"MAXes have a melee attack" - Page 5

FIREk · 2011-09-22, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by NapalmEnima

Gonna need more tentacles for that. Lots more.

Mother of God... Tentacles... With SWORDS! :O

PrISM · 2011-09-22, 07:58 PM

All this is is a gimmick. PS2 doesn't need any gimmicks to dumb things down.

Raka Maru · 2011-09-22, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by PrISM

All this is is a gimmick. PS2 doesn't need any gimmicks to dumb things down.

Not really. All other softies have blades when ammo is gone. Why not maxes?

PrISM · 2011-09-23, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Raka Maru

Not really. All other softies have blades when ammo is gone. Why not maxes?

Because MAXes are not softies? And you have 650 armor?

Senyu · 2011-09-23, 07:22 AM

So does the tentacle armament gives increased accuracy and damage on female models?

NapalmEnima · 2011-09-23, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Senyu

So does the tentacle armament gives increased accuracy and damage on female models?

Clearly!

Traak · 2011-09-24, 05:14 AM

The Shiva Max?

2coolforu · 2011-09-24, 05:36 AM

Blades wouldn't really work on a MAX, the bigger and heavier something gets the slower it gets due to momentum/inertia. A huge exo-suit like the MAX would be immensely strong in real life but it would be nowhere near fast enough to use a blade; a far more fitting melee attack would be a slow swing that grabs an enemy and throws them back. It would fit in with the MAXes weakness (Slow turning circle, slow speed) and would be a tool to break through door camps.

moosepoop · 2011-09-24, 09:34 AM

the only suitable melee weapon for max suits are giant chainsaws.

if you want to do something new, make it interesting, make players say "wow!", or dont bother at all.

diverse weaponry is different from boring convoluted weaponry.

Baneblade · 2011-09-24, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by etheral

I could kinda see a melee MAX working as a linebreaker in indoor fights. The enemy have a choice between moving out of its way or getting bitchslapped unless they have some AV

Oh I dunno, I'd think the melee would be awesome against AV. Especially if it knocked infantry on its ass and disarmed them.

Talek Krell · 2011-09-24, 12:04 PM

I think I'd like either a sweep that knocked back troops in front and did a little bit of damage (pretty sure they said that was a possibility in the new engine) or a single target attack that did heavy damage. If it's the knockback then I wouldn't disarm anyone but being stunned for a moment would be fine.

Raka Maru · 2011-09-25, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by PrISM

Because MAXes are not softies? And you have 650 armor?

Ok, I think I was meaning to say all soldiers should at least have a knife. Gibbs rule #9

Captain B · 2011-09-26, 04:22 AM

All I can think of is SPEHSS MEHREEN Terminators with power fists seeing that NC MAX with the big three-finger fist/crowbar-from-hell thing. And it makes me.. excited.