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[Duke 2.0]

 The thing is though, the Pyro has no tools for getting behind enemy lines. In fact, their main strength is ambushing, which they have no tools for.

 I liked the suggestion that the backburner grants the pyro the ability to see the silhouettes of enemies that are at medium range through walls(Medium range being the distance between the health cabinets and the spawn in 2fort). A pyro could then avoid enemies and plan ambushes. Call it Heat Vision, or Horror Movie Killer Sense or something.

[Siquo]

The pyro is pretty fast and small. I often manage to creep behind the enemy, even in 16-on-16 battles. You really do need to know the map, and all the tunnels and passages pretty well to be effective, though. I really like killing snipers, they stand so marvelously still.

[Darkone]

# Airblasting enemies into environmental deaths now awards the death credit to the Pyro.

_Yeeesss.....

[SHAD0Wdump]

The pyro is pretty fast and small.

Reasonably so, but as for small... Well he's got the giant snout to give himself away. (flamethrower is looong)

[Siquo]

Yeah, you really have to keep that in mind. Often you see that little flame poking around a corner

[Jakkarra]

FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU!

Hammer got borked in the new update! I can't finish my map yet!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Sowelu]

I would call it a buff, myself. 

It's a huge nerf to the backburner, but that was a little overpowered already honestly.  I REALLY like the boost that this gives to the airblast; every single one of the airblast changes makes it massively more useful and fun to use.

The heavy changes are interesting.  Makes him more useful in situations where he wouldn't have been, I think, and a little more competitive versus soldier.  I like it.

Also, since when can you throw your sandvich?

[Siquo]

Airblast is indeed better, but burning takes a noticeably longer time. I also think the afterburn-damage is reduced, as well as the time.

The heavy is.. overpowered now. I think I'm switching my favourite class.
You could always throw your sandwich (alt fire).

[Zai]

You could always throw your sandwich (alt fire).

No. 'Twas a recent update.

[Dr. Johbson]

Few months isn't really recent.

[Duke 2.0]

It's a huge nerf to the backburner, but that was a little overpowered already honestly.

I must take this chance to make a non-disrespectful SNERK.

 The flamethrower has always been better than the backburner ever since the airblast update. The degree for crits is too small to rely upon, and airblast is just too useful a tool. Particularly since the pyro has always been somewhat underpowered. Burst damage is more discreet than burn damage(You can pull off all the damage at once, where being hit by the first part of the pyros damage will alert the victim and allow them to escape the rest of the damage), is more reliable to cause damage, for being the close quarters damage class the Pyro is outclassed by the Heavy and charge demo and there are a million and one ways to nullify the afterburn.
 The pyro is underpowered. The problem arises when trying to fix the pyro. You can't just bump up the damage or health as that would encourage W+M1 play and do nothing for the skill ceiling, and most other suggestions don't seem to apply to the theme of the Pyro, which is a close quarters ambusher. There really is little that can be done apart from some nifty power that makes it easier to ambush while not making him a Spy.

[Eduren]

Okay guys, there is a new bug with the Update.

http://i.imgur.com/p3UvV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ewUk4.jpg

In console, type 'build 0 xx' where xx is a number (can't use same number twice). Replace 0 with 2 for sentries.

A lot of servers are starting to catch on, and its getting pretty hectic. Give it a try before the inevitable fix.

[Sowelu]

Damn, that was fun.

[Zai]

Few months isn't really recent.

It is when you're me.

[Metalax]

The fix for the engineer update just came out so no more sentry farms.

Also the backburner has been restored from the damage reduction in the previous update so there is now a reason to take it, even if airblast is still more useful.