learned something new | pre-patch crowbar damage

[@iceman78772]

And then Half-Life Source said fuck it and made the crowbar a one hit kill every time

[@mayflowwy]

i figured that was to make it the same as half life 2 which i honestly think was a good change

[@iceman78772]

@@mayflowwy That'd explain the Glock being bumped up to an 18 round mag in HL:S, but then again they changed it back to 17 in the broken Steampipe update, so who knows?

[@N3Selina]

so i wasn't crazy when i played this version for the first time

[@giberic]

i wonder why they made it like that. like is there any actual purpose?

[@harrynoodlemeyer4450]

its stamina if you swing a crowbar too fast your hand tired

[@Swordbound]

Maybe someone wanted to make melee more nuanced at some point (like opposing force?), or maybe it had something to do with breaking props in a single hit?
It's interesting 'cos the crowbar's swing speed is pretty fun, but single heavy swings are also fun, but that doesn't seem to serve a purpose here if you can't at least one-shot a headcrab with it. 🤔
Half-Life had a lot of "unnecessary" details made though, like sense of smell ai. It's clear they wanted to make the world believable with little details like that. Maybe the swing damage is just another such detail. Maybe I'm vastly overthinking this?

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

more nuanced? but u already deal more damage by spamming there is literally no point using that.@@Swordbound

[@Swordbound]

@@QWERTY-gp8fd I agree. My point is the swing could be a remnant from an idea that was never realized.

[@Rizelu69420]

they added it back on new update

[@worldexterminationradio2856]

cool except that the hitboxes in halflife are ridiculous to begin with

[@erpega]

wow