That said a lot of TLOU's logistical side is just weird period - like the machetes that just break after a few swings are ridiculous, and - assuming one has access to old cars and such - you could probably forge decent melee weapons in communities well enough.
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I mean, the machetes don't break from being swung, they break from being repeatedly embedded in people and pulled out again, sometimes hitting armor or armored fungus unlike firearms, America doesn't exactly have a well-smelted sword surplus
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The people who are into buying guns are also really into buying machetes and combat knives, trust me, and the stores that sell the one also sell a lot of the other
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Hell, while an actual knife optimized for combat is something you'd have to buy from one of those creepy prepper places, you can just get a big knife for cutting tree branches from Home Depot, it costs like twenty bucks
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
You'd probably have to put effort into keeping it sharp, but it wouldn't just break in half on you
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And you wouldn't really need a super deadly weapon - hell just a damn duct knife from Home Depot is no joke, and most combats would logically not be to the death any more than they are between wild animals.
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Ellie's switchblade is way more special than it has any right to be I mean the fact that it's a switchblade is the only thing that should be unusual about it, it's absurd that Joel doesn't just have a folding knife that does the same thing
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The part where Jordan gets it is kind of amusing bc it feels like he could have become the new Most Powerful Murderer if Ellie hadn't gotten it back right away
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
I mean, originally this was just an effort to not make Joel overpowered by letting him stab Infected instantly but instead require him to break their necks, but then they decided to make Ellie playable in 1 and she obviously couldn't do that it was just a balance thing
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
Maybe you can only use switchblades if your STR is below 15
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Ha, in this world if you're too strong then if you try to use a melee weapon you'll break it, like Beowulf did with Hrunting It's a world of cardboard
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