I have suggested before having the ability to drop the Knife and 9mm. Would like to know what the rest of the KF community thinks.
Dropping Knife and 9mm
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Not saying that you have to drop it, just being able to if you want to. I play HoE 99% of the time, and as a zerker I find the Knife annoying when I hit my melee weapon key and have to cycle past the Knife, and for me, the 9mm is close to useless.
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I'd say neither, since they are an integral part of game balance. Weight is a big issue for weapons, so losing just 1 weight block creates a whole world of new loadout possibilities that would be a balance nightmare.
It might make the inventory screen a little less cluttered but in my opinion the gain is vastly outweighed by the loss
Incidently binding a button to last weapon used helps alot for weapon cycling. I use Q since I don't need the quick heal option, but if you want to keep it you can always bind quick heal to a slightly less vital key
It might make the inventory screen a little less cluttered but in my opinion the gain is vastly outweighed by the loss
Incidently binding a button to last weapon used helps alot for weapon cycling. I use Q since I don't need the quick heal option, but if you want to keep it you can always bind quick heal to a slightly less vital key
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Sure, but what I'm saying is what if you accidentally drop your knife (your only real backup weapon) and someone throws it out of the map, and you run out of ammo and have no other melee weapons?
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I'd say neither, since they are an integral part of game balance. Weight is a big issue for weapons, so losing just 1 weight block creates a whole world of new loadout possibilities that would be a balance nightmare.
It might make the inventory screen a little less cluttered but in my opinion the gain is vastly outweighed by the loss
That is a very good point.
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Wouldn't be too hard to create a punch weapon, the only issue is....matching 3rd person anims to suit.
Could be cool to have an upper cut as a secondary which can stun the enemy.
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Learning the 9mm is a key thing in this game. That gun has saved me countless times, and helped me stretch shells and rifle ammo on long end waves. Trust me, take a couple of days and really learn that weapon, it is useful even on hoE.
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I know how to use it. I just do not like it, my M8's and I simply buy and drop extra LAR's durning the trader session from about wave 5 on, this removes the ammo problem. I would rather just drop it and get it out of my inventory.
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I could have sworn they both had zero weight and that grenades added the 1 block.I'd say neither, since they are an integral part of game balance. Weight is a big issue for weapons, so losing just 1 weight block creates a whole world of new loadout possibilities that would be a balance nightmare.
It might make the inventory screen a little less cluttered but in my opinion the gain is vastly outweighed by the loss
Incidently binding a button to last weapon used helps alot for weapon cycling. I use Q since I don't need the quick heal option, but if you want to keep it you can always bind quick heal to a slightly less vital key
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On refleciton I heard that too.
I suppose being able to drop your knife and 9mm is alright, as long as you couldn't sell it AND it didn't remove that 1 weight block. Don't think there would be any harm done
So assuming this is the case I don't think I'd have any objections.
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I support this (Dropping both).
I don't like being forced to carry both of these weapons, especially if I don't need them.
It would be nice if it could free up a block of weight or two also, but that may be asking a bit much.
I don't like being forced to carry both of these weapons, especially if I don't need them.
It would be nice if it could free up a block of weight or two also, but that may be asking a bit much.
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@Jester, Surkov
Surkov's right. Knife and 9mm both weight 0 blocks so dropping them won't create any balance problems from the carry
weight perspective. The 1 block is from your frag "weapon" which you can't get rid of.
Surkov's right. Knife and 9mm both weight 0 blocks so dropping them won't create any balance problems from the carry
weight perspective. The 1 block is from your frag "weapon" which you can't get rid of.
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Why would you drop a weapon that weighs nothing and you don't use anyway? If you need it, it will be there. A 9mm and 15 mags, if that is all you have, can still bring down plenty of ZEDs, even on sui or HoE, if your aim is good. I use it constantly as support, for single or groups of smaller enemies, and to have something for long range. The 9mm is capable of hitting things in the head out as far as you can see. It will kill a crawler with 2 hs, and a clot with 2 or 3, and it only has a sliver of health after its head is gone. I have been able to blow away 4 clots with the 9mm at close range within a second or two before.
I do agree if you really don't want it, you should be able to drop or sell it for a modest amount, although it is always good to have something to fall back on. I have had many times during a heated wave where we lost a couple of teammates and I burned through my shells killing more than my fair share, ran out, and killed the last 20 or so with my 9mm.
I guess I am arguing for the last ditch weapon option. I would rather have a support or commando helping the team even a little bit with a 9mm rather than standing around because his perk weapons are empty. I am always for the one last option kind of thing, the knife and 9mm are far from godlike weapons, but with skill, they can still be used well in a pinch, or to save main weapon ammo. This is referring to non sharp 9mm of course. The sharp 9mm is still a really good weapon.
I could see wishing to get rid of them if they took up several blocks.
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I play mainly zerker, I just want them out of my inventory, making weapon cycling less cluttered.
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I carry a machete at times, what I do is bind "melee weapons" to my middle mouse button. When I need it, I tap the button, and my strongest weapon comes out first. I can see the point of not using the knife as a zerker, but the 9mm is still useful on crawlers or when your LAR is out.
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Wow i can't belive i'm the first but i would say just the knife only becuase the only time i ever use is ethier running to the trader or headshoting clots on wave 1. The 9mm is just such a lifesaver because when i first started to play this gun angered me to no end. Once i learned how to use the 9mm this gun has spared me from the jaws of defeat
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