De Save The Heavy Melee Weapons

[Deidaku]

They're waaaay to inferior to lighter weapons now.

 

Maybe it's just me  but there is litterally no incentive for me to pick up  my galatine ( I keep it as a trophy) 

I used it in Derelict survival and it's way too slow. the stance I used , Rending crane I think. is too slow even with attack speed mods ,My Nikana , Hate or even Kogake woud have done a better job.

 

There needs to be a way to compensate for their slowness.

 

Maybe 100% stagger chance , Guard breaking attacks ,(more of them) ,  I don't know something that makes them feel heavy again.

[-SLX-J3tAc3]

Makes great sense to me, Deidaku.

[White_Raven]

Galatine works best with Cleaving Whirlwind, why would you use Rending Crane on it anyway?

 

Edit: On topic, yes i do think they need to do something with most of the heavy melee weapons.

Edited June 26, 2014 by White_Raven

[Kthal]

Ironically, Cleaving Whirlwind is one of the faster stances. If you throw Fury and Berserker on there it makes for a great crowd control weapon.

[Liminal]

They should deal a lot more damage. Light weapons can get several hits in the time it takes me to swing my Scindo. I regret not ranking it up before melee 2.0.

[Deidaku]

Galatine works best with Cleaving Whirlwind, why would you use Rending Crane on it anyway?

 

Edit: On topic, yes i do think they need to do something with most of the heavy melee weapons.

Because it's the only stance for galatine that I managed to get!

 

And I tried crushing ruin on my Kittag.;

 

Worthless -_-

[Noxonion]

Say that to Scoliac.

[NevanChambers]

Galatine works best with Cleaving Whirlwind, why would you use Rending Crane on it anyway?

Edit: On topic, yes i do think they need to do something with most of the heavy melee weapons.

May not have cleaving whirlwind.

Edit: Tennoed

Edited June 26, 2014 by NevanChambers

[(PSN)Budukai_Man]

But...but...I like spinning around with the galatine. The dizzy part is the funniest bit on a rhino. All infested do is run into the meat grinder.

[White_Raven]

Yea, maybe Cleaving Whirlwind fall in my hand too easily so that i didn't realize how rare it is.

[TheCometCE]

yeah right now only the Galatine with CW and Jat Kittag's Tenno Space Program jump attacks are worth using when it comes to heavy weapons, they really need to get wider movesets and some gap closers to compensate, maybe a little damage buff to incentivize using them.

 

I'm getting a laugh to myself as I remember way back when you used either a longsword or the Scindo/Fragor, and the heavies won out every time :P

[(PSN)Budukai_Man]

I just miss the sound the Galatine made when you charged it at an Ancient...shear bliss.

[(PSN)Pengu_Imperialus]

Because it's the only stance for galatine that I managed to get!

 

And I tried crushing ruin on my Kittag.;

 

Worthless -_-

dude I love crushing ruin on the Jat. A ground slam knock everything around you flat and the double spin combo is just fun to watch. Also I have smash several enemies out into the sky box which is just beautiful.

[Tali]

well heavy melee weapons will get a buff at some point

[V0LK]

Agreed. Heavy melee are just too slow and inferior to light "E"-mashers. Enemies just walk out of range of short reached weapons half of the time.

 

Bringing back charged attacks for heavy melee would be brilliant. But then again, DE is allergic to fun.

[(PSN)Pengu_Imperialus]

Agreed. Heavy melee are just too slow and inferior to light "E"-mashers. Enemies just walk out of range of short reached weapons half of the time.

 

Bringing back charged attacks for heavy melee would be brilliant. But then again, DE is allergic to fun.

I think your just doing it wrong :). I never liked the Galatine so I can't speak for it but I love my Jat.

[WhisperByte]

why would you use Rending Crane on it anyway?

Because DEvs are competent and surely made both stances worth using? Or did they?

 

well heavy melee weapons will get a buff at some point

"At some point" aka "in 3 months"

[Randomguy22]

Dat Orthos... mmmmm. It slices, it dices, and its heavy!

[V0LK]

I think your just doing it wrong :). I never liked the Galatine so I can't speak for it but I love my Jat.

 

Yes, I definitely do something wrong. Must be something wrong with the way I mash "E" button. It's such a complex task, no wonder  I could miss some important technique.

Edited June 26, 2014 by V0LK

[(PSN)Pengu_Imperialus]

Yes, I definitely do something wrong. Must be something wrong with the way I mash "E" button. It's such a complex task, no wonder  I could miss some important technique.

Have you actually tried using the combos? Especially with the Jat. The charge attack is part of the combo now. Double thruster spins with the jet powered hammer.

[Tulzscha]

Moved to the proper section.

[Deidaku]

Dat Orthos... mmmmm. It slices, it dices, and its heavy!

orthos isn't really considered as "heavy" , Galatine , scindo , Jat Kittah , Magistar and Fragor. those are heavy

[Ignaesia]

I dunno, Jat Kittag is my favourite melee weapon with both stances. It's alot of fun.

 

I agree the DPS output is lacking compared to stuff like Dakra Prime. But then again I go by the mantra that melee isn't for "serious" DPS anyway. So I prefer the utility of the Jat Kittag slam and Scoliac coptering etc anyway

Edited June 26, 2014 by Ignaesia

[Deidaku]

I dunno, Jat Kittag is my favourite melee weapon with both stances. It's alot of fun.

 

I agree the DPS output is lacking compared to stuff like Dakra Prime. But then again I go by the mantra that melee isn't for "serious" DPS anyway. So I prefer the utility of the Jat Kittag slam and Scoliac coptering etc anyway

I have to disagree  on the melee isn't for serious DPS.

 

With good builds and timing and enough mobs you can destroy a group of enemies faster than if you had a gun. ( believe me I tested) Works mostly with Excal , Nyx n Volt and Rhino.

[Deidaku]

Have you actually tried using the combos? Especially with the Jat. The charge attack is part of the combo now. Double thruster spins with the jet powered hammer.

it's still too slow.

 

the charge attack was way more efficient.