>>1923868
>Low entry long blade
>"Hey that actually exi-"
>Scrap metal chopper
>Welding 5
>Only way to gain your first level of welding is by dismantling car wrecks
>2 damage, 10% crit rate, 3x crit damage
>Meanwhile the stone axe deals 1.5 damage, has 15% chance to crit at 5x damage
>Fire hardened spear deals 1.5 damage, 30% crit for 10x damage
>A fucking lead pipe deals 1.2 damage, 30% crit and 2x damage
>"Ok lets check the other options"
>Scrap metal shortsword
>Magazine or Metalworking 6 + long blade 2 to learn
>Metalworkding 5 to craft
>Simple Shortsword
>Magazine, Welder or Metalworking 7 + long blade 2 to learn
>Metalworking 6 to craft
>Shortsword
>Magazine or Metalworking fucking 8 + long blade 4 to learn
>Metalworking 7 to craft
I love how the implication is you have to level welding to level 5 first or get extremely lucky and get some machetes just so you can level long blade to qualify for more advanced versions that require you to train a completely different crafting discipline