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"I am inclined to take this as a fact as \n \n\n\n\n\n\tthis is not what most people have been writing about on the last three pages. @BFT2020 being one of them and beating me to the answer.\n \n\n\n\tThen again, maybe you in fact have a lot of people on ignore and wonder why I am babbling about three pages of \"melee rocks\" reports.\n \n\n\n\tThey had repeatedly stated ( I am so going to quote myself here  )\n \n\n\n\n\n\tand you just went on about how melee is not viable at higher difficulties despite people actually thriving on said difficulties while maining melee weapons.\n \n\n\n\tThey had not stated that they pulled out a melee weapon for giggles once and totally owned that lone zombie while barely surviving: they are mainly playing said melee weapon and, again, not only on lower difficulties.\n \n\n\n\n\n\tMe, I am not arguing the javelin, just stating that except for javelin master every single other perk out there that directly empowers a given melee weapon does add abilities way beyond the 50% flat damage bonus. I will go so far as to claim that the 50% damage bonus is the least interesting ( sic!) and least empowering of the bonuses that each of the perks directly connected to a melee weapon provides.\n \n\n\n\tThis is not accounted for by making the flat 50% bonus a main argument why all melee perks are boring and uninteresting and are in dire need of change.\n \n\n\n\tAs said argument only pertains to the javelin. So much for edge cases.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tNeither have I observed any attacks on you; by me or anyone else. Ok, someone questioned your size, once, but we're all only human here.\n \n\n\n\tAnd, to be absolutely honest, the calling out pervs and abusers and whatnot has not been directed at you.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tTo be sure, I do not know about the dying frequency of the melee camp but surely they would not take the challenge if they saw absolutely no light at the end of the tunnel. I wouldn't for sure. You wouldn't I think. Real players wouldn't, and even perverts might be discouraged at times.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tSorry for adding to the clutter overall.\n "
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