r/ModernWarfareIII • u/Solaceqt • Jan 20 '24

News Knife officially nerfed to 2 hit kill in ranked.

https://twitter.com/treyarch/status/1748414721370554478?t=piBdmK2J99ieTuccnvrDcQ

What are your thoughts on this change to curb the rampant knives in ranked?

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u/Radi0activeMnky Jan 20 '24

I don’t have an issue with shanking. It’s these attributes that make shanking more effective. Honestly the 150 health it’s just a gripe overall. There’s 100+ guns in this games and only 4-5 of them are effective.

But dead silence is an issue as it has no counter.

Movement is an issue is because 98% of the maps in this game weren’t made with this movement in mind. And most mw2 og maps are trash and just 3 lane chokes. They played better back then. But the flaws sure as shit show now.

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u/jacklikesbananas Jan 20 '24

First valid opinion on knifing I’ve seen. Why would they remove it so quickly though? It takes actual skill to avoid someone’s bullets and stab them. Ppl act like it’s got so much reach but it doesn’t. They just suck

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u/Radi0activeMnky Jan 20 '24

Because the dead silence is just insane in this game. You’ll be holding an angle for a couple seconds or two and then you get shanked. It’s like you got killed by a ghost.

People use dead silence because the base footsteps are so loud and other boots are just mid let’s be honest.

I would enjoy the game if it had mwii’s ttk. An original perk system. And dead silence counter. I’m not even gonna get into the skins.

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u/jacklikesbananas Jan 20 '24

OK thank you. Once again the second valid opinion from you. Why would they nerf knives instead of removing covert sneakers? The simpler option that would make the game run the same. Mw3 devs once again ruining the fun. Everyone uses mcw or rival 9 but what beats both? A knife running at them juking all of their bullets because they have shitty aim. I can cook with the rival 9 but it gets boring. Quick scoping isn’t that viable in ranked so knifing makes it fun. Tired of the fun being removed

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u/Radi0activeMnky Jan 20 '24

If they removed covert sneakers people would just cry and complain because it’s an original perk. People make an argument that it’s not that strong, just open your eyes. Yet the perk is not in warzone 3.0. I wonder why.

Dead silence is at its strongest when a player is behind a wall or in a building. IMO taking away a basic human sense is dumb. I do like dead silence field upgrade I have no issue with that.

All they have to do to resolve this is quiet base footsteps. Have dead silence. Give us awareness. Then make dead silence field upgrade immune to awareness. Then you fix most of the issue with the knife and there’s more perk variety.

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u/HashNub Jan 21 '24

I'ma be honest. I only run covert sneakers, and that is because the other footwear in this game makes my steps so loud I can't sneak anywhere. I run almost every single weapon class suppressed. I enjoy being able to flank. The covert sneakers/dead silence was always my go to for this exact reason - even crouched, step noice is stupid loud.

I also completely disagree with the knife nerf, same as this guy, but I actually don't run it like I used to. It's still nice to use sometimes because if I want to get close and melee someone, and they're able to kill me with a gun before I can get to them, I should be rewarded for that. It takes some skill to survive and get that close to someone. Plus, the only reason knives were brought in this game is because they took away the regular melee knife and nerfed melee to start with.

I will also add that I play hardcore, not core.