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[stefan1]

Hi all,

Very new to FOnline - just a question.....in your opinions (Vets only) whats the best way to go ranged or melee?

[Who Killed Bambi]

fonline is great game, just pick weapon

here is my own opinion, that can suit reality, suit other people opinion or not

as observer i see that melee against high end npc (i mean animals high exp creatures ...-1+k exp) for power leveling is same like ranged.
for kill alot npc with ranged guns is more easy with ranged gun, at least looks like 1 guy with ripper can fight them all, but it just looks more hard then kill with ranged gun.
ranged in pvp - most used way to kill players in wasteland.
melee to kill npc work good, at least for me.
ranged for kill npc work same.
actually all weapon here is balanced.
i mean knife at low lvl works good at low lvl npc(same with high lvl simple knife is not so bad, but ripper is best).
2nd weapon tier melee weapons - very good at low lvl npc at low lvl , good/not bad at all for mid lvl and same for other levels.

same with ranged.

anyway, tb fight in fonline is easy/hard like in fo2.

so anyway, i m telling about my observation

[OskaRus]

If you do not understand what bambi says dont be sad, nobody does.

About your question of melee in fonline this manual should explain it:

[stefan1]

cool, tx man appraciate the input.

[Rain]

Oh,at the actual state of things,ranged is damn way better...But,before suggesting,i need to know what kind of gaeplay style are you adopting.Example:You are a loner willing to start from scratch and you do not know the game..?HTH is best,if you die you lose only your armor,you accumulate all of your loot,and you are unstoppable in most of PVE with a decent build.You already have quite a good faction on your back,or you have good knowledge of game mechanics..?Then ranged is your best choice.


If you meet a Rain Guy around,i will be glad to be your mentor.

[Evan]

Your melee char will die a lot to people with guns. But if you are a lone beginner, it has some merits. As you noticed, in this game, you die a lot. A HtH char doesn't need guns and ammunition, knives can be easily made and found, and even stacking a few rippers isn't that hard.

So if you want to see a lot of dead players, melee isn't the best. If you wanna ensure you lose less than others in combat, it's a good approach. You can do your stuff, learn the ropes without the constant need of making your tools for it. And you'll end up with a cool miner character and experience to proceed from there.

[Slaver Snipe]

Thanks Oska, I was going to post a very similar response, but as it is Ranged is usually superior since without 3d the only way a melee/hth player can kill someone is with high burst/critical damage otherwise their enemy can simply run to the exit grid at the same speed.  When 3d comes that will probably change with speed increasing with higher melee/hth skill and some perks (at least i hope so)