Melee 2.0 Is Broken Within A Pvp Setting

[Auramaru]

Note: I only have experience in Conclave, not Dark Sectors... So everything I talk about is sort of coming from a conclavers perspective.

 

So I was pretty pumped about the Kronen having an amazing spin attack damage, and I thought it would allow for a slight shift in the pvp "meta" (from copterring to damage).  However, it's pretty clear after doing a lot of practice and testing that this is not the case.  Damage will never have and advantage over copterring when it comes to melee.

 

I can have a Kronen that one-shots people, but it doesn't matter if someone has Dual Zoren or Dual Kamas that do not as near as much damage, but stun-lock someone, allowing an opening for a shot for them to take while you can't move.

 

This is also problematic because while I complain about copterring being OP, the truth is that if you took copterring away, the dual zorens and kamas would have NOTHING else going for them.  

 

On the flip-side, if you were to buff their damage to match the kronen, the kronen would have nothing else going for it.

 

And if you were to buff the dual X weapons to have the damage of the kronen, and then removed their copterring, then we would have no variation within the weapons.

 

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Copterring is invaluable in the fact that you can stunlock players and get kills.  But to make a melee meta around it, allows for very little variation.  The same effect goes into place no matter what. 

 

My point is that PVP doesn't allow for a variety of choices of melee weapons at high-level play.  

 

Some might disagree or agree, but that's my bit of "feedback", nothing else.

Edited September 2, 2014 by Auramau