I don't want to go around punching the -blam!- out of my enemies on Arc Hunter, that's for the crayon eaters. I want to stab stuff with my pointy knife that I CLEARLY have, but choose not to use? Please Bungie can we have knife animations on the other subclasses instead of just Solar?
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Staff is usually tied to the Monk in fantasy/rpg games. So it's just natural to bring out that flavor of melee aesthetic.
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Somewhat plausible in-universe explanation: Hunter Arc punches are [i]so fast[/i] that using a knife would slow them down due to the additional wind resistance. (΄◉◞౪◟◉`)
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It would be awesome if the hunter arc knife looked like a thunderbolt and had like a cool animation when he throws it that could cause bolts of jolt and lightning.