Playing a melee already feels more challenging or handicapping yourself. Now, playing a melee that doesn't even get the bonuses others melee get... it feels like playing crippled.   Even using shifta + zalure and hunter weapons I feel like I'm struggling, not to mention that many times it feels more efficient to just pick off enemies one by one with a pistol, barring the fact that it's way comfier.     Now, I know that generalists should suck by design when it comes