Guns and melee weren't the issue at the same time though.Hans major problem was the guns + melee. I
At first it was the gas grenades that were super lethal and his melee didn't do much at all.
People weren't happy with that and TW nerfed his farts, but buffed his guns. Now the guns were hyper lethal and no-one was happy.
So TW toned down the guns and made his melee do insane damage to compensate. Now his gas and guns barely did anything but his melee was basically the "delete player" move.