Melee Combat

[zolobolo]

Are there any plans for the melee combat to have animations, or some role within the game?

I have tried it a couple of times, but it just seemed like a TU sink, with no affect even on weak enemies. I guess it would make some sense for the soldiers to be able to fight melee, but would probably take a few good ideas to make it meaningful. I was surprised to find it in the game as it is.

It would be cool for the guys to run around with Rambo like knifes or even Katanas when out of ammo but this is probably not the plan

[StellarRat]

I believe you have to have a weapon in hand for any melee combat to work. Like a stun baton.

[crusherven]

I really loved the tactical options that melee weapons gave me in TFTD and would be thrilled to see them appear in Xenonauts. Currently we have the stun baton, and that's it AFAIK. Some sort of high-level powerful blade would be awesome.

[Akrakorn]

Maybe a combination of a smaller assault shield and an alien-based melee weapon would be a good idea.

[Sathra]

The plan is just to whack alien with the butt of the various guns. I think its intended to do stun damage, but much less TU efficient that using a stun baton.

[zolobolo]

The plan is just to whack alien with the butt of the various guns. I think its intended to do stun damage, but much less TU efficient that using a stun baton.

Hi Sathra, didn't notice the animation for this. should that already be available or is something that is still in the pipe? Did you manage to stun any aliens via this method?

[Sathra]

I don't think its in yet.