Posts like this is what kept me away from a17 for so long. I was truly convinced the developers made all these awful game breaking changes, when in fact, turns out, most of the changes make a lot of sense. A17 is like a new game in a lot of ways, but a far superior game in my honest opinion. Yeah there's a lot of bugs and such, obviously, but the new mod system is great. The skill system, which I was convinced was terrible (largely in part due to similar styled posts), turns out to be pretty ■■■■ decent. It actually makes you think about what you're going to invest in, a purpose to earning xp. I think most people play for an hour, ■■■■■ about the game actually having some difficulty now, and then never bother to understand the changes the developers made. (Myself included). Once you advance a few levels, melee becomes much more efficient. In fact, I barely ever used melee before A17, but now that I understand the mod system and such, I've begun to use it almost exclusively.
It's a zombie apocalypse for christ sake.. You shouldn't be able to take on a horde of zombies with a club and then fly off in your gyrocopter the first time, every time.
