I wish there was a way to expand unarmed fighting beyond Lightning Fists and what few combat skills don't rely on a weapon. Maybe something like getting training from Garret, Jin-Jin, or even Zo could get you some sort of unarmed fighting style you default to when you're unarmed (thus replacing your rusty knife) to bolster your build.
Like if you learn from Garret, it's basically just raw strength without any bells and whistles. More or less the "default" option.
Learning from Jin-Jin would grant you unarmed style that bolsters the crit chance and damage of melee abilities that don't use weapons (Lightning Fists, Dominance, Tackle, etc) and grant you a higher crit chance for unarmed strikes too, but lacks the raw damage Garret's style has.
More training from Zo would basically be the defensive unarmed style where losing your weapons bolster your evasion but a decent amount, effectively as if you're wielding a shield (Maybe stacks with a shield too? I love the idea of being a hand-to-hand fighter with a shield). Damage is decent, but lacks the crits of Jin's style or the raw damage of Garret's style.
Alternatively, introducing a new type of weapon that's basically Cetsus. Make them light melee weapons that pair well together and can't be disarmed. Crushing damage, bit of armor penetration, evasion boost. I'd say maybe make it so that just wearing one is kinda meh, basically a slightly worse dagger since it can't be thrown, but using two is like being able to dual wield maces. I just wanna punch bad guys.
Like if you learn from Garret, it's basically just raw strength without any bells and whistles. More or less the "default" option.
Learning from Jin-Jin would grant you unarmed style that bolsters the crit chance and damage of melee abilities that don't use weapons (Lightning Fists, Dominance, Tackle, etc) and grant you a higher crit chance for unarmed strikes too, but lacks the raw damage Garret's style has.
More training from Zo would basically be the defensive unarmed style where losing your weapons bolster your evasion but a decent amount, effectively as if you're wielding a shield (Maybe stacks with a shield too? I love the idea of being a hand-to-hand fighter with a shield). Damage is decent, but lacks the crits of Jin's style or the raw damage of Garret's style.
Alternatively, introducing a new type of weapon that's basically Cetsus. Make them light melee weapons that pair well together and can't be disarmed. Crushing damage, bit of armor penetration, evasion boost. I'd say maybe make it so that just wearing one is kinda meh, basically a slightly worse dagger since it can't be thrown, but using two is like being able to dual wield maces. I just wanna punch bad guys.