i wanted to see what everyone's opinion was on useing the knife and pistol as a primary weapon. please write your thoughts on useing these weapons if you have any tips or tactics for useing these weapons i would like to hear them.

Difficult to use? No.

Easy to knife-kill a single enemy? No - but I can shot them as I run in then use the knife to finish

Are they effective? Yes.

Modified? No.

Easy to kill multiple targets? Yes. No easier than with other weapon combinations, but they don't make it harder either.

Only the Tampa can really compete with a pistol for reload speed, and many people think of that as an oversized MP anyway, so they've got a good edge there. My main tactic is, as a Light, to have the MP as a secondary. If I'm mid-fight and run out of ammo on my SMG (usually a Galactic with high Capacity Mag - it takes quite a lot to run out), I'll switch to my MP and blaze away - I'm usually up-close with the enemy I'm firing at anyway. If there's a fresh opponent coming into the fray as I switch, I'll rush them while firing, then knife them to finish. I don't often sneak all the way in - even if I'm short enough on ammo to be staying with my MP instead of the Galactic, I'll be opening fire before I strike - hoping to chip away enough health to incap with a single knife-strike.

melee and knife need fix imo ,

so melee key needs to do what melee does when melee key is pressed.



with current settings one cannot melee or knife when shooting (meaning shooting doesnt stop for knife to be executed).



it svcks not being able to melee or knife when u press the melee key

you get alot of points when you knife but its kinda weak if you face and med or large you most likly died before you can kinfe a person to death(pure knife)

but pump a couple bullets into a person then kinfe = death

mosty use when sneaking get the drop on them and the knife rocks

if im out of ammo i pull out my knife and kamakazia people withthe knife i get a couple before im killed

I tend to favor not the knife over the knife, simply for the knockdown. I know the slide-tackle does a knockdown too, but sometimes the enemy doesn't fly straight back and then it's almost as if they got the drop on you, they know where you are and you sit there confused trying to find them.

I don't think the knife needs to be changed per se, if it gets stronger I think silliness will ensue. I wouldn't mind being able to take a machete as a secondary though.

not change either but upgraded depending on type of gun weak gun strong knife like that

that would be pretty sweet to pull out a mechete. Maybe there could be a small veriety of melee weapons that would go along with the costumes?

I was thinking about this, thsi mornign actually.

As a light, would it be possible to use your manueverability as an advantage to get your drop on the enemy and then use one of teh hard hitting pistols (Sea Eagle) or the Belgo MP and finsih em with a knife. Im gunna try Tac Knifing now.

The knife does 100 Damage and the Sea Eagle does 55, close range, two hits from the pistol and one knife strike should kill any body type. It seems viable, especially if you use the Lights ability to move faster and use their higher terrain and unique pathways to get the drop on your foes.

EDIT: Or teh Ritchie revolver, 80 damage one knife strike and one shot will kill any body type.

[censored] man, I can't even get the knife to work for me. Out of the many times I've tried it's only actually hit once, even when I'm close enough to give the guy a hug.

Pistols can be deadly though. I just tend to forget about the knife.

I play with the Battlefield controls, so Y is my melee. While that makes knifing a last resort, it's not really that difficult either. Point in the direction, and whack Y until he dies. There's no COD Commando (thank god) and the speed at which you can multiple knife makes up for that in those times you end up missing for all the sliding and spinning around.

Plus it does mean damage.

However I voted for not being able to kill multiple targets. Against bots as a Light as soon as you get that close they'll turn and start shooting. I can take out a guy while I'm at full health but to take 2 after losing some in the first battle would be difficult. Against human players it's a little easier because they're not as 'automatic'.

The knife is very situational, as it should be.
I sometimes try to melee people when i run out of ammo and often get one or more before beeing shot when cming from behind but it is nowhere near a viable tactic.

The pistol on the other hand....oh my. So much goodness. I tried all weapons but the combo i ended up using the most is Dragnov / Sea Eagle.
The Eagle gives me the middle and close range firepower and the Light Rifle lets me pick off runners and people so used to only beeing shot at by SMGs that they feel confident half hiding behind some object at middle or further range.

Besides, the Drag is a beast. I still try to get the hang as it quiet unreliable at times when you shoot a little to fast but meh, i will get there.

Pro of Sea Eagle:
High per bullet damage
High rate of fire
Very accurate
Good range

Cons:
Will mostly lose if jumped at close range by carb
More difficult to get hits in then with SMG when both are strafing

This might sound Halo-ish, but i'd prefer if the knife would have a SMALL lunge. Melee seems to have a bigger radius, the knife you have to be hugging people. I'm not saying this so i can be a ninja, but there's been so many times where i've quickly swapped to my secondary pistol and missed a melee when i'm pretty much on the guy's lap.

this is my biggest problem also, i would like the knife to have just a little more range or a lunge. Players would benifit from it and i dont think it would overpower the Combo of the Knife & pistol, that addition it might make it a little easier to keep track of your target.