What kind of handheld weapons do you envision besides guns? Can we expect to see swords and hammers?asked by PregnantBear
TL;DRPlanned handheld options include a crossbow, knives and brawling that grows into learnable martial arts; swords and hammers are unlikely in the short term, though possible much later.
Good question. We're definitely gonna have a crossbow (thanks to Shroud of the Avatar). We're definitely gonna have melee, so in the very early stage of the FPS, it's just straight-up brawling, but in the long term plan for melee, you'll have some basic punch/duck moves. But then you'll be able to different places around the universe (like a Tevarian dojo) and learn some Tevarian martial arts, so then you'll have extra moves to use.From there, when you engage in hand to hand combat, the more moves you use, the more options you have against someone and the more defense you have. And if they haven't had the same level of training, they'll have fewer options to use against you. So it'll be cool – if you spend a bit of time, you can pick up some combat moves around the universe. So we'll definitely be having that on the melee basis.For weapon options, we definitely have knives, not really sure about swords or hammers. So in the short term, probably not, but in the longer term, why not? It's not all that different than a knife or some of the melee stuff I'm talking about. Although it probably won't get to the point where two sword wielders can fence, who knows – in the long, long, long term future... :)But generally, I would say you could expect the melee stuff you'd see in a modern world setting. So things like knives, different ways of fighting with your hands, and then guns and crossbows and stuff like that.