Well, wish I could've joined in this one to focus on katana-enabled slicing and dicing! (Also, the momentum bonus on melee damage is going up in Alpha 7, by the wayHow do you guys still manage these early deaths? Well, Shobalk recorded his so let's see...@10:30 when you were getting trashed, you were in a fine position and had the inventory to come out of that much better than you did. Certainly you never want to end up losing your weapons, and before that point you'd lost your Hover Units but had a pair of treads doing nothing! If you'd equipped the treads they would've served as armor to soak up shots (they're some of the best early-game protection in a pinch) and you wouldn't have been disarmed. An important rule of Cogmind: Don't worry about spending time to re-equip during a firefight if the end result is likely to be better for you. Heck I'll race across an entire room taking fire if what I can pick up at the other side will allow me to better fight off whoever is shooting at me. Shooting takes a lot longer than picking things up (and moving, assuming you're not overweight).