Melee 2.0 & Vertical Strikes

[PsychedelicSnake]

Note: I'm not going to pretend this is the GREATEST IDEA EVAR!!!!11!!1! In fact, it's probably not all that great, but I thought it would be interesting nonetheless.

 

Two things are completely absent from Melee 2.0. Vertical striking (being able to hit targets above or below you) and Holding the Melee Button to perform an attack (I'm talking as a mechanic, not charge attacks).

 

So I figured, why not add them together? How about holding the Melee Button results in a vertical strike, or uppercut with the equipped melee weapon. It would start from the bottom, allowing the player to hit a target below them, then swing upwards, allowing the player to hit a target above them. The ability to send enemies airborne may also be worked in, which may help add at least some CC to many melee weapons.

 

A simple idea, and probably not the most well thought out, but I felt I should type it all down before I forgot about it.

[Drunken_Child]

Hmm easy yet effective I like it.

[Caernarvon]

Sounds good.

[LordMidnightX]

I would love to have some kind of directional control.

 

like being able to do a leg sweep with kogake

 

or at least something to hit crawlers better

[Xandis]

Definitely would be nice, might finally be able to take out those pesky Grineer Sensor Bars during a melee only run.

[VKhaun]

Have holding the button charge for a static 1sec, unchanged by any speed factors. Then swing at the crosshair? Kind of like going off a wall.

Edited May 21, 2014 by VKhaun

[(PSN)SpiderRoll]

Adding new strikes and attack keys could be a nice way to expand on what they've started with Melee 2.0.  Charge/hold could be used for some types of attacks, but I've also heard people mention the reload key as another option, since that button is unused in melee mode.  Doing both options open things up even more!  (melee attack, alt melee attack, hold melee attack, hold alt melee attack)

[PsychedelicSnake]

Adding new strikes and attack keys could be a nice way to expand on what they've started with Melee 2.0.  Charge/hold could be used for some types of attacks, but I've also heard people mention the reload key as another option, since that button is unused in melee mode.  Doing both options open things up even more!  (melee attack, alt melee attack, hold melee attack, hold alt melee attack)

I've been thinking on what I can do with the Reload Button lately, but so far haven't come up with anything.

[Syzodia]

No.

 

Aerial melee combat is what we need.

[(PSN)SpiderRoll]

I've been thinking on what I can do with the Reload Button lately, but so far haven't come up with anything.

 

Well, if we don't use melee key and reload key as normal swing and alt swing, we still don't have a throw button.  Now everyone can suplex Zanuka!  (bolo tie sold separately on the market, for 50 platinum)

[UltimateNinjaWarrior]

Would be nice to move your mouse while holding to decide where you will attack but........

[PsychedelicSnake]

No.

 

Aerial melee combat is what we need.

Can you specify what you mean by Aerial Melee combat for people like me that have absolutely no idea what you are talking about?

[(PSN)SpiderRoll]

No.

 

Aerial melee combat is what we need.

Can you specify what you mean by Aerial Melee combat for people like me that have absolutely no idea what you are talking about?

To me, it sounds like this kind of thing.

 

[PsychedelicSnake]

To me, it sounds like this kind of thing.

If that is what he/she meant, then all I have to say is nooooooooooooo. Wirefighting is cool, but it really doesn't fit with Warframe ,in my opinion.

[Syzodia]

To me, it sounds like this kind of thing.

 

lolwut, not exactly.

 

Just basic stuff like using regular melee attacks and combos airbourne.

Currently it's only coptering, wall attacks and the leap attack (jump slam). Nothing that can be comboed in the air.

[Eirshy]

Would also help if Orokin Shield Drones weren't straight immune to melee. As in their hitboxes don't register for melee attacks.

[(PSN)SpiderRoll]

Would also help if Orokin Shield Drones weren't straight immune to melee. As in their hitboxes don't register for melee attacks.

There's some good news on that, at least.  Megan posted in the Orokin Shield Drone Unaffected By Melee thread and mentioned that QA is going to work on it.

[Eirshy]

There's some good news on that, at least.  Megan posted in the Orokin Shield Drone Unaffected By Melee thread and mentioned that QA is going to work on it.

 

Cool, hopefully it'll make them shootable by my Lanka again, too.

 

Then the only thing that refuses to notice my Lanka will be Lephantis. And they might even accidentally fix that, too, when they fix the OSD Melee glitch (as a programmer myself, that is how debugging works... fix one thing, you either create 20 new bugs or you fix 20 other bugs... it's about a 10% chance that what you fix only effects just itself).

Edited May 21, 2014 by TheBlueJelly

[Kirby47]

To add to this, maybe holding E in mid-air will do a vertical slash in the air.