/tf2/ - Team Fortress 2

>>2743

I'm a decent Heavy main myself, so 10 ks is fairly easytown for me.

It's a shame Valve did so many unnecessary nerfs on him though.

>>3638

Winning or losing with the awful bumpercar physics is mostly luck anyways, so in a way this is actually a gameplay fix.

>>3611

A conscientious objector sign that's related to Mexicans. Also you could try those little buttons that allow you to apply your own decals to them.

>>3622

Better, Freedom Staff + Steel Trap Badge

>>3622

You mean the Flair! ? I loved those things when I played TF2.

Board admin should run a server tbh

>>3557

i would if I didn't have shit internet

>>3559

I didn't say "BO should run a server on his home network, causing massive lag for everyone else whenever he connected."

what if we just hosted hl/6s lobbs or something?

>it's not shit

highest praise ever given on this website

so the TFC pyro is a girl.

hmm

>>3523

it was already confirmed that there is no source 2 port coming.

can't…resist…the hype

the update looks shit

>>3529

>steel HL

>steel

Well, there's your problem.

>>3566

there are two LP silly servers, at least 31 of them are usually contained at a time to two servers. That's 62 less infecting other servers

>>3477

>>3529

>goes to shitty deathrun server

>lenny spam everywhere

>one guy has lenny face in his name and steam didnt pick up one of the characters, so he looked fucking full faggot

>lenny face in general

Anyone who uses that face should take a shotgun blast to the face.

Afterburn is not put out by medkits

If a burning player is healed via medigun/dispenser, he takes no afterburn damage, but also doesn't regain any health. If healed via medigun, afterburn time is still shortened. Other methods of healing, including the amputator and self regen still work

Reflected explosives do the same self damage as they would do to the enemy (eg at most 45 damage for stock rockets)

Grenades/stickybombs have their arm time reset upon airblast and stickies automatically detonate once they are armed, doing full damage to enemies (maybe only the demoman)

Detonator jumping is stronger and does only up to 25 self damage

Powerjack heals 50 instead of 25

Volcano fragment has twice or 1.5 times the normal afterburn duration

All pyro melee weapons, except maybe the powerjack have a slight damage bonus against burning enemies

That should do it

>>2734

It's not a huge problem if you use the rake. a small kit makes up for the most damaging jump you can make and half-kits are essentially full health kits

>>2715

>give the stock flamethrower more range

because it didn't already have excessive range before, right?

>>2714

Just give me an item to increase my base health like every other class has. It can be 15 health. It can be 10 health. I would take 5 extra health.

Also, -50 base health penalty for phlog equipped.

Also, undo that stupid stun-on-airblast thing.

Really, I want my class back to being weak and vulnerable like before, but with a little extra health to make up for it and phlog users punished.

Alternatively, give pyros a universal 1 damage resistance…all attacks don't do the first point of damage against them. Really only ever useful for ignoring scouts for a fraction of a second longer while getting something done.

>>2715

>crit stickies do full damage

This really should be the case, it takes multiple blasts to get them to go anywhere anyways.

>floors and walls on fire temporarily

This would be awesome on defense, burn some ammo for a line of fire. Not even deadly like the Huo Long Heater's effect, just a slight deterrent against your team getting roflstomped…slightly faster to set up than demo stickies but also way less effective. Even if there were just one special flamethrower that let you drop napalm as a secondary, that would be fine. The fire could burn you as well if you stepped in it, like with explosives.

Agree about not fucking with the Degreaser. It's perfect.

Agree about reflect jumping, although in a way it's more fun to just jump an initial poorly placed enemy projectile.

>>2716

>The way it affects players is frustrating and slows down the game

It really is, I feel fucking stupid now when I airblast someone and they cPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

degreaser, detonator, axtinguisher

I would suggest instead the Homewrecker. Most of Pyro's melee weapons are weird and unbalanced power grabs which are fairly annoying when his primary already has so much power.

>>3296

Disregard this, the best way to get into the right mindset is to play pyro. Failing that, play melee-only battle medic or suicidal spy. Do not sneak and learn the maps and seek out advantageous situations. That is a matter of familiarity more than skill. You can always do that. Throw yourself into your enemies…from the back or side when possible, but if there is no passage to run through, charge. Charge and weave and dodge, even if it's a heavy or a sniper.

You're going to die a LOT and contribute very little to the team at first, and when you do your enemies will rage and call you a w+m1.

The most important psychological parts of being a pyro are AGGRESSION, tunnel vision, temporary (and very brief) disregard for your health bar, and the understanding that you are meant to rampage until you die and that you will certainly respawn. If an enemy is too good or too far away, you must decide to either tunnel vision them (and probably die, maybe to another enemy, and often without killing or sometimes without even damaging them).

Another thing it's important to remember is that what is important in tf2 is not kills (unless you're actually playing Arena or competitions for some weird reason), but rather time and space. The pyro who hunts down and kills two soldiers on the front lines is helping his team out, but the pyro who lights them on fire briefly then sneaks or dodges past them, lights up the reinforcements, and lets the scout gun him down while he destroys the teleporter exit with his last gasp is better, though. It doesn't even matter if you get the assists on the soldiers or if they lose, or if your team pushes forward to get the ones you lit on fire.

The point is that they scatter. They lose health and they waste time without capping a point, pushing or stopping a cart, or controlling an area. Sometimes, hilariously, they actually run all the Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

When push comes to shove, especially when the enemy medic is gathering uber behind the front lines, it's time to stop helping your team out and go for the jugular…whether it be killing them all, wasting their time and leading them on chases until they finally kill you (so, they lose nothing apparently, but if three of them chase you for an entire minute, you just robbed the enemy team of two man-minutes), or just plain and simple sabotage. The main thing about pyro is not to be predictable. Will he go around burninating people up front, or will he start punishing the snipers and support with flares, or is he seriously going to charge the Huo Long Heavy from the side and strafe him down despite the health drain? Or is he behind you and you're already dead? You're not the fastest class, the only long range capability is your flares, and to do any decent damage with the flame cone you have to keep the enemy right in the center while you're both moving, and oh yeah…it lags behind, you have to know how to trail the center of the fire over a moving enemy…you have to be a step ahead of them at all times just to maximize your primary weapon.

Last time I checked pyro is the only class with no items to raise max health. Revel in your expendability, bully the engis, medics, and snipers, and sting the power classes from behind, with reflects, with flares, or by jumping in their face while they fire explosives.

If your medic and heavy pair have 5% charge left on the uber and soldiers/demos come in to fuck with them, congratulations, you're up. You can't airblast everything, so you have to block with your body while you try. You can only take between 1 and 3 explosions and you're done. Use that health wisely.

Engi's sentry is down and the enemy team is pushing for the final cart point while an uber medic/heavy advance? Light up the pushers, airblast them away, then go airblast the medic back until you run out of ammo while bodyblocking the heavy's bullets or drawing his fire. If you keep the medic back, the heavy can't advance because of the uber range. Airblast them both if you still have the ammo. You're going to die and the only chance you have is your lazy team pulling together and taking out the burning cart pushers. Shit sucks but they haPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>3543

Don't do this, it makes for a boring grindy pyro, even if it's better base damage in humdrum easily predictable situations. It works for a playstyle with no risk, waiting behind people for an opportunity to pop out. It's great for KtD and shitty for active gameplay. Again, if slow grinding monotony for maximum firepower is the goal, sniper is ideal…they can make entire servers slow, grindy, and non-volatile. If you're just going to have soldiers and pyros running around shotgunning each other, why even play TF2 over any other shooter?

I once crafted the Brotherhood of arms

so I craft my hats to this day

>>3511

Those are not crutch weapons, they are good weapons.

>>3517

they still imo needs to go and never return in any abstract thought of shape or form.

any weapon that isn't stock