Melee based weapons and what could they provide

[Pinesample]

This is ment to be a friendly conversation don't call anybody dumbasses or somethin like that :) (I think that ghost ship games said they won't be adding melees but eh)
Edit: seems like people in this discussion couldn't help themselves from getting mad. honestly shut the ♥♥♥♥ up idc

[Johnno]

They won't be adding melee weapons.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Originally posted by Pinesample:

Melee based weapons and what could they provide

Nothing, in fact they would make the game worse for me.

[Ser Pounce]

They would make the game worse. It's not a game balanced around melee combat at all.

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by ShugoTheRipper:

Originally posted by Pinesample:

Melee based weapons and what could they provide

Nothing, in fact they would make the game worse for me.

Wrong.
They provide a lot of chances for FF.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Originally posted by ShugoTheRipper:

Nothing, in fact they would make the game worse for me.

Wrong.
They provide a lot of chances for FF.

So now we can kill Scouts even faster!

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by ShugoTheRipper:

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Wrong.
They provide a lot of chances for FF.

So now we can kill Scouts even faster!

Faster?
Unlikely.
Just having another reason to.

[Chibbity]

Not gonna happen, so it's a moot point.

[Muscles]

In my experience from other games, being in melee fights where I am vastly outnumbered have mostly ended poorly and not felt that great. Even using the berserk perk in DRG has been a bad play unless I'm digging for aquarks or buried drop pods

[Syrris]

We do have one melee weapon in the form of a driller's drills (even though that's not their primary purpose), so it's not completely out of the question. That said, if there was going to be a by-intent melee weapon then it would need to operate on similar principles: limited-use (power/ammo), occupying the secondary slot (since melee-primary really isn't going to work here), and having suite of potential functions beyond just damage (since it would need mod and overclock options) that allow it to operate as an effective "sidearm" to whatever primary the character is using.

[Dwarfurious]

I want to use my beard as a melee weapon

[<#FF69B4>Robin ;3]

NO.

[Mighty Matt]

the driller can go melee on haz 5 with the right build

[Femboy Thighs]

It's not likely ever happening because most bugs attack in melee range, meaning damage would be neigh but unavoidable, making Haz 5 brutal if not impossible. Then there's ranged enemies. Even with a ranged secondary option, you don't want either of your weapons to be useless in any scenario.

Some people have said "Oh just add options to his kit so you can negate/avoid getting hurt with enough skill. Like dodging, parrying, shields, etc." To this I say, I don't want a f#&king Dark Souls game in my casual co-op shooter. DRG is a game you turn your brain off to play. I do not want to constantly be doing math, side-stepping enemies, and parrying.

"But you could just not play the class!" And why would anyone play a melee class when the other classes are all ranged? Either you make him over-powered, and everyone plays him, or you make him balanced with the other classes - in which case most people will quickly realize there's no point playing a complicated, melee-only class, when the ranged characters are so much easier.

[MrPurple33]

OK, not meaning to sound Like a Jerk here, but for the Poster, Pinesample,
and to any other person who reads this, KNOW that here are the THREE SUBJECTS
that every single DRG Vet Player has seen suggested before, Literally HUNDREDS of Times, Will Not Happen, and will get you Immediate Derision and possibly Outright Hatred-

The THREE SUBJECTS are-
1- Crossplay (with XBOX/Microsoft)
2- Melee Weapons
3- A Medic Class

Just Please, don't ever bring them up

[RENGOKU]

Originally posted by MrPurple33:

OK, not meaning to sound Like a Jerk here, but for the Poster, Pinesample,
and to any other person who reads this, KNOW that here are the THREE SUBJECTS that every single DRG Vet Player has seen suggested before, Literally HUNDREDS of Times, Will Not Happen, and will get you Immediate Derision and possibly Outright Hatred-

The THREE SUBJECTS are-
1- Crossplay
2- Melee Weapons
3- A Medic Class

Just Please, don't ever bring them up

Don’t forget number 4- PVP