I was thinking about this...

EarthCancer wrote:okay, i got a llittle side tracked but have finally come across the info i was looking for about melee. from one of the devs:

“Rifle butt melee (basically anything but pistols) is a knockdown, same as excessive splash damage.
Meleeing a knocked down player is an instant (kill).
During knockdown you can get up and/or fire.
There's enough of a mind game there to keep it interesting - do you stay down and shoot at your attacker so he doesn't melee you, or do you get up because it looks like he's not going for the melee - he's going to shoot you on the floor instead. Do you go for cover or defend yourself from a finishing move, basically.”

sounds interesting to me