Making Melee viable vs future weapons.

[tanksoldier]

Originally Posted by starslayer

Further- any upgrade you can apply to a non-ranged weapon, can also be added to a ranged weapon; except the ranged weapon will still be ranged. It's not that the bullet is vastly more deadly then the knife; it's that you can get shot at 300+meters, but only stabbed at 4 meters (for some sort of pole weapon)

1. There are many modern soft armors which will stop pistol rounds which will not stop knives. Most, in fact.

Rifle round are a whole order of magnitude greater than pistols or knives, and comparing the two is like comparing rifle rounds and tank main gun rounds.

2. You ignored the possibility of joints or less protected areas of the armor. Even if armor WILL stop a rifle round some places it can still be vulnerable to pistols or knives elsewhere. Again, numerous modern examples.