Main hand melee weapons?

[Mattsetback]

I can't seem to find any, and when I build what are described in the game text as main hand melee weapons they show up as the 'light secondary melee' weapons. Do main hand melee weapons actually exist? Ta.

[Wert]

Yes, I have a few of those, I found them in the 2nd or 3rd province and they keep popping up, I am not sure I ever seen an enemy with a melee weapon, so probably got them after raiding stashes and equipment convoys.

[lazytopaz]

Yes there are main hand melee weapons, at very least two types of swords one looks like a sabre and the other is like a really long straight sword that looks more like a long cardboard rectangle.

[BunnyBunny]

I found the schematics for the "cardboard" sword early in the second region and build some in the workshop. Weirdly enough, the first one was a short subweapon and the second one was the oversized primary weapon version...

[AasGeier]

There is also a "Club" (Hammer), which i got in the 2nd region. It's a main hand one.

[kelmenwong]

melee seems cool, but
imo, the melee is impractical, just use a close quarter gun like shotgun

melee can only attack at 1 side (where the wpn being held), and it risk crushing, attack can miss as the prediction just don't have the "precision" for it
and it has this stupid "min attack range"

gun - doesn't limit to 1 side, it don't need dash/jump to close in, risk crushing, can just shot over obstacle that not blocking the shot but will hinder dash if melee
the game is build around using gun

[FURILKA]

Originally posted by kelmenwong:

melee seems cool, but
imo, the melee is impractical, just use a close quarter gun like shotgun

No, its very useful. Axes can deal 40-70 (or more) concussion damage to a pilot. With it you can knock out literally all enemies in each battle.

[Setharial]

Originally posted by kelmenwong:

melee seems cool, but
imo, the melee is impractical, just use a close quarter gun like shotgun

melee can only attack at 1 side (where the wpn being held), and it risk crushing, attack can miss as the prediction just don't have the "precision" for it
and it has this stupid "min attack range"

gun - doesn't limit to 1 side, it don't need dash/jump to close in, risk crushing, can just shot over obstacle that not blocking the shot but will hinder dash if melee
the game is build around using gun

You can swap the attacking side with CTRL. And with my axe i tend to one shot (concuss) pilots attacking them from behind (hence the need for a FAST mech) while keeping the mechs highly salvagable. a fast melee mech is VERY useful at taking out key targets like enemy MLS/beam/sniper/UHMG units

The key to landing melee attacks is using the "flashing circle" beneath the enemies as a hit indicator. hasn't failed me so far. With a proper use of the indicator you can even land some mid enemy dash swings very reliably

Here's an early gameplay example for targeting as well as an early example of properly used melee:

- https://i.imgur.com/vkAIoBz.mp4

Ignore the random audio :P i forgot i had a stream open when recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqT2HQeRfg

[MantadeAhsoka]

Originally posted by kelmenwong:

melee seems cool, but
imo, the melee is impractical, just use a close quarter gun like shotgun

melee can only attack at 1 side (where the wpn being held), and it risk crushing, attack can miss as the prediction just don't have the "precision" for it
and it has this stupid "min attack range"

gun - doesn't limit to 1 side, it don't need dash/jump to close in, risk crushing, can just shot over obstacle that not blocking the shot but will hinder dash if melee
the game is build around using gun

Axe Shield with Mainly Medium armor is the ticket.
Its not impractical, your just not utilising it correctly. I have been able to knock out 2-4 mechs in a single turn with Melee. And when you pull it off, its so Sweet....