I think it would be cool if we have knives instead of just guns. Not like throwing knives but like a knife as a tool. What do you guys think?

Why wouldn't we just let the pick/shobel do damage instead of making a new weapon?
Why would we even need a melee weapon?

Because what if we are infiltrating an enemies base? Wanna be silent or noisy? Or if you don't have ammo and you are too far away from. Base?

K, but why not just let the pick do damage. Less tools to scroll through.

This isn't Splinter Cell, there are very few situations where you would want to risk getting close enough for a melee kill, and even fewer situations where you could pull it off.
If you're out of ammo you'd be better off respawning.

Shattered horizon has an icepick as insta-kill... why not just make the pick do 2 hits to kill? 2 or 3? It's not like it takes long to swing it 2 times, and that split second would allow a reasonably good player to possibly react.
That's just my opinion though, based on what people like about melee stealth kills, 1 hit would probably be more accepted...

Edit: If you're out of ammo but have intel? Or some weird situation like that. It just seems awkward to have no weapon at all once your ranged is out.

Shovel. They used those back in the day, and now as a weapon.
I suggest a 3 hit kill cause it hits slow.

I think the shovel is good enough, 1 hit kill is fine, since it is slow, and you'd only be using it when you run up on somebody without them knowing

maybe 2, but i dont think 3 is really good. but the shovel is cooler than a knife.

also, yeah, if you run out of ammo, charging the enemy with a knife isn't going to be very effective. you're better of respawning or going to your tent for ammo

Because it's slow it should be weak?

Well, we want to keep it as close to the shovel as possible. I think 2 is good for a melee weapon.
also @ Loki
Why should the melee weapon be weak? you're probably using it cause you have no ammo, otherwise a headshot would do.

"I suggest a 3 hit kill cause it's slow"

That would take like five seconds to kill

I suggest that we have rapiers and can sword fight!

Sometimes, knowing the shovel and pick do no damage, I like to charge at the Blue team wielding my pick, and start trying to attack them. Mainly because It shows that I can run up to them close enough to actually hurt them if it did damage, which it should. However, I also just want them to see how cute my little guy looks holding a pick.

If shovels are going to do damage, the animation for attacking had better be different.

Unless we are going to dig them to death.

PICK NOT SHOVEL.

noire, tell me you are kidding. please.
Lokiamis, we see eye to eye on this. no point in a melee weapon, especially one that does less than 100 damage

I was going to suggest putting it in as a gimmick kill then I remembered boxing Heavies

Theser are a royal pain in the ass in medieval battles. But they are fun :D

oh, also, search before you make a suggestion like this. there are a lot of melee suggestions

BAYONETS!!!!....bayonet attachment

Pee Es

CoD Knifing solves this.

Remember to use your last grenade to an hero.

Give the rifle a secondary bayonet attack using the v or f button.

Melee done.

Move along...

how much damage o prophet?

bayonet isnt a bad idea

+1 for the pick, but not instant kill please (bit formulaic dont you think?). Had a few games now where I've come across someone else on the opposite team tunneling at the same time as me and would be fun to fight instead of seeing who can get a headshot in first.

id be all for a tool not picks or shovels, mainly cause i dont wanna sneak into an enemy tunnel and get hit buy the tunneler and die without having time to level that headshot

You know, if you're going to be sticking your face in a person's barrel you should probably get an insta kill for hitting him - its basically a headshot but without wasting ammo.

That being said, I DON"T want Battlefield or COD-style laser-guided knife stabbing - that would just kill the game.

how about a battle axe with a blade the size of 4 malnourished 5 year olds? Final Fantasy does it why cant we?

To those of you saying that any melee weapon would never get used, I can say pretty confidently that's not the case. It's not uncommon for me to sneak up on people in trenches, or get extremely close to builders I want to kill without alerting their team. I think the Bayonet and making the pick do damage are both great ideas.