An alternative way to do melee in PlanetSide 2

[Arkanakaz]

I think the problem with the concept of melee in PlanetSide is that it could become unbalanced if it depended on damage as melee would become much more favourable to those who have weaker guns (clockers and vehicle drivers mainly).

So instead infantry could be given an option to shove with one hand while holding guns. Lets say this takes 0.25 seconds to shove and if you are hit by the shove you stagger back for 1.0 seconds; this would mean that if you landed the melee attack that would give you 0.75 seconds to shoot your opponent while they are staggering back unable to shoot back. It could even be used creatively to slow down those running LLUs and the like, to shove people over edges for a fall, to push enemies away from the safety of cover or even to push others out of your way as you retreat to cover yourself with low health.

A 2 second cool down timer could be triggered after each shove to prevent spamming of it and the times can all be changed, but what do you lot think of the idea?