How about some REAL melee weapons

[Wraithlord]

I was playing one of sonys other online games recently called "Infantry" in the Eol Crater zone and I think that some of the things in that game could be implimented into planetside and add some fun to the game. They have normal combat swords, chain swords + chain fists (extra kinetic damage), and power swords and power fists (extra plasma damage).

How about it guys? Personally I like the idea of adding some real melee weapons to the game, but I want to see what you think.

[DeadTeddy]

light sabers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!111111111

[JakeLogan]

I always wanted a Mace (no not the spray)

[Subterfuge]

Lets keep this a FPS, I dont want any 1 hit kill bastards running around with their sword claiming leetism.

[Black]

Originally Posted by Subterfuge

Lets keep this a FPS, I dont want any 1 hit kill bastards running around with their sword claiming leetism.

ph34r

[Deadlock]

maybe not a sword... it is the future (lightsaber mabye) What about a bayonet (sp?) what kind of assault rifle doesnt have the option to turn itself into a pig poker?

That added with the Batman/BigO style grappling hook would be sweet im my book.

*Grappling hook on the person's arm, not the rifle

[Subterfuge]

I'm not against a bayonet on a gun. Punisher maybe? But I dont want people using it as a staple weapon running around all over the place with their mouse button held down.

[Wraithlord]

I'm not against a bayonet on a gun. Punisher maybe? But I dont want people using it as a staple weapon running around all over the place with their mouse button held down.

^sounds like any empires HA to me

I think I didnt elaborate enough

using these advanced melee weapons would require large amounts of stamina, if not ammo (fuel) for the chainblades and plasma weapons

they would take up a pistol slot and WOULD NOT BE ONE HIT KILL, just like the knives except better reach, a wider hit arc, and slightly more damage for the basic weapons

there should never be one hit kill melee weapons

this all began with a dream of me being an infiltrator with a katana

[Incompetent]

I wouldn't mind seeing a melee attack on the weapons, similar to the way it works in CoD. Maybe give Empire rifles the option to attach a bayonet (slightly increases the minimum size of the CoF, no change to maximum) to deal extra damage in CC. Combine melee attacks with a quick burst of forward speed so the other guy can't just back away (making them marginally useful in some situations, unlike the BF42 ones.) But dedicated melee weapons like swords and maces would be really out of place in a game like PS.

[Zatrais]

Other than whacking someone whit the butt of a rifle, no thanks.

[BadDogEDN]

Weres my deathboard?! hehe the ultimate melee weapon/vehicle

[SecondRaven]

No thanks, ill use a knife if i want to kill someone at close range

[Warborn]

I don't think this would make the game more enjoyable at all.

[Gigabein]

Originally Posted by Incompetent

I wouldn't mind seeing a melee attack on the weapons, similar to the way it works in CoD. Maybe give Empire rifles the option to attach a bayonet (slightly increases the minimum size of the CoF, no change to maximum) to deal extra damage in CC. Combine melee attacks with a quick burst of forward speed so the other guy can't just back away (making them marginally useful in some situations, unlike the BF42 ones.) But dedicated melee weapons like swords and maces would be really out of place in a game like PS.

Pull out your empire knife and attach it to your empire MA rifle (possibly SA?). Give each MA rifle an additional firing mode where the knife activates after about 1 second (prevent the noise from giving away your position while cycling through modes), and your attack becomes a bayonnet stab.

[Acaila]

He's got a board with a nail in it!