What about melee combined with gunplay? I think melee should be an option, but I think most people are going to want to carry a gun even if they like melee. I think it would be cool if you could reflect lasers or deflect projectiles with melee weapons. There would have to be something to prevent spamming like a cooldown before being able to block again. That way even people who don't like melee combat still have a use for melee weapons. To reduce the amount of buttons required and improve the flow of combat, I think the blocking could be incorporated into the drawing of the weapon. To block again, simply press the button that selects your melee weapon again.
Well, it is just one of the basic rules of real life combat for when you can't avoid taking a hit. Remember “The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.” In other words, it is better to bend and fall with the force than it is to break trying to resist it.
This also works in real life for non-combat things. Like if you fall from a high place it is best to bend, fall over, and roll to lessen the damage you take rather than to stiffen up and try to brace against it. Like they say, "It is not the fall that kills you it the sudden stop.". Bending, fall over, and rolling when you hit the ground all spreads out both the time it takes for you to come to a stop but also defuses and redirects the energy of the impact.
The science of combat has a lot of laws of physics in it.
This also works in real life for non-combat things. Like if you fall from a high place it is best to bend, fall over, and roll to lessen the damage you take rather than to stiffen up and try to brace against it. Like they say, "It is not the fall that kills you it the sudden stop.". Bending, fall over, and rolling when you hit the ground all spreads out both the time it takes for you to come to a stop but also defuses and redirects the energy of the impact.
The science of combat has a lot of laws of physics in it.
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Well, it is just one of the basic rules of real life combat for when you can't avoid taking a hit. Remember “The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.” In other words, it is better to bend and fall with the force than it is to break trying to resist it.
This also works in real life for non-combat things. Like if you fall from a high place it is best to bend, fall over, and roll to lessen the damage you take rather than to stiffen up and try to brace against it. Like they say, "It is not the fall that kills you it the sudden stop.". Bending, fall over, and rolling when you hit the ground all spreads out both the time it takes for you to come to a stop but also defuses and redirects the energy of the impact.
The science of combat has a lot of laws of physics in it.
This also works in real life for non-combat things. Like if you fall from a high place it is best to bend, fall over, and roll to lessen the damage you take rather than to stiffen up and try to brace against it. Like they say, "It is not the fall that kills you it the sudden stop.". Bending, fall over, and rolling when you hit the ground all spreads out both the time it takes for you to come to a stop but also defuses and redirects the energy of the impact.
The science of combat has a lot of laws of physics in it.
Shield/armour/health
Each with their own strengths and weaknesses
One attack may make one bend, whist another attack of a different sort could tear it asunder
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I'm a fun of things like dual wielding (sword in one hand and gun in the other hand). I'm also fan of combo weapons like gunblades and the transforming weapons like in RWBY.
Fact gun-swords have been around since the first guns were made. The idea is nothing new and can be used freely without fear of things like copy write laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_sword
Fact gun-swords have been around since the first guns were made. The idea is nothing new and can be used freely without fear of things like copy write laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_sword
I don't remember there being a blocking mechanic in the game. I thought there was just a melee button. I haven't played Warframe in a long time, so I guess I wouldn't know. Just in case you misunderstood me, here's what I'm thinking of:
Let's say your melee weapon is bound to a thumb button on a mouse.
1. You see a large projectile coming at you and you don't have enough time to dodge it.
2. You can begin to move to the side of it and draw your melee weapon when it gets close enough while looking at the projectile to curve it away from you.
3. After the blocking/drawing animation finishes, you can block again by pressing the button it's bound to without having to sheath it first.
Melee users have a way to defend against ranged attacks and people who don't use melee much have something that is effectively a quick block.
Let's say your melee weapon is bound to a thumb button on a mouse.
1. You see a large projectile coming at you and you don't have enough time to dodge it.
2. You can begin to move to the side of it and draw your melee weapon when it gets close enough while looking at the projectile to curve it away from you.
3. After the blocking/drawing animation finishes, you can block again by pressing the button it's bound to without having to sheath it first.
Melee users have a way to defend against ranged attacks and people who don't use melee much have something that is effectively a quick block.
Well, that is why things like cars are built with things like crumple zones in them. By designing things to break in a controlled way you make it safer because it'll absorb, defuses, and redirect all incoming energy and force.
For the people that don't know.
Crumple zones are a part of a motor vehicle, especially the extreme front and rear, designed to crumple easily in a crash and absorb the main force of an impact.
For the people that don't know.
Crumple zones are a part of a motor vehicle, especially the extreme front and rear, designed to crumple easily in a crash and absorb the main force of an impact.
That is understandable. Not all weapons armor types appeal to everyone.
For example, because I value freedom of movement and speed I don't big bulky heavy armor. As for weapons, I like things that do a lot of damage in as few hits possible. This why in most games I play I'm the guy who likes to kill things in 1 hit or in 1 combo. My fav abilities to have games are super powerful nearly unblockable attack that's designed to kill everything hit by in 1 hit and death by a thousand cuts (using small fast weapons like daggers to attack super high number of times that both stun locks enemies and attacks nonstop.)
For the that don't know. Here are 2 examples of death by a thousand cuts.
http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Final_Hit
This how the attack looks in things like anime
For example, because I value freedom of movement and speed I don't big bulky heavy armor. As for weapons, I like things that do a lot of damage in as few hits possible. This why in most games I play I'm the guy who likes to kill things in 1 hit or in 1 combo. My fav abilities to have games are super powerful nearly unblockable attack that's designed to kill everything hit by in 1 hit and death by a thousand cuts (using small fast weapons like daggers to attack super high number of times that both stun locks enemies and attacks nonstop.)
For the that don't know. Here are 2 examples of death by a thousand cuts.
http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Final_Hit
This how the attack looks in things like anime
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Perhaps in relation to split weapons, make them limited in capacity
Ie. Sniper spear
Relatively easy to adjust to due to the nature of shape between the weapons - this gives niche to those wanting to use such weapons whilst not treading on the toes of those wanting to stay traditional with their weaponry
Ie. Sniper spear
Relatively easy to adjust to due to the nature of shape between the weapons - this gives niche to those wanting to use such weapons whilst not treading on the toes of those wanting to stay traditional with their weaponry
As good a concept as all that is and as useful in practice as it all comes in reality, I don't think programming some Tai Chi would be very cheap or even completely possible. Never seen a game with such an elaborate fighting/melee system and I'd wager it isn't because developer couldn't do one, but because it would take forever and would eventually cost them their pension.
I'd love me some gun-kata.
But, yeah, something like swatting away an energy blast with an energy, blade. Not reflecting it, just swatting it.
That thing in Dragon Age Inquisition where you could upgrade you enchanter's blade-attack to reflect enemy attacks was so poorly done. I expected something more than just some flailing, spinning light.
But, yeah, something like swatting away an energy blast with an energy, blade. Not reflecting it, just swatting it.
That thing in Dragon Age Inquisition where you could upgrade you enchanter's blade-attack to reflect enemy attacks was so poorly done. I expected something more than just some flailing, spinning light.
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A question to @Grummz and the rest of the developers:
I'm wondering if you guys have a concept for which type of melee weapons we'd use. Physical, cold, hard steel (or whatever material)? Or...energy-projections?
And if energy-types, then which one. I differentiate between two sub-types. Fuzzy and smooth.
Fuzzy, is where the "edges" of the blade are unstable...think Kylo Ren (or however his names is spelled) or this:
Smooth is this:
Now, I like both types. They are both visually appealing. However, the reason I would choose the smooth design over the fuzzy one, is because it allows for more elaborate shapes than just a basic(ally slightly rounded) rod. And the sci-fi can explain why the fuzzy-type could not be bent into different shapes and why the smooth design can be.
Also, not melee-related, but some good sci-fi concept of how repairing could look, one of my favorite fan-art from the Mega Man Zero series (look at the head-piece being repaired by some...I don't know...super-duper futuristic 3D-printer):
Although, I don't see how they'd make good hammers out of energy-projections (oh, well - more fun for sword-users).
Also, melee weapons where the blade/edge would be projected would be more weight/size/space-efficient, when they'd be powered off and would only activate when used. So...
Like the fan-art I'm going to make...an unassuming, but sizable gun, can suddenly project energy-blades both on the top and below the barrel, like large, energy-bayonets, making a double-edged sword.
I'm wondering if you guys have a concept for which type of melee weapons we'd use. Physical, cold, hard steel (or whatever material)? Or...energy-projections?
And if energy-types, then which one. I differentiate between two sub-types. Fuzzy and smooth.
Fuzzy, is where the "edges" of the blade are unstable...think Kylo Ren (or however his names is spelled) or this:
Smooth is this:
Now, I like both types. They are both visually appealing. However, the reason I would choose the smooth design over the fuzzy one, is because it allows for more elaborate shapes than just a basic(ally slightly rounded) rod. And the sci-fi can explain why the fuzzy-type could not be bent into different shapes and why the smooth design can be.
Also, not melee-related, but some good sci-fi concept of how repairing could look, one of my favorite fan-art from the Mega Man Zero series (look at the head-piece being repaired by some...I don't know...super-duper futuristic 3D-printer):
Although, I don't see how they'd make good hammers out of energy-projections (oh, well - more fun for sword-users
).Also, melee weapons where the blade/edge would be projected would be more weight/size/space-efficient, when they'd be powered off and would only activate when used. So...
Like the fan-art I'm going to make...an unassuming, but sizable gun, can suddenly project energy-blades both on the top and below the barrel, like large, energy-bayonets, making a double-edged sword.
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If I actually had 3D modeling software AND more importantly skill + the patience to learn them.
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