
VR? Well it's a great alternative to close range harvesting, has no momentum, but still things fly behind you if they aren't inanimate objects.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by SoloVan:

Was thinking that some lazer sword, star wars look alike would be cool but I guess nope.

I agree with you, I'd love some melee weapon options in the game. Like a Vibro Sword or what you said, or even just ANY melee weapons. I'd get a kick out of hacking on sentinels in melee.
But I doubt we'll ever see that happen in this particular game.

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by tkwoods:

You use your hands or MT. Since the game is not combat focused I'm surprised that a melee is even available.

if your MT is out of fuel, you need a way to harvest some so punching things harvests easily enough... i've even punched a few aggressive critters that were thinking of tasting me