Am I better off carrying one melee weapon or investing in stagger resistance perks to fight off melee attackers? As it stands, I often have to either shoot melee attackers before they reach me or beat them back with a Va’Ruun Painblade because they probably won’t give me enough time to reload my shotgun.
You could carry a secondary faster shooting gun and just quick swap to it and light them up and hope they stagger once they are getting close instead of reloading the shotty
Yeah, now that I think about it, I do carry a couple pistols and rifles on my hotbar, AND another shotgun, and one microgun. Any number of which could still be loaded.
…Yeah, at this point, I may just put the painblade away and either find a gun for that hotbar slot or enjoy the extra carry capacity lol
Okay, another option has come to my attention: I could start actually investing in combat-tree skills enough to go for Rapid Reloading.
Boost and Boost Assault can be good too. Take off as they approach, and with a bit of luck knock them down and set them on fire on the way up. Then slow time in mid air and shoot them from on high.
Failing that, get some Duelling skill and put that Painblade to proper use. I’m usually the one charging the enemy :)
Just invest a little bit to make the quick melee attack with your gun do good damage. When you’re rushed, give 'em a smack to stun ‘em, then blow their freakin’ head off.
There is also a Reloading skill that significantly speeds up reloading even after just the first level of it. I suggest investing points in it. Especially if you mostly use shotties or large guns.
Actually, I think I should tell everyone reading this right now to actually look at the skills. All of 'em. Even if you’ve played every Bethesda game before; they are structured differently and there are entirely new skills that have no equal in past games. Some of them are extremely useful.
Powers are pretty good bang bang bang bang - gravity - reload - bang …
Guns are legit cool.
