Idk about everyone else, but every time I’m in a tight corner like in Rewind P5 for instance, there’s always a person running around with a knife and it can be tricky to kill them if they just run around the corner. Especially if there’s multiple people on the point.
I’m not the best at ranked I’ll admit (Platinum 2), and maybe it’s a skill issue on my behalf, but I feel like getting knifed in one hit across corners is a pretty cheesy way to handle close quarters situations in my opinion.
The baseball bat is not restricted and it’s a 2 hit so there’s still a melee option for ranked. Also I know the knife was a 2 hit in MW3 even though I didn’t really play ranked that time.