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| 0s | uh since we're already on this side we |
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| 2s | also have some melee weapon changes uh |
| 5s | and we actually have them in two |
| 7s | different categories so the first thumb |
| 10s | would be the stamina based changes uh |
| 12s | meaning the changes were |
| 14s | based on the stamina consumption of |
| 16s | those weapons and uh yeah so one more |
| 20s | heavier pep is now possible with a few |
| 23s | uh weapons such as the heavy knife |
| 26s | and the saber |
| 28s | yes let's talk about them one after the |
| 29s | other so the heavy knife um one of the |
| 32s | balancing things that we have been |
| 34s | always trying to keep and maintain was |
| 36s | the balance between the heavy knife and |
| 37s | the regular knife and one of the things |
| 40s | that's that's um |
| 42s | we used to kind of differentiate them |
| 43s | with is that the normal knife can always |
| 45s | do four heavy attacks while the heavy |
| 47s | knife could not |
| 49s | and |
| 50s | while in general that approach was okay |
| 52s | it didn't really reflect the reality of |
| 54s | how these weapons are being used because |
| 56s | the heavy knife actually is more |
| 57s | effective against normal ei if you just |
| 58s | use a regular attack you can just easily |
| 60s | kill them with it with like um slashes |
| 62s | to like the upper toes head area uh |
| 64s | while the heavy attack is more used |
| 66s | against like like bigger threats now |
| 68s | that left you at a severe disadvantage |
| 70s | for example when you went up against |
| 71s | like a pack of hellhounds with a heavy |
| 73s | knife |
| 74s | like especially since we introduced like |
| 76s | the throwing axe which is kind of |
| 78s | overlapping a little bit with a heavy |
| 79s | knife as well |
| 80s | well takes more stamina and but you can |
| 82s | throw it like it overall felt like the |
| 84s | heavy knife is getting a lot of pressure |
| 86s | from from multiple directions now so |
| 87s | giving it one more heavy attack so |
| 90s | reducing the stamina consumption so that |
| 91s | you can do one more heavy attack |
| 93s | um felt like we're actually opening a |
| 96s | bit more room for that weapon and |
| 97s | hopefully we also see the numbers go up |
| 99s | a little bit in terms of usage with it |
| 102s | compared to how it is being played on |
| 104s | right now for the saber it's a similar |
| 106s | thing however um the saber is more about |
| 109s | like that we felt most people usually |
| 112s | bring bayonets if they want to have the |
| 113s | type of gameplay and that means you can |
| 114s | get gun you can get a gets get get the |
| 117s | step attack usually like two or so steps |
| 119s | is enough to deal with most things |
| 120s | coming your way so the dedicated saver |
| 123s | felt sometimes as if it's a little bit |
| 125s | out of place like like why sacrifice |
| 127s | that one slot that you could use for a |
| 128s | pistol just for this edit melee option |
| 130s | so at least we want to make it sure that |
| 131s | like it's a bit more worthwhile even |
| 133s | even though it wasn't probably the |
| 134s | biggest of an issue by just giving you |
| 136s | also one more heavy attack you can do |
| 138s | with it just over making the zebra a bit |
| 140s | more of a flexible choice |
| 142s | yeah i think those uh will be |
| 143s | appreciated by especially those that |
| 145s | love the heavy knife like myself so |
| 148s | great stuff but as mentioned earlier we |
| 150s | also have a different category of melee |
| 152s | weapon changes which were based on |
| 155s | damage and uh |
| 157s | this will affect the machete |
| 160s | first of all so let's talk about the |
| 161s | machete first um so the |
| 164s | um thing here is like we we didn't want |
| 166s | to do anything with stamina on this one |
| 168s | because we felt like machete already is |
| 169s | pretty economic when it comes to stamina |
| 171s | consumption specifically the regular |
| 172s | attacks you can just like kill them |
| 174s | almost like any eye coming your way |
| 175s | easily without two strikes and don't run |
| 177s | out of semi not easily so was the |
| 179s | problem and uh instead we felt like the |
| 182s | weapon is just a bit underperforming so |
| 184s | what we did is increase the heavy bass |
| 186s | heavy attack base damage slightly |
| 188s | um it's not gonna insta kill players so |
| 190s | we didn't take it that far up remember |
| 192s | some people have been with us for some |
| 194s | time and you know how the machete was in |
| 196s | past days |
| 198s | um so we didn't want to go directly back |
| 199s | to that |
| 200s | however like before it was like 110 120 |
| 203s | damage to torso now it's like 135 it |
| 205s | does the heavy bleeding stuff so it's |
| 206s | putting all more pressure on the players |
| 208s | but it also adds another change here to |
| 211s | it which is that you can now kill an |
| 214s | armored into heavy strikes so this is |
| 216s | similar to what you can do with a step |
| 218s | of a saber that kind of means that the |
| 220s | saber and the machete become a bit |
| 222s | closer just like the heavy knife and the |
| 224s | knife are biting a bit closer so it's |
| 225s | more of a style question do you want the |
| 227s | precision of the step which i think many |
| 229s | people will will agree is was like the |
| 231s | the thing that really makes the knife |
| 233s | stand out over the heavy knife for them |
| 234s | the reliability of the attack or |
| 236s | do you want uh um like in this case like |
| 239s | the option to to um |
| 241s | just to slash and hit multiple enemies |
| 243s | at the same time for example like like |
| 245s | doing heavy attacks against uh like a |
| 247s | group by fel hounds usually means you |
| 248s | can easily kill two of them at the same |
| 250s | time |
| 251s | yeah this is awesome and it really |
| 254s | reminds me of this one guy named fisk |
| 256s | who always run around the mashita so |
| 258s | hope we can see him back in the valley |
| 260s | too |
| 262s | yeah i mean it also means like so for |
| 264s | example i i i have to admit to myself i |
| 267s | haven't been using the the sickle for |
| 269s | quite a while and then what used to be |
| 270s | like a heavy knife option for example i |
| 272s | haven't used used in in i have used |
| 275s | quite a lot back then but since the |
| 276s | throwing axe came out i've not used it i |
| 279s | really like that one just because of |
| 280s | just how awesome it feels to be using |
| 282s | that signal um in in malay but i haven't |
| 285s | been doing that for a while so for me |
| 286s | for example the changes on the heavy |
| 288s | knife will definitely mean i'll i'll try |
| 289s | that one out and with the machete as |
| 291s | well i definitely want to try out a |
| 292s | couple of things with the machete more |
| 294s | because i haven't honestly been using it |
| 296s | quite a lot recently either so i think |
| 298s | it just adds a little bit more space to |
| 299s | them and rather than always going for |
| 301s | the saber which is what i did when i |
| 303s | when i chose a melee weapon i will |
| 305s | definitely go and try out the machete |
| 306s | more as well now |
| 308s | yeah that sounds really nice and but |
| 309s | dennis it was not the only thing that |
| 311s | got changed based on damage but we have |
| 313s | yeah all the talon variants |
| 316s | so the talent that's more of a more of a |
| 318s | bigger change because we are kind of re |
| 320s | re-envisioning the talent a little bit |
| 322s | so what what is the talent right now |
| 324s | let's maybe recap that so the talent |
| 326s | right now um allows you to do i think |
| 329s | roughly five or so heavy melee attacks |
| 331s | and it's a little bit more powerful than |
| 332s | a machete but it's usually not enough to |
| 334s | kill ai |
| 335s | um easily like it kind of underperforms |
| 338s | and it doesn't really do the trick for |
| 340s | for for warranty to bring it along sure |
| 342s | it's not a bad attachment to have um but |
| 344s | um |
| 346s | its role has never been really clear |
| 347s | right it tried to do like multiple |
| 349s | things like trigger mobs uh but then |
| 351s | again also like try to take on the |
| 353s | bigger enemies killing players sure that |
| 354s | was possible with it you could want to |
| 356s | kill the players but against ai was kind |
| 358s | of like luster |
| 359s | so instead of of trying to just tune a |
| 362s | little bit with it we have re-envisioned |
| 363s | a little bit what it means so |
| 365s | it now acts exactly like a strike from |
| 368s | the combat x or like the x you can find |
| 370s | in the world |
| 371s | um however it only has two heavy attacks |
| 374s | possible now that means that you can uh |
| 377s | basically bring it into a boss fight for |
| 379s | example without having to look for an |
| 381s | axe which is i think probably going to |
| 383s | be very handsome for for for if you |
| 386s | uh fight scrapbook for example who stole |
| 388s | all the all the stuff right but you can |
| 389s | only do two attacks the normal normal |
| 391s | combat x allows you to do three strikes |
| 393s | before you run out of stamina so if you |
| 396s | didn't bring a stamina shot that one |
| 398s | definitely gives you options but it is |
| 399s | kind of limited so what you do with it |
| 401s | is now you can try to prime the attack |
| 404s | which you know is very slow and |
| 405s | cumbersome so it never really leaned |
| 406s | itself very well to this like combo |
| 408s | successive strikes you to prime it you |
| 411s | you do your ambush as before it still |
| 412s | can can kill players but it does a |
| 414s | little bit more reliably now even |
| 416s | but you use that to like one strike and |
| 418s | armor to use that to to go against the |
| 420s | boss like you don't use it against |
| 421s | groups of enemies this is where you go |
| 423s | for your tool or your machete now or |
| 425s | whatever so it has a specific purpose |
| 427s | can i re-envision it a little bit to be |
| 429s | your pocket combat axe uh someone else |
| 431s | they for now the talent can break down |
| 433s | reinforce doorstone like the combat x |
| 435s | with two heavy hits |
| 437s | try it out on tessera |
| 439s | good answer it does more damage which |
| 441s | means door receives more damage |