It seems like the reasons for the jarate ban could very easily be applied to the crossbow.
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#117
Ban the crossbow
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4812622CrayonNot sure if this has been mentioned but I think banning the crossbow increases the medic skill ceiling by putting more of a focus on the distribution of heals in fights.
Banning pipes increases the skill ceiling by putting more of a focus on aiming stickies.
If you go down this line you will eventually ban all but one thing so you can focus on that one thing, since having less options directly correlates with increasing the skill ceiling.
The only time removing options increases the skill ceiling is if the option being removed takes less skill for equal or more reward as another option, like Sydney Sleeper. Deciding who to heal with the Crossbow just adds another element to deciding who to heal when. It's different, but not any less complex.
I don't think deciding who to heal with the crossbow does take great knowledge because of the speed at which you heal them. At the moment in fights a lot of the time it's more viable to simply arrow people whereas I was commenting on the greater skill in my opinion that it takes to decide how much healing to give to people and who to prioritise. The strength of the weapon at the moment somewhat nullifies that aspect of gameplay.
posted about 8 years ago
#115
Ban the crossbow
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Not sure if this has been mentioned but I think banning the crossbow increases the medic skill ceiling by putting more of a focus on the distribution of heals in fights. Don't get me wrong, the crossbow can be fun, but having played a little bit of medic without crossbow in the etf2l whitelist cup I'd be very interested in trying it for a whole season.
posted about 8 years ago
#268
can we ban most unlocks yet?
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shorasInstead of making 10 pages here we could just make a test whitelist and try it out in pugs/scrims/whatever.
http://etf2l.org/forum/feedback/topic-33952/page-2/#post-562844
it's not exactly banning most unlocks but it's dealing with some big ones
posted about 8 years ago
#236
can we ban most unlocks yet?
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YeeHawFrom playing the whitelist cup, I'm having so much fun with the crossbow being unbanned. It opens up a lot of pushes based off of damage and makes spam (soldier and demo) much stronger.
!!!i agree
from a medic's perspective it was way funner too
posted about 8 years ago
#137
Lowpander swaps out Kissakala and Grenjabob, Crayon joins
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Now I'm Very Angry And When I See ThalashEE On The Server I Will Kill Him.
posted about 8 years ago
#73
Lowpander swaps out Kissakala and Grenjabob, Crayon joins
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Anyway guys hello I've joined Lowpander thanks for all the support I've been getting
posted about 8 years ago
#48
Lowpander swaps out Kissakala and Grenjabob, Crayon joins
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OmbrackAnd about the news itself, Crayon getting telefragged and then joining Muuki's side, what's happening :D
LET THIS DIE
posted about 8 years ago
#45
Lowpander swaps out Kissakala and Grenjabob, Crayon joins
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Paprika_did both of you have to qualify then or??
after the season I saw we were 7th so i messaged an admin (can't remember who) who told me that by some tiebreaker rule we were 6th so I assumed we were safe and that top5 would have to play playoffs but it seems that didn't happen. Might have been because of all the teams folding that season but I don't see why that should change the rules.
feels like they've been making it up
posted about 8 years ago
#42
Lowpander swaps out Kissakala and Grenjabob, Crayon joins
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Paprika_can someone please explain why 3/6 who finished 7th last season didnt have to qualify for prem, but my team does?? doesnt really make sense or seem fair that the rules just change because old players come back.
we tied with top5
I'd be interested in an admin commenting on this bc it seems like it's been odd for a while
posted about 8 years ago
#68
i61 cu@ thread
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georgebaiiDoes anyone who can see the future see any benefit in getting the BYOC Plus ticket over the standard one?
depends if u want to get down with the minecraft kids
posted about 8 years ago
#19
Map Voting Results
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Zesty (looking @ u badlands last).
and snake last and process last imo
posted about 8 years ago