Melee Range?

It hasn't bothered me that much over the past couple of months but I'm starting to wonder what are the ranges for the melee weapons?

Snipers can be as far away as across the bridge on 2fort and still hit you with that machete of his (Not an exaggeration) but a scout's bat seems to have to be at point blank.

Anyone have a guess?

Well, it works like this.  If you're trying to hit someone for that little teeny sliver of health needed to kill them, then you have to be hugging them to hit.  But if you are running away from them, about to die, or if they crit, then their range increases tenfold.

Seriously though, the illusion of being hit from far away is due to different ping times with relation to the server.  On their screen, you are right in front of them, but on yours, it hasn't updated their model yet, so they appear to be farther away.  At least, that's how I think it is.  If not, then the first explanation works just as well, it seems to be rather true.

All ranges are exactly the same. :S

Pings are not

Which is to say fucking huge.

So I suppose this applies to the ps3 as well?

Are pings different for each server created by EA?

The ping time depends partly on the distance between your console or PC and the server where the game is hosted, because the fastest the signals can go is the speed of light. If you are in London and ping a computer in Los Angeles, you get a delay of a few milliseconds because of the thousands of miles the data packet takes to go down the wire and get sent back.