Melee Weapons

[Melanthes]

According to the lore swords are not completely uncommon, especially in empire space. Would be nice to have a way to quickly and silently kill on foot.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

Given that we can melee attack with weapons already and there's an engineering mod around this, melee attacks are already in game. It would be good to see this built on since it seems like a wasted mod for all the damage melee attacks do against, say, someone with an intimidator.

 

[Melanthes]

And before anyone suggests otherwise, we have archaeological evidence from the 12th century showing skulls (with teeth, the hardest material in the human body) cleanly sliced by swords. A 30th-century sword would undoubtedly cut through armor designed merely to withstand gunfire.

 

[GroG79]

In the year 1996 someone cleanly sliced my tooth with a glassfiber high jump bar.... Now what?

 

[Jmanis]

According to the lore swords are not completely uncommon, especially in empire space. Would be nice to have a way to quickly and silently kill on foot.

Melee kills do feel a bit more like meme kills right now. Even if the weapon replaced secondary slots.

I was just about to suggest throwing knife analogues... then remembered gravity XD

 

[SlickPBW]

I’m not in favor of this. There are already silent attacks available; some that don’t require any engineering. The npc’s are already bumbling idiots with their existing weapons and I wouldn’t want to see them running toward players while swinging their sword. It’s already a meat grinder.

 

[oblivionmanman 2476]

i always think its funny,in the game skyrim,its all melee weapons but mods arrived making guns,now in a space game its all guns and people want swords and clubs,lol

 

[Dillon Fallon]

i always think its funny,in the game skyrim,its all melee weapons but mods arrived making guns,now in a space game its all guns and people want swords and clubs,lol

In effect we already have clubs. Something a bit more fleshed out would be nice though, especially since it is lore friendly.

 

[oblivionmanman 2476]

easier to use silenced pistol and shotgun,dead is dead wichever way you look at it,dont get close is my motto.

 

[Kaocraft]

A sword is a terrible weapon for zero G and low G environments; anything that relies on generating strong force through body weight is going to be a problem. I could see maybe some kind of weird knife (or maybe a No Country For Old Men style piston-centerpunch) to be used in grappling situations, but since video games are terrible at depicting wrestling type combat, this would be a tall order to ask of a company that is already struggling with FPS fundamentals.

 

[BackToTheMud]

While swords, knives, and other close combat weapons can be safely assumed to be commonplace in the ED universe, the armoured suits we're wearing would make them rather ineffective within the confines of our gameplay.
Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely love to stab some imperials in the back, but...