Unarmed VS. Melee

[CG62]

I'm just going Marksman, with whatever I have left over going into UA so I don't get caught with my pants down if Chak or whoever's drawing aggro gets knocked out.

Of course, that's just because I'd have to have my bow handy. I really haven't explored the possibilities of close-range combat.

[Potjeh]

There is another advantage for weapon users now besides just strength. Their weapons scale with QL. A wrestler will need high strength just to match a low strength person with a high QL bronze sword. (Or soldier's sword if you can manage to have someone camping the crubile for 56 hours)

And if you (somehow) get a high QL B12 axe? Forget it. That thing is doing well over 150 damage per swing at base strength.
Now I know why high QL steel is horrible to make.

Yeah, but you can't use a shield with the axe, so you have to have both melee AND unarmed skill to use it, or you'll get hit every single time.

[Lightning4]

True. A small price to pay for enormous damage per swing.

[Potjeh]

Not that small a price, as you'll always badly lag behind a single skill specialist. And since combat between players of different skill levels is completely broken, you'll most likely fail to hit the specialist more than once, if even that.

[sami1337]

with equal stats unarmed would win. I don't even care about all variables but just the simple fact you attack at twice the speed makes all the difference.
Damn it..nerf unarmed please

[lithos]

with equal stats unarmed would win. I don't even care about all variables but just the simple fact you attack at twice the speed makes all the difference.
Damn it..nerf unarmed please

Correction "nerf" unarmed after a certain level.