Thoughts on melee spec?

[Swagile]

@Zenith

Shotgun spec; has a “Breacher Shotgun”, but it actually isn’t total ass, as in, it functions like a Breacher, but actually does damage as well, and can take various different shells.

Basically the class would be a frontline clearer and “Breacher” build, with decent armor, probably not as good as the Grenadier, but along those lines. Probably should require you to be wearing your armor to wield the shotgun, otherwise you’d get Marines running around in light armor with the good shotgun.

This is the only thing that makes sense tbh.

Breacher spec with B18 armor and breacher shotgun; the only thing you can put it on is the suit storage of said B18 and it does not fire unless your using B18 because of special bracing technology that lets you fire the shotgun without blowing your arms off.

Special points if you let marines fire it but it instantly delimbs the arm they are holding it in if they are not wearing B18 armor.

[Blue-Lou]

A CQC spec could work but not a melee one, some guy with a shotgun, a shield and a lot of explosive charges would be cool.

[Willzadl]

I can’t see a CQC spec working in any way. A spec is simply too valuable to face up against stun castes like warrior, drones, queen, etc - they would just end up getting capped or killed immediately since they’re valuable.

Unless you make them immune to half the castes in the game, even in such a case they would just end up getting pushed into xeno lines by a rav or crusher.

[Blue-Lou]

CQC would be stuff like shotguns to be clear, not literally running up and punching the xenos.

[TheAdamantVeil]

The lunge mine is the melee specialist :). And yes I understand this is a terrible joke.

[DemoCrack]

slop that shouldn’t even be considered, this doesn’t fit the theme of the Alien universe at all.

[Zenith]

It seems something might be happening regarding a Shotgun spec, but most likely a while in the future, I’ve spoke to others about it and they’re interested, but very busy with current projects, so it will probably be a while before anything comes to fruition.

[Gastev]

Well I wrote up a concept for a shotgun spec that fixed a lot of the issues of such a job. The idea being they have armor that enhances their agilty meaing whenever they get knocked over they immedaty stand buck up. Not exacly stun immnuty but close to it.

[Chook]

Pancor Jackhammer: The Real One

If any specialist shotgun is added, it better be a Pancor Jackhammer.

[SubjectD9341]

If I have another dumbass getting directly in front of me when im shooting a xeno to be oooooh so original and wacky I’m shooting them dead with no hesitation

[birb]

@SubjectD9341

If I have another dumbass getting directly in front of me when im shooting a xeno to be oooooh so original and wacky I’m shooting them dead with no hesitation

time to bayo charge the second I see u on front mua ha ha

[Dawson.exe]

QM, turn off my TGMC Valk inhibitors