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I have made a collaberation of some of the things that people have said would make the knife more balanced. The new patch (1.04) has reduced the knife lunge range, but it us still quite far. Anyway, here is what had been said:

1. Reduce all lunge altogether. You can only knife someone if you are touching them.

2. Remove the knife altogether, but you can hit enemies with your gun. This would, however, be a 2-hit kill.

3. Make the knife a secondary, so you have the choice of either a pistol, launcher, special or knife (in this case the knife would have the current lunge range, but the ballistic knife would have no lunge capabilities whatsoever.)

4. Make the knife an equipment. Instead of a C4 or Motion Sensor you have to chose the knife if you want to continue stabbing. In this case the knife would give you a speed multiplier of x1.07 (The same speed increase as Lightweight)

5. The knife can only be used when you have your secondary weapon out.

6. Make the knife a 2-hit kill (similar to the gun hitting one, but it would have some lunge capabilities)

These suggestions have been developed because of these beliefs:

The knife should only be used in the situations of either wanting a stealth kill, if you are out of ammo or you know an enemy is coming round the corner, for example. The knife should NOT be used as a panic tool when you run into an enemy.

One last thought:

Maybe it should be the same, but players cannot have the "default" button layout, so the knife cannot be used by pressing L3.

Please leave suggestions below for how you would change the knife, or which option you think is best. Lets try and build up an ultra long list! Thank you!

My opinion:
-Slightly less lung, but still some lunge.
-Replace with stock whipping/pistol whipping for realism
One hit for crossbow and all primary weapons except for SMGs and two hits for SMGs and secondary weapons except for the crossbow.

Other idea:
-Make knife a third weapon that can be taken out and increases running speed x1.15.