Targets that should be able to fight back

While I was playing Colorado today I thought it would be great if Sean Rose and Maya Parvati could fight back…

But, with a catch. Not only would they shoot at you (normal damage like with fire from any other guard), but also have the quicktime melee… and 1 hit kill on 47 (or greatly increase their melee damage so you’re close to dying). Sean could be holding a knife, and Maya would have her prosthetic arm (maybe?), or just draw a knife anyway. So if you mess up the QT you’ll get stabbed or cut by either of these targets.

Targets might or might not have a melee weapon to increase damage during a QT fight. I wouldn’t expect Novikov to be carrying any gun or knife.

  • Novikov (QT fistfight, no gun or lethal melee)

  • Reza Zaydan (kinda doubtful about this one… Seems like he would have at least a handgun, so might as well go with QT fistfight too)

Edit to list the above mentioned targets…

  • Sean Rose (Lethal melee and smg)

  • Maya Parvati (lethal melee… might as well have a gun of some sort too)

  • Yuki Yamazaki (no gun, but lethal melee weapon)

  • Rico Delgado (lethal melee weapon, and the ‘El Matador’ - this would definitely be a one-hit kill on 47)

  • Nolan Cassidy (QT fistfight, a handgun or smg, no lethal melee)

  • The Maelstrom (a handgun or smg and lethal melee)

Those are the only targets I can think of that seem like they should be able to defend themselves in some way, but some will be more deadly than others.

I doubt IOI would ever update these targets to be like this. A mod would be more likely to happen.

Who else seems like they should be able to fight back, and who should have a melee weapon?

The Berlin ICA agents already have these perks (except for the deadly melee attacks).

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one of the berlin targets has a combat knife …

i realize your post was about melee weapons, but noel crest (ambrose) has an SMG

Well, perhaps a graph or chart would help explain. These are examples…

Name / Method of offense Fists Melee Weapon Firearm
Victor Novikov Yes No No
Sean Rose No Yes (combat knife) Yes (pistol or SMG)
Maya Parvati No Yes (kukri knife) Yes (pistol?)
Nolan Cassidy Yes No Yes (pistol or SMG)
Yuki Yamazaki No Yes (tanto) No

So (although these are my personal opinion) these would seem like what these targets would have or be able to do. If they fight with fists they will not have a weapon and vice-versa.

Edit: FWIW, it was in Blood Money where you had Eve who could kill you if you weren’t fast enough. So it’d be nice if there were still this (slight) life-or-death risk when facing a target.

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