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[Dastard]

I don't think that running out of clips is nearly as much of a problem in 2.0. The starting melee weapon is loads better than in 1.0.

Blubber, a flamethrower is a bad weapon for a zombie game. Zeds don't feel pain. If you want a nice AOE weapon, try the LAW.

Maybe, since the knife is now the default melee, there could be a hand scythe as a step up between the knife and the bat? Decent damage, but you have to be really close. If not a hand scythe, maybe one of those hand sledge hammers?

[Dr. Macon Dead]

Cause the only thing better than a zombie running after you is a flaming zombie running after you . If you've ever cooked a hot dog on an open flame you know that it takes meat a long time to burn all the way through. A zombie, immune to pain, probably wouldn't mind being set on fire, and the fire wouldn't burn him badly enough to immobilize him for at least a few minutes, at which point he'd have eaten you.

Anyway I figured when surrounded by zombies many players might panic, shooting more with less accuracy. Plus, the weapons dealer is only out between waves, so even a careful player could run out of ammo at an inconvenient time if he/she was stuck on the other side of the map. Honestly this will probably be a pretty rarely used feature, but it could mean the difference between life and death in dire circumstances.
Of course its my idea, so I'm likely a bit biased.
Edit: Good point Dastard, I forgot about the random drops. That does limit the use to those of us that tend to go a bit overboard on the ammo front in a tight spot. I'd still feel a little better knowing I could throw a clip to my ally or vice versa, but it might not be useful in enough situations to bother coding in.

[Dastard]

There's also the fact that there are weapons lying around all willy nilly. If you're playing with enough people that you can't manage to get your hands on a ground score, then you should have no problem staying alive for the next wave.

[blubber]

sorry about my flamer idea

[Dastard]

I can understand why it would seem "cool" to have a flamer, but you've gotta think more with logic. Zeds are noticeably damp. Thus, they would have a hard time staying aflame.

How about an ice axe for a melee weapon?

[ian]

that would be a neat weapon but wouldnt it just replace the axe what we have now?

[Dastard]

Handheld. Not full size ice axe. It'd be between knife and bat.

[Abyx]

I'd think a penetrating weapon would be more effective than a blunt melee weapon.

[Dastard]

Depends on weight/strength ratio. Since zeds are naturally decomposing, they fall apart easy, so it's not inconcievable that a blunt strike that is hard enough wouldn't do some damage. A piercing attack is mostly localized damage, so it wouldn't have as much of an effect. A slashing attack would be the least useful, unless your strength enables you to slash deep enough into the zed as to damage internal musculature, bone structure, and ligaments.

[blubber]

how about a ...... nade launcher to replace nades ? like a m203

[Dr. Macon Dead]

A grenade launcher wouldn't be very useful, as we have the LAW for direct explosions and throwing the grenades works just as well for a timed detonation. In fact, now that we can just push a button to throw a grenade it would actually be less useful, as we'd have to switch to the launcher and couldn't shoot normal guns in between grenades. Also, it would weigh a lot more than just lugging the grenades around.
As it stands right now I can't see any reason why there'd be a grenade launcher.

[Dastard]

Blubber, have you even played this game? Jeebus, think before you type. The LAW is an RPG Launcher. Rocket propelled grenade launcher.

Gah, I gotta step away from the internet before my brain knocks itself out in self defense. T_T

[Doyora]

How about some kind of shoving attack, like say a kick, that knocks the zeds back a bit, so you can escape if you get surrounded (or push the zeds of a ledge for fall damage).

PS: If you are looking for flaming zombies, I made a glitchy one and put it in the furnace in KF-Wasteyard. Just shoot off the door, and it should walk out. ;D

[Abyx]

dastard said:

Blubber, have you even played this game? Jeebus, think before you type. The LAW is an RPG Launcher. Rocket propelled grenade launcher.

Uhm... no?

RPG launchers are specifically called, RPG-(number here), they're Russian and as far as I know, they aren't used by the British Armed forces.

The LAW in game, as all LAWs that I'm aware of, shoot litterally, rockets.

[Dastard]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_propelled_grenade

Technically, the LAW is an RPG launcher. The rocket is the propulsion system; rockets in and of themselves are not weapons.