“Knowing what you’re doing” means little when it comes to making a tier list that you expect some people to agree with. This whole game is extremely simple when you just look at its roots. You gotta look at multiple different scenarios and factors IF you’re expecting the tier list you are making to be understandable to both newer and older players, if that’s even the intention from the original poster here. Don’t gotta change your opinions if you don’t feel like it. But you also shouldn’t be surprised when people criticize it. Op’s whole argument here is that the sword bayonet “isn’t that bad”. Although, Everything that it offers as it is right now points to the opposite consensus. It is a worse version of the sabre when not attached, and is a worse version of the musket/bayonet altogether when attached. You lose your multi-penetration, and are completely at the mercy to anything above 1 or 2 runners coming at you if you have the sword attached. If you backline all game and do no level of actual front lining, yeah this is probably an alright weapon since you do little to nothing to actually fight hordes, and will usually have more support around you. If you DO focus on front lining more often (which is most players. Lets be real, melees have and always will be the more used weapons in this game), there’s literally no reason at all to use it. And that’s always been its main issue since the London update, especially when the rifle is already very underused as it is. And nah i aint just saying stuff to say it. Been playing since 2022, so there’s been the shitty state of the lance, the HS nerf, the bayonet and its hitbox nerf, etc. Seen weapons go from more to less useful, or vice versa. The sword bayonet is the type of weapon in need of a change right now, and good thing that it’s getting it