Yes I will continue to state melee's are a luxury simply because there will be few of them from what I know. Stefan and JWD don't want to add a lot, so the next and probably last melee for a long time will most likely be the lightsaber.

As stated before about the price, there is still nothing to buy. I have seen people stockpiling money now from winning showdown/playing PvP maps and they have all, if not, all the guns they want.

Let me put it another way. Not every single item is meant to be obtained by everyone. Not every single release it meant to appease everyone. Not every single update will be modified to the popular opinion or liking. Why? Because you are not everyone. For the people that did buy the sword, and are enjoying sparring, that is their thing. They are happy. Do you have to buy the sword? No. Do you have to melee spar? No. It doesn't take that long to make 8000 if you play smart I think.

In any case, the same people gripping about the melee spar, are in all actuality just wanting the gun spar I think. Once the squad v squad system as well as the 1v1 2v2 3v3 system is released, I am sure you will all change your minds or quickly forget this. If you want to hinder the process of these new features for us to fix the melee spar that isn't broken however, well, longer wait for you I guess.