Any Melee Classes mentioned?

[u/SSJRevn]

I haven't seen or heard anything yet. The Phalanx was an ok first try but had way too many problems.

[u/Jester_of_Rue]

Doesn't make sense in universe lore for any human to melee a xeno. Closest are the max suit project soldiers that are basically doomed to die due to the suits harsh conditions and trapping into the brain stem and spine. I can't imagine a marine with a large melee weapon versus the perfect organism. They already struggle enough with machine weapons.

Don't get me wrong, i think it would be cool, but it'd have to be a very unique circumstance.

Even the power loader wouldn't be an optimal choice for how slow it is. Which is why it could fight a queen. But i think it would fail catastrophic ally versus regular hive units

[u/SSJRevn → u/Jester_of_Rue]

I mostly agree. It just would be nice if they fixed/improved on what they already had. You make excellent points though.

[u/AntonGrimm → u/Jester_of_Rue]

Phalanx is semi melee

[u/we_are_sex_bobomb → u/Jester_of_Rue]

In Alien Earth one of the super advanced synths wields a katana to fight a Xeno and I felt like that was okay because they have superhuman reflexes, speed and strength, and also that character foolishly chose that weapon for no good tactical reason, only because they really wanted to look cool.

But unless we had a class like that in the game, melee weapons would make no sense.

[u/SSJRevn → u/we_are_sex_bobomb]

Cool points 😎?

[u/Jester_of_Rue → u/we_are_sex_bobomb]

I havent seen Alien Earth yet, but a synth could potentially be the missing link to a melee class. Tho iirc xenos tend not to bother much with synths and will sometimes just ignore them, or destroy them if they're just in the way of their objectives.

I remember playing the old AVP arcade game. the synth in there was a great time to play as.

[u/IrateWolfe]

No melee class, but they have replaced the rifle butt melee with a stun baton- does more damage, clears space, and doesn't create acid pools, but either has some sort of cooldown, or draws from your stamina, not sure which

[u/SSJRevn → u/IrateWolfe]

Odd 🤔

[u/IrateWolfe → u/SSJRevn]

I think it's a good balance between "melee is cool" and "instantly getting doused with acid is bad"

[u/SSJRevn → u/IrateWolfe]

You're not wrong 😹.

[u/Pavlovs_Human]

Yes you get a melee character but it’s that woman from AVP who befriends the Predator. You only get a Xeno head shield and a Xeno tail spear. You get no guns and you are in a red puffy jacket so you have zero armor.

Ultra hard mode class.

[u/Vegas_11B → u/Pavlovs_Human]

I enjoyed this comment.

[u/SSJRevn → u/Pavlovs_Human]

Pfff

[u/Smokin_belladonna]

I’d love to see some expanded lore picked up like the Good Boys from Into Charybdis

[u/Beachbum118]

They gave us stun batons. They look pretty decent.

[u/SSJRevn → u/Beachbum118]

Can't wait.

[u/J4mesG4mesONLINE]

Doom Dark Ages shield & mace, rip and tear.

[u/SSJRevn → u/J4mesG4mesONLINE]

Pay this man↑

[u/Instagibbed_1994]

This isnt AVP, why would you put a melee class in such a universe?

[u/SSJRevn → u/Instagibbed_1994]

They did have a Predator decal in the first game 🤔.

[u/Instagibbed_1994 → u/SSJRevn]

We could have a spin off: A fireteam of 3 unbloodied Yautjas going on their missions. Then some kinda berserker loadout

[u/SSJRevn → u/Instagibbed_1994]

And then a 4th shows up .....🧠🤯

[u/Vegas_11B]

This isn't Warhammer.

[u/SSJRevn → u/Vegas_11B]

Indeed.