The knife... well, the knife is pretty horrible all around. When you're running around in futuristic power armor swiping at people with a little blade it just feels silly, and certainly isn't satisfying. It felt silly in both CoD and MAG and they were regular people. If I'm going to knife someone in futuristic armor I expect it to be more of a takedown move like battlefield 3 or Halo Reach. I humbly request you try to transition the knife to more of a sneak attack/takedown move and less of an 'oh god there's a guy in front of me, lets both run in circles flailing our knives', as that isn't satisfying gameplay. Battlefield 3 had some of the best knife kills of any fps I've played, whether it was you knifing someone else or you yourself being knifed; it always felt satisfying and I never felt frustrated when being killed by one. When you see a knife plunged into the target as opposed to swiped across the chest it feels like a much more acceptable kill.

there is a skill that increase your knife damage by 10% per level, then there are biotics giving you more damage bonus.
the knife is not a one hit kill weapon in this game and i love it.

This is true, you can upgrade the knife to become more powerful, but I still feel it's unsatisfying. My concerns lie with the actual mechanics of the knife, and not so much it's damage potential. Even if you could upgrade it to be one hit kills, the knife gameplay in it's current state would still be unfun (to me), in fact probably even more so.

It's quite similar to the knife mechanic in MAG, if you've played that. I personally didn't like the system there either.

Seconding that guns feel (and sound) like pea shooters. And what is the purpose of the knife if not a 1 hit kill? Why have it? Running up to someone, closing the distance, is a risk to take. When I get in someone's face, the reward should be a melee kill. Not a scratch that gets me shot in the face.

No, no, no, no, no.

OHC knives are rediculous. This is not meant to be an arcade shooter like COD.

Think of how knives are used in modern combat... they're not. Now put a metric ton of armour on our enemies, and run up to them flailing a knife.

No ty.

No, no, no, no, no.

OHC knives are rediculous. This is not meant to be an arcade shooter like COD.

Think of how knives are used in modern combat... they're not. Now put a metric ton of armour on our enemies, and run up to them flailing a knife.

No ty.

Nova Machete pls.

this is arguably one of the most important things in a shooter. there needs to be a sense of power within the sounds that your gun makes. you want to feel like you're really carrying death with you whenever you fire your gun. right now the sounds of the assault rifle just sounds like im tapping a wooden stick against a plastic watergun.

The sounds of the current guns could solely be due to the ammo type that they are. I do believe that there will plasma rounds, blaster rounds, etc. I would think that each ammo type would have a different feel and probably a different sound. I for one feel that the knife makes no sense in this game as well, but mostly for selfish reasons. Too many times I am drilling a guy and like an idiot I flail my knife like an idiot only to die in the process. I'm sure I've made many people LOL while watching me shoot them one second to swinging my knife around like a fool at nothing the next.

The knives are amazingly useful if you put some practice in, and actually level up the skill. Here's a hint. Knife your teammates to watch for the shield marker to get a better idea of the range, if you're not sure. The knife swings from the right, arcing up left. Generally you can hit people slightly off screen to your right, but not your left because of the way the arc swings. So, when you're strafe dancing with someone, circle left around them so they are always on your right if you plan to stab them :)

As far as damage goes, it's perfect. With the level 5 knife handling skill, and 3x prototype damage modifiers for melee you can get it to the point where you can instakill almost any prototype nonheavy except with the heaviest tanks.. Heavy suits die in two swings. The downside is You need to fit two CPU enhancers to do this, considering the melee damage mods are high slots, most suits will have pretty much no tank to make this fit work. Even without damage modifiers at level V handling you can almost instantly gib someone with a weaker fit. Standard assaults will go to like 15% armor if memory serves.

Though, for those who are dedicated in the endeavor will find melee very deadly and quite workable in its current iteration, if you practice. I do agree the range could use a tad of an increase though.