thelonelyone 103 Posted April 18, 2014 So I have an interesting story to share with you guys. I lost my geared character by KOS (Obviously) and so I spawned in again, got some gear and I found a hacksaw, it was pristine and I discovered that you could use as a weapon, and I did! After a few minutes I saw a fresh spawn running on the coast... towards me. He stood still and tried to punch me (Obviously)... So I ran around him for a few minutes, doing some funny poses while running... But I decided to just kill him. I stop running at the right time and started hitting him with the hacksaw, I hit him at least 7 times... He hits me 4 times and I'm knocked out. ...What? 2 minutes later I woke up... And he took everything I had, he only left my hacksaw (I don't know why)... But I wanted revenge! I was in Berezino and I saw a few zombies running towards that construction site... He was there. I ran as fast as I could and I found the fucker... and I ran after him for a few minutes, talked to him, pretty nice guy, actually. But a dick as a DayZ Player. Anyway, I ran after him and it turns out he had a friend in the hospital, so I had to fight them both... Easy enough, they were both new to the game, I obviously had way more experience than them since I play DayZ since 2012... I should be able to kill them. I hit them both dozens of times with my hacksaw... nothing. They took absolutely no damage at all from a HACKSAW. TO THE CHEST. And obviously they killed me, because the hacksaws in this game are made out of plastic and won't do anything even if I hit them in the EYE... Now, It seems to me that the only good melee is the hatchet and the fire axe. EVERYTHING ELSE does no damage at all, and I don't know why. Is that a bug or...? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Gews- 7443 Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) I hit them both dozens of times with my hacksaw... nothing. They took absolutely no damage at all from a HACKSAW. TO THE CHEST. That figures... a hacksaw would make an absolutely horribly ineffective weapon, especially if you were trying to hit their chest. It has no point, it's not very sharp, it's just a saw. You'd have to hold them down and start sawing through the sternum... and even then the saw would only go so deep before stopping due to the metal frame. You'd be better off using it like a club and smacking them in the side of the head... Edited April 18, 2014 by Gews Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppy22143 1081 Posted April 18, 2014 The hell were ya trying to do, jam a hacksaw into his chest cavity? Dafuq? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DropBearChick 1217 Posted April 18, 2014 Yeah, the melee system needs a buff, but unfortunately on experiental theyve gone in the opposite direction :( 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelonelyone 103 Posted April 18, 2014 The hell were ya trying to do, jam a hacksaw into his chest cavity? Dafuq? The hell were ya trying to do, jam a hacksaw into his chest cavity? Dafuq? But I would think that a hacksaw would cut them and at least make them bleed, and I hit them a lot, all over the chest and head. I think hacksaws are sharper than fingers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darth_vaizard 42 Posted April 18, 2014 I wish they would change the attack animation itself. A well placed thrust (tf2 medic style) to the neck with the hacksaws forward facing serrations would shred soft tissue... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randomspawn 215 Posted April 18, 2014 I wish they would change the attack animation itself. A well placed thrust (tf2 medic style) to the neck with the hacksaws forward facing serrations would shred soft tissue...Lucky for me all my tissue is ROCK HARD BABY!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkwaveDomina 1099 Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) Melee weapons are a joke. Unless it's a fire axe or a pitchfork I just use my fists. If I'm fighting players then it's fists only and it's that simple, I won't even waste my time with a melee weapon when I can knock them out with one hit to the chin. Unfortunately the fire axe is also a joke on experimental, I guess I will just Mike Tyson my way to the guns. Edited April 18, 2014 by DarkwaveDomina 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
