[Scenario]

The thing about melee weapons is that they don't actually have one way to "swing" or "hit" something. When punching someone, occasionally the ped will change HOW they punch. Same with swinging a shovel or a club, they change the angle at which they hit something. I'm not sure if this is synced with with other players on the server, either. If I hit someone, are they going to see it exactly how I saw it, or are they going to see me hitting someone with the other angle or something.

That could be why they didn't include melee weapons...