Taboo
That interview says that there won't be any knives, but there will be 9 different melee weapons.
Besides the fact that every class will be able to use every weapon if they really want to. I'm wondering what melee weapon phantom's would use (which would fit the basic class). I do agree that if you're a sniper and you run out of ammo, you should probably just go get more. But in the situation where maybe a guy is running right at you, and you hit him once in the chest but he doesn't go down, then you miss your second shot and he's right up in your face and you don't have time to reload and possibly miss your shot again, you can pull out some kind of melee weapon in an attempt to finish him off. Even if you have a pistol or something, maybe you unload your entire pistol clip but the guy still doesn't go down. I'm sure there's some time when a melee weapon could be useful, even if it's just for fun.
Btw, that interview also says there will be mines
so that should be fun. Maybe there will be some sneaky phantoms who like laying mines behind enemies lines. hey...i can rhyme! it must be that time, to hit the chime, I found a dime! Hopefully people who step on a mine, won't whine.