Machetes? or a large kitchen knife?

[Reflex121 1]

So I picked up a machete today and thought "awesome! I could really do some damage with this!". Boy was I wrong. The machete is way under powered. I thought it should kill a zombie in like four hits (a properly kept machete should be able to lop all of the appendages of a human body off at that point.) but I wasn't able to kill anything! At one point I just wanted to see how many hits it would take to kill one zombie. I lost count after 25....

 

Is there something wrong with the machete? was it not properly implemented or something? 

[colekern 1364]

Yes, there was discussion about how ridiculously underpowered between the devs. It's a known issue, should probably be fixed soon.

[djporternz 644]

You're doing it wrong! Machete takes down a Zombie in two hits.

Edited February 15, 2014 by DJPorterNZ

[Dchil 829]

I honestly perfer the Hacksaw over the Machete. I can carry one in my starter pants, i have taken down a zombie in 2 hits and i don't like fist fights with zombies. The machete just takes up the slot where i can stick an Axe and is, like you said, an over sized kitchen knife.

[basinox 300]

Already suggested it but its probably just unfinished atm

[AP_Norris 1018]

Needs to be bigger aswell.

Maybe add a bolo machete about 20inches long with a blunt cut end and a very hacking sort of weapon type.

[MrBecause 11]

Yes, it is pretty much useless at the moment. I only carry it for the looks and because I like collecting new stuff as soon as it's added.