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Vicious Minotaur
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Posted - 2014.10.20 03:07:00 -
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Racial knives would be boring.
At least they could do some other, more interesting forms for racial melee weapons. Be more original, at least..
Like futuristic brass knuckle thingies.
Or a futuristic sledgehammer thing.
Or a cool electric baton thingamabob.
Anything other than visually and functionally indistinct knives.
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Vicious Minotaur
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Posted - 2014.10.20 03:56:00 -
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Apothecary Za'ki wrote:Vicious Minotaur wrote:Racial knives would be boring. At least they could do some other, more interesting forms for racial melee weapons. Be more original, at least.. Like futuristic brass knuckle thingies. Or a futuristic sledgehammer thing. Or a cool electric baton thingamabob. Anything other than visually and functionally indistinct knives. this is dust not borderlands or destiny
No way! I never would have guessed that, considering this is the GD on the DUST forums.
Be that as it may, you comment does nothing to address the idea that DUST may get a bunch of generic knives. Nevermind that my examples can easily be translated to the aesthetics and gameplay principles found within DUST by competent developers.
So yeah. I guess a bunch of people will be happy over reskinned nova knives. Because that's all they are. You can only do so much with a knife.
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Vicious Minotaur
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Posted - 2014.10.20 04:42:00 -
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Victor Moody Stahl wrote:
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All of the things I mentioned, at least to me, seem to be able to be militarily effective. I am certainly not advocating for things that are extreme, like some Final Fantasy Buster Sword or a spoon.
The hammer/maul idea I mentioned, was of course historically used to deal with platemail and such. The future equivalent of platemail are our dropsuits, so a future maul does not seem too far fetched. While it may seem like "why use a maul when two smaller knives are just as capable as dealing with dropsuits?", I would retort that knives are good with one target at a time, while a maul could damage at least two dropsuits in one swing. Plus, militarily speaking, the futuristic maul could be used to bust barricaded doors/walls when explosives are unavailable/too dangerous.
The brass knuckle-gauntlet thing could be quite useful in hand-to hand, and extreme CQC, in ways that a knives aren't. Soldiers are taught to use both their fists and knives, and there are moments where one is more ideal than the other. Some sort of fist weapon seems reasonable.
Batons, though, seem more useful for police than military, but regardless, an electric baton may be of use to disrupt shields. I'm iffy on this one, but from an aesthetic POV, an electrical baton might be nicer to look at than yet another knife reskin.
As much as I like real life knives, and am aware of their time/battle-tested uses... DUST is a game. I can give a more in-depth and lore justifiable reasons for more than just knives being used. But stretching things a bit as far as melee weapons go could be fun. Anyway, a minotaur can dream.
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Vicious Minotaur
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Posted - 2014.10.20 06:41:00 -
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Apothecary Za'ki wrote:Vicious Minotaur wrote:... i would like to see brass knuckles or something of the sort so it works with monofibs(maybe VEGA style claws?) and gives us a better animation then punch or elbow or bopping some one on the top of the head with the butt of your pistol..
Having some fist weapon that augments melee and works with those Myofibril Stimulants would be quite cool. CCP could even make a more in-depth hand-to-hand fighting system that, say, allows for charging punches with the standard "fire weapon" button, and then allows for a kick with the "aim down sights" button. (each one having different damage, knockback, other properties).
As for looks, I rather like the idea of making the knuckles into plasma cutters. Imagine having four of these nozzles on each of your fists. The more you charge your punches, the more the cutters glow. Plus, it makes for a consistent Gallente melee weapon.
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