cbear4812622Chiming in with frkn here, if they allow the best and most common unlocks, there's no reason that Scouts can't use the FaN or BFB if they want to.
also wha cbear gunboats are what make roamer fun to watch :C
it's just my (unpopular) opinion
accomplishing the roamer job while not taking heals without gunboats is, in my awful/wrong opinion, more impressive/fun to watch
i understand they're not going anywhere, and i've made peace with them being a staple in our meta, i just generally dont enjoy watching the tactics gunboat soldiers employ
old, crusty, mad, bad, etc.
I see where you're coming from. I think I'm on the opposite end of the experience spectrum, as I have literally no competitive league experience, all I've done is watched a lot of streams and casts of both ESEA and ETF2L and that's all I can base my thoughts on. I think you're right that a Shotgun roamer accomplishing something is impressive, but that's the point, isn't it? It's impressive because the Shotgun is inferior, and therefore being able to make plays with an inferior loadout is impressive.
But, like, from a purely spectator's perspective, empowering the roamer with being able to jump much more freely makes watching it more exciting. Roamers are the ones who most often rush in to break up stalemates and let the game start moving again, and with the Gunboats allowing them to jump in and wallboost with like 270 HP, instead of like 200, or or being like Dave_AC and jumping in, landing two rockets, and jumping out, I think it makes a match that much more dynamic.
-opinions of a terrible player with no experience who pretends to understand stuff