Quick Knife

[Hamma]

Via Higby on Twitter:

Quick knife?

https://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/status/166948544488546304

What do you think?

[Firefly]

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

[Gortha]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

This! And kill the Kill Cam!

[Graywolves]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

QFT

[Zhane]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

This.

[Azren]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

Quoted For Thruth

[HitbackTR]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

QFT

[Death2All]

I can only see more negatives stemming from a quick knife than positives.

Have a button you can rely on to win every close quarters engagement is retarded.

Quick knifing is the bane of FPS games, please God do not implement them into PS2, I see absolutely no benefits that could possibly be given to the game at all.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

Agreed.

You know what that feels like? It feels like when SciFi channel became Syfy.

[Tikuto]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

You know what that feels like? It feels like when SciFi channel became Syfy.

lol'd

[Neksar]

I think they just meant 'quick knife' in the sense that there is a dedicated melee button. That I can support. I highly, highly doubt that they meant an insta-kill knife. The reason knives in Call of Duty kill instantly is to give players a reason not to just hump one anothers' legs with shotguns and SMGs.

I bet Planetside 2 will have assassination mechanics for knives after certain customization options, since TTK will go down. An infiltrator will need to have some way to be able to pick off enemies without being offed almost instantaneously. I mean, if one considers how squishy a spotted infiltrator was in PS1, then an even-more-squishy PS2 infiltrator will likely need to be able to assassinate with a knife to level the playing field.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Neksar

An infiltrator will need to have some way to be able to pick off enemies without being offed almost instantaneously. I mean, if one considers how squishy a spotted infiltrator was in PS1, then an even-more-squishy PS2 infiltrator will likely need to be able to assassinate with a knife to level the playing field.

The problem I have with this idea is that it's bad. If you have to level the playing field for a class in a game like this by giving it an insta killing weapon then you've made a mistake somewhere along the design process.

Come to think of it, what role do infiltrators have now that hacking is out? I'm genuinely interested what their plans are for this class.

[beekergunship]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

Agreed.

You know what that feels like? It feels like when SciFi channel became Syfy.

[BorisBlade]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

^this x10000000000

[Shade Millith]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't want quickscope. I don't want quick-knife. I don't want killcam. I don't want a goddamned Call of Dookie MMO-FPS.

This.

Maybe a quick, but weak "Hit with the butt of the gun" attack maybe? Something that knocks around the target? Does like 5% damage, but knocks them back a little, with a slight disorientation?

But no COD knifing.

And it CANNOT be homing like COD/Halo's.