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Laser rifles I agree are very powerful, but I think they're fine the way they are right now. Maybe a slight reduction to damage in CQC ranges, but that's about it.
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also the stats on the damage they do are misleading as they actually hit twice which means they can do allot more damage than you think,

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=62939&find=unread

There is already a thread on this.

@Monty



What proof do you have on this? I have stated not too long ago that this myth is just a myth unless confirmed by the developers. There is no mention on how the damage really works and therefore I will continue to assume that the animation is just as much of an illusion as the whole 'you-sprint-faster-with-the-sidearm' illusion (which I learned the hard way recently).

I say this because I don't want knifers out there running up to a tripple-rep heavy thinking they have a two-strike advantage when there is a possibility that they may not have such an advantage.

In regards to the melee-charge glitch, that glitch is cumbersome as it drains precious stamina with every melee you do especially when you need that stamina to keep running in a heated 1v1 battle (the dance of death). And if you run out of stamina, you can't initiate the glitch until you replenish the stamina.

the fact that you can one shot a scout and some assault suits is enough for me to believe that they do hit twice with one charged attack, you say you use them but you have never seen this?

for the record i only have lvl 2 weaponry and lvl 3 in hand to hand, since hand to hand does not effect the charge up attack how can u explain how a 6% increase in damage results in the death of full health assault suits?

I believe that nova knives do there 180hp or what the damage it is off of each knife because i know you can do damage to them by clipping them with the first slash or second stab but if you get both it does more damage noticeably because you couldn't down most scouts with a 180hp hit so added makes them a 360hp so making it roughly able to take down most basic assault and melee recharge with a scout isn't all that hard so umm stop complaining on nova knives

Do you know how Laser Rifles work, Batman? They are Not Good in CQC. If you can get closer than their lower effective range they are toast. If one gets too irritating I get close enough to be safe from their extreme damages then take them out with anything at hand. Even pistol whipped a few to death.

I think it's actually 190, not 180. I remember this because a typical scout usually has 190 HP without shield extenders or plates and the standard knife's base damage has just enough damage alone to match the base HP.

Assuming you have Weaponry to level V (10% total bonus) and have fitted 2x Complex sidearm damage modules (10% bonus per module):

190 base > 252.89 damage.

This is not including the stacking penalties which have not been applied yet. That's way more than enough to OHK even a tanked scout suit.