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Quote from: † on April 14, 2008, 01:25:20 pmTo sum up my point: We had a multipage debate about toilet padding. (Putting TP in the water so you don't get splashed.)And we still don't know if dead guys can keep a stiffy.
To sum up my point: We had a multipage debate about toilet padding. (Putting TP in the water so you don't get splashed.)
Domino is right, the chainsaw is currently the sidearm used for melee. Handing that same power to the knife strips away it's usefullness, people would just ditch the saw altogether and just pick the knife.
Quote from: The Philanthropist on May 09, 2007, 03:34:22 pmDomino is right, the chainsaw is currently the sidearm used for melee. Handing that same power to the knife strips away it's usefullness, people would just ditch the saw altogether and just pick the knife.True. The knife has only shown true usefulness (up to this point) in throwing. Though, being able to throw the saw and have it do damage would be pretty badass...
All damage is location-specific. Take the Ruger 77 in normal mode, for example. A leg shot will do about 60% damage. A chest shot, about 80% damage. A head shot, almost always instant kill.
Quote from: O.R.I.O.N. on May 09, 2007, 12:42:25 pmAll damage is location-specific. Take the Ruger 77 in normal mode, for example. A leg shot will do about 60% damage. A chest shot, about 80% damage. A head shot, almost always instant kill.Um... no? The Ruger is not a one-hit kill in normal mode, so I'm sorry to say you are mistaken. Perhaps you were thinking of realistic?
And it would be nice to be able to stab in any direction. It wouldn't make the knife better than the saw in melee, due to the same reason it isn't better now, which is that the saw's attack is very very fast (until ammo runs out), while knife is just stab...stab...stab.
Quote from: -Vis- on May 11, 2007, 03:30:45 pmAnd it would be nice to be able to stab in any direction. It wouldn't make the knife better than the saw in melee, due to the same reason it isn't better now, which is that the saw's attack is very very fast (until ammo runs out), while knife is just stab...stab...stab.No one (that I can see at least) is saying it would necessarily make the knife the better choice for melee attacks and/or better than the chainsaw. The point is that it improves upon an area where the knife should be weak by giving it the 360 degree range of the saw. Then we'd have two 360 degree melee attack weapons: one which is an instant kill and can be thrown; and the other which is a two-hit kill, uses ammo, needs to reload, makes a noise to warn people nearby, and cannot be thrown for kills.