Hunting knife as secondary weapon

[Burt_Reynolds 15]

If this has been suggested before consider it a +1. Please make the hunting knife/crowbar a secondary weapon. Less range and damage as a hatchet but usable in the pistol slot.

Edited March 1, 2013 by Burt_Reynolds

[Fun With Flares 72]

Nah, I think it would be redundant since knives spawn less than hatchet and hatchets would probably be the better weapon anyways.

[Burt_Reynolds 15]

No, it's not redundant because it would allow you to have a melee weapon in the pistol slot. This would allow you to attack infected quietly with out using ammo and if you get ambushed by a bandit switch to your primary weapon.

[Hydra (DayZ) 472]

This has been suggested multiple times in far more organized and effectie fashions. I hate to be that guy, but use the damned search bar.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

If used as a weapon it should be unusable as a skinning/gutting knife until cleaned.

[thesodesa 99]

If used as a weapon it should be unusable as a skinning/gutting knife until cleaned.

Why should it magically become completely unusable?

Once the new diseases are implemented it's going to be your own fault if you catch HIV/AIDS from meat you cut with a knife you just used on someone with the disease.

But yeah, I think it should be made compulsory for you to actually equip the tool you are about to use in your hand.

Edited March 1, 2013 by TheSodesa

[Positronica 30]

This has been suggested before, and it's something that definitely needs to be done. In fact, I'm surprised it wasn't done first instead of adding the new machete.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Why should it magically become completely unusable?

Once the new diseases are implemented it's going to be your own fault if you catch HIV/AIDS from meat you cut with a knife you just used on someone with the disease.

But yeah, I think it should be made compulsory for you to actually equip the tool you are about to use in your hand.

Well thats kinda what I ment, 'unusable' if you're smart enough to not stab someone with HIV in the intestines then go cut up your bacon without washing it first.

[Burt_Reynolds 15]

This has been suggested multiple times in far more organized and effectie fashions. I hate to be that guy, but use the damned search bar.

Actually, I did use the search bar and I did not see it in the first few minutes of looking through the thousands of results. So I posted it as a +1 if already suggested. I thought it was worth bring up because I was hoping the machete would be a secondary.

[Burt_Reynolds 15]

If used as a weapon it should be unusable as a skinning/gutting knife until cleaned.

This is a good point. A simple solution would be to make the crowbar/machete a secondary.

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

I would rather just have a tertiary 'melee slot'.