Possiblility of getting melee weapons?

[Digital Soulja]

Yeah I know this a shooter but Mass Effect 3 multiplayer had characters with swords as well as guns and they were really cool. It didn't break the game or anything.

Would be awesome to see your character with a kick-*** samurai sword on their back. Could be equipped as a secondary weapon or just pulled out when you melee attack like in ME3. Maybe in future DLC?

Just picture it, wearing something like the 'corporate operative' outfit with the 'collective predator' helmet with a sweet sword strapped to your back, you could be like an awesome cyber ninja.

Would mean creating new animations and code obviously but it's do-able right?

Any thoughts?

[Digital Soulja]

aah what, I can't even say ***? That is bull-****!

lol

[Arsenic_Touch]

Irisa uses knives, so there better at least be knives in there eventually.

[Jardian]

Its already been said no. This is a Shooter and a MMO. Mass 3 is not.

[Archangel]

There are melee specific weapons that you can use during scripted dungeons or missions.

There are no permanent melee weapons you can carry 24/7 yet, but this is a MMO and a living game. The possibilities are endless.

[Synder]

Theres a reason there is a old saying.. "Dont bring a knife to a GUN fight!" Besides it has alredy been confirmed that NO such permanet weapon types will be part of Defiance. This is a pure shooter, ME3 was not.

[Digital Soulja]

I've only started coming on the forum recently so if this has already been discussed loads I apologise. Was it actually the developers that said "no, absolutely not, don't be so stupid, this is a shooter MMO god damn it!" ? I mean is there actually a reason why you couldn't use a sword when you melee, if say, it didn't do THAT much more damage than a regular melee attack?

[ironhands]

yeah there's that power fist/shield thingy, that's pretty much melee exclusive. IIRC there are some guns that deal additional damage when used as a melee weapon, but I wouldn't expect pure melee weapons

[Jardian]

Yes it was the devs and yes it was said because this is a shooter not some hybrid. And the reason being is because they dont wish to.

[Travie]

Some weapons have melee modifiers, probably the closest we'll get