Melee Weapons in Brink?

Well just imagine melee weapons in this game running around vaulting and stabbing people from behind. Like in the cinematic where the resistance guy has two knives. Diving around with that kind of weapons would be a whole lot of fun. Even though it would be rather difficult to make melee combat balanced it would make the game better than it is already is. If you do put in melee weapons make sure that the knife itself is a weapon so you can’t have your gun and then really quickly pull out you melee weapon. On the whole don't make it like modern warfare where you hold a gun and then rapidly pull out your knife make it like team fortress 2 where the knife is measured a weapon. Now that i think about it only functioning should have a knife since it fits the best. I think this would add a good new way to have combat in brink.

The only dedicated melee weapon is a knife that you can use along with a pistol, and possibly a bayonet attachment for larger weapons. There will be melee attacks though, but SD hasn't released much info about them, that i know of. You can slide tackle to bang the people to end, kill downed opponents via melee, and operatives can backstab. Also, its a bit later to suggest anything as the game is already into beta and all that's left is balancing and polish.

Although it would be rather difficult to make melee combat balanced it would make the game better than it is already is they're having a hard enough time balancing already. You will lose ever seen a guy with a knife run at a guy with a pistol? And i mean in real life? If you did, it was probably because he was protecting someone, or was as mad as a brick, because you need to be desperate to do that, it's not something that gives, or at least, should give you a long life. And it's bloody annoying to see someone run straight at you with his knives, while he succeeds because he has just enough hp to survive a hail of bullets.

Brink is a game where one-hit-kills are clearly shunned, and it could easily take half a clip or more to take down an opponent. If they actually made a "main weapon" knife under those circumstances, it would either be useless, or overpowered. It is either going to take far too many hits to kill, or be unfair if you ever find your self behind your opponent, intentional or not. And someone who hates melee is going to be calling the knife overpowered far sooner than players who like melee will be calling it useful. Its not "hard" to balance in a game like this, it would be nearly impossible.

Well according to me SD has appealed to those who really want to melee by allowing you to carry a knife with your pistol. Make a light player, it would be best for getting behind people anyway, and just whip out your sidearm to knife people if that's what you really enjoy. You could still do it with the larger body types, but I have to imagine that an SMG for medium or a shotgun for heavy would be far superior as a CQC secondary weapon.

Everything in Brink is rooted in reality. From the art style dubbed "Hyper-Realism", to the weapons, to the technology, to the way is being applied. The game may be overstated and not quite realistic at times, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the game that is totally fictional. So saying realistic is boring" isn't an end-all argument for defending things you want to see in Brink. And finally, using a knife either way is fairly realistic. If a well trained soldier needs to remove someone silently, they will shoulder or holster their weapon, so they can use one hand to cover the victims mouth and use the knife in the other. On the other hand, in a dire situation, it wouldn't be hard to hold your rifle or pistol in your off-hand and quickly pull out your knife and go for a stab or slash.