The Hatless Update
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Nothing special over BB than amount of airblast, that i think is fine as BB has now it's uses but doesn't replace Degreaser or normal flame in usefulness.
Dragonstorm24
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- Nov 16, 2009
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I'm wondering is anyone actually going to be a coach and are they going to give benefits to players who are in the future.
Flamethrower does "base" flamethrower damage (since it's the default weapon), can airblast frequently, and has 6 seconds of afterburn.
Backburner does more damage, crits from behind, has 6 seconds of afterburn, and now can airblast but much less frequently.
Degreaser can do everything the base flamethrower can PLUS it offers fast weapon switching at the cost of having only 4 seconds of afterburn.
Really, as a pyro, you'd want to choose between backburner or degreaser. There really is no reason to choose the default flamethrower except for "don't have the backburner or degreaser."
Personally, I'm really happy with the unlocks now in comparison to one another. They both are pretty firmly in sidegrade territory. The default flamethrower however could use a tiny uptweak. Maybe an extra 2 seconds of afterburn or airblasts that cost 16 instead of 20 (an extra two blasts per full ammo capacity). Then you'd have three weapons that are all very good sidegrades to one another.
Kep
Backburner does more damage, crits from behind, has 6 seconds of afterburn, and now can airblast but much less frequently.
Degreaser can do everything the base flamethrower can PLUS it offers fast weapon switching at the cost of having only 4 seconds of afterburn.
Really, as a pyro, you'd want to choose between backburner or degreaser. There really is no reason to choose the default flamethrower except for "don't have the backburner or degreaser."
Personally, I'm really happy with the unlocks now in comparison to one another. They both are pretty firmly in sidegrade territory. The default flamethrower however could use a tiny uptweak. Maybe an extra 2 seconds of afterburn or airblasts that cost 16 instead of 20 (an extra two blasts per full ammo capacity). Then you'd have three weapons that are all very good sidegrades to one another.
Kep
Trotim
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-25% burn damage
So instead of 60 damage over 10 seconds, he does 45 damage over 10 seconds.
Yeah it's even less of a downside than what you described.
TheKieranator
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To all those complaining about the melee nerf, good news: They reversed the -25% damage back to no-crits.
Link: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_15,_2011_Patch
Link: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/April_15,_2011_Patch
- Sep 5, 2009
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I was going crazy with the flare today. All I would have to do was flare, airblast into a direction I knew the enemy was going, flare, and half the time that person was dead. I really pissed off a lot of scouts bahaha.
Backburner update would be ok if it's airblast could only extinguish team mates.
That would make it useless again.
Intelligence no longer appears on the backs of players who are carrying it.
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What does that mean? You can't see the intel on the carrier? How are you supposed to know who to stop?
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What does that mean? You can't see the intel on the carrier? How are you supposed to know who to stop?
drp
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you can still seen the 'trail' in their wake.
Jeremy
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The big briefcase on the players' backs were extremely noticable and helpful. It was like holding a sign saying "I HAVE YOUR SHIT LOL COME GET ME". It should have stayed. Now it'll be a lot harder to determine who to stop. So is the case particularly for newer players.
gamemaster1996
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- Sep 30, 2009
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Im really hoping that when it says case is not on back it means case is now held in hand.
I think the missing model bugs are because of the update they did to the model rendering.
