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[Duke 2.0]

I see they're trying to encourage airblasting- don't think the normal flamethrower needed the nerfs though.

I think it is to moreso make the backburner be less trashy.

[Sensei]

I predict more backburner hate. Oh, and Spies consequently got some love- not sure if they need it. IMO I spy should basically be dead once you find him. I hate playing engineer and fighting them for minutes on end, because they just keep running away, or even standing right in my dispenser while I hit them and out heal my DPS. Now they'll have a lot better chance of escaping pyros...

[fenrif]

Minigun tweaks make for a happy heavy!

[returntonull]

Heavy: He -needed- to be even more of a point machine than he was? Geeze.

Pyro: Pyro, nerf and buff balance out for a skilled pyro, so not a big deal. Now even more useless in unskilled hands.

I'm also kinda annoyed how I'm hearing all sorts of different things on if it the nerf includes the backburner (latest news seems to indicate it does), and if the after burn damage is the same with less time. (Still no idea, know it's 3 damage a tick, and saw a 33 damage quote somewhere which would put it in the range.)

[Thexor]

I see they're trying to encourage airblasting- don't think the normal flamethrower needed the nerfs though.

I think it is to moreso make the backburner be less trashy.

Except the Backburner received the exact same nerf. And since the only buffs were to the airblast, and the Backburner can't airblast... yeah, this was a flat nerf to Backburner Pyros.

[SHAD0Wdump]

I think I figured it out.

 The reduced fire could be a attempt to make the homewrecker more viable against buildings. It's a stupid idea, but I really wouldn't put it past Valve.

[Siquo]

Pyro still kicks ass. I see it as a balanced buff, and w+m1 still works well enough

The heavy buff was unneccessary, though...

[Pandarsenic]

What's a Backburner?

[chaoticag]

A flamethrower that can't expel gas, but does more damage from behind.

[Pandarsenic]

A flamethrower without its best feature and with a 5-degree-wide range in which it can do reasonable damage.

Ah, I see.

[Myroc]

Yeah, I've never liked backburner that much. I find compression blasts to be way too useful to be given up for extra crit opportunities.

Also, fuckyesairblastbuff.

[Pandarsenic]

Yeahhhh, the buff/debuff combo they applied basically means pyros MUST use the puff-airburst-axtinguish combo to produce results.

Which all good pyros did anyway, so it hurts W+M1ers without hurting real pyros. Clever.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Although alot of people are complaining about how it makes the pyro alot less about what he originally was. Which I kinda agree as the pyro in TFC was pretty lame. And I don't doubt that's how he feels like now.

[Duke 2.0]

 Holy damn.

 Alright, are you guys familiar with the convoy map? It is basically two giant trucks hauling missiles through a canyon as a CTF map. Normally one could use up a good deal of thair ammo to attempt to airblast a person off the convoy for an easy kill. Now pyros are airblasting like crazy on it. It's great man. Although I never did check if those kills counted towards my points.

 Then again, the fun of airblasting a dude off the convoy was never really for the points.

[Siquo]

The fun of the pyro is the same as that of the spy. Getting *behind* enemy lines, and attack them in the back. The backburner is suddenly less useless, and I'm seriously thinking about switching. Airblasting is nice, but... it's just not the pyro's main thing.

Problem is, a pyro with airblast is just about the most effective thing against ubers, I'd hate to lose that ability.