i'm not even gonna bring up banning weapons on pubs but faster respawn times are the antithesis of "balance". good luck pushing off advantages

heal rates scale up over time so it caps off at 9 / s as well

nice vid and nice music, KOTH lvl 3s are ballsy

edit: after going to your channel i recognize some of your past videos, keep it up

in that case you put yourself in an advantageous situation and one that your opponents can't easily adapt too, thus you outplayed them

if there are no indications that means the soldier has his primary holstered which puts him at a disadvantage immediately

you are a better soldier if you know you do better with BB and you choose it over your other options and don't honor code yourself because you perceive weapons as stupid

jesus dude if you can't handle a skill-indexed engineer shotgun that gives you infinite ammo if used right you really are a bad player who's being coddled

it doesn't one-shot. it doesn't drain uber or cloak. it doesn't heal your sentry. it's just a fucking shotgun that rewards good aim. you're still a 125 HP class that no one in their right mind chooses in 6s except on lasts and gravel pit (if that was still played).

and you know what? in those rare moments people will just pick the default shotgun because it won't drain the metal supply that's also used for buildings (did you forget about that part?)

it's not overpowered in any format, not even 1v1. it's just a case of whoever makes these arbitrary bans not giving a shit and trying to downplay engie, and you know it.

you know why the widowmaker is banned?

it's more than that, giving reasons is just a way for leagues to appear more professional, i'm not even arguing against banning/allowing right now, but if you're a new player looking into competitive tf2 wouldn't you like to be given reason? it would help dispel some notions people have about comp

some people just won't settle for cheap talk is all (if they get even that)

i would like to see leagues provide actual reasons behind why certain items are banned, through demos or logs or whatever. never see that, seems like bans are just done under the table and the public has no idea why but goes along with it

for instance why is the widowmaker banned in any league. thats just class bias showing through clear as day. its "skill-indexed" and all those other buzzwords comp loves

"too many weapons" is a baby's excuse, its a mark of a good player to identify what enemies are running and react accordingly

and for the record conch plays a sound indicator basically everywhere on the map so you will know it's coming, if you get fucked by a conch push you weren't properly prepared.

also if pick/ban happens again stock absolutely should be subject to the same ban system unlocks are; they're not the base on which you balance, you balance to the game as a whole.

dota also makes minute changes in patches, that may not seem big at first but add up over time. there's also the factor that even "showcasing" a weapon in patch notes leads to players using it (don't know about you but i've seen more nataschas lately)

valve is just taking it slow balance-wise. and why wouldn't they? last time they went balls out with an unlock (short circuit) there was massive backlash.

what is the actual issue? they already nerfed its offensive capabilities greatly, you chew through metal fast, faster if you're erasing projectiles. the defensive playstyle was the thing people were starting to get antsy about, because it made nest-breaking harder, so they addressed it. in the seconds it takes to switch weapons and gain back metal that could mean two stickies at your feet. tf2 is a game of seconds so this impacts way more than is apparent from looking at patch notes

if you want to quash any real discussion where everyone isn't in agreement with each other and just be set in your circlejerk say so now so i can stop wasting my time here

nice, i wondered when the ugc links were going to get posted in a totally scummy fucking attempt to discredit anyone who speaks against the mold. it happened when i tried talking on ugc as well.

just downfrag and move on if you don't want to talk

And if Demos no longer become the most viable uber candidate every single push, what happens? Is that inherently bad? Like you said, other classes would have to put out damage but you've got stuff like CaC, banners, and Phlog (if only) that could make up for lost DPS. It would require a shift in how teams play, for sure. Hell, demoknight is great against short circuit engies, i'm not making a dumb joke here. (half of what i'm typing is plagiarized from another forumgoer by the way) It all comes down to whether or not leagues want a serious change in play. if they don't think HL can be improved I can't really vouch for the Circuit

And again, for all it's been discussed, the lack of a wrangler would be interesting

I'm not trying to give universal solutions, just throwing ideas out. You don't push every point the same. I know what I wrote looks weird (tbh i was thinking gully last) but I would rather give fringe advice than be a defeatist waiting for a nerf. What if it stays in whitelists?

It's a matter of perspective. What I'm saying only sounds weird in the context of current HL.

The counter to short circuit Engies is hitscan. Hitscan, flames, bison, will still destroy an Engie with the short circuit out. Pushes have to be approached with less of an explosive class mindset if the enemy is running it. Yeah it's "speeding up" in the literal sense of the word but a Concheror Heavy push I can see being pretty brutal. You can flash your Pyro to ensure he airblasts away the Engie so that he can't block shots on the combo with the SC, things like that. And through all this he has no Wrangler. Which is going to be huge no matter the weapon trade-off.

I'm more saying Demoman not being so dominant is interesting. I don't like stalemates either.

I meant no one uses the Equalizer. The Pain Train was good before the split