is this a throwing knife?

(frolicsomeClash) #1

i was redoing the training level just to change some settings and looking around and i saw this and i was just wondering if this was a throwing knife and i just thought it was pretty cool :stuck_out_tongue:
http://imgur.com/YgME99I

(XavienX) #2

Here: http://i.imgur.com/YgME99I.jpg?1

And yes, it used to be part of the game in Alpha, I believed Phantom and Vassili used to have them. Maybe all the Recons had it, dunno.

(Eox) #3

Those were available as an augment in closed beta too. I wish them to go back soon : they were fun to use.

(Faraleth) #4

AFAIK they have no plans to bring them back as an augment. It would be nice to maybe see some kind of throwing-knife merc in the future (maybe a viable melee recon? cough), but I don’t think they will be available to all mercs again - they didn’t really fit with the theme or desired pace of gameplay for all mercs.

(Yes) #5

What are you talking about? RedEye is great at melee, probably the best.

(Ardez1) #6

Although they were excellent at finishing downed enemies(their primary reason to exist).

(frolicsomeClash) #7

i just thought this was a cool easter egg thing :stuck_out_tongue:

(Amerika) #8

Any loadout card you have that has “Quick Slash” would have had a throwing knife instead as Quick Slash replaced it. Throwing knives were janky and you could only throw two before they went on CD so you couldn’t knife gib somebody out if you used them. You also had to account for drop with them so if there was a body a long ways away you had to aim above it.

#9

You can still play around with throwing knives in offline mode if you wish, use this command and selfkill after:
set SGPawn Items (A_ThrowableKnife_01)

(B_Montiel) #10

They were indeed very fun to use but also a massive hindrance to all the loadouts which had it. Throwing knives meant no melee at all with those loadouts, so no fast melee gib. Thus making all those bad choices as possible reliable loadouts.
I hope throwing knives will come back, but not as a melee replacement ability :p…

(Grave_Knight) #11

A merc with throwing knives would be cool. Have it replace quick melee but once they’re on cool down the game starts using the normal melee weapon till you have at least one knife again. What would be really cool about this is if you have your melee out you can still use the throwing knives as well as your normal melee.