Thread: Are you scared...

Originally Posted by Vulcan30

I've never understood cause I think knowing how to play medic means improving your overall game...

It's like this; give 2 guys a gun and they both will shoot. Give 1 guy a gun and the other nothing, one will learn to dodge. Now give the same dodger the gun and let him fight the other with a gun and see who wins.

that would work assuming somebody shooting never dodges. im bouncing around all the time whenever i shoot anything besides the minigun

good advice wookie, me likee you medic...

too bad dom never plays medic he can't comment on this sheat.

jk

I've seen people come on the server and try to play combat medic, that's like me playing as Spy and running around using the Amby on people. No disguise, no cloak, nothing. It's just not gonna work, your ass is grass.

Originally Posted by DOMINATOR

Originally Posted by sickwookie

Y'all need to quit bitching about not having anyone to pocket and just become a better medic. I have been playing medic a lot for the last couple months and I can honestly say that you do not need to have a pocket to win a 12 v 12. Life is hard for the medic with no pocket, but if you play smart and make the right calls you will still be able to push and dominate.

The number one thing to remember as medic is to stay alive. If this means you dump your pocket because he pushed too far so be it. Sometimes you have to stop healing your "pocket" because he will not switch to his shotty to kill the chargin' demo. Sometimes you just blow your uber on your self and run back to wait for your team.

word, if you think the only thing to playing medic is riding someones back then no wonder you don't like playing it.

most of the people in this thread dont play medic half as much as they claim...

you don't need one dedicated person to keep you alive... not saying that i have a ton of time on medic but most of the time i play it i don't want to, i just know that we need at least one medic to have a chance and if your team isn't keeping you alive then whip them into shape


it's kinda lol cause a ton of people seem to think that they're team couldn't function with them not playing what they want... a lot also seem to think that they can protect a medic really well.. if there really are this many people who are that good then we shouldn't have a problem getting people on medic, hard to believe that there aren't at least two people who have posted in this thread that aren't on at the same time..... help each other boost your ranks

I pay medic quite often but it is a lesson in futility when no one will spy check and then people scatter when a single enemy comes into view.

I have a great time playing medic when people are actually talking and letting me know what they are doing and when they need a heal. I enjoy playing medic when there is at least 1 reg on that I can count on to stand and die when I need to retreat. As medic I am more important than you.

Originally Posted by Miltonite

I pay medic quite often but it is a lesson in futility when no one will spy check and then people scatter when a single enemy comes into view.

I have a great time playing medic when people are actually talking and letting me know what they are doing and when they need a heal. I enjoy playing medic when there is at least 1 reg on that I can count on to stand and die when I need to retreat. As medic I am more important than you.

I have to take issue with the "team needs to spy check" mentality. Your back is your responsibility. There are precious few spies who can manage to back stab me more than once per game. Once I know there is a spy or two around you are going to have to work your ass off to get behind me.

Listen to what is going on around you. The spy cloak is ridiculously loud, and there is no reason for you to not know when one is around. Keep an eye on the scoreboard, if their spy is up stay on your toes. Keep your back to a wall, he can't stab you if he can't get behind you. Keep moving, everyone bitches about the face stab, but it is a double edged sword spies miss as many good stabs due to lag as they get bad stabs due to lag.

As for a team that does not protect against a pick switch to the blutsauger. You can usually keep yourself alive against a charging demo, scout, or a pyro. A FaN scout can still get a pick due to the high burst, but in general you can survive to fall back to your team as they re-spawn. I have lost many matches with only one death. If my team dies at mid I fall back, if they die again I fall back again to make a stand on our last point(with uber by this point). If you can't fight them off at that point then they deserved the win.

Some people let a bad team frustrate them too much. It gets to me when I know that by switching classes could turn things around. It does not bother me nearly as much when you have good balance, but your team is just not that good. In those cases I play to the best of my ability and get over the fact that my team will not win. Give them tips and pointers so they know how to get better, and enjoy the small victories like a well timed uber or defense against a would be backstabber.