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MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17676: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:34:35 PM

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Well, That's how I know it's done in a lot of areas of math. It has to be specifically programmed so that it works like that, otherwise it WOULD round down.

Also, I don't think it's worth it, ever. The pistol fires fast as shit, so the 'burst' damage is pointless. If you have decent aim, you can get 10 or so shots into an enemy in just a few seconds. So your just forced to reload more, and do less damage OVERALL, which is usually a bad thing.

A Scout with the Winger can pick off that Medic in his five shots, sure. Put he doesn't have anything to scare off that spamming Demoman with, at least without a reload. If he picked off the Medic with the default, he would a couple rounds to plug in the Demoman, which, believe me, is usually enough to make them fallback, even if just so.

Also, who uses the Pistol for burst damage? You use it to pick off distant enemies or defend yourself when your out of bullets in your clip. These are all hindered by having to reload more.

edited 23rd Feb '12 3:35:57 PM by MrMorg

Funden u wot m8 from the maintenance tunnels Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: It's complicated
u wot m8
#17677: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:44:31 PM

Oh dear, Strange Knife. SELLING STRANGE KNIFE 27 REF.

MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17678: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:47:49 PM

@Everybody going wild about the Strange Knife

[lol]

THAT THINGS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED IN CRATE 24! THEY'RE ALREADY RECYCLING STRANGES!

Ahem. But yes, the Strange Knife has been out for quite a while already.

Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#17680: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:49:41 PM

Gimme that sexiness.

:smug:
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#17681: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:52:41 PM

Hmm...should I try to trade the Strange Festive Bat for Earbuds?

Should I bother equipping it and playing with it as advertisement?

IronScope STOP. RESETTING. MY. DISPLAY. OPTIONS. from Somewhere Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
STOP. RESETTING. MY. DISPLAY. OPTIONS.
#17682: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:53:40 PM

They've been recycling stranges since the Shotgun (and Eyelander). Personally, I want one of the Crate 30 stranges to be released in another series. That would make for a magnificent shitstorm.

This place is careless.
MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17683: Feb 23rd 2012 at 3:55:20 PM

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AND THEN THE WRATH OF 1000000 SWEATY TRADERS WAS FELT THAT DAY! GABEN WAS PLEASED...

Helcaraxe Not funny, ever from in the aisle, yelling Since: Apr, 2010
Not funny, ever
#17684: Feb 23rd 2012 at 5:08:25 PM

The Phlog has set Pyro play back two years.

There, I said it.

I have as many names as there are winds, as many titles as there are ways to die.
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#17685: Feb 23rd 2012 at 5:13:09 PM

Back to the days when setting someone on fire was actually a good idea.

When you could reliably score kills once you managed to get into melee range with enemies.

When Pyros were dangerous chaos-spreaders.

Wait, when did the Pyro have the Flamethrowers' damage lowered? That was two years ago, right?

I have a message from another time...
stevebat Since: Nov, 2009
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#17687: Feb 23rd 2012 at 6:29:53 PM

Flamethrower major changes went like this:

  • June 2008 (Pyro Update): Airblast was added (30 ammo) and damage falloff was reduced, giving it better range.
  • April 2010: 20% damage decrease, afterburn reduced from 10 seconds to 6, airblasting cooldown time reduced by 1/4, airblasted projectiles started mini-critting
  • May 2010: Half of previous damage decrease restored, afterburn decrease completely negated
  • September 2010: Airblasting moves stickies twice as far

Cycling through stranges is about what I expected, but I'm surprised they're doing this when there are 5 default*

and 6 achievement* weapons left. At least the shotgun was a multiclass weapon.

edited 23rd Feb '12 6:54:27 PM by thatother1dude

MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17688: Feb 24th 2012 at 12:00:58 AM

Flame shield, activate!

I really don't care for Fire and such in TF 2. There, I said it.

Afterburn is not reliable, in any way shape or form. Ambushing People with the flamethrower and just straight up burning them to death is mindless to me, for the most part. I much prefer setting somebody ablaze, juggling them about, and then crit flaring them. Those are some of the best feeling kills. Their some of the few that I feel I truly earned instead of just mindlessly going at it or relying on muscle memory.

I like being able to negate an Uber, especially Soldier and Demomen Ubers, and saving a Sentry Nest/Farm in the process. I feel like a real credit to team having done that. If I didn't have airblast, I wouldn't of been able to do a damn thing to save my team's ass.

Plus, being able to kill a Soldier with his own damn spam makes me happy.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#17689: Feb 24th 2012 at 7:18:53 AM

I'm on the other side. I hate the degreaser. I hate the reserve shooter. and I doubly hate the axestinguisher.'

I know they take more skill than flames. But I hate being forced into a single loadout and playstyle or else I'm a terrible pyro.

edited 24th Feb '12 7:19:16 AM by Midgetsnowman

OrangeSpider Must Keep The Web Intact from Ursalia Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: On the prowl
Must Keep The Web Intact
#17690: Feb 24th 2012 at 9:39:15 AM

As a mindless shotgun fanatic, I gotta say I love me some degreaser.

Though sometimes the backburner is quite fun. And by sometimes I mean defense on the last stage of Dustbowl.

The Great Northern Threadkill.
Lemurian from Touhou fanboy attic Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#17691: Feb 24th 2012 at 10:02:57 AM

...I just like my Strange Flamethrower and Strange Shotgun-combo. I Axtinguish when I can, but I have much more fun with harassing people with flames.

Join us in our quest to play all RPG video games! Moving on to disc 2 of Grandia!
Vorpy Unstoppable Sex Goddess from from from from from from from from from Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Two-timing
Unstoppable Sex Goddess
#17692: Feb 24th 2012 at 10:10:27 AM

Pyros need a better secondary.

Like, a Enforcer/Shotgun hybrid.

edited 24th Feb '12 10:10:53 AM by Vorpy

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Dsleet from Mobile,AL Since: Jul, 2011
#17693: Feb 24th 2012 at 10:59:40 AM

I'm terrible at playing pyro. Can't get kills with even with the "OP" weapons.

Nothing to see here
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#17694: Feb 24th 2012 at 11:02:56 AM

Hm. You know that item a lot of people would like to see, that basically serves as an airblast machine with no actual flame capability?

What if it were a secondary instead of a primary? Equip with the Backburner, sacrifice any sort of range at all to become some sort of pyromantic death-monster.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#17695: Feb 24th 2012 at 11:25:50 AM

Theyd immediately get derided by the "pro" players for not using axe/RS/Degreaser. because every other loadout is for shitty w+m1-ers who should quit tf2 and go back to noob games like Call of Duty.

LongShortBrownHairedBoy Skeptical from 1n ur b4s3 Since: Feb, 2012
Skeptical
#17696: Feb 24th 2012 at 1:04:14 PM

PEOPLE. Click this.

edited 24th Feb '12 1:05:59 PM by LongShortBrownHairedBoy

Drew my avatar myself on Paint. Clearly I am PROUD -_- Got a YouTube
MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17697: Feb 24th 2012 at 1:21:38 PM

@Midgetsnowman

So, I take it you're a hipster? tongue

That's cool, I like the FAN, the Stock Sniper (which nobody uses now because lol Machina), the Kunai, and other such weapons.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#17698: Feb 24th 2012 at 1:29:45 PM

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No, I'm just not a fan of hearing a constant barrage of "omg phlog is OP" or "well, if you dont use the degreaser, dont bother playing pyro"

It bugs me only one playstyle is worth bothering with against skilled players.

edited 24th Feb '12 1:30:15 PM by Midgetsnowman

MrMorg I'm bringing sexy back! from USA Since: May, 2011
I'm bringing sexy back!
#17699: Feb 24th 2012 at 2:10:55 PM

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You're lucky. Back at launch, their was only one loadout.

OrangeSpider Must Keep The Web Intact from Ursalia Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: On the prowl
Must Keep The Web Intact
#17700: Feb 24th 2012 at 4:43:05 PM

I've been playing an awful lot of Demoman lately. Is there any cure for it?

The Great Northern Threadkill.

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