[Swartsy]

I, as many other people, dislike the knife a lot. I think it's a lame weapon to use and something that I have probably purchased maybe a handful of times in the years I've played TTT. 

However,

New players come on this server expecting a knife. If you have every browsed through the various TTT servers, a frequent thing you will notice is servers having in their title "1 hit knife." 

People expect a knife on the server and desire for it to generally be a 1 hit kill weapon. 

I actually have an anecdote that helps back this up. Maybe like a year ago the server was screwing up and the knife was no longer killing in one hit. Instead, it took two swipes to kill someone. Naturally, this made it very difficult to kill someone. One swipe on someones back did 50 dmg, not killing them and instead quickly alerting them to danger. They could quickly turn around and blast the person away as the knife took time to recharge for another hit. With our extra health boosts with chickens, wins, and soda pop, the knife might even turn into a 3 hit kill. 

People were very upset about this and reasonably so. The knife is a mainstay on nearly all TTT servers and it is something that people expect. Some of the guests on the server even left after seeing the uselessness of the knife. Not a good situation. 

I dislike the knife, I do. Removing it, however, is the not solution that some of you think though. Adding in another 1 hit kill weapon, like the dancing gun (which I think is pretty cool btw) doesn't resolve the issue either. It's also a 1 hit kill weapon and is also rather easy to kill someone with.

This is becoming a run-on thread, but I'd also like to note that the knife isn't a guaranteed kill either. I've killed plenty of traitors that have whipped one out on me, thus saving myself. I'd say I have a 70-80% knife survival rate. 

Anyways, I'd ask that administrators and other players reconsider their desire to see the knife go away based on the effects it might have on getting new players to stay and maintaining player morale.

Thank you,

Prince Nicky

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Your higness, you have hit the nail right on it’s head.
Would be a bad move to get rid of the knife.