There is no durability system in Onslaught, so there was little reason not to use the basic knife 90% of the time. The default starting knife was an instant one-hit kill if you stabbed the brain and didn’t even require much force, whereas guns would require multiple shots.

One of the biggest issues at launch was the relative weakness of most firearms and other ranged weapons.

In a massive update post, the developer outlines what it’s calling the Combat Rebalance Patch, which makes “significant changes” to the game’s combat system and zombie behavior.