Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-25553326-20170107015956/@comment-25553326-20170107150941

PassTheToiletPaper wrote: this weapon is a defensive weapon. the wikipedia page says "neither blade was designed to be sharpened", but it deals 135 damage, and kills rather easily.

it has a reach of 8.2 studs.

i would use this even more if it did low damage, but tripped mobs. by then, the zombies would not respawn instantly but would spend a good 4 seconds withering around on the ground, which is plenty of time to get away.

you could then say this is a longer rambo knife. this could honestly deal 15 damage, and i'd still be fine with it. the only thing the rambo and this have in could have in common is the trip factor.

but it's your call. I find your suggestion to this thread to be a realistic one, and I like it.

However, consider the following:

Tripping a zombie will leave it 4 seconds away from you.

However if you were to kill it, a very large percentage of times that zombie is going to be more than 4 seconds away from you, and possibly targetting another player instead.

Thus, I'm still sticking with the 135 damage.