Submitted 1 year ago by JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Am I better off carrying one melee weapon or investing in stagger resistance perks to fight off melee attackers? As it stands, I often have to either shoot melee attackers before they reach me or beat them back with a Va’Ruun Painblade because they probably won’t give me enough time to reload my shotgun.
Okay, another option has come to my attention: I could start actually investing in combat-tree skills enough to go for Rapid Reloading.
Boost and Boost Assault can be good too. Take off as they approach, and with a bit of luck knock them down and set them on fire on the way up. Then slow time in mid air and shoot them from on high.
Failing that, get some Duelling skill and put that Painblade to proper use. I’m usually the one charging the enemy :)
Just invest a little bit to make the quick melee attack with your gun do good damage. When you’re rushed, give 'em a smack to stun ‘em, then blow their freakin’ head off.
variants@possumpat.io 1 year ago
You could carry a secondary faster shooting gun and just quick swap to it and light them up and hope they stagger once they are getting close instead of reloading the shotty
JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, now that I think about it, I do carry a couple pistols and rifles on my hotbar, AND another shotgun, and one microgun. Any number of which could still be loaded.
…Yeah, at this point, I may just put the painblade away and either find a gun for that hotbar slot or enjoy the extra carry capacity lol
variants@possumpat.io 1 year ago
There are so many cool guns I carry like 7 haha after each battle I have to go back to each one and make sure they are reloaded