You will break my hand and I will kill you with a mauser. Sounds like a plan.
have you never fucking played this game at all past level 5? god damn you noobs are annoying.
THATS EXACTLY HOW THE GAME IS. A bluesuit with a mausser and 10 LK will eventually oneshot the guy with 250 HP and brotherhood armor. melee weapons currently function like close range bullets, which is just stupid.
you want to talk realism, sure. what you gonna do with a pistol when some big ass 7 foot dude in advanced polymer plating with a super sledge gets in your face?
you gonna shoot him? lol. he's going to knock your head off. you have to shoot him before he gets there... otherwise YOU'RE dead.
a melee'er often runs to his death when charging an enemy, and the payoff is not acceptable for the insane risk of running at gun users. its STILL a game. elements of realism are required for immersion but I do believe melee weapons need a serious buff. they should be removing limbs with 75% efficiency. damage comes from bypass crits, you don't need more damage as bob has shown.