this is just a idea i had for psykers since i personally love playing a bit more melee focused and i think perhaps it could be cool if there was a weapon type that basically either did what the staff does but to awith some caveots or just flat out provided a passive weapon equip that simply just provides a general bonus while ya use it.
as for the first idea, i think one fun possibility would be to add ‘spells’ or whatever you would prefer to call it that allows you to use the same warp attacks you would on staff while you have a melee out but you dont get the light attack variant for starters since only left mouse would be avalible AND it starts you perhaps at the first peril breakpoint for kinetic shielding but of course with a minor peril resist bonus that wouldnt cancel out the negative but make it easier to deal with and of course the effectiveness would be lessesned than with a staff.
the second idea is one i have mentioned in a former post which is just a general passive utility that takes the place of the staff and grants you a either a damage shield that acts as a second toughness bar with no chip dmg through to your hp but also no dmg mitigation that can save it from taking full dmg OR it gives you a flat boost to toughness dmg mitigation while its active.
honestly i would love either of those types of weapons and especially if i could get a flaming sword or warp powered fist gauntlets than thats when the real fun starts!
That would be difficult to balance, and an easier way would be to have a Force (Or other name) melee weapon that instead of being able to be powered/activated would be able to charge a ranged attack on the special action. That way you still have it even if you use a gun, and it’s more in-line with the other weapon sets, being able to be balanced without having to affecting the balance of the other weapons.
Eg: Biomantic Sword (And Hammerhand)
Action 1: Melee attack, can be charged, use sword and unarmed attacks (Basically take the Fire Sword as base and make the variants on it, just replacing the Fire DoT with electricity)
Action 2: Normal Block, can be followed into a Push attack
Special action: Biomantic spell, dependent on the variant
Storm Lance
Surge staff attack
Special charged Melee attack
There is already a datamined class for the Psyker that look like it will have a shield on the ability or the Blitz (Haven’t checked in a long time)
ahh cool thanks for the alternative idea that honestly would be equally cool and i have heard about the possible subclass leak but still havent been sure if that was real.
