What is the point of the Boot Knife?

[Samuraiworld]

It does garbage damage and it has one upgrade as far as I can tell, and that upgrade is on the final tier of the melee tree. I guess it's just there so you always have a weapon, but what good is a weapon that takes 6-8 hits to kill one zombie? Thank god you can get a skill to repair melee weapons in the field, oh but let's not forget that most of the melee damage upgrades don't affect the boot knife. It's like the developers didn't even want the player to use the knife, so why even make it a permanent weapon if you get one upgrade for it? I'm running a melee build since ammo is scarce and I don't care for the guns/gunplay in the game. I've noticed after the first melee skill upgrade you can kill regular freakers with 2-3 hits from a bladed weapon or blunt weapon, which is nice. The melee tree seemed to have overall nicer abilities than the gun tree, also I figured playing the game stealth-like would make more sense. Kind of sucks if you fire a gun and attract a bunch of freakers to your area and what happens when you run out of ammo and you have a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ melee weapon that does zero damage? You're screwed. Maybe I'm not playing the game right, maybe guns are broken once you get some upgrades from them. Frankly combat overall doesn't really feel fun in the game, but I guess it depends on how you play. Oh, sure headshots kill enemies in one hit, if you can manage to land a headshot. Aiming doesn't feel very smooth, though I noticed you can upgrades to improve your aiming with guns.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

wish they allowed us to upgrade weapons with mods. Same for the knife. Mostly used for stealth kills..

[Samuraiworld]

Escrito originalmente por Silent Ops:

wish they allowed us to upgrade weapons with mods. Same for the knife. Mostly used for stealth kills..

Yeah, I agree. You can stealth kill enemies with the knife but in open combat it's worthless. As I said, I've noticed it takes 6-8 hits with the knife to kill a generic freaker. Once you get that upgrade for the knife it MIGHT lower that number down to like 3-4 hits, but overall I see no reason to even use the knife. I always try to make sure I have a field weapon on me like a hammer or machete. I think bladed weapons are superior, so I look for machetes mostly. Sledgehammers feel pretty strong as well, but a machete is the closest thing you'll get to a sword weapon in the game, and I just like carrying it. Makes me feel like a swordsman, wish we had gotten a katana as a "gag weapon" or something.

[cis0123s]

Its good for stealth kills, and when your out of repair material for you melee weapon of choice. I like the Bats, bladed and nailed do pretty good. I am not too far into the progression, so not much unlocked yet.

[Drysyn]

The Boot knife is good for opening hoods/trunks xD

[The-Samurai]

its more of a tool and its supposed to be trash makes you want to get out and build a weapon its not meant to be a weapon per se lmao it would just be weird if you pulled a knife that u couldnt use except to open trunks and chests and ♥♥♥♥ with it i mean...

[IvantheFormidable]

The boot knife is a tool, not a weapon. You can use it as a weapon in a last resort situation, but you're far better off using a melee weapon. No real reason it should be able to compete with a proper melee weapon, imo. It's just there if you have nothing else. I mean, what are you going to do, try to punch the zombies?

[The-Samurai]

Escrito originalmente por IvantheFormidable:

The boot knife is a tool, not a weapon. You can use it as a weapon in a last resort situation, but you're far better off using a melee weapon. No real reason it should be able to compete with a proper melee weapon, imo. It's just there if you have nothing else. I mean, what are you going to do, try to punch the zombies?

this guy gets it:) ^

[Stoibs]

=(

I tend to always manually switch to it when facing 1 on 1 freakers.
Dodgeroll spam + spamming attack takes less of a toll on your real crafted weapons.
Good early on before you have the scrap repair skill.

[The-Samurai]

i just like to blow them up and when that doesnt work a fencepost with nails in it is a great way to ♥♥♥♥ a day up