Well if you ask me the Brute shot should have a strong melee attack because it has this massive blade at the end. The shot itself was strong enough. I actually love the new pistol arrangement because in reality who could shot a pistol and an smg at the same time while aiming the pistol accuratly. Your pistol kind of bounces up and down as you walk, something to get used to, but pretty easy. SMG was a stupid change becasue today I had a kid kill me with 1 SMG while I had 2, becasue the 2 are a lot less accurate.