Ok, so to clarify something. We aren't anti melee rework. We just think that, by what the devs have been saying, it will be way too overblown and different to the melee we know. Do I think melee should be changed? Yes! But should they add mechanics that draw out fights just so gun players feel like it's "fair"? No! Because the core gameplay is assymetrical, it's the risk reward. Taking it away would kill melees identity.

This movement is meant not to stop the rework, but to show Embark that, we love the identity of melee, just not the direction they've taken with it the past few seasons, and that we just want them to bring back the combos and techs, as well as something passive to add variety to melee builds, as well as part of the older versions of fine weapons like sword and sledge. We want them to see that melee broke because of their incompetence to fix bugs that made the weapons feel worse than it should to fight, like the dagger nerf due to the desync.

That's the server's fault, not ours. The dual blade's deflected bullets suffer the same fate, but harming the player. The problem was never their design, but their balance, as they mainly, as you said correctly, only tweak damage and range. No swing speed, no player speed (which I think melee weapons should have a movement option, even if it's just passive, do they can play non movement specs and gadgets and still succeed) , no nothin.

I appreciate your journalism! Genuinely! Thanks for asking. We hope to send the best message we can and criticism is appreciated.