Because everyone can get them right away right, oh wait 2 weeks playing and i'm still stuck on default Boltguns and Heavy Bolters because RNG makes such a great competitive multiplayer game... right..
Kind of interesting point with melee TTK. Melee VS Melee can take ages. Ive had duels go on for like 20 seconds. Most of the time they end with one or both us getting shot by either team. I don't really think Melee is more powerful then ranged. Ill generally get a lot more kills with the humble bolter than most people can with a melee weapon. If I don't get 20 kills with a bolter in a game I'm doing something wrong. I'm kind of more drawn to melee characters mind you. They just look cooler : ).
Or just remove lunging altogether and make melee characters responsible for their own movement (but let them swing and move at the same time. I fail to see why that would be a problem. Lunging should have never been put into this game as the servers can't handle it with how jumpy it is to try and even shoot at.
That's cuz unlike other games there is no skill involved in this game and gear/loadouts don't really mean much and its more about who has the bigger power weapon. In games like Dark Souls or Chivalry its a mix of knowing how/when to move and also what load out you've brought with you (AND WATCHING YOUR STAMINA!!!!!). Stamina doesn't apply to melee characters in this game for some reason which was the worst decision ever made. Hence why so many people are spamming all over the place. If players had to think about their melee strikes you'd see a very different game. :3
In my opinion, it's the lunging that makes lock on for melee so necessary; you lunge so much that often, if your aim isn't perfect, you will glance off the enemy's hit box with your lunge and completely miss your attack. And sometimes even if your aim is perfect. There have been a fair few times I've just pushed against their back then glanced off while trying a strong attack. Makes for an awkward conversation where you're trying to convince the other guy that, no, you didn't just try to backstab them.
I wish I could like this more than once! This sums up the game nicely, especially the problems with ranged characters! I don't want extra armour, I don't want extra health, I don't want anything to make me more surviveable I want something to make me more lethal and to pose an actual threat to melee characters, especially from range. Buffing armour is pointless, it might mean one extra swing with a Chainsword, if that. All armour or health buffs do is delay the inevitable, dying in melee, they don't solve the problem. It also sucks that to make the bolter even vaguely effective you have to unlock several upgrades whereas melee weapons are effective right out of he box. I also don't like this idea that we should have to aim for headshots to be able to bring down an opponent reliably. Headshots should be a bonus not a necessity, otherwise the skill level we are expecting from ranged is drastically higher than the skill level we expect from melee.
The world map over the last few months contradicts all that. Just look at LSM right now. Those things (minus the autocannon) are not providing them with such a huge advantage lately. Neither did it present that much of an advantage when Orks and Elder were dominating the world map prior. Orks need a buff yes. Something in the last patch messed them up a bit too much with the changes but please take a look at the big picture before screaming nerf the other factions.
Dude... That is LOGIC! Don't bring that mess into a rant. Logic + rant never ends well. Might as well ask someone on the internet to THINK. *gasp* THE HORROR!
