So I just went prestige and I had all my guns reset so I decided to try playing like someone I met the day before since it requires nothing but the good ol' handy knife.  Basically, for the perks, I put on marathon, lightweight, and commando.  With this, you're already running crazy fast with what might as well be a Halo sword, but once you unlock the tactical knife for a pistol, you're like an effing ninja.  Where this play style really comes to its prime though, is when you unlock a care package in a match, which for whatever weird reason, increases your speed when you're holding it.  You can't use any guns, but your knife remains active, as does any equipment you might have, and you run in sort of a crouching position.  So the result of all this is running around like the fucking flash just shanking everyone on the other team.  By the time they hear your footsteps (which are loud and on rapidfire), they're already dead.  The bane of my existance is the enemy UAV, but other than that, this is the most fun I have had playing this game multiplayer.  I average 17-ish kills in any given team deathmatch using this insane method.

So I just went prestige and I had all my guns reset so I decided to try playing like someone I met the day before since it requires nothing but the good ol' handy knife.  Basically, for the perks, I put on marathon, lightweight, and commando.  With this, you're already running crazy fast with what might as well be a Halo sword, but once you unlock the tactical knife for a pistol, you're like an effing ninja.  Where this play style really comes to its prime though, is when you unlock a care package in a match, which for whatever weird reason, increases your speed when you're holding it.  You can't use any guns, but your knife remains active, as does any equipment you might have, and you run in sort of a crouching position.  So the result of all this is running around like the fucking flash just shanking everyone on the other team.  By the time they hear your footsteps (which are loud and on rapidfire), they're already dead.  The bane of my existance is the enemy UAV, but other than that, this is the most fun I have had playing this game multiplayer.  I average 17-ish kills in any given team deathmatch using this insane method.

Lol, that sounds fucking annoying to be on the receiving end though.

Looks like fun. It's annoying I agree for the victims but at least it's not dual rangering.

"Lol, that sounds fucking annoying to be on the receiving end though. "

Penny Arcade just did a comic on this.

Haha yeah it's pretty cool... we were discussing this exact method a few days ago. Haven't actually tried it out yet though!
 
How has your K/D been since you've started this? Do you get killed much? I'll give it a go later and find out about this fun method.

Also unlock a tactical knife on one of your pistols for quicker bullshit.
 
People who use this strategy is lame... Lets buy a fps and use the knife all the time...

I've heard of whole teams doing that... the horror.

I hate people like that.

Yup, this is the way I'll roll soon

Lets be clear: I could get better results running around with double 1887's, but this is just more fun.  It's not like it's god mode either.  If someone sees you running at them trying this, you're screwed.

" Also unlock a tactical knife on one of your pistols for quicker bullshit.  People who use this strategy is lame... Lets buy a fps and use the knife all the time... "

" @fwylo said:

" Also unlock a tactical knife on one of your pistols for quicker bullshit.  People who use this strategy is lame... Lets buy a fps and use the knife all the time... "

First-person shanker?  I wanna try it at some point. Sounds like fun. I think I saw someone using that tactic on my first day of online play. So are you supposed to hold onto the smoke grenade that calls in the care package to go quicker? Like have it currently equipped? "

I won't argue that abusing this class with the knife and 1887's is fun, but personally it's beginning to ruin it for me. When my only option to counter them is to camp I don't really want to play the game anymore.

" I won't argue that abusing this class with the knife and 1887's is fun, but personally it's beginning to ruin it for me. When my only option to counter them is to camp I don't really want to play the game anymore. "

They're both frustrating. Even when I grab a corner to ambush a knifeguy he can still kill me with his bullshit speed and range. But nobody on the internet gives a shit what I think, even if they're thinking the same thing. So I'll stop here.

I love playing like this too. It's a lot of fun to get right up in a guys face a just stab the shit out of him.

Modern Warrior 2 ftw

"I hate people like that. "

" @natetodamax said:

"I hate people like that. "

But having them run up to you and then just knifing them because your faster is great fun. "

Glitching FTL.

why is everyone bitching about the knife? you see, if they're using the tactical knife, THEN THEY CAN'T SHOOT YOU. seriously just look around and cover your flanks, and if you hear foot steps then look for someone close by. i think that it's fun to use, and not that hard to counter.
 
and i would bitch about the 1887s, but i hate them for the same reason that i hate snipers, you can't counter them or stop them. you walk into a street, you immediately get shot, and you can't really do anything about it unless you happen  to flank those people.

Love the avatar, JDDrewes.

Knife-running is a fun way to play. My K/D sucks ass when I do it though, goes down to practically 1/1 so I usually just stick to my M16 or ACR. But when I get bored, WATCH OUT, cause  Mr. Knifey is a comin' for you.

Aww, I was expecting a huge sarcasm post by the OP...consider me disappointed. Anyways, I'd do that, but I've always felt it's kind of a shame that the knife is seen as just another weapon now in this FPS. In Counter-Strike and the Assassination in Halo it is seen as a sort of humiliation, because it happens less often than a shot or beat down. Oh well, this does sound like fun though.

dude, my ratio was pretty but I got bored of having to canp in order to do well so yesterday I started doing exactly this. its so much fun, especially when you hunt someone down and then finally get them

Shadow, the fact that you use that glitch and the P90 says everything I want to know about you. I have no problem with people running at me with lightweight etc on because if you spot them you can kill them. BUT when they use that cheap ass excuse of a glitch to go ridiculously fast you don't have a chance because their body changes shape, sometimes hunching over but they are still sprinting. I hear people all the time trying to justify its use but really people using it are no better than the people who get under maps or use the javelin glitch. 
 
To all those who think that it really doesn't make that much difference, why are you using it?

Just got back into the game since buying the map pack, and this way of playing is still a ton of fun.  Seriously, don't knock it until you try it.

Replace Tac Knife with Akimbo USP: 
 
  

" Wow. You act like you practically discovered this.  Everyone knows about it and has known about it, and theres even a pre-set class for it. "

" @thesandwicher said:

" Wow. You act like you practically discovered this.  Everyone knows about it and has known about it, and theres even a pre-set class for it. "

the OP was made a while ago and this recently got bumped...so it was semi-new then? lol "

this is how i got my highest kill streak: 19 on skidrow.

A little late to the party, brah.