Article on the effectiveness of class updates

**KapnKrunch** · 02-04-10, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Graverunner

I agreed with everything in there, it's kind of odd how they have left the shield and DH alone, I mean they fixed the sandman pretty quick but they haven't even touched the solly/ demo in the updates since.

They reduced the blast resitance on the shield about a week ago I think.

**DJ Ms. White** · 02-04-10, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Arreo

Oh, and mostly unrelated but I'll throw it out there since I'm talking about the Heavy.

I will kill someone for a Tough guy's toque whenever trading comes around. And by kill I mean offer my left kidney. And by offer my left kidney I mean we can work something out.

I'm looking at you Veo :P

If you have a hat I want, you can make an offer.

**Gimli** · 02-04-10, 02:49 PM

i pretty much agree with most of what he said especially on the fact on the demoman update, it is trash and completely reversed the entire role of the class. and while the dh did get somewhat of a fix i still believe it is overpowered, especially in close range where it takes almsot no effort to take out a class, in fact a soldier at close range can killa heavy with no buff with like 2 rockets, and in that time the heavy will still be revving his minigun or just start shooting before the second rocket hits him.

**Captain Coors** · 02-04-10, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Silent_Crow

On the real topic though I agree with the article. I think the heavy needs some love

+1, heavy could do some interesting stuff in 6v6 if he could get some kind of temporary speed buff or other out of the box idea to help his mobility.

**enf** · 02-04-10, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Captain Coors

Originally Posted by Silent_Crow

On the real topic though I agree with the article. I think the heavy needs some love

+1, heavy could do some interesting stuff in 6v6 if he could get some kind of temporary speed buff or other out of the box idea to help his mobility.

I had this idea for this shield he could have that would charge him forward at a faster rate. I feel like Ive heard of it somewhere though...

**Langrad** · 02-05-10, 11:48 AM

A good heavy medic combo can still wreak havoc. Especialy if you can sneak his fat ass onto/near a point. Nothing makes a team split up and panic like an ubered heavy in the face.

**Oozish** · 02-05-10, 02:38 PM

+1 for pure mod...oh valve!

**Gonzo0100** · 02-05-10, 04:58 PM

trade in the KGB and shotgun for the heavy Nikes of running.

**Veovis** · 02-05-10, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Gonzo0100

trade in the KGB and shotgun for the heavy Nikes of running.

The pyro got the airblast without having to give anything up, and it drastically improved the class. I think the heavy deserves something like that. He should not have to give up shotgun for a speedy device, because I think the speedy device should required him to no have minigun out, in which case he'd need shotty even more. And I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they were talking about months ago with the "beta competitive test" they were running. A glove replacement... sure, since the gloves are mostly useless anyway. Something like the equalizer, but which works even with full health.