Game or not, the saying "like bringing a knife to a gun fight" has one very specific meaning. I love you guys who use them (Yay free kills) but their not meant for frontal attacks, their meant for stealth action, coming up behind someone and killing him before he knows your there.

look.. not everything in this game is meant to be a jack of all trades assault rifle.

the nova knives fit a niche and are good at killing people quickly and silently. they're not assault rifles.. stop trying to make this a commando pro or a riot shield in dust514.

Will resist the urge to go on about how mg rising is a disgrace to the series BUT I agree with you lightning. I think they should get a buff, as in less or no charge time. I don't think you need more damage or extra abilities (we don't need raidens running around the field). I think you should be able to swing them freely whenever, and they should be more quiet. im sure nova knives will find their place much more with the scout camo and racial suits. Imho , its meant for stealth ops and quick moves, not running through bullet barrages. I know our suits enhance balance and reflexs , strength and speed but I'm sure from how the game plays, the suit was not meant to give you the reflexes to deflect incoming bullets. If your scout suit gave you reflexes that absurd, then the suits should also gives us that much more in strength and balance, can we then dual weild hmgs?

I think you just have zandatsu fever


Also, dont mean to rain on the nova parade, its purely personal opinion, but as I said, they deserve a buff, but def not those extra abilities.

The concept behind this is actually very sound. However, mind if I pitch in? For the record, this should be in the feedback section of the forums. Anyways, back to the main point.

1. Deflection should be chance based. A pair of nova knives are not going to be able to deflect every shot because the bullets are just too fast for even the exo-suit-powered arms to catch up. Perhaps make the chances of successful deflection increase with both the tier of the weapon and the passive bonus of related skill books and perhaps maybe a bonus from wearing a particular specialization suit.

2. Currently, there is a way to sprint with the charge held. Melee+R1(hold). This is just a glitch and CCP has mentioned outside of the forums that this is just a place holder mechanic until they allow direct sprint-charge in the next build. The downside with the glitch is that it drains stamina every time you start it and it becomes a complete hindrance when you're in the middle of a 1v1 dance of death.

3. Here is a link to my diaries so you can see all the data I managed to gather while specializing in this rare profession. As you can see, the nova knife was never meant to be used as a frontal-attack weapon. It's a stealth-based weapon that is extremely situational and only benefits the scout user. Once the cloaking modules are put into the market, the knives will become even deadlier.

"Tier" is the level of the weapon. I think you meant "purpose". In terms of being limited to a particular purpose, it's not a bad thing. I mean, I don't mind seeing people use the nova knives as a frontal-attack weapon, but I do know for a fact that the weapon is designed to shine best in stealth-attack situations such as when I kill folks who are hacking objectives, sniping at my teammates, etc. It's like taking a screw driver, grabbing it by the shank, and hitting the head of the nail with the handle. It might work, but the screw driver is best used to drive screws.