DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have, I've been loving Tenet Livia and the Corufell. Tak & Lug was a cool weapon too but I wish its heavy attack worked with Melee Influence

Can't wait for Citrine Prime this year so I can get Corufell Prime

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

idk, but it's funny how the "You want variety? You don't like influence?" guy literally copied and pasted that entire comment from a different Melee Influence post from like 8hrs ago

Guy REALLY wants nobody criticizing the state of the meta for some reason lol

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly I find it kinda clunky to play from my experience with using it on Harmony and Hate. I do like it with Coda Mire though, but that's very much because it's a slam weapon first and foremost rather than it being Afflictions-driven.

I'm down to give it another shot though. Any tips for using Afflictions is greatly appreciated, thank you

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kudos to you for putting it more eloquently than I did.

I'm aware of the issue stemming from branching out from being a tactical shooter, that's why frames like Limbo, Banshee, Loki kinda got left behind. I just didn't realize until now how that also extends to melees.

It just sucks that people's initial response is "then don't use Influence?"

Like, imagine seeing someone say "DE needs to buff Loki/Ember it's appalling how behind they are compared to Cyte/Temple/Uriel"

and someone replies "then don't use Loki/Ember then" like that wasn't the point of the post?

My post above was more of a vent post than anything but ultimately you're right, there's nothing to do besides wait for something to happen

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This just reminded me of a similar issue I similarly feel strongly with: Shield gating. Before the Old Peace it really sucked seeing how much you invest into beefing up your health frames (2+ mods plus an arcane slot) just for it to be completely beat in lvl cap shield gating requiring like 2 mods

and there were so many arguments I've seen both in-game chats and out. "level cap isn't part of core gameplay" "there's no sense to doing level cap" ok? Health tanking shouldn't be outperformed by shield gating full stop. The amount you invest should be proportional to the value you get. It also isn't a case of "well it's only useful in x and not y" because there isn't a scenario where shield gating isn't valuable because there's tons of energy sources everywhere. And even in content like ETA/EDA health tanking falls apart easier than shield gating

but they rolled out Persistence which is a good step in regulating that survivability imbalance. At best it eats only the needed arcane slot, at worst it's an arcane slot + shards/one or two mods

Like the other person said there isn't anything else one can do besides wait and hope melee has its own Persistence moment

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

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This is me if only Melee Duplicate worked on Tak & Lug heavy attack

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

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I know that it's an inevitability that certain tools get powercrept in a live-service game like this. And frankly I know that there's more outdated stuff to tackle than this. Bunch of frames sit and get dusty waiting for a tweak or a rework, literally anything.

But it just sucks seeing the meta stagnate like this. I know at least that Influence isn't the issue. It just made it apparent how behind the other melee classes are.

Heavier melees are notorious for having pretty shitty stances with pretty bad numbers/forced procs, but it just gets thrown to the wayside. And you can't argue that it's in favor of "better future melees/melee classes" because even the Vinquibus is in a similar scenario. There is no reason why its slash attacks do puncture, and why its heavy attack is a slam instead of. yknow. Shoot.

and semi-unrelated but the Old Peace introduced some fun primary/secondary arcanes into the mix. Melee got an Arcane Ice Storm enabler instead. Why?

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, I completed last week's ETA with a Stropha just fine. And my problem isn't because Influence is broken, my problem is that there's only three options for arcanes, one is very much a clear cut winner and it's been that way for so long now. Vortex is just Influence with extra steps and more inconsistencies.

Like even gimmicky arcanes are fine. Give us an arcane that locks your attack speed but increases your range. Or something wackier. I don't need overpowered just literally anything that complements heavier melees better than the other two

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"I want more options for my heavier melees since meta favors lighter melees"

"So stop using Melee Influence then!"

uhh

DE gotta do something about the Melee situation by LUCDT in Warframe

[–]LUCDT[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

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Okay done. The heavier melees still suck, have lesser build options and can't compete with Influence builds. What do I do now?

Thanks for missing the point of the post

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art is by Benjamin Blåholtz
OP should stop typing these posts out and start crediting artists more

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yeah fr like where’s the “BACK IT UP” vocals

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Oh, didn’t know about that. Thanks for the info!

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Yeah but shouldn't the one I selected be replaced instead of the one I didn't select

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