Would be cool if they changed it, but if they fundamentally changed throwing I'm sure there'd be an outcry from many throwers. Balancing throwing around this because fixing it would cause other issues (One of many things I can think of are memory issues to start with if stuff stayed around longer). I figure it was an issue they discovered in testing and went the 'It's not a bug, it's a feature' road.

It's hell of annoying when a rare weapon gets lost to a throw. Like it or not, another Dead Island is on the way. Dead Island 2 slips into 2016, 'decided we. I wish they'd change it so that weapons took a durability hit when thrown, but would stick around (longer). Like the name suggests, every weapon amputates or breaks limbs (depends on the damage type) each time you connect with a limb. Now if they changed it that thrown weapons allways stayed around balance would be pretty broken. Now losing a weapon now and then would get you some 'costs' even as a thrower. This year’s E3 didn’t have as many surprises as I anticipated, one of the exceptions being the out-of-the-blue reveal of Dead Island 2, which is now in the extremely capable hands of Spec Ops. 4 (The brainblast knife) and throw it around merrily without any repair costs.

Throwing was pretty overpowered in DI (Didn't try it yet in Riptide) because weapons wouldn't take a durability hit. Not really sure if it is a bug (please stuff the fanboi screams).

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