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Pyro does way too much damage now
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#31
54 Frags +
CallumSLGJust give Pyro a lightning gun already fuck

I wonder if Valve would be able to tell the difference between "give demo a glock" and "give pyro a lightning gun". Would they think both are memes? Both serious suggestions? The wrong way around?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1x4AAOSwVL1WEim1/s-l300.jpg

[quote=CallumSLG]Just give Pyro a lightning gun already fuck[/quote]
I wonder if Valve would be able to tell the difference between "give demo a glock" and "give pyro a lightning gun". Would they think both are memes? Both serious suggestions? The wrong way around?[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1x4AAOSwVL1WEim1/s-l300.jpg[/img]
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#32
-2 Frags +

k, so i was clearly wrong, i was just basing it off of my personal experience. but like i said before, it's a beginner class that any competent player can shit on completely. just make the DF more skill based. idk how pubbers can complain that this is overpowered

k, so i was clearly wrong, i was just basing it off of my personal experience. but like i said before, it's a beginner class that any competent player can shit on completely. just make the DF more skill based. idk how pubbers can complain that this is overpowered
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#33
6 Frags +

imo, i think pyro's dmg is a tricky one atm.

So this is all coming from a casual perspective. I get really agro when I get killed by a Pyro because 99% they just don't deserve (exactly how I feel when I played Overwatch and got killed by Winstons, hes not OP but getting killed by him is incredibly unsatisfying) but then I consider that, Pyro really does rely on the idea that he can't be spotted prior to him attacking because of his short range, a Pyro is worthless if spotted from a distance away as he can't close the distance (which I hoped they would of fixed with the jetpack, but the switch time for that is shit and you cant use it passively alongside a weapon) and so is gunned down by every other class.Really I think Pyro needs the high dmg he has now and instead just make his flamethrower a little less braindead (or lower his dmg and maybe make his jetpack not terrible) its no coincidence all of my friends who dont play tf2 swarm towards pyro and do considerably better at him than any other class

imo, i think pyro's dmg is a tricky one atm.

So this is all coming from a casual perspective. I get really agro when I get killed by a Pyro because 99% they just [b]don't deserve[/b] (exactly how I feel when I played Overwatch and got killed by Winstons, hes not OP but getting killed by him is incredibly unsatisfying) but then I consider that, Pyro really does rely on the idea that he can't be spotted prior to him attacking because of his short range, a Pyro is worthless if spotted from a distance away as he can't close the distance (which I hoped they would of fixed with the jetpack, but the switch time for that is shit and you cant use it passively alongside a weapon) and so is gunned down by every other class.Really I think Pyro needs the high dmg he has now and instead just make his flamethrower a little less braindead (or lower his dmg and maybe make his jetpack not terrible) its no coincidence all of my friends who dont play tf2 swarm towards pyro and do considerably better at him than any other class
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#34
28 Frags +

The flamethrower glitch is absolute bullshit. Literally everyone who has a nonzero amount of limbs can hit max flamethrower DPS, and you can obliterated behind corners from being tagged by a stray particle.

They need to fix this shit fast.

The flamethrower glitch is absolute bullshit. Literally everyone who has a nonzero amount of limbs can hit max flamethrower DPS, and you can obliterated behind corners from being tagged by a stray particle.

They need to fix this shit fast.
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#35
2 Frags +
hayesk, so i was clearly wrong, i was just basing it off of my personal experience. but like i said before, it's a beginner class that any competent player can shit on completely. just make the DF more skill based. idk how pubbers can complain that this is overpowered

i think "pubbers" specifically may find it OP because of the sheer amount of Pyros around at the moment, the particle effect is really obnoxious and its genuinely hard to tell what is going on

[quote=hayes]k, so i was clearly wrong, i was just basing it off of my personal experience. but like i said before, it's a beginner class that any competent player can shit on completely. just make the DF more skill based. idk how pubbers can complain that this is overpowered[/quote]

i think "pubbers" specifically may find it OP because of the sheer amount of Pyros around at the moment, the particle effect is really obnoxious and its genuinely hard to tell what is going on
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#36
22 Frags +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__Dlpw7iEY
Was posted day one of Jungle Inferno. Basically flame particles are behaving like the bison and hitting more than once.

DarkNecridhayesthe flamethrower does require some tracking skill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2h1xvFdEU

look at my "tracking" """skill"""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQqBjVr2F4
There's a script for it now. Being able to flail wildly and be rewarded with 120 damage for that is absolutely ridiculous. Anyone remember that clip at SweLAN when two scouts were going for last on Gully with ~60 health and a pyro just flailed and killed both of them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__Dlpw7iEY
Was posted day one of Jungle Inferno. Basically flame particles are behaving like the bison and hitting more than once.

[quote=DarkNecrid][quote=hayes]the flamethrower does require some tracking skill[/quote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2h1xvFdEU

look at my "tracking" """skill"""[/quote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQqBjVr2F4
There's a script for it now. Being able to flail wildly and be rewarded with 120 damage for that is absolutely ridiculous. Anyone remember that clip at SweLAN when two scouts were going for last on Gully with ~60 health and a pyro just flailed and killed both of them?
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#37
27 Frags +

I wanted to make a thread about this but I thought I would get laughed at and made fun of, thank you for making this thread!

Also to contribute to the thread, if you use the command bot_mimic (airblasts are kinda annoying with this command since you're trying to rev the minigun but you can work with it) as Heavy vs a Pyro in a local server the Pyro wins out almost every time even while revved up, sometimes you kill the Pyro first but even then you burn to death almost immediately after the Pyro dies.

I wanted to make a thread about this but I thought I would get laughed at and made fun of, thank you for making this thread!

Also to contribute to the thread, if you use the command bot_mimic (airblasts are kinda annoying with this command since you're trying to rev the minigun but you can work with it) as Heavy vs a Pyro in a local server the Pyro wins out almost every time even while revved up, sometimes you kill the Pyro first but even then you burn to death almost immediately after the Pyro dies.
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#38
19 Frags +

i encourage everybody to go to a local server and play around with tf_flamethrower_boxsize just to see how ginormous flame hitboxes are. Personally, I think the default value for it should be 1, not 12 like it currently is, range is so bad on the flamethrower anyway it's not like it's hard at all to hit huge player models that are really close and it adds just a tiny tiny bit of skill-indexing to the class.

oh and yeah fix parkinson's flames thanks.

i encourage everybody to go to a local server and play around with tf_flamethrower_boxsize just to see how ginormous flame hitboxes are. Personally, I think the default value for it should be 1, not 12 like it currently is, range is so bad on the flamethrower anyway it's not like it's hard at all to hit huge player models that are really close and it adds just a tiny tiny bit of skill-indexing to the class.

oh and yeah fix parkinson's flames thanks.
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#39
19 Frags +

Is there even a good justification for this class being in the game

lol

Is there even a good justification for this class being in the game

lol
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#40
30 Frags +

I did the email valve thing and sent them that video asking if it was the intended effect. I suggest people bombard them with emails because it really needs fixed. A good thing to point out is that you are literally punished for trying to track/lead since being anything less than perfect is less effective than flailing.

http://www.valvesoftware.com/email.php?recipient=TF+Team

I did the email valve thing and sent them that video asking if it was the intended effect. I suggest people bombard them with emails because it really needs fixed. A good thing to point out is that you are literally punished for trying to track/lead since being anything less than perfect is less effective than flailing.

http://www.valvesoftware.com/email.php?recipient=TF+Team
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#41
-29 Frags +

pyro is alright now but you still cant flex to him all the time so don't complain

also good luck killing a scout that pushes u while "flailing around" instead of trying to actually aim at him lol

pyro is alright now but you still cant flex to him all the time so don't complain

also good luck killing a scout that pushes u while "flailing around" instead of trying to actually aim at him lol
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#42
31 Frags +
kawaalso good luck killing a scout that pushes u while "flailing around" instead of trying to actually aim at him lol

https://clips.twitch.tv/SpikyGrossOwlBudStar

[quote=kawa]
also good luck killing a scout that pushes u while "flailing around" instead of trying to actually aim at him lol[/quote]
https://clips.twitch.tv/SpikyGrossOwlBudStar
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#43
-31 Frags +

those scouts were sub 60 lol
a soldier could have done the same thing with one shitty ground rocket
itt: noobs and hl players discussing balance

those scouts were sub 60 lol
a soldier could have done the same thing with one shitty ground rocket
itt: noobs and hl players discussing balance
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#44
34 Frags +

Good luck actually trying to hit a pyro flailing around like that.

The biggest issue I have is the flames make it really fucking hard to see the Pyro and actually aim at him

Good luck actually trying to hit a pyro flailing around like that.

The biggest issue I have is the flames make it really fucking hard to see the Pyro and actually aim at him
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#45
9 Frags +

instead of making degreaser fun again, they buff the W+M1 playstyle -_-
the visibility is also an issue now

instead of making degreaser fun again, they buff the W+M1 playstyle -_-
the visibility is also an issue now
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#46
7 Frags +

i think just simply scale down the particle hitboxes can fix the "no skill wm1" problem

inb4 the flamethrower has a slow firing rate (of particles) and slow traveling speed, so the huge particle size is ok
https://i.imgur.com/9mu6SeL.jpg

in the jungle update, they triple (maybe more) the amount and speed of those particles
https://i.imgur.com/RKSZr8Jg.png

so it's a bit ridiculous to keep the same hitbox size like that, reduce each down to 1/3 or even 1/4 could make the flamethrower harder to use
https://i.imgur.com/PPputKc.jpg

i think just simply scale down the particle hitboxes can fix the "no skill wm1" problem

inb4 the flamethrower has a slow firing rate (of particles) and slow traveling speed, so the huge particle size is ok
https://i.imgur.com/9mu6SeL.jpg

in the jungle update, they triple (maybe more) the amount and speed of those particles
https://i.imgur.com/RKSZr8Jg.png

so it's a bit ridiculous to keep the same hitbox size like that, reduce each down to 1/3 or even 1/4 could make the flamethrower harder to use
https://i.imgur.com/PPputKc.jpg
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#47
12 Frags +

Also the new airblast is complete bullshit, the strafing you can do after being airblast is pathetic might as well not let you strafe at all, they should just let you airstrafe fully, it would raise pyro's skill ceiling. As a soldier i wait until the pyro reflects to shoot my next rocket but i get pushed so far, until my rocket reaches him he can reflect again(reflecting projectiles is dumb in the first place but we're too deep now). Also they buffed afterburn...

Also the new airblast is complete bullshit, the strafing you can do after being airblast is pathetic might as well not let you strafe at all, they should just let you airstrafe fully, it would raise pyro's skill ceiling. As a soldier i wait until the pyro reflects to shoot my next rocket but i get pushed so far, until my rocket reaches him he can reflect again(reflecting projectiles is dumb in the first place but we're too deep now). Also they buffed afterburn...
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#48
30 Frags +

hitting people with fire around corners is dumb
being able to do 110+ damage with 1 flame particle is dumb
being able to shake your aim and still hit every particle is dumb
not being able to see a pyro that is shooting you is dumb

dumbdumbdumbdumb

hitting people with fire around corners is dumb
being able to do 110+ damage with 1 flame particle is dumb
being able to shake your aim and still hit every particle is dumb
not being able to see a pyro that is shooting you is dumb


dumbdumbdumbdumb
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#49
8 Frags +
syphAlso the new airblast is complete bullshit, the strafing you can do after being airblast is pathetic might as well not let you strafe at all, they should just let you airstrafe fully, it would raise pyro's skill ceiling. As a soldier i wait until the pyro reflects to shoot my next rocket but i get pushed so far, until my rocket reaches him he can reflect again(reflecting projectiles is dumb in the first place but we're too deep now). Also they buffed afterburn...

Speaking of airblast, I swear it feels even easier to reflect projectiles after this update.

[quote=syph]Also the new airblast is complete bullshit, the strafing you can do after being airblast is pathetic might as well not let you strafe at all, they should just let you airstrafe fully, it would raise pyro's skill ceiling. As a soldier i wait until the pyro reflects to shoot my next rocket but i get pushed so far, until my rocket reaches him he can reflect again(reflecting projectiles is dumb in the first place but we're too deep now). Also they buffed afterburn...[/quote]
Speaking of airblast, I swear it feels even easier to reflect projectiles after this update.
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#50
7 Frags +

It's honestly so autistic to fight pyros as a soldier without a shotgun now.

If you shoot them from anywhere other than like 5 ft away they reflect it easily
if you're within 5 ft there's like a 50% chance they just guess the timing and fuck you
if you try to bait out the airblast, you get launched like 10 feet and have to settle for a 65 dmg rocket
and 1/2 the time their cooldown is already over by the time you shoot them

oh yeah and you get melted within like 4 seconds by the flames and you can barely even see the pyro through them so

It's honestly so autistic to fight pyros as a soldier without a shotgun now.

If you shoot them from anywhere other than like 5 ft away they reflect it easily
if you're within 5 ft there's like a 50% chance they just guess the timing and fuck you
if you try to bait out the airblast, you get launched like 10 feet and have to settle for a 65 dmg rocket
and 1/2 the time their cooldown is already over by the time you shoot them

oh yeah and you get melted within like 4 seconds by the flames and you can barely even see the pyro through them so
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#51
12 Frags +

Here's a response from Steam forums when I decided to spread the awareness regarding the Pyro's issues.

[url=https://imgur.com/a/P7T5t]Here's[/url] a response from Steam forums when I decided to spread the awareness regarding the Pyro's issues.
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#52
7 Frags +
Max_Good luck actually trying to hit a pyro flailing around like that.

The biggest issue I have is the flames make it really fucking hard to see the Pyro and actually aim at him

This is honestly the biggest issue. You can't see what you're shooting at, or anything at all behind the flames

[quote=Max_]Good luck actually trying to hit a pyro flailing around like that.

The biggest issue I have is the flames make it really fucking hard to see the Pyro and actually aim at him[/quote]

This is honestly the biggest issue. You can't see what you're shooting at, or anything at all behind the flames
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#53
8 Frags +
Hermann_von_SalsaHere's a response from Steam forums when I decided to spread the awareness regarding the Pyro's issues.

What did you expect? You would get the same reaction on Plebbit too.

[quote=Hermann_von_Salsa][url=https://imgur.com/a/P7T5t]Here's[/url] a response from Steam forums when I decided to spread the awareness regarding the Pyro's issues.[/quote]What did you expect? You would get the same reaction on Plebbit too.
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#54
-2 Frags +
akiraWhat did you expect? You would get the same reaction on Plebbit too.

tbf I've been messing around those Forums, so the reaction wasn't surprising.
Still it's stupid to not read thread and yet accuse of bait. They even admitted that they did not watch the video lol

[quote=akira]What did you expect? You would get the same reaction on Plebbit too.[/quote]

tbf I've been messing around those Forums, so the reaction wasn't surprising.
Still it's stupid to not read thread and yet accuse of bait. They even admitted that they did not watch the video lol
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#55
-5 Frags +
SentinelDoesn't matter as much in 6s but in general gameplay, pyro does WAAAAY too much damage with zero aim required

I don't even know what this means. Are you basing this on pub gameplay?

[quote=Sentinel]
Doesn't matter as much in 6s but in general gameplay, pyro does WAAAAY too much damage with zero aim required[/quote]

I don't even know what this means. Are you basing this on pub gameplay?
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#56
1 Frags +

DF is pretty close to balanced because the airblast penalty makes it pretty difficult to protect yourself from damage and the DPS is actually comparable to other flamethrowers, but takes more effort to achieve because if you miss one shot you're already losing out on damage compared to them. The only true advantage compared to the other primaries is slightly bigger range.

Reduce hitbox size a little bit and I'd say the DF is just fine.

Other flamers are absolutely fucked, though. It's not even fun to use at the moment. I'd prefer that they fix the tracking and lingering flames issues rather than just nerfing damage outright, but even after that a bit of a nerf is probably in order.

DF is pretty close to balanced because the airblast penalty makes it pretty difficult to protect yourself from damage and the DPS is actually comparable to other flamethrowers, but takes more effort to achieve because if you miss one shot you're already losing out on damage compared to them. The only true advantage compared to the other primaries is slightly bigger range.

Reduce hitbox size a little bit and I'd say the DF is just fine.

Other flamers are absolutely fucked, though. It's not even fun to use at the moment. I'd prefer that they fix the tracking and lingering flames issues rather than just nerfing damage outright, but even after that a bit of a nerf is probably in order.
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#57
18 Frags +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-mZFDPlxLg

I guess this is even more viable now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-mZFDPlxLg

I guess this is even more viable now
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#58
14 Frags +

btw the lingering flames bullshit interacts really weirdly with the backburner and results in you getting faceburned sometimes. Clip for example https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundDelightfulEggplantOSsloth

btw the lingering flames bullshit interacts really weirdly with the backburner and results in you getting faceburned sometimes. Clip for example https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundDelightfulEggplantOSsloth
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#59
4 Frags +
4hpbtw the lingering flames bullshit interacts really weirdly with the backburner and results in you getting faceburned sometimes. Clip for example https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundDelightfulEggplantOSsloth

wait, you don't know that flame particles can wall-slide now?

https://youtu.be/aIIgr_qt8mw?t=90

ground and roof too, don't know if it's a good thing or not

[quote=4hp]btw the lingering flames bullshit interacts really weirdly with the backburner and results in you getting faceburned sometimes. Clip for example https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundDelightfulEggplantOSsloth[/quote]

wait, you don't know that flame particles can wall-slide now?

https://youtu.be/aIIgr_qt8mw?t=90

ground and roof too, don't know if it's a good thing or not
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#60
12 Frags +

guys careful he was engineer of the season in etf2l season 9 and 10

guys careful he was engineer of the season in etf2l season 9 and 10
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