Design Chat - Melee Weapon Balance

Hey everyone,

 

We’ve heard the community feedback loud and clear that melee could use some love, so with patch 4.4 we will be making substantial buffs to melee weapons. Damage and impact values will be raised across the board, with an eye towards closing the gap between fast, light damage-focused weapons and slow, heavy control-focused weapons.

 

As a result of this change the durability of melee weapons will be consumed a little faster, and the cost to craft them has been increased. This increase is only affecting the lower-rarity materials - ore, crystal, and power cell costs are all remaining the same. The overall cost to use melee weapons is still well below the cost of crafting ammo for ranged weapons.

 

We recognize that this change alone won’t be sufficient to bring melee to parity with ranged weapons, particularly in terms of survivability and uptime. Instead, this is intended to be the first step in a series of broader changes aimed at increasing the viability of a diverse range of play styles over the long term.

 

Thanks,

 

Jason

Senior Systems Designer

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Hey everyone,

 

We’ve heard the community feedback loud and clear that melee could use some love, so with patch 4.4 we will be making substantial buffs to melee weapons. Damage and impact values will be raised across the board, with an eye towards closing the gap between fast, light damage-focused weapons and slow, heavy control-focused weapons.

 

As a result of this change the durability of melee weapons will be consumed a little faster, and the cost to craft them has been increased. This increase is only affecting the lower-rarity materials - ore, crystal, and power cell costs are all remaining the same. The overall cost to use melee weapons is still well below the cost of crafting ammo for ranged weapons.

 

We recognize that this change alone won’t be sufficient to bring melee to parity with ranged weapons, particularly in terms of survivability and uptime. Instead, this is intended to be the first step in a series of broader changes aimed at increasing the viability of a diverse range of play styles over the long term.

 

Thanks,

 

Jason

Senior Systems Designer

External link →