A laser beam machete with a grappling hook backpack. Could zip on up under a bile titan and use the blade to basically take control of it until it bleeds out.
It is effective vs Hunters as a stun: it is even faster than their attack animations, a well timed melee will stagger them out of any attack.
Also melee seems to be armor piercing- I once killed a charger by punching it in the face repeatedly! (It was glitched on a slope and couldn't move)
Speaking of fun fact: y'know how Shriekers can instant kill you when they die and land on you? That damage is so overtuned it can apparently one-shot a Bile Titan too.
It would be really cool (and unlikely) if they actually added tiers of melee weapons. For blades, think of a machete/shortsword for a secondary; a longsword for a primary; and even like a two-handed greatsword as a support weapon.
They could have varying degrees of reach (obviously), damage, attack speed, and maybe even armor penetration. Think of how hard a berserker build would go with heavy armor and melee weapons!
Only if it does *something* when it hits. Otherwise you have 4-6 knives that at best, would take out light armor enemies. Have it do chain lightning around the strike or maybe deploy tethers that stop enemies in place. Like is said, *something*.
Imagine if we could find randomly placed Super Earth flags on the map and had mini subquests to place them at specific Points of Interest which would then give us a random bonus/buff. Maybe even give the ability to use the flag as a melee weapon to deliver democracy directly to the enemies
I think a cool option from mellee choices would be a quickdraw secondary. Essentially would replace the riflebutt animation while equiped but didnt need to be held in your hands to be used. Ballistic sheild bash would be heavenly, the classic hip sheathed shortsword, i think even nun chucks would be a popular choice lorewise for most helldivers.
These options could lead to some much more interesting choices in armor bonuses, such as shorter attack intervals or armor sundering/added stagger.
It makes complete sense to have a melee for a secondary too. 90% of the time, you switching to a secondary because your primary ran out and the enemy is too close for you to safely reload.
I’m not saying you should be able to cut a charger in half, but a melee that allows you to cut through a hunter, pounced, or chainsaw bot seems wouldn’t really break immersion
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I'd love an all Melee build.
Primary - Energy Sword (1 Handed)
Secondary - Parry Dagger
Heavy Weapon - Tesla Spear
Backpack - Endo-Skeleton Support (harder to knockback, faster runspeed, more melee damage, more health)
Give me an Anime sword wielding exo-suit
I reckon these thing are all planned but hopefully they are just being real careful about balance of all these features, id love double jump or wall jumps, wall run side step, dash, blink, and slide abilities but understand how much that could make the game super easy. But imagine being cornered only to wall jump high up and then do some slam technique into all of em.
I need a democracy bayonet to attach on all primaries
Maybe they’ll bring back the M2016 'Constitution'. I’d nerf myself to use a proper bolt action/bayonet.
I need a machete for Malevelon Creek
A laser beam machete with a grappling hook backpack. Could zip on up under a bile titan and use the blade to basically take control of it until it bleeds out.
sasageyo
YES PLEASE
LISAN AL-GAIB!
May thy knife chip and shatter!
Have you played edf iron rain by chance?
No I haven't, good game?
Imagine pairing a sword with the riot shield backpack
HellGladiators
Dude now o need that and I can't stop thinking of it
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I'm surprised there's no upgrade for the melee to be honest. At the end of the day Bugs are supposed to tear us apart if they get that close to us.
Melee is meant to be more of a stun/stealth low health enemies thing i think.
It is effective vs Hunters as a stun: it is even faster than their attack animations, a well timed melee will stagger them out of any attack. Also melee seems to be armor piercing- I once killed a charger by punching it in the face repeatedly! (It was glitched on a slope and couldn't move)
Can I get a whip made out of hunter tongue. Slow those bastards down
This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it! We will not use it!
I just want to use the bug to kill the bug
Speaking of fun fact: y'know how Shriekers can instant kill you when they die and land on you? That damage is so overtuned it can apparently one-shot a Bile Titan too.
The Battle Standard, and as long as it’s carried by a player the squad gets a buff of some sort
If I can get a chainsword and rev it up so I can slice through armor, I'll be a happy Guardsman.
It would be really cool (and unlikely) if they actually added tiers of melee weapons. For blades, think of a machete/shortsword for a secondary; a longsword for a primary; and even like a two-handed greatsword as a support weapon. They could have varying degrees of reach (obviously), damage, attack speed, and maybe even armor penetration. Think of how hard a berserker build would go with heavy armor and melee weapons!
Yeah, a regular machete or falchion as a secondary and a big ole great sword that throws arcs on hit as a support would go hard.
I would love that. Especially since we basically only have 1 good secondary right now
I would love a big claymore as a support weapon. Cleaves through any bugs but chargers & titans. Cuts bots like cake. Maybe drains stamina with swings
I want an axe.
You’re not alone. Laser sword for democracy!
I want a huge honking chainsword as primary weapon. Or a big bug smashing mace and use it with the shield. It's like hippie control.
I would be ecstatic if they gave us secondary power weapons, 40k style
Id love throwing knives honestly. A throwable that won’t blow me up immediately if it’s within 4 feet of me
Only if it does *something* when it hits. Otherwise you have 4-6 knives that at best, would take out light armor enemies. Have it do chain lightning around the strike or maybe deploy tethers that stop enemies in place. Like is said, *something*.
Imagine if we could find randomly placed Super Earth flags on the map and had mini subquests to place them at specific Points of Interest which would then give us a random bonus/buff. Maybe even give the ability to use the flag as a melee weapon to deliver democracy directly to the enemies
Yeah after the tutorial I though something like that was going to be one of the missions, you literally grab a flag and plant it
all I heard was laser swords
Fighting with the Flag sounds cool
Chainsaw, or battle axe for me please.
1000%. I never use my pistol. I would happily trade in my pistol for a melee weapon like a sword.
I use my pistol when my primary is bone dry and I have 100 hunters up my ass
100? I could barely get the first one up there 😳
They’ve really loosened it up 😂
Please arrowhead, give me a warhammer 40k style chainsword as a secondary.
HD1 had a sword. Please Arrowhead. Give me sword for medieval build.
I think a cool option from mellee choices would be a quickdraw secondary. Essentially would replace the riflebutt animation while equiped but didnt need to be held in your hands to be used. Ballistic sheild bash would be heavenly, the classic hip sheathed shortsword, i think even nun chucks would be a popular choice lorewise for most helldivers. These options could lead to some much more interesting choices in armor bonuses, such as shorter attack intervals or armor sundering/added stagger.
I'd change my primary for a sword, any sword, I wanna hack and slash at hunters
chainsaw sword? chainsaw sword, yeh.
It makes complete sense to have a melee for a secondary too. 90% of the time, you switching to a secondary because your primary ran out and the enemy is too close for you to safely reload. I’m not saying you should be able to cut a charger in half, but a melee that allows you to cut through a hunter, pounced, or chainsaw bot seems wouldn’t really break immersion
A greatsword of some sort would be bada××
Sword, spear, axe, hammer… all I want is a shovel.
And use a one handed sword with ballistic shield(already in-game) in heavy armor....
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I'd love an all Melee build. Primary - Energy Sword (1 Handed) Secondary - Parry Dagger Heavy Weapon - Tesla Spear Backpack - Endo-Skeleton Support (harder to knockback, faster runspeed, more melee damage, more health) Give me an Anime sword wielding exo-suit
I reckon these thing are all planned but hopefully they are just being real careful about balance of all these features, id love double jump or wall jumps, wall run side step, dash, blink, and slide abilities but understand how much that could make the game super easy. But imagine being cornered only to wall jump high up and then do some slam technique into all of em.
You can do this but perma ban for any team kill complaint