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Melee damage vs melee physical damage

mneme0mneme0 Member Posts: 498 Arc User
edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
A Gorn has a trait that improves melee physical damage, whereas a Ferasan has a trait that improves melee damage. Do these function differently such that the Ferasan will get the bonus while using Nanopulse weapons while the Gorn does not?
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,005 Community Moderator
    That... is a good question.
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    I have always thought the engineering captains should be able to use pliers to grab noses for some Stooge-fu combat... :)
  • mneme0mneme0 Member Posts: 498 Arc User
    How can this be tested? I attempted to compare DPS numbers with physical and nanopulse weapons swapped between my Ferasan, android, and other BOFFs but it seems like the numbers are scrambled by other variables.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,511 Arc User
    The real place to test this would be on a Gorn captain though - as the Ferasan trait should boost it either way.

    I think you have that backwards. Gorn would not boost energy melee weapons, while Ferasan might or might not.

    The best place to test is on a real combat map, like on Nimbus or in a story episode ground map.
  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,853 Arc User
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    melee physical - i would take this as hand to hand, etc. no weapons. (makes one winder how the gloves are categorized then)
    melee as itself - using daggers, bel(whatever spelling it does), swords etc.

    except swords, and the bat'leth are physical damage. I don't think the throwing knives are, which is odd, just like the Thompson is physical but the TR isn't.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,511 Arc User
    edited June 2021
    vetteguy904 wrote: »
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    melee physical - i would take this as hand to hand, etc. no weapons. (makes one winder how the gloves are categorized then)
    melee as itself - using daggers, bel(whatever spelling it does), swords etc.

    except swords, and the bat'leth are physical damage. I don't think the throwing knives are, which is odd, just like the Thompson is physical but the TR isn't.

    Leck's are physical, but not melee: https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Leck's_Throwing_Knives

    TR-116b is kinetic like grenades, Thompson is physical but also not melee.
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