I believe it is only fair for the hunters to have a throwing knife buff, only to stop shotguns. There is no way to counter a close range weapon for hunters unless they also have a close range weapon. I think the throwing knifes should have more damage in closer range. So near the range of a universal remote. EDIT: I found that a crit shot with a throwing knife is around 142 and with the burn it does a considerably large amount of damage but what I found was that non crit was 110 which is around half of someone's health, but without burn. In comparison, to other melee abilities the throwing knife can't compete without burn. I hit 11 guardians in one game and the burn only occurred once. So what they really need is a fix.