Why dont MAXs have a melee weapon?

[Aegis]

You'd think the big fists of the VS and NC ones would be of some use at least, the TR could hit them with the gun barrels.

[sniper4evr26]

well probably lag and the amount of code is to blame here. but thats what they all say, so we'll just blame it on SOE's crappy customer support and other stuff :D

[00AgentDuck]

yeah I was thinking about that, a max with a melee weapon would be awesome, like a giant sword specific to they're empire such as a beam sword for VS.

[Aegis]

Might get sued by Lucasarts if they did that tho' :p

[HawkEye]

why the hell wuold you want a melee weapon? you wuold probaly never use it.

[Aegis]

I never use the knife, but its nice to have in case i do run out of ammo completely.

[Joe-Azlin]

Originally posted by Aegis
Might get sued by Lucasarts if they did that tho' :p

No, because PSO uses beam type weapons that all look like lightsabres lol, but yea I think a beam type weapon for them would be sweet.

[Crono]

May be good on the Pounder's side. Killing infiltrators is a pain seeing as they run really close to you, forcing you to do some minor damage to yourself.

[Revolver]

Screw the beam, just punch em! I think a hydraulicly-augmented 2" Titanium Punch would do some damage. And yes, they are hydraulically (or pneumatically powered). Listen while you walk

[NCG JMan]

Punch 'em.....LMAO.....good one. I like it!:p :D

[Happy lil Elf]

VS-Beam Sword
NC-Big fist o doom
TR-I dunno, put blades/spikes on the outside of the barrels?

[00AgentDuck]

Yeah I was thinking the vs would have a beam melee weapon NC would have a pounding blunt one and tr would have somehitn like the chainblade or spikes but I'm just restating what Happy lil' Elf said

[Eliaas_Demens]

I think a suicide weapon would be cooler. Out of ammo? Got 30 armor left? Hit the self detonation command and wipe out the room.

[ONiel]

"Why dont MAXs have a melee weapon?"

Because they have big guns.

[Indecisive]

VS: lightsaber
NC: fists
TR: Dual mace? (no not can-o-mace smartass)

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Eliaas_Demens
I think a suicide weapon would be cooler. Out of ammo? Got 30 armor left? Hit the self detonation command and wipe out the room.

I kind of like this idea too....sacrifice yourself for the team/group. But they should increase the wait in your spawn time if you do this...maybe 5 to 10 min delay or something. That way people aren't suiciding all over the place just to get the kills and not suffering the consequences for such an action. This way you would be forced to use it more strategically.

[Ghost06]

Then why don't we all put on tye-dye pajamas and slice each other with katanas?

[Katanaboy]

mm...katana...

BTW, howcome maxes cant use REK, BANK, etc (i realize its for balance, so we dont have invincible one man armies, but they still have a spare hand...heck, the TR have two spare hands) And it would be awesome to have a lightsabre thingy...kinda like gundam or something :)

[Uzziel]

lol they dun need a melee weapon, just turn on autorun an let get a good shoe-shine:D

[SandTrout]

VS: short range cutting laser
NC: Just punches them
TR: No mellee, bother their arms are dedicated to weapons, so they can't melee.

Might turn out to be an interesting way to balance the other maxes against the TR's.

[Sandman]

VS laser sword:http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/x/lineart/gx-9900-largebeamsword.jpg (excpet purple or teal color)

NC fist:http://customswords.com/Hammers/images/Ball_Mace_head.jpg

TR axe:http://customswords.com/Axes/images/2ahead.jpg


*EDIT* added something for TR