Like i said, buff damage for goldie at close range. I dont expect to be able to take out a hammer titan from the opposite end of widows court with one shot, but if I'm literally 10 metres away it should be a one bang regardless. My point said about a health buff and a damage buff with a steep drop off to make it more effective at close range. This is for top tree only. Regarding the double damage knives, this would require absorbing a full grenade charge. Not a constant double damage increase. While I see your point about sprinting, I'm sure you can see mine. I'm not sure on the definite answer. Like I said, maybe only high cal can stop sprinting, or you can't sprint under 20% health maybe. Trials is in an odd state, however I do not agree with participation trophies. Bring back bounties fine, but no tokens. Or at least stop tokens for losses. A player who's never won a single game of trials shouldn't have access to the same armour as someone with a 90% win rate. Same way that someone who can't complete the raid can't unlock 1KV.

Landing knife trick to the head is already pretty lethal. Bottom tree has a OHK knife already, I don’t think we need another, especially considering gambler’s dodge and sixth coyote being a thing and would immediately make that suggestion completely broken.

Valid reasoning. My only thought regarding the consuming grenade energy was to compare with handheld nova, sort of like pre fire ready to throw. Maybe they could rework the throwing knife to do the same, currently the animation is a tad too much in some cases, the ability to prepare the throw, and release when you choose may be a better way of operating.

I think the longer animation is to keep the knife in line with handheld supernova and shoulder charge. There needs to be a risk associated with going for a OHK. If they sped up the animation, maybe it wouldn’t be broken, but maybe it would be the new crutch.