TF2 (split from screenshots thread)

[Darth_Pugwash]

I have contributed 21 killed demomen to the cause. MAGGETS!

 

[salty mud]

I have contributed 21 killed demomen to the cause. MAGGETS!

Impressive soldier, but I have obliterated 66 of them one eyed monstrousities from this very Earth!

 

[GenMarshall]

Hmm, gotten 80 of those blasted overpowered demomen. And made a spray too.

Edit: and just gotten a 100th demoman kill a few seconds ago.
Edit2: make that my 111th demoman kill

 

[Maniacal]

I don't want demo to get the extra weapon as I don't want there to be nay extra reason to play it. I can't stand having more than two demos, MAX, on the other team.

 

[philippe]

pyro is usually toast vs soldiers who know what they are doing though.

300+ dead demos

 

[tycoonist]

i predict the next few months will be very spammy.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

pyro is usually toast vs soldiers who know what they are doing though.

300+ dead demos

the key there being soldiers who know what they are doing. So many of them dont.

 

[azzaman333]

indeed. i have recently discovered that is it definitely possible to be a good pyro against reasonable players. pyro does have some very specific skills that need to be mastered in order to succeed though, primarily the airblast and it uses - to remove threats, save points, return damage to soldiers, save sentry guns, push scouts into a corner, distract aim of opponent. the other two skills lie in the use of the secondary and melee weapons, the flare gun and the axstinguisher. these are pretty much essential - a good aim with the flare gun is fantastic for dealing with burning scouts fleeing, or just for causing havoc on an enemy attack (most good medics would rather release an ubercharge early if they are on fire). the axstinguisher is the most powerful weapon in the pyros arsenal - it can take out any class, except the heavy, in one hit if they are not overhealed.

Anyone who says you need to use the airblast to be a good pyro is wrong.

 

[tycoonist]

Anyone who says you need to use the airblast to be a good pyro is wrong.

or you're wrong.

its possible to beat bad players without it, and just equip the backburner (which i will admit has some uses, such as flanking people pushing the cart). however, the airblast is infinitely more effective when it comes to actual use in the vast majority of situations.

 

[azzaman333]

I'm always right and never wrong.

As a result, you're wrong, and I remain right.

 

[tycoonist]

I'm always right and never wrong.

As a result, you're wrong, and I remain right.

well argued

 

[azzaman333]

I routinely dominate public servers as a pyro with the backburner. It may not be the most lethal way to play, but hell it's easily the most efficient way to play as a pyro.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Until along comes a soldier who can handle a rocket launcher well and makes you eat crits.

Airblast is an underrated ability that the pyro has. You can reflect, deflect, push away, extinguish, and hell, even rocket jump with it. Backburner is more of a brute force weapon. (IMHO)

 

[azzaman333]

Brute force works well if you know what you're doing with it.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

So does a bit of finesse and strategy.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part3/index.htm

Soldiers ahead by ~200,000. Keep it up men!

 

[tycoonist]

http://www.teamfortress.com/war/part3/index.htm

Soldiers ahead by ~200,000. Keep it up men!

they keep getting funnier

 

[azzaman333]

So does a bit of finesse and strategy.

Which you can do with the backburner as well!

 

[salty mud]

i predict the next few months will be very spammy.

It's certainly more fun than the Huntsman and Sandman spam that dominated the game for the past God knows how long.

 

[sirtommygunn]

I just deleted all my extra items yesterday too...