buff the knee spike, hand talon and elbow blade to the same damage output as the power claw.No redeeming quality beyond occasionally reducing consciousness by 5-10% If i were in charge of balance i would: Power claw is strictly better over elbow blade, knee spike and hand talon.They can however be fine for all gun-wielding pawns, except miniguns.These bionic weapons are bad for melee pawns as they interact with the melee attack pool, a normal quality steel longsword heavily out-performs all these bionic weapons in every way.The venom fang lost 18/20 times, winning only twice in the armored test. In my tests i had two identical colonists fight 10 times, then 10 more times but with armor. The venom-type weapons deal half dps and they'll usually incur in the target losing 5-10% consciousness, which does not justify their use, ever. Next are venom-type weapons: venom fangs and venom talon. On top of that, the power claw is strictly better than any of the above options, which is fine since it's a bit cheaper to make, but a let-down nonetheless as the extra cost is fairly low and can actually replace a lost hand unlike the rest.

I've been trying out the new bionic weapons and i'm not sure i agree with how they're balanced.įirstly: they add attacks to the 'melee pool', which is weighted in favor of stronger attacks.Īn unarmed pawn with an elbow blade / knee spike / hand talon will have a 80% chance to use them, or 20% chance to use regular melee attacks.Īdding more than 1 augment is useless, as they deal the same dps and will thus not increase the chance of a pawn using them.Īn unarmed pawn with 1 elbow blade is equally powerful as an unarmed pawn with 2 elbow blades, 2 hand talons and 2 knee spikes.

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