War Update - Tuesday

[Flame]

lol you say that now.

good luck to those of you who think this will make soldier easier.

 

[Dr. Spud]

Oh yeah, I just realized this will probably make the soldier much more useful for taking down sentries. That could be interesting.

 

[YM]

In that case I retract my love of this weapon. oh god its gunna be bad! D:

 

[uma plata]

Bad ass.

Oh man, this is going to be sweet

Demo can keep that mystery weapon now. Who needs it?


edit: try out host_timescale 1.8 for some fun rocket play

 

[zpqrei]

All the theorists, Engi update isn't coming until january/february. The maps for it are still being made, and they'll be AWESOME. Trust 'ol zpq here.

 

[KaiserFate]

My mind admittedly leapt to sentries as soon as I read the update. It almost seems like the Direct Hit was designed for taking them out.
I also think that being effective with the Direct Hit isn't going to be as easy as people think. Yes, the rockets move nearly twice as fast, but the things were so goddamn slow before that it basically means they are now going to travel at a decent speed rather than a totally dodgable one. Shooting people from a distance or running around tight corners will now be even more challenging with the reduced splash damage.

 

[Fraz]

Am I the only one thinking about the implications for pyro here? I mean, rockets going faster, fire resistant sheilds...

(Not that any of this is bad, just puttin' it out there.)

 

[KaiserFate]

Am I the only one thinking about the implications for pyro here? I mean, rockets going faster, fire resistant sheilds...

(Not that any of this is bad, just puttin' it out there.)

Perhaps I won't be the only one using the Backburner anymore.

 

[Randdalf]

May I remind you that the Targe is a secondary weapon, and the Direct Hit is a primary weapon. Both are awesome.

(And this weapon was all but designed by one of the top competitive soldiers http://etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8080/page-13/?recent=130570#post-130545)

Still, both weapons are cool.

 

[The Gentlemanne]

May I remind you that the Targe is a secondary weapon, and the Direct Hit is a primary weapon. Both are awesome.

(And this weapon was all but designed by one of the top competitive soldiers http://etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8080/page-13/?recent=130570#post-130545)

Still, both weapons are cool.

All Hail Moose!

 

[Fraz]

The sticky launcher is also a secondary Rand, but alot of noob demos use that more often

 

[Nutomic]

Gotta love the new rocket launcher, i want it NOW

 

[Ida]

An unlock that is a variation of the existing one and keeps the general idea is just how it should be done in my opinion. And the fact that it increases the potential of good soldiers and is useless to bad players, is an awesome gesture to the competitive players.

This is more or less perfect. :3

 

[drp]

this is a soldiers wet dream. really excited now

 

[Psy]

What an awesome weapon. It's just like the FaN in the way that it does the same job but from a different angle. But I fear it's another nail in the Heavy's coffin though. 80% faster firing speed. Ouch.

 

[Ida]

What an awesome weapon. It's just like the FaN in the way that it does the same job but from a different angle. But I fear it's another nail in the Heavy's coffin though. 80% faster firing speed. Ouch.

That, and sentires, are two of the things I'm worried for when it comes to the Direct Hit. I mean, since they pratically stand still, it would only take a couple of seconds to completely destroy either of them...

 

[ChronoTriggerFan]

I only wonder how this effects rocket jumping. Potentially it could make it really tricky to rocket jump, and even cause more self damage.

 

[owly-oop]

My guess is that since valve didn't mention rocketjumping it is unaffected

or they want us to be surprised

 

[gamemaster1996]

Hmm what effect does sheild have on rocket.?

 

[Nutomic]

I think sentries wont be affected, you can also not jarate them, or do headshots.

Jumps will not be affected either i think, as the rocket is at the floor too fast for this to make a difference (maybe you will have to jump half a second earlier, but wayne)