User blog comment:USARMP/Ninjas in Mass Effect/@comment-4979194-20120408223337/@comment-4973403-20120410032501

Granted, the advantage of assassins with their knives are up there, but I have not seen Thane use a knife either in game, or on the Shadow Brokers video terminal. I can see how the Husks work, they're simply a hammer, but assassins generally are not supposed to be seen or be thrown into direct combat, which they are. I think that melee was taken a bit too far, in MA2 I was able to take cover and use the Viper as a battle rifle at long range. Let the enemies close in, a good move by Bioware; but why would Cerberus troopers put their firearms away to pull out their stunsticks?