Melee is not garbage, well not unless faced with a well coordinated premade team of good players. That is why so many people in this game use melee to win games. If it was garbage, nobody would be winning or getting kills with it. I am sure if Illfonic would make a statistic of what kills people, melee would be leading by far and second would be the plasma caster.
having predator clip halfway trough a damn wall and killing people looks and feels absurd.