Concealed Weapons on Loadout

[LostBoyLazarus]

Why can't we assign melee weapons to this slot?

The Concealable Knife, Concealable Baton and Fibre Wire for example are all weapons and all concealable (maybe more so than a firearm) yet can only be assigned to the two equipment slots.

I'm assuming its a balance thing but it does seem strange considering the above. I'd understand a sniper rifle (unless you count the case) or a katana not being concealable.

I'd like to be able to loadout with a concealable baton, a lockpick and my fibre wire. Why can I only choose a firearm as a starting weapon?

(I appreciate that no one can really answer this unless you work for the devs but thought I'd ask all the same)

[Eddo]

It is my biggest complaint about the current series of Hitman; the loadout selection. I will dearly love that guns count as items instead, and have 3 fluid spots in the inventory.

Some people will argue to their death and scream BALANCE and blah blah blah blah about you can do so with fewer tools; thats not the point and no one can claim that finding items in Hitman is the best part of the game. Make more slots unlockable at Mastery 20 or something; or unlock as SA/SO. Once we can beat on the tightest of constraints, I think balance is not a big deal anymore.

Is also a bit of an annoyance that fibrewire and coins are "items". I can sort of understand the former, but and doing the signature kills requires more planning but it means no one really bothers with it unless they are doing a challenge with it. Coins is a little silly as most human beings carry coins anyway, and would an assassin really decide between carrying coins or carrying some poison pills?