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[Observations From A Veteran Player.]

I think that the weapons are great as they are. There's very few weapons that amount to nothing but they are good for starters. I don't want every weapon to be viable in the endgame but I do want more warframes to be able to survive in the void. Ember is awesome but useless in endless defense and survival which is pretty sad.

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[Machete Needs A Buff]

Small buff *and a completely different moveset*

Well, I try to be modest when I propose changes, I don't want to beg the developers to make new animations for a weapon with limited availability.

[Machete Needs A Buff]

Ok, I'm just going to say it out loud:

 

Please state in what part of the game you are trying to take the Machete into and not getting the results you are after, and also explain what are actually those results.

 

I'm not being a $&*^ here, but there's already a TON of melee weapons, and now practically EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE GAME will have a Machete, and if you make this one even 1% more combat efficient - and I'm looking at you, you min-max'ing freaks - then say, other fun looking stuff in the market, a lot of people might not get those instead.

 

I would carry different melee weapons in combat purely on the fact of them having interesting mechanics over damage. I hate having balances around damage, I find it a cop-out to acquiesce to player demand for damage balance when we can just have different weapons do fun stuff.

 

Look at how many mechanics just the Drakgoon has in ONE gun.

 

You could just add a tweak that allows the Machete to say, strike up to 3-5 targets only when used against Infected for example. It would be a unique mechanic, not add greatly to damage potential, but very useful for starting players dealing with starting Infested missions.

If you read my post thoroughly I clearly state that I at most wish it to be a mediocre weapon or at the least not be worse than a weapon you obtain by starting a fresh profile.

Machete lacks a privilege that most if not all other melee weapons posses, to be modular. No matter what mods you give it, no matter which Warframe you synergyze it with or what strategy you use, It will never outperform anything. Every melee weapon in the game is a step above another one or posess a quirk that makes it unique, except for the Machete. This is what annoys me.

The role of weakest melee weapon should belong to the Skana, because it is supposed to encourage players to better their arsenal. It is also the only melee weapon that require no effort, time and resources to obtain. If I have to grind for rare resources in order to build a weapon that looks like it can carve a tank I expect it to be atleast be able to perform better,

[Machete Needs A Buff]

This is what we've been telling you guys since it was removed. It is bad. You should have listened to us.

I knew it was bad, but the problem is that retiring it was unnecessary when a small buff would've made it worthwile to obtain other than for mastery grinding.

[Machete Needs A Buff]

because you wanted to? otherwise don't? 

I understand that line of thinking, I often use what most people call worthless weapons because they're fun to use. I play games for enjoyment and I have no doubt I will enjoy the little fun I can get out of the Machete.

 My problem is that is a huge waste of a cool weapon here. I mean, the Dera used to only do 7 damage per shot but instead of removing it they simply buffed its damage.

[Machete Needs A Buff]

Of course it is man, I just said this because vets were seeing this weapon come back and were like :

 

 

It wasn't a high tier.The stats were really average,etc...

I see, sorry if I sounded hostile.

[Machete Needs A Buff]

This thread... We expected it... :p

Well, it's a reasonable request, why would you spend time and resources (or plat in some cases) for a weapon that is overshadowed by the butterknife you start with?

[Machete Needs A Buff]

The machete, a weapon I desired to own for a long time has finally landed in my lap, courtesy of Lotus. What I discovered is that it is really... bad.

 

There seems to be nearly no reason for using it over Skana except for it looking dope as Hek. A buff is really needed, weapons have been buffed before for similar reasons.

 

It doesn't even have to be a +1 Infinity item, it just have to posses decent viability and some sort of utility (higher Crit Chance/Status Chance maybe).

 

A decent buff could maybe place it to a similar level as the Heat Sword or the Ether Sword. Anywhere but rock bottom, that is Skanas' domain.

 

What are your thoughts on the matter?