Thread: Demoman to be nerfed?

Originally Posted by Cojiro

Originally Posted by Consultant

You know...there's a solution to this that has nothing to do with the demoman....be a better engineer.

I agree with everything else you said on your post except for this. the thing is when building your sentry, it is not easy to build in a place where every single class cant reach it. The demoman is the hardest to defend from because they do not need a clear view of your sentry to destroy unlike every other class.

I agree - it was a generic comment that didnt do much good...but I sort of stand by it.

Engineers get too married to their sentry guns and I think can do more than squat behind them.

IMHO, the Demoman is the rock to the Engineer's scissors. Every class has that ONE other class it struggles with the most and that's my idea of balance.

The lowest common denominator of a game is the power of an individual weapon and the community's inability to adapt too often results in the unnecessary nerfing of an item or items.

But whatever, I dont get paid to design games and my frame of reference is probably skewed by the fact that Demoman is my second most played class.

But you know what...that engineer's pistol is really good at shooting stickies away from your toys.

they roll away nicely if you put a few pistol rounds into them.

Again, it comes down to being a better player, I know that might sound rude, but it isnt intended to be.

Originally Posted by money$$$$

Well, if an engineer is fast enough he could blow some stickies away with his shotgun but that doesnt work as well or get a pyro with the Flamethrower to blow away stickies.

Right! Teamwork!!

It works for every situation!

yeah when i see stickys on my sentry i always scream out on my mic and start trying to push em away with my pistol. and if im alone and assume hes alone i go around that corner and start blasting at him hopefully he wont think to press his alt fire.

I dont understand their reasoning here. 3 stickies can blow up a sentry, and engineer with full health, and a dispenser because they are all within the vicinity of the damage range. If the 3 engineers built all 4 buildings in a bunch and you threw some stickies in the middle there, obviously shits gonna blow up. Demos suck for engineers but you need a team around you to make sure he can place a shitload of stickies on your gun or sometimes you have to break out of the protective shell to take care of him yourself. Believe me, it works better than sitting behind the gun whacking it with 4 stickies laying by your feet.

We regard this as the first of several community map releases though, so you can expect to see more in the next class pack.

c'mooon ctf_ttp_towers :P

I agree that this is stupid. Its like complaining that rock doesn't beat paper!

Demo counters engy turtles. Period.

Plus now that the pyro has that push gun im surprised we haven't seen much pyro engy combos, where the pyro just spams his flame for spies, and then pushes away any stickies that a demo shoots at the engy's gun. Teamwork.