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Adstellarum
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Posted - 2013.04.09 15:51:00 -
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why haven't these been brought to market? they don't have to have a blueprint, but allowing us to play with nova knives with no skill requirements just like all those other militia weapons |
Tarquin Markel
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2013.04.09 15:56:00 -
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Even though the current nova knife is a horrible travesty, I have to agree. I should not have had to skill the damn things to find out I was better off with the SMG.
On the other hand, perhaps we should take the lack of militia nova knives as a warning: "This weapon not finished. Use at your own risk." |
Adstellarum
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Posted - 2013.04.09 16:14:00 -
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I wanna try these on my logi suit.. want to try being a ninja logi |
Tarquin Markel
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2013.04.09 17:00:00 -
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They're ... well, how can I put this?
It's a charged melee weapon that does less damage than the charge sniper rifle (which can shoot across whole maps) and arguably does less damage than a scout suit melee. If melee modules applied (they apparently don't) and if the charged damage was either MUCH higher than or (better still) added to base melee, they might be worth using.
Add on the facts that (1) you have to exploit a glitch to run with a charged knife; (2) a charged knife makes a distinctive noise audible to everyone nearby; (3) everything short of a heavy can stay ahead of you long enough to cut you down if they see you coming; (3a) the aforementioned heavy can usually absorb enough hits from the knife to kill you before you can finish the job; (4) a speeding LAV to the face is faster, harder to stop, arguably stealthier, and VASTLY more lethal; and (5) DUST isn't really all that well optimized for melee in the first place ("Chronicles of Riddick" this ain't) ...
... and you've got a weapon that is presently just not worth the skill points unless you're an artist who doesn't care much about K/Dr or winning battles so long as you get to stalk and murder somebody with an oversized table knife.
The inclusion of cloaking devices could balance this out nicely. (Note to CCP: allowing cloaks + shotguns in combination is a VERY BAD IDEA.) For the moment, however, the nova knife is a cumbersome, underpowered, loud stealth weapon.
As an artist's tool, it's pretty neat. It's more a prop from a theater of the absurd, however, than a theater of war. |
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