Since the Quick-Fix was buffed a few months ago, I thought it was imbalanced and definitely not good for the 6s meta. Month's worth of scrims and a few lan matches later, I honestly don't understand why leagues (esp esea) aren't moving to ban this weapon.
Just to review, QF attributes:
-No forceback, knockback, or airblast (bullets, explosive damage, pyros do nothing)
-Buffs heal target to 125% AND buffs medic to 125% (190hp) when uber is popped which fades like a normal buff
-Medic and heal target continue to cap point once uber is popped
-ALWAYS builds at max charge rate because only buffs to 125%. (Uber charge build rate decreases by half once heal target is past 143% buff)- this means you'll have QF in exactly 32 seconds every time, assuming you're constantly healing.
-Medic jumps with heal target and runs at same speed, ONLY if healing a faster class.
IMO it changes 6s meta in a bad way and makes shitty teams "better" because it
1) lets medics get away with not understanding uber advantages and not knowing how to build charge
2) creates cop out strats that let teams who have bad coordination get away with shit like bad pushes because of the fast heal rate in fights
3) ability to cap points while immune to knockback, forceback, or airblast while "ubered"
4) medics able to jump across maps and follow their heal targets which change getting out/pushing in (esp lasts like snake, metalworks, and gran)
overall the problem is NOT that the quickfix is op, the problem is that it single handedly changes the entire way 6s is played and IN MY OPINION- for the worse. it is easily counterable by both vanilla uber and kritz but the effect it has on 6s gameplay is insanely different, and not a change for the better. quickfix makes 6s less team-oriented strategy in terms of combo+flank, promotes moronic strats (like AG vs. tri- jump gully last with QF, continue capping point. other team uses QF to body block but gets focus fired by remaining 4 players on offense. or heavy+sniper to mid ALL DAY), and makes shitty teams slightly less shitty because of how much easier it makes medic.
thoughts? should it be banned? is it fine? what is the QF's effect on comp 6s?
EDIT: main reason for posting this again is cos this is honestly the most boring lan I've ever watched and this new QF meta is pretty much why