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[Soulwynd]

My war poster submission.

[PTTG??]

I've got three posters... though they aren't exactly lovely works like Soulwynds, I had fun making them in garry's mod.

[Zai]

Maybe the soldier gets a chainsaw. Rocket launcher. Chainsaw rocket launcher.

Do want.

And now I want to duel-wield eyelanders...

Ah, but you can! The unknown third weapon is...ANOTHER SWORD!!!

But really. These 2 weapons don't really fit in with the demolition man. The 3rd better or damn it, I'm seriously going to play demo to help it get the 4th weapon that will be demo-related (I've been half-heartedly playing Demo to provide easy kills for opposing Soldiers). However, it does tie in with his Scottish heritage.

But I'm excited for the Demo's new stuff regardless. I'll definitely be playing Demo more. This has to be the most playstyle-affecting class update yet. I'm eager to see the 3rd Demo weapon and all the Soldier weapons.

And I still think both Soldier and Demo will get a 4th weapon. This will likely be due to Soldier and Demo killing each other at the same time in the story. Or neither will get it, because the power of friendship overpowers their competition.

[Tradanbattlan]

Currently, the Demoman isn't the most useful guy on the front lines. I'm betting Valve made the Eyelander and the Chargin' Targe to give him the extra kick he needs for offense.

[dragnar]

Currently, the Demoman isn't the most useful guy on the front lines. I'm betting Valve made the Eyelander and the Chargin' Targe to give him the extra kick he needs for offense.

He is a defense class(not that I'm complaining mind you).

It wouldn't surprise me if they release an extra weapon for ALL the classes before long, otherwise people will complain that the demo/soldier have more weapons than them.

[Soulwynd]

people will complain

Fixed.

[ToonyMan]

I don't care about no label for classes.

Defend as scouts!  Attack as engineers!  It's all useful!

[Duke 2.0]

I don't care about no label for classes.

Defend as scouts!  Attack as engineers!  It's all useful!

Surprisingly yes. Defense scouts can do hell, and you need engineers to make forward bases.

[Jakkarra]

I killed a soldier and a demo with just my pistol and shotgun on the server earlier.

I was TRYING to build my Sneak-Teleporter, got it up, and then ported through it to try to be a sneaky git and build it even further in, got too cocky, and those guys saw me.

Blasted the solly with my pistol untill i remembered i owned a shotgun, all while they were both firin' at me, and blew them both away.

I then proceeded to get UBERSAW'D before i could get my 'porter up.

It was hilarious all the same, i think they may have been Nubs.

[SHAD0Wdump]

I don't care about no label for classes.

Defend as scouts!  Attack as engineers!  It's all useful!

Assault engineers: Placing 99 cent store sentries in places you thought were safe.

[Jakkarra]

You have an account on the steam forums.

I just saw a post done by you.

SHadow.

[SHAD0Wdump]

dump.

[Jakkarra]

-Banump.

[Zai]

Currently, the Demoman isn't the most useful guy on the front lines. I'm betting Valve made the Eyelander and the Chargin' Targe to give him the extra kick he needs for offense.

That's how the Sniper update was too. The Huntsman doesn't have as long of a reload time (that I can tell at least) (and also doesn't have the scope, though that's seemingly compensated by being more forgiving in regards to headshots compared to unscoped rifle), allowing for quicker firing when it's necessary on offense (and defense), and Jarate made it more of a team-player (unlike on 2Fort a lot of the time, where Snipers will just kill other Snipers, ignoring the needs of their team), making Sniper more useful when it comes to team charges.

I really want to see the remaining weapons. Valve really does know how to make the TF2 updates suspenseful and exciting.

[Sowelu]

They might not fit the theme of "demolitions man", but the community has REALLY latched onto the TF2 mythos.  To the point where it's almost like there's two demomen out there:  One who blows things up, and the other who is DRUNK SCOTTISH GUY who beats you up with a bottle.  This update made the second one viable!  Or something.

Eyelander looks good on offense and defense because, hey, pyro is good on defense too.  You lurk around a corner, and bam.

Really though, it just looks more FUN to play against an Eyelander demo, and the class is still absurdly skill-based.  Against a demo noob who can't hit you with grenades/stickies anyway, you'll kill him a little easier because he starts out with less life.  Against a very skilled one, he'll have tons of life and speed...but at least he can't stickybomb your sentry or air-burst you, which is a huge comfort to me.

My personal guess is that the third weapon IS a different melee/secondary, because really, the grenade launcher is a little too perfect of a weapon.  I mean, if you take a demoman and get rid of his stickies, he's still got his primary 'nades and he still feels at lieast a little bit like the same class.  If you take away his grenades though, it's a real big change.  It could be another moderate change like the other classes get--I dunno, maybe grenades that detonate on impact with the ground instead of bouncing or have less damage more blast area--but, eh.

I'm hoping that the demoman's fourth weapon, if he gets it, turns out to be a detpack like in TFC...