My melee base usually held up all night, but my co-players often didn't use melee even when standing in the melee cage. The zombies had an unobstructed way to us around a corner, so the zombies mostly tried to go around the bend instead of hitting the cage.However, there are hardly any designs for melee bases left in A17. It's probably the high block damage caused by the zombies that makes it difficult to build a melee base that lasts longer. Glock 9 has tried this a few times and always had to retreat to its alternate position after a few minutes.
Naturally I didn't tell the zombies about all the twisted wire and electric wire and the shotgun turret and the 6 dart throwers on their "unobstructed" way to us. :cocksure: