Allow melee AoE to target "open ground"

[fusei]

Would it be thinkable to apply the nades update v2.6.39 to AoE melee attacks?

Find it quite frustrating when you get a XOX (X=ennemy O=empty) situation and you find yourself unable to do an AoE attack.

I really love my melee units but I find them struggling a bit when facing large number of ennemies that are not in a XXX formation.
I reckon melee could use a bit of lovin' to end the Overwatch supremacy haha! Well probably not on the highest difficulties but... Could definetly make them more attractive!

P.S: Just realized I'm still playin' after a year, good job guys

[drspendlove]

That would be tricky, I think. I would frequently use an AoE melee attack on an empty square to hit a single target beside it, even at a higher heat cost, because I would avoid any counter-attack. I suspect that balance issue will prevent this from happening.

[fallen]

fusei - thanks for the suggestion! I am not sure this is something we can add without a huge restructuring of the attack system. Grenades were already in a special category and so we were able to move them effectively. I can take another look once we get through our current exciting BF project

[fusei]

Don't worry about it then, probably not worth the trouble!
And as drspendlove pointed out it could be exploited anyway(didn't think 'bout that, good on you).