I noticed sometimes when I hold the ball and try to melee enemies nothing happens unless I try again. I think it freaks out when it’s locking onto the enemy. It’s funny because I can melee at anytime with the ball but when it comes to enemies “RT” does nothing for the first punch.
I’m not sure if I’ve experienced this while holding the flag but it’s definitely a bug I’ve noticed.
Anyone else experiencing the same thing? 
Flag and Oddball are now two hit kills. Is that what you mean or is it not hitting at all?
No I mean like I would go to hit w/ the ball my guy won’t even show the animation of punching. When I’m not looking at the enemy I can spam the punch button and it works, but at times when I go to hit someone it just fails to punch them until I keep pressing the button and it’ll let me hit them the second time I try.
I know it sounds odd but it’s happen to me multiple times, and it’s not every time I try to hit someone just randomly. And it’s an annoying bug because every second counts when somebody comes up to you and you have the object in your hand 
I get that with melee in general. Hit registering is not great; I assume it’s a server issue. Sometimes missed shots will still hit targets too, I even see it happen when I’m the one shooting. A guy will go behind a wall and the auto-aim tracks him, and I shoot and the bullet will hit the wall and then he’ll just randomly die. Even getting a kill it’s still frustrating cause like, that just ruins the fun of it. And getting killed by it is even more infuriating.
I think now that you mentioned it, I I believe I’ve seen melee mess up as well.
Melee in general needs a small re-touch.
But I would be glad to see a one hit kill with Oddball and Flag. Right now the two hit it just does not feel okay.
I mean the flag has a spike on the bottom, you would think that would be a death blow 
Lore friendly, no. This is not a one hit kill. Due to the shields. Basically the shields are a masterpiece on spartans.
As we normally played for the years, yes, one hit kill is a must hahaha