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[Thexor]

I've been having a real tough time using it... but then again, I was trying on Hightower. Payload Race isn't exactly conducive to picking off lone players. And when you're midway through a backstab spree, regaining a disguise between each stab doesn't really matter. 

[The Doctor]

But when you're done the spree ;3

[darkedone02]

Lies.
I dominated a game(or, part of it) with Your Eternal Reward and the Ringer.

then you must be dominating that map filled with newbs and shitty spy checking pyro's...

[Thexor]

Lies.
I dominated a game(or, part of it) with Your Eternal Reward and the Ringer.

then you must be dominating that map filled with newbs and shitty spy checking pyro's...

Or, he might just be better at it than you. Could your failure possibly not be because of the weapon?



Really, my only complaint about YER is that, since you can't pick your disguise class, you can easily get stuck with a slower character. If you stab a Heavy, you either have to suffer from horribly low movement speed, or you have to ditch your hard-earned disguise, with full knowledge that you might not get another one any time soon. (Or, stay cloaked, which works fine until someone spots you de-cloaking.) Sure, sure, it's 'obvious' if a Spy-as-Heavy is moving full speed, but would it really be so hard to give Spies the option to not move at an agonizingly-slow speed?

[Org]

Lies.
I dominated a game(or, part of it) with Your Eternal Reward and the Ringer.

then you must be dominating that map filled with newbs and shitty spy checking pyro's...

Yeah!
Lets insult the DFC server players!

[Cheeetar]

The new spy knife is my favourite weapon forever.

[ToonyMan]

The new spy knife is my favourite weapon forever.

Really?

[Zai]

I've just got my new spy dagger and it's kinda hard to use in some situation's... it's useless with the dead ringer

...No it's not. At all. It's actually quite good with the DR. Especially if you're using the full Spy set so that you get the sound reduction.

As Engineer, demoman's are worse then spies... cause they love sticking at least two sticky bombs to blow shit up... and I hate my teams don't do anything about it.

[sarcasm] Because you as the Engy totally can't do anything about those yourself. [/sarcasm]
You can shoot at stickies to make them disappear. Your team probably 1) doesn't notice, 2) is busy fighting the other team, or 3) thinks you can handle getting rid of the stickies by yourself.

tl;dr: Not everything is the fault of other players.

Anyway, something I've already shared with somebody (either Cheeetar or SHAD0W): I don't like how Valve attached certain things to other objects.
Want to use a Mini-Sentry? You have to equip the Gunslinger. (Buildings are attached to the Melee weapon)
Want a quick, automatic disguise? You have to equip YER, but then you don't get the disguise kit. (Disguises are attached to the Melee weapon)

[kg333]

As Engineer, demoman's are worse then spies... cause they love sticking at least two sticky bombs to blow shit up... and I hate my teams don't do anything about it.

[sarcasm] Because you as the Engy totally can't do anything about those yourself. [/sarcasm]
You can shoot at stickies to make them disappear. Your team probably 1) doesn't notice, 2) is busy fighting the other team, or 3) thinks you can handle getting rid of the stickies by yourself.

You...can...shoot them??   Argh.  Now that's a tip that would have been handy on a blasted loading screen.

KG

[Duke 2.0]

Anyway, something I've already shared with somebody (either Cheeetar or SHAD0W): I don't like how Valve attached certain things to other objects.
Want to use a Mini-Sentry? You have to equip the Gunslinger. (Buildings are attached to the Melee weapon)
Want a quick, automatic disguise? You have to equip YER, but then you don't get the disguise kit. (Disguises are attached to the Melee weapon)

I dunno, the system never really bothered me. I guess Valve found that dicking around with the PDA's wasn't a terribly good idea in their testing.

That, and I really, really hate Humpineers. You're not helping your team if you're beating your gun while everything important is happening elsewhere.

Unless you are on Red team.

[Soulwynd]

But it's not just pure numbers, there's also the concern of aim as well as which of you they choose to go after. A lot of players will have a minor freakout over fighting an engie and his minisentry at the same time.

If you use the new shotgun, like I do, what I mostly do is wrangle until they get close, if they do that at all, and then shotgun them on the face, then the shottie does 80+ damage and is worth the trouble.

[Zai]

Hilarious.

[Pandarsenic]

Hilarious.

His profile pic is the best part.

[umiman]

LMAO!!!!

[Strange guy]

Also this.

Now I have most of the new weapons (lacking the rocket jumper, which isn't really a weapon, and the powerjack) I think I'll share my opinions on them all.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Shortstop- The slowdown is barely noticeable, but the quicker reload and faster reload is. A nice alternative, favouring more sustained and longer range combat than the shotguns.

Mad milk- Very useful boost to you and your allies. I'm not a fan of the drinks, while the pistol and shortstop share too much (including ammo for some reason) for taking both together to be a good choice, so I will mostly take the two together. It's less useful with the shotguns, but still pretty good.

Holy Mackerel- Fun alternative to the bat.

Degreaser- A straight upgrade that pyros deserved. Best with shotgun and axtinguisher, since the overlapping effective ranges of the shotgun and flamethrower become less of an issue and near instant axing is great.

Powerjack- Doesn't compare to degreaser+axtinguisher. Great for melee only I guess, but not actual games.

Black Box- Haven't really used it much, but it seems like a balanced side grade. One complaint would be that if you have allies nearby they can heal you, and if you don't the smaller clip is a serious issue.

Battalions Backup- Seems like a good alternative to the buff banner, seemingly based on more often but less useful effect.

GRU- Straight upgrade that heavies don't really deserve, since heavies have no reason to use fists or the KGB. Good use of these can really improve the heavies manoeuvrability so I use them.

Sydney Sleeper- Was interesting if not great with crits and pierce, but now it's useless. The amount of charge you need to apply jarate is pretty high, so you might as well kill them.

Darwin's Danger Shield- You still die to headshots, most fully charged bodyshots and backstabs. And if an enemy gets close you have no secondary to fight them with. Pretty rubbish imo.

Bushwacka- If a pyro gets close you die either way, if anyone else gets close you can crit them to death. Straight upgrade. Still very fun, and fits my playstyle (ie jarate and suicide charge the moment they get close) so I hope it isn't ruined.

YER- Haven't used it yet.

L'estranger (or however you spell it)- If you shoot enemies often you want damage to kill them, if you don't you won't get the extra cloak charge. Don't care for it myself.

Vita-saw- Less punishment for death, but you die more. Maybe balanced against the bonesaw, but the ubersaw gets more charge then it retains in a single hit.