One click knifing I find having to switch to a knife pretty annoying.

What is the difference between C and D? Is C like...gun butting as well?

Oh double-melee in Gears 1, how I hated you.

It's too much hassle to have to switch to knife, although it is more realistic.

Weird, I was just thinking about melee in shooters recently.
 
Anyway, I demand more melee - fists, wrenches, hammers, axes, oh and crowbars.

One-click melee attack. Not sure if I want it to be an insta-kill though.

one click knifing has pretty much ruined online FPSes

i like how it's done in uncharted - couple shots to knock the dude of balance, then one punch to finish them off. i suppose that, in structure, most resembles the halo way of doing things, so I picked that.

I like the Halo way shoot until the shields are down the gun butt to kill them.

One-click knife. If I had to switch to a knife I would never use melee.

But I always want to see my guy just throw a massive punch when I melee someone. Preferably while shouting.

A.
But fuck knives, I rather see a pistol whip or something.
No commando can pull out a knife and resheate it in that time period.

Equippable knife of course. The greatest moments in games like Battlefield 2 is when two players, out of nowhere, hide their guns in the heat of the battle and decide to get into an impulsive knife fight until one of them comes out on top. 
 
One click knives result in auto-aim knifing, and unfair panic kills.

One-click knifing is satisfying.

It depends on the game.  I do think the good old-fashioned rifle butt is severely underutilized in modern gaming though.

Counter-Strike does melee the best. Knifing is an art in that game. And it feels DAMN GOOD to be successful at it. 
One Click "CoD" knifing is lame and not rewarding in the slightest.

@neoepoch said:

What is the difference between C and D? Is C like...gun butting as well?

Gears and Halo do it best.

one click knifing has pretty much ruined online FPSes

Wait, so C is supposed to be melee, but with guns instead of knifes? I accidentally chose A. Everyone should be choosing C. Knifing is fine, but meleeing with individual guns and not just the same melee over and over is better. By the way, people really aren't careful enough, C and A can be interpreted as the same. You should have written something different, like "No knifes, I like to melee with a gun".

Second time I'm using this image today, but it's worth it..

I'd have to go for the third option, using your actual gun to combat the enemy. But rather than have it done in a Halo fashion, I'd much more subscribe to the way that it's used in, say, Gears of War. GoW certainly ain't perfect, but if there's one thing that game absolutely nailed, then it was the mix-up between melee and range, with for example a swift strike from the shotgun completely destabilizing the enemy's aim and stunning them. Do I even need to mention the lancer? Noo, I don't. Thing about it being that it was balanced, as it put you at a huge disadvantage should you get shot while revving it; not to mention how vulnerable you made yourself.

I also feel that Killzone 3 has a wonderful melee system with it's one-hit sync-kills as it makes sense for it to be powerful, yet mostly not a viable option as huge gun-damage and slow movement speed makes the actual rushing of an enemy only possible when he's reloading, and/or he's focusing on another player.

The ideal melee in a shooter, though? For the Emprah!

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

Equippable knife of course. The greatest moments in games like Battlefield 2 is when two players, out of nowhere, hide their guns in the heat of the battle and decide to get into an impulsive knife fight until one of them comes out on top. One click knives result in auto-aim knifing, and unfair panic kills.

Oh, I remember those moments fondly. Seemed to happen to me all the time while sniping in the foot-hills, I'd all of a sudden run into another sniper and after having spent almost the entirety of our ammo, we'd dance the night away like two mexican desperados with chafing pants. Got to the point where I always remembered to save 2 shots in the sniper before pulling the knife. Sooner or later, they start rushing you, completely ignoring your "depleted" weapon, and then bam!

"Fool to bring a knife to a gunfight."

Shame they're changing how the knife works for Battlefield 3, it seems to be along the Killzone 3 style of thinking. Hell, at least the customizable dog-tags are a great idea.

I like the Halo way shoot until the shields are down the gun butt to kill them.

                    @neoepoch: Yea, like Halo style.

                   

               

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

Equippable knife of course. The greatest moments in games like Battlefield 2 is when two players, out of nowhere, hide their guns in the heat of the battle and decide to get into an impulsive knife fight until one of them comes out on top. One click knives result in auto-aim knifing, and unfair panic kills.

Oh, I remember those moments fondly. Seemed to happen to me all the time while sniping in the foot-hills, I'd all of a sudden run into another sniper and after having spent almost the entirety of our ammo, we'd dance the night away like two mexican desperados with chafing pants. Got to the point where I always remembered to save 2 shots in the sniper before pulling the knife. Sooner or later, they start rushing you, completely ignoring your "depleted" weapon, and then bam!

"Fool to bring a knife to a gunfight."

Shame they're changing how the knife works for Battlefield 3, it seems to be along the Killzone 3 style of thinking. Hell, at least the customizable dog-tags are a great idea.

@Ahmad_Metallic: Praise Allah! The lovely kill-animations by back-stabbing sounds like a great idea; makes it all the more humiliating. All we need now is an unlockable cop-knife and we're ready to roll!

I say this calls for a celebration:

Really wish I enjoyed Jeff's music, man IS talented.. At least Grizzly Bear's "Knife" is great.

Oh double-melee in Gears 1, how I hated you.

It's too much hassle to have to switch to knife, although it is more realistic.

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

A. But fuck knives, I rather see a pistol whip or something. No commando can pull out a knife and resheate it in that time period.

Now comeon, be fair, how many commandos do you know?

Switching to a knife and fighting with it.  It's just annoying when there is auto-aim knifing that can seem cheap at times.
 
@Ahmad_Metallic said:

Equippable knife of course. The greatest moments in games like Battlefield 2 is when two players, out of nowhere, hide their guns in the heat of the battle and decide to get into an impulsive knife fight until one of them comes out on top.  One click knives result in auto-aim knifing, and unfair panic kills.

I prefer the good old "use gun as club" method, so C. Halo melee style is pretty fun.

But I do support alternative melee weapons, like the Gravity Hammer, Plasma Sword, or a baton (Saint's Row for instance) or a knife (other shooters).

Still, I always like to hear the thud from a shotgun after knocking an Elite's shields off. Or if something pisses me off, then I just beat things down in a blind rage. It's always fun to come out of a fight with the same amount of ammo you went in with.

 It also makes knife kills so much more satisfying when it takes skill to actually kill someone with it.

Melee doesn't belong in fps games. The fucking sword from Halo... some one needed to be fired for that shit.

I think Halo handles it best.

B, definitely B.

Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

A. But fuck knives, I rather see a pistol whip or something. No commando can pull out a knife and resheate it in that time period.

Now comeon, be fair, how many commandos do you know?