(spoiler) Is the staff only a reskined multi tool

[momopovich]

I was excited for a second because I thought they added a melee weapon.

Turns out its an uglier multi tool, but maybe I havent seen an upgrade that turns it into a melee weapon yet ? (one can hope)

[anacoreta]

Melee fighting would be great if it wasn't for one detail, there are no NPCs willing to fight. In fact, the NPCs in NMS have less A.I. than the rest of the animal species in the game.

[momopovich]

Originally posted by anacoreta:

Melee fighting would be great if it wasn't for one detail, there are no NPCs willing to fight. In fact, the NPCs in NMS have less intelligence than the rest of the animal species in the game.

yeah i was hoping for a combat overhaul with new or improved enemies and melee moves. Staff rifle it is

[anacoreta]

Originally posted by momopovich:

Originally posted by anacoreta:

Melee fighting would be great if it wasn't for one detail, there are no NPCs willing to fight. In fact, the NPCs in NMS have less intelligence than the rest of the animal species in the game.

yeah i was hoping for a combat overhaul with new or improved enemies and melee moves. Staff rifle it is

I have a feeling Sean and his team don't want to introduce peer violence into the game. You can kill animals, you can kill robots, but you can't kill humans/humanoids in the game unless they are in a spaceship. You actually kill a ship, not a being. I don't know if it's for an ethical issue, because the game is played by young children, for religious faith or for another reason, but something doesn't add up.

[Azure Fang]

Originally posted by anacoreta:

Originally posted by momopovich:

yeah i was hoping for a combat overhaul with new or improved enemies and melee moves. Staff rifle it is

I have a feeling Sean and his team don't want to introduce peer violence into the game. You can kill animals, you can kill robots, but you can't kill humans/humanoids in the game unless they are in a spaceship. You actually kill a ship, not a being. I don't know if it's for an ethical issue, because the game is played by young children, for religious faith or for another reason, but something doesn't add up.

It's not a feeling, it's fact. Introducing peer violence would bump the ESRB rating and they don't want the game to be rated M.

That said, the patch notes explicitly call it a multi-tool, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

[anacoreta]

Originally posted by Azure Fang:

Originally posted by anacoreta:

I have a feeling Sean and his team don't want to introduce peer violence into the game. You can kill animals, you can kill robots, but you can't kill humans/humanoids in the game unless they are in a spaceship. You actually kill a ship, not a being. I don't know if it's for an ethical issue, because the game is played by young children, for religious faith or for another reason, but something doesn't add up.

It's not a feeling, it's fact. Introducing peer violence would bump the ESRB rating and they don't want the game to be rated M.

That said, the patch notes explicitly call it a multi-tool, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

"Introducing peer violence would bump the ESRB rating and they don't want the game to be rated M."
This is the key, Absolutely right.

[momopovich]

That said, the patch notes explicitly call it a multi-tool, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

It could have had new functionalities (not just a reskin). Anyway you dont have to fight humanoids to introduce melee weapons (the game even already has a melee punch but its only used for jumping around)

[Grimmslayer73]

Originally posted by anacoreta:

Originally posted by Azure Fang:

It's not a feeling, it's fact. Introducing peer violence would bump the ESRB rating and they don't want the game to be rated M.

That said, the patch notes explicitly call it a multi-tool, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

"Introducing peer violence would bump the ESRB rating and they don't want the game to be rated M."
This is the key, Absolutely right.

And yet they leave PvP on by default.... Go figure.