Miter - Should It Be A Melee Weapon?

[Penghaw]

To be honest, as a ranged weapon I don't see Miter's usefulness anywhere. It needs to be charged to be effective, but most bows outperform it. It can be spammed but most rifles outperform it. So what should we do with it?

I think it should be made a melee in a similar fashion with Glaive. So you can normal attack with it but the charged attack will be the chainsaw gun. Obviously the charged shot will pierce enemies and still bounce after certain enemies have been cut through.

 

Thoughts?

[Eisen]

"With the talk of 3 new infested weapons coming in U10 we can only wonder when the Miter fell through the cracks. Why doesn’t the Miter rip through a whole horde of Infested instead of just one at a time? Why does it use sniper ammo but not sniper mods? The charge doesn't increase damage? Why doesn’t the blade bounce in different directions and hit other enemies? You name it, we’ve heard it! The Miter will soon be getting its finally deserved adjustments, check out our latest video for the Miter! 

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so, no.

[Karma_Ghost]

The Miter is a mechanical device. All the tenno does is pull a trigger. For it to make sense as a melee weapon, the launcher itself would have to be removed.

[Lady_Khaos]

You apparently didn't see the awesome buff that it got. No, it isn't as good as other weapons, because no other weapon does what it does. It isn't supposed to be a bow or assault rifle. It is there for fun, and it definitely succeeds in that aspect.

[Phoenix86]

Maybe an increase in projectile's speed could help... but i dont see the Miter as a melee weapon sorry

[VScipii26]

Or the Grineer Sawmen could get their saw hands back, and we could have that.

[GottFaust]

To be honest, as a ranged weapon I don't see Miter's usefulness anywhere. It needs to be charged to be effective, but most bows outperform it. It can be spammed but most rifles outperform it. So what should we do with it?

I think it should be made a melee in a similar fashion with Glaive. So you can normal attack with it but the charged attack will be the chainsaw gun. Obviously the charged shot will pierce enemies and still bounce after certain enemies have been cut through.

 

Thoughts?

Actually, it has significantly higher DPS than all of the bows (even Paris prime), serrated blade damage (by far the best in the game), and unlimited enemy piercing. It's quite good, probably top-tier.