knife the clone u just killed, he'll turn to a dull color. In his screen it should switch from clone failure imminent to CLONE TERMINATED lol

Interesting...

yea this works, I do it whenever I kill a proto cuz I hate when ppl use proto gear in pub matches. I've even gotten myself killed to ensure that the guy never gets back up.

If they guy isn't taken out by a head shot or explosion then he can still get back up via needle. Troublesome reds should never be given the chance to get back up (FG, MD, Proto ANYTHING,etc).

P.S. If you see a red getting into a knife fight with a blue then just remember to NEVER GET IN THERE WAY! They will BOTH hate you for it. Ginja and minja have a code that they would rather not go against.

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`Sigh. Just another fun game of DUST.

I admit that I've never had my clone knifed when it was down, but I have had my clone shot and it never affected my clone failure timer.

G.I. Joe movie has ninjas with short swords, havent seen it though.

G.I. Joe movie has ninjas with short swords, havent seen it though.

G.I. Joe movie has ninjas with short swords, havent seen it though.

Maybe not a japanese sword, but we could use something reminiscent of ninjas. Also a heavy weapon thats a hammer, does like 1.6k damage

Any non AV weapon doing that kind of damage in one hit would be way WAY over powered.

Something I'd like to see is light arms classed charged weapons.

Example
Nova Sword: Basic / Advanced / Proto
Name: Wakizashi / Katana / Odachi
Damage: 150 / 250 / 333
Charge-Up Time: 2.25 sec
Reach* in meters: 1.14 / 1.33 / 1.52
Slot: Infantry Light Weapon
CPU: 16 / 39 / 69
PG: 3 / 7 / 11
Skill Reqs: Weaponry 3, Light Weapon Ops 3, Nova Sword Ops 1 / 3 / 5

Skill Tree
Nova Sword Ops: Unlocks at Light Weapon Ops 3. 3% reduction to charge time per level.
Nova Sword Prof: Unlocks at NS-Ops 3. 3% bonus to damage per level.
Nova Sword Wielding: Unlocks at NS-Prof 3. 2% bonus to attack speed per level.
Nova Sword Focusing: Unlocks at NS-Prof 4. 2% bonus to charge strike damage per level.

*Reach is not just blade length, it also assumes an average extended arm length from chest and shoulder meeting point to thumb webbing of aproximately .61 meters which should logically put the nova knife's reach around .81 meters.

I use Japanese swords for my example as they're the swords I'm most familiar with.

*que music*



Really, guys, you want to go through a scifi game with swords? Go play warframe.

Heh.

Personally, I'm not a fan of swords in FPS games that are supposed to be about 'gun game'. While it's incredibly satisfying to run up and melee someone by showing them that you can out-strafe their gungame... I would much prefer if CCP stayed away from the crappy SPACE NINJA gimmick that seems to weasel it's way into every sci-fi game imaginable.

If you wanna play a gun game with swords and a proper melee system.. Play warframe. It has an engine actually designed for that sort of thing, and it's pretty damn fun :P

Swords in dust seem like nothing more than an unnecessary gimmick to me. Knives were mostly acceptable because every solider in the history of pretty much ever, carries a knife. It's standard gear. The dual wielding decision was a bit meh, but I can deal. Besides... I've said in the past. The day CCP puts in swords, is the day I quit dust. That's not to be read as an ultimatum to CCP or anything. If they want to put in swords, let them put in swords.That will just be the last straw for me personally, and I won't be able to take the game seriously anymore if they try to cater to the SPACE NINJA crowd.

20,000 years into the future and the Minmatar are still using duck tape as armor repairers.

Former semi mechanic. Duct tape fixes everything.

A wakizashi is the short sword paired with the katana.

As to the OP's idea I have to say no. The whole space samurai idea is not only stupid but totally over played. Also, while knives make sense as a standard infantry tool (more for utility but also a weapon of last resort), swords have very little utility on a sci-fi battle field.

What would having swords bring to the game? A slightly longer reach for hand to hand combat? That really isn't a dramatic change and definitely won't increase survivability in hand to hand combat. I can still back away and throw tons of (insert deadly projectile here) at you. Also since there are no block/parry mechanics build into the game melee battles are just glorified slap fights (not a ton of fun for anyone).

That being said what we are left with is that you want to add swords, Japanese style swords in particular, to add more flavor to the game. I for one don't need more action movie/anime chich+¬s built into the game. Lets push CCP to build solid core mechanics, finish all the suits and planned vehicles, add in the ability to interact with EVE more fully, develop the non-fps elements of the game and then we can start talking flavor.

Question: What is with the modern obsession with Japanese swords? You know that the japanese did/do other really neat stuff too right? Dueling holiday shrines for example. Why don't young men in our country have a strange enduring love of this (kenka tanabata festival incase you were wondering), it is so much cooler than the swords. Or what about the amazing Japanese tatoos or even their great food (there is so much more to it than sushi). Come on folks lets end this ninja/samurai obsession here and now, its dated and silly.

A wakizashi is the short sword paired with the katana.

As to the OP's idea I have to say no. The whole space samurai idea is not only stupid but totally over played. Also, while knives make sense as a standard infantry tool (more for utility but also a weapon of last resort), swords have very little utility on a sci-fi battle field.

What would having swords bring to the game? A slightly longer reach for hand to hand combat? That really isn't a dramatic change and definitely won't increase survivability in hand to hand combat. I can still back away and throw tons of (insert deadly projectile here) at you. Also since there are no block/parry mechanics build into the game melee battles are just glorified slap fights (not a ton of fun for anyone).

That being said what we are left with is that you want to add swords, Japanese style swords in particular, to add more flavor to the game. I for one don't need more action movie/anime chich+¬s built into the game. Lets push CCP to build solid core mechanics, finish all the suits and planned vehicles, add in the ability to interact with EVE more fully, develop the non-fps elements of the game and then we can start talking flavor.

Question: What is with the modern obsession with Japanese swords? You know that the japanese did/do other really neat stuff too right? Dueling holiday shrines for example. Why don't young men in our country have a strange enduring love of this (kenka tanabata festival incase you were wondering), it is so much cooler than the swords. Or what about the amazing Japanese tatoos or even their great food (there is so much more to it than sushi). Come on folks lets end this ninja/samurai obsession here and now, its dated and silly.