I've personally been largely disappointed by the weapons mods available on workshop, for their various inclusions of random overhaul elements, or attempts to entirely overhaul the balance of weapons in vanilla as a whole. I've wanted more vanilla styled and balanced weapons, but have found myself largely wanting. This is my attempt to rectify that.
The THG Armory - 'Vanilla' Melee Pack adds a bunch of new bonky, stabby and slashy implements to fulfill your traumatic pleasures.
RUSSIAN TRANSLATION:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2986079116
THE RUNDOWN:
Flamberge -
A collosal, intimidating sword with an ornate wavy blade. This leviathanslayer of a blade is difficult to wield and swing quickly, but is capable of cleaving apart all but the absolute largest of Europa's inhabitants with the full force of it's wielder. Only found in wrecks.
Sledgehammer -
A heavy, two-handed deconstructive tool, which happens to double exceptionally well at crushing skulls and shattering shells. It's VERY slow to swing due to it's massive weight and length, but it delivers stunning, impactful strikes which are virtually guaranteed to concuss their target, while sending them reeling.
Katana -
A lightweight, titanium-alloy blade with a slight curve, particularly popular among Seperatists, largely for it's assosciation with stealthy, lethal types. It can be swung with great speed to deliver lethal bleeding slashes, and simply holding the blade inspires one to move more quickly than they would without it in hand.
Cutlass
- A relatively short, broad bladed curved sword with a knuckle guard, in vogue among the upper echelons of Coalition command. It is relatively easily held and swung with one hand, leaving the other free to use a weapon such as a pistol, another cutlass or, most often in the case of Europan captaintry, a bottle of rum.
Truncheon
- Loooong ago, people would say this is a "Less lethal" weapon. Nowadays, however, it is known for being the skull-splitter that it is, as a good few swings from this heavy one-hnaded club is more than capable of bludgeoning someone or something to death. It's a little slow to swing given its weight, however.
Tonfa
After the days of the archiac truncheon yet prior to the development of the ubiquitous stun baton came the Tonfa, a lightweight hollow metal club designed to incapacitate targets through just the right amount of force to keep from splitting their skull in twain. It can be swung very quickly to deliver stunning strikes, capable of keeping a target incapacitated potentially long enough to restrain or contain them, though it is hardly a lethal weapon on it's own.
Escoba
An ancient weapon of ass destruction dating back to Terra, the Escoba has been utilized by aunties for millennia to deliver holy wraith upon any and all who deserve it. It deals an unfortold amount of emotional damage, while leaving the physical vessel relatively unharmed, though defeated nonetheless.
Crisis Hatchet
A lightweight, one-handed axe with a pry, designed for prying or hacking one's way out of a wreck. Also doubles as a fairly effective light melee weapon.
Zweihander
A massive, less ornamented blade compared to the Flamberge, but more commonly found as it's often produced by mechanics with knightly aspirations. Still plenty deadly, and huge.
Pickaxe WARNING! CURRENLTY A LIL JANKY
A heavy spiked hammer-like tool, used to split ore from the earth with the help of elbow grease. Also inflicts very deep wounds, but it's slow and relatively short.
Fireax
A heavy, emergency axe that can pry open doors or chop them down in roughly equal measure. Not as great as a boarding weapon as a slightly shorter boarding axe, but still a potent tool.
Shock Sledge
A heavy-duty modified sledgehammer with a high-voltage capacitor in its head, capable of stunning even mighty mudraptors with it's charged shock blows, while still being capable of splitting a skull be it powered or not.
RUSSIAN TRANSLTION by Enigma here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2986079116
