Originally Posted by sordavie

I don't understand why melee weapons would have to replace an existing weapons slot.

They dont *have* to, but I would be shocked if they gave a new weapons slot and didnt force one to replace a current weapons slot.

But setting aside that technical question, what's so bad about melee weapons causing FF? It means you can't just hide in the corner and have everyone meleeing. Or if you think this is too great of a problem, then make melee weapon FF off, just like melee doesn't cause FF now.

You misunderstand me, I dont think melee FF is a bad thing, just that valve does their games for a main stream audience and overall people would hate no FF with melee weapons as infected, and love it as survivors. As for the current game, melee actually causes no damage from the survivors. Melee currently has a "hits within a certain timeframe until death" number and that's that. Go on a server and have a hunter come up to you and melee him 3 times, then let him get away. He will be at full health.

Moreover, people could run around just meleeing now. It would be no different with the bat. Indeed, I'm imagining that melee with a bat would work exactly like melee works now.

They just recently stopped people's ability to simply run around meleeing

The only real problem you mention with the idea of melee weapons is this technical problem with melee weapons having to take up a weapons slot. I don't know if this is a real limitation of the engine or not, or if there isn't a work around. The other problems you mention aren't real problems unless they are already problems with the way melee currently works.

The engine has I think 50 weapons slots, so the number of slots isn't really a technicial issue, it's more of a balance issue in my eyes.