The EMP Burst Injector

Some kind of single-use hand weapon that delivers an EMP burst that incapacitates the target for 5 seconds but doesn't kill said target.-á

I think they should replace the slow-responding glitchy-hit-detection knife with a faster-swinging knife that hits properly and actually provides some measure of feedback to the player when it hits.

Nanite Injected Fragmentation Explosives - Stab, inject, boom.

An alternative to the knife mechanic might be a single-use (per clone, or limited by slot like other equipment) hand weapon that you use up close like a knife but that shorts out dropsuits and freezes the victim for a few seconds.

That gives you a bonus/advantage for getting up close (which is half the point of a melee attack anyway) but doesn't do any great damage (alternatively it could do major shield damage but not break armour). Get a successful hit and you could then drop a grenade, RE, pull a gun and get free shots at point-blank range, stop a capture mid-hack or if you are otherwise weapon-less, take to your heels and get the **** out of dodge before you get gacked. Call it the Neuro-spike maybe.

I like the EMP burst, but with like 1 sec stun time.

I think they should replace the slow-responding glitchy-hit-detection knife with a faster-swinging knife that hits properly and actually provides some measure of feedback to the player when it hits.

I agree, no replacement is really necessary, it just needs to be working properly.

The EMP Burst Injector

Some kind of single-use hand weapon that delivers an EMP burst that incapacitates the target for 5 seconds but doesn't kill said target.

Just one word: Wolverine claws

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