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[pattonesque]

you should all be rooting for melee to make it in this game. it will probably never happen but giant robots punching/kicking one another is Ace and Cool and frankly I'm suspicious of anyone who doesn't like it.

[KingRock]

RoboPatton, on 04 February 2016 - 08:23 PM, said:

By that logic you should hate half the weapons currently in the game...

No currently avaliable weapon system requires me to make contact with an enemy mech or get closer than ~100m
Why would rubber banding make me hate half the weapons in game?

[wanderer]

Rushin Roulette, on 04 February 2016 - 02:53 AM, said:

Actually, MW already has rules for melee from the Tabletop game.

Damage is limited to a certain percentage of the mech size and the punching arm (if no weapon is held) takes a lot of damage.

This is patently untrue. The only cases where a 'Mech takes damage in TT from hitting something with a physical attack are charging and death-from-above.

Punching or kicking deals no damage to the attacker if successful, and even then only a whiffed kick can potentially cause the attacker to fall over if they failed a piloting roll as well.

Also, being able to treat punching/kicking/etc as very short-range "shots" works just fine for effective "melee" attacks. And just pull the damage values straight from TT- base punch damage is 'Mech tonnage/10, kicks tonnage/5. That puts a 100-tonner at delivering 10-point punches and 20-point kicks. DFA could be a damage "field" around the feet that damages the target/controller's legs if you hit it before you land on the ground, but a failed (missed) DFA inflicts additional leg damage alone.

Ditto charging. Treat the 'Mech itself as a weapon while it's in "charge mode", dealing/taking damage if it successfully makes contact with another 'Mech (ANY 'Mech) and kills all movement.

[Davegt27]

just going to have another thing to cry about

so no lets not do melee

[DiabetesOverlord Wilford Brimley]

No thanks we need knockdowns and collisions added before melee is even considered.

[wanderer]

If we're putting in charging/DFA, collisions would have to be addressed anyway.

Knockdowns is another thing entirely. Forced knockdowns is basically a death sentence move and verging on stunlock territory.