Change melee skill to athletics?

[cactusmeat]

Most of my colonies ignore brawlers and melee heavy pawns. I've always felt it was a wasted stat, and I know i'm not the only one. If it were changed to do more than just melee combat I might rethink their usefulness.

I propose it be changed to:
Affects melee skills as it does now
affect swimming speed
affect average caravan speed
affect walk speed on difficult terrain
affects total carry weight


If it is possible on top of that, It would be nice if the pawn shape/size correlated to (and dynamically updated) this new athletics skill, and that people who are in shape were seen as more attractive.

Of course then there would be new ways to level the skill, perhaps a recreation option of swimming as others have suggested, caravanning also.

[SaciDePatinete]

Agreed!