Guns are the most effective weapons in the game as you have multiple shots and refill ammo convienietly. In a fight in the age of sail there would not be time to reload as this would take in excess of 1 minute. Shots would be fired initially before attacking with melee weapons, swords, axes, daggers etc.
By changing the game to having one melee weapon and two guns with one bullet each, it would make combat more intense and interesting.
Buffing all guns to 1 hit kill, blunderbuss, close range all pellets, pistol and eye, headshot. Whilst adding a better melee combat mechanics with a few more weapons that have advantages and disadvantages like the guns.
Just a thought, not sure if it's good or not.
Focus on melee combat
the cutlass is already the best weapon in the game. so what if they have a blunderbuss? just get up to them and start slashing. every slash interrupts the reload. and after two combos they are dead, or nearly so. I always rock a pistol and cutlass. i fire my pistol, instantly swap and charge. and if your can master the tricks hidden inside the sword's blocking mechanic then you can compete with any gun wielder.
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I was thinking a melee overhaul with directional attacks and blocks. When fencing you have to block the attack dynamically by meeting the opponents weapon. You can't just cover yourself. Also add a directional dodge as well. Dodging in the wrong direction results in greater damage taken, blocking in the wrong direction results in less/no damage blocked.@sandmanbakery
Thrusts can be parried in any direction. Blocks/parries must be times correctly to completely avoid damage. Resulting in a more paced thought out fight.I believe what me and @Twitt116 suggested back last year at some stage is the way to go. I reckon the shot on the ship should be limited, so you can only reload your gun a few times before needing to resupply at an outpost. This will encourage a more melee approach when its PVP and save shot for skellies. To combat the skellie issue, they could keep the ammo boxes on the forts as unlimited so you have to venture into the island to get your reload. I believe this would be the best balance for battles
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