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I'd have to agree on mostly all of this. I still believe all this medic crossbow nonsense would go away if the weapon did not build uber % on hit. It would get rid of the silly arrow building meta and just leave the crossbow for burst heals in critical situations and team fights.
The integrity of the game and the way you play medic is not compromised because everyone can shoot a crossbow. If anything, it creates a skill gap between average medics and good medics. Lets face facts, there are just some medics that are dogshit at hitting arrows in team fights. That is a clear cut advantage to the other medic who can aim better, or to the medic who can predict movement better, or to the medic/teammate who have better communication skills when requesting an arrow mid-fight.
In my mind, these medic skills should not be overlooked or thrown out the window because they are big parts of the game and are skills any medic can work on just like any other class.
The only real thing that is consistently abused is the "arrow building" side effect. Until the weapon is changed and the Uber building component removed, there is nothing anyone can do about it, but I don't feel it means the weapon should be banned.