Yo lets get a melee only mode HEAR ME OUT

(bgyoshi) #1

Melee only is that weird thing people do when teams are tiny and people are bored. But what if…

…we made it a thing? And it’s not just melee only, vanilla, dull, slashy whatever.

I mean melee-only maps, melee-only loadout cards, melee-only knives/swords…stuff that can’t be used in the regular game modes. But melee only would be considerably goofier. There would be combo attacks, blocking, re-balanced weapon damage, and different kinds of scoring. It would literally be a for-fun mode that you can either:

Vote switch on a server (requires 100% Yes vote) or
Launch from the main menu

This is a gun game and guns should be the focus of the main mode
But what about some silly game types purely for casual fun? TF2 made medieval mode and it’s a refreshing brief break from game play. We could even make melee-only unique weapons available in the main game, but with their damage and hit-range templated to mirror a main game counterpart (i.e. turns it into a re-skin, effectively).

So why not DB?

What do you think? What would you guys do to make melee-only a thing? Or is it just a dumb pointless idea and we want more competitive-only play?

I’d be glad to hear suggestions on how to make melee-only a fun and clearly different game mode.

(nokiII) #2

no.

(hawkeyeguy99) #3

Other people might like it but I would stay as far away from that as possible personally. Plus from what you described you basically want a totally different game as a “fun mode”, fine idea but would take WAY too much effort in development to be even close to worth it. I would 100% rather them spend that time releasing new skins.

(Jostabeere) #4


In 2030 or what?

No in all seriousness. I wouldn’t mind it. my main concern with melee only in DB is the balancing of mercs. Yet in an enviroment which is centered around melee, it could be good.
But let’s face it. If this becomes a thing, it will take SD years to make it.

(Teflon Love) #5

Add community servers and let the admins go wild with melee only, sniper only etc. If properly enforced by scripts there would be no petty quarrels with the obligatory guy who still uses his gun. Make it a no XP, fun only thing. And automatically add some tag like “(meleee only)” to the server name so people won’t connect accidentally.

That way players who care about these things could easily find it and the rest could easily avoid it.

(DirtyDav) #6

I see where this is coming from. :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t consider it a bad idea itself, but I’d consider it much lower priority than, say, Turtle for instance…not to mention the millions of bug fixes they have still to do, Dockyard, more maps, maybe Javellin, MAYBE other game modes (I’d personally like to see a straight-out team deathmatch or King of the Hill), more loadouts…oh, and community maps. That’d be incredible.

etc. The list of things I’d rather see first goes on and on and on.

(Herr_Hanz) #7

remove the ‘turn server into melee server with 100% of votes for yes’ part, and then i will say ‘sure why not’. make them knife only dedicated servers, and not ‘you can choose with ingame votes if this becomes knife or gun match’

(BananaSlug) #8

maybe just play other games as well? :stuck_out_tongue:

(GatoCommodore) #9

how about doing knife only challenge instead of forcing people to play melee together.
if they meet you im sure if they are honoraburu enuf they will pull out their melee.

if they dont pull out their melee, just rekt em and type
“Filthy Gaijin go home, edited”

edit: i dont wanna get in trouble

(Press E) #10

We all know how often other votes pass. Doubt this would happen either, just because of new players having no clue what’s happening.

(KUST__LunarTM) #11

There are already several melee-focused loadout cards for multiple characters.

(Nail) #12

there are lots of hack and slash games out there, no need to turn DB into another button masher game

(K1X455) #13

Chivalry is a game catered to your liking… maybe you’re playing the wrong game.

(Eox) #14

Pretty much this.

Dirty Bomb is a game centered around gunplay. There’s no point about making a melee mode on it. It would also be imbalanced as hell.

(bgyoshi) #15

Personally, I join into so many games and get vote kicked for not using melee only, that it just seems reasonable to make some kind of mode for it.

But yeah, let’s be real, it’ll be like 2030 before that ever happens.

The point isn’t the balance or making a whole game. It’s a mode (I think the best implementation is community servers with custom options as some suggested) to play when you’re just tired of run and gun and want to goof off between rounds without closing the game.

Yeah, it’ll be imbalanced and (hopefully) filled with memes, but that’s fine. It’s not there to be serious with.