Quick melee for Javlok and Ferrox?

[Bibliothekar]

Considering Javlok and Ferrox are a somewhat unique design as staff-based primaries, I think it would be cool if they had access to staves' quick-melee (I don't even mind if it's through a special mod). I'd really like to just quickly smack an enemy with Javlok when I hit E instead of the usual spiel of "magically swap primary for melee, hit enemy, holster melee, unholster primary".

[xXDeadsinxX]

Would be cool! 

[Kalvorax]

would be nice, though how would it work if you do have a melee weapon equipped?

[BiancaRoughfin]

I believe these should count as two weapons. If a player unequipped their current Melee weapon wile having the SpearGuns equiped, it should show up on their Melee weapon slot as another weapon with its own modding.

[Bibliothekar]

5 minutes ago, xcynderx said:

though how would it work if you do have a melee weapon equipped?

It would only override quick melee. If you switch to your melee weapon, it would still use that.

[AEP8FlyBoy]

55 minutes ago, Bibliothekar said:

It would only override quick melee. If you switch to your melee weapon, it would still use that.

Sounds like a great idea to me.

[AzureTerra]

Sounds good, i always without fail try to melee something when i have a Javelok equiped and am annoyed when it doesnt work that way

[Othergrunty]

Despite being named spearguns, neither end of these guns looks like it could be well suited for melee. The front part is in both cases a gun, which don't look like they have a very sturdy structural integrity (the Ferrox in particular is mostly two energy conducting forks held together by a metal ring infront).

So you would essentialy hit enemies with the part of the weapon that is not supposed to be used to hit enemies with in an emergency. That's what the rifle butt is traditionaly used for when a bayonet isn't attached. That is also why the staffguns in Stargate have a big solid knob on one end to hit enemies with.

While the other end of the Ferrox could work as a sort of simple staff end for a quick hit, a more balanced and dedicated melee weapon would certainly be a better idea.

Finaly the other end of the Javlok is an explosive warhead! You are allready in danger of dying when throwing it at an enemy who is too close to you. Do you really want to hit enemies with it in melee? Of course you would, but you would likely get downed and that is counter productive.

These weapons are staff shaped guns first and ill suited looking for melee.

 

[Bibliothekar]

1 hour ago, Othergrunty said:

which don't look like they have a very sturdy structural integrity (the Ferrox in particular is mostly two energy conducting forks held together by a metal ring infront).

One word: Simulor.

[Rolunde]

I fake it by using Bo Prime and not having it displayed.

That's probably about the best we're going to get, unfortunately. 

Cheers.
~R~

[DrBorris]

Or have it so you can equip your Spear in the melee category, then let you mod its melee stats separately (Javlok and Ferrox would probably be staves, but I could imagine a spear polearm).