Why is the game so anti melee???

Originally posted by Halcyon:

Originally posted by Midas: You picked the heaviest, slowest, highest stamina-consumption weapon in the game to complain about stamina consumption? When there are REAL melee problems like the ridiculous hitboxes, reach, and zombie animations that don't line up with what they're doing?

You missed the point so let me try again, you can use guns and kill Hundreds of zombies with no stam but cant swing a hammer more than 4 times? Its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

It’s a controversial design, but actually, if you’re scoped then ranged weapons do drain stamina. I played a long time with a perception character build (sniper rifles and spears), and you can get winded if you’re not paying attention.

Have you tried regular attacks instead of power attacks to see if they get the job done? Staying full, hydrated, and caffeinated? Unlocking any skills that help? Using traps & other blocks to give yourself a breather? Eating foods with a temporary max stamina bonus, or even just leveling up for permanently higher max stamina? I feel like managing stamina is a pretty mature, robust system at this point, with lots of possible strategies to help.