Throwing Knife Thoughts?

[Dead Weight]

Just came out of a mission with it and i wasn't too impressed with what it was.
Not sure why it isn't a secondary, or doubling as a melee weapon.
Anyone finding any good qualities with it that would justify using it over a grenade?

[The Ironguard]

I think it should maybe have counted as a pistol instead of a grenade. That said, being able to 1-shot warriors bugs with it is pretty funny. It does seem to be more of a "for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles" weapon than a seriously viable piece of kit.

[McDinglefart]

For roleplay purposes as sneaky assasin killer.

[黒人]

My impression is that it's supposed to be a stealth weapon along with the crossbow.

Has anyone tried stealthing with it?

[Gundug]

I gave it a try stealth killing a sentry, but was not used to the super short arc, so it missed the target and aggroed the entire group. I might as well just go for stealthy headshots with the pistol at such a close range or just snipe them out at long range. It's not great for a stand-up fight, considering you could throw one of these and possibly kill a target, or one impact grenade and possibly kill many targets.

[2D > 3D WEEB 4 LIFE]

The flight arc starts off way too hard and the throw itself takes way too long.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Someone said they were decent for stealth. Just kill enemies without the others even finding out.

I guess what informs enemies the most is the sound of gunfire and death sounds don't actually do it, so I guess it's useful if that's the case? They're pretty trash otherwise. Grenades are much better than stupid knives that don't even 1-shot mediums most of the time.

[Moodyman90]

It was never going to be an amazing weapon but it could go from "just barely decent" to "find to use" if they make it so you can pick knives back up and of course make it good for stealth.

Main thing about stealth is that if you see a group of more than 2 enemies, don't expect to throw a knife at one at the back and expect the rest of them to not notice their buddy is down. It's very much a "single target by itself" stealth killing weapon.

All this said, expect to see more montages of one hit kills on devastators and being able to kill a chargers with four knives to it's leg until they get around to fixing that, if they ever fix the charger's leg armor exploit.

[Flying Fish]

As everyone thought before it was even released it's useless no reason to pick it over impact nade

Somehow arrowhead thought it was a good idea to add in this state tho just to pad out a empty warbond

[Singularity's Marauder]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Someone said they were decent for stealth. Just kill enemies without the others even finding out.

I guess what informs enemies the most is the sound of gunfire and death sounds don't actually do it, so I guess it's useful if that's the case? They're pretty trash otherwise. Grenades are much better than stupid knives that don't even 1-shot mediums most of the time.

they dont. You still get spotted, even though the weapon doesnt even have throw or impact sounds... Based on the analysis I read on Reddit.

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by 黒人:

My impression is that it's supposed to be a stealth weapon along with the crossbow.

Has anyone tried stealthing with it?

Wait, is the crossbow silent?!

[RCBlazer]

The knife should totally have a melee attack. Because it replaces your grenades, you can't melee with it, despite it being a combat knife?!

I would love this weapon a lot more if it were a secondary with a melee attack. Coupled with the new Peak Physique perk on the new Viper Commando armors, being able to slash away at bugs and bots with a knife would be awesome!

[Dain_Ironfoot]

Keep bugging them to add a melee attack with it. That's what it needs.

[CyberWire]

I wish it embedded in an enemy and released a poison vapour or something that slowed enemies in proximity to the enemy with the knife lodged in him

[黒人]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

Originally posted by 黒人:

My impression is that it's supposed to be a stealth weapon along with the crossbow.

Has anyone tried stealthing with it?

Wait, is the crossbow silent?!

That's what I heard. It's silent or something like that.

Enemies will be drawn to the location of where the bolt exploded instead of where it was fired i.e you. Feel free to test this out for yourself.

Soloing helldives isn't my cup of tea anymore mainly because of the patrol changes that made soloing more difficult (those were reverted, thankfully). So I didn't get to test this out.

[Das Flughoernchen4]

Originally posted by RCBlazer:

The knife should totally have a melee attack. Because it replaces your grenades, you can't melee with it, despite it being a combat knife?!

I would love this weapon a lot more if it were a secondary with a melee attack. Coupled with the new Peak Physique perk on the new Viper Commando armors, being able to slash away at bugs and bots with a knife would be awesome!

ist not a combat knive tho, its a throwing knive wich are made to be thrown. Knives like these are only meant to be thrown.