Seinfelddiamondback:
- reward is given instantly for no sacrifice
- gun has minor penalties when used without crits (damage nerf that is shared with other popular meta revolvers like letranger and amby, but 6 shots per reload is retained)
- you absolutely can get 2 shots off quick on a player and insta drop them if you time it right
frontier justice:
- if your sentry gets kills in order to provide you with crits, you have to actively either kill your gun or allow your gun to BE killed in order to receive your reward
- gun without crits is functionally a zero-miss endeavor as with 3 shots if you miss at all on most classes you just dont even have enough ammo to compensate for your mistake
also in 6s you dont want to use the diamondback anyway because the unbanned meta alternative the l'etranger gives such a massive passive buff of having more cloak to have a better time getting in position
So wrong on so many levels.
1. You can destroy your gun after it gets kill(s) as the enemy team will retreat since a player just died, giving enough time to rebuild. If they decide to push they will push into the crits with a player disad.
2. Engineer is already at a disadvantage in a 1v1 with regular shotgun against every class except spy or sniper or medic. if you can get 3 shots off and not be dead, that's already a miracle tbh. You also shouldn't even be in this position. Why are you pushing out as engineer? Why are you still on engineer on last and haven't swapped off already to a better class for the situation, like heavy, pyro or scout?
3. The diamondback in 6s is busted. You backstab some rando guy instead of the med then shoot the med for 100 to force or drop with any sort of spam, or shoot ANYONE to kill another guy and get a 2 for 1 sac. Or even don't shoot and run away and go for round two, where you get 2 crits to 2 shot a med.
4. Regular revolver is really good, l'etranger is more for when time pressured and can't waddle around on cloak and dagger and need the stab quick rather than risking a revolver kill.
Unlocks and offclasses are pretty straight forward to use, but then I read stuff like this and it makes me understand why so many people are still so bad at it.