I haven't noticed it, I strangely not get knifed often anyway.
Zing said:
It's retarded with or without the care package, commando/marathon/lightweight Knifing alone is fucking pathetic, it's unintended, it isn't a damn sword game and only people who can't aim or are bad resort to this.
Unintended? IW made their own class (First Recon) based around this. It's not an exploit, it's not bug abusing, it's most definitely intended. Afterall, it makes you for a much stealthier killer and it doesn't rely on ammo, which has it's advantages, and you don't need a silencer, which means that you can leave that valuable attachment space open for something better for when you do switch to guns.
I love the First Recon class from time to time. The UMP for long distance, the Magnum itself for medium distance or the knife to run in and stab him. I get a healthy balance of kills with all 3, and the upside is that I don't go out of ammo quickly, which means I can usually keep going longer. Except on the rare occasions that Rust pop up, especially in Free-for-All that map is a freakishly fun and hectic knife-fest.
At least it's a lot more fun, dynamic and challenging than camping in a corner, as is the problem with MW2 quite often. The whole game rewards camping.