Team Fortress 2, and my ideas for it

I haven't played since february... until like an hour ago. What'd I miss?

/raisehand

everything

medic unlocks, pyro unlocks, goldrush, turbine & fastlane being made official, nerfs and buffs, etc

I got a bunch of pyro achievments, and I've played Turbine and Goldrush.

Is the Backburner worth using? Because I really like the Compressed air thing.

it was, but now it lost the +50 HP it used to give and as such compressed air is more of a pro than all crits from behind if you have the axetinguisher to finish off high HP foes

Alright, so the sniper was built as a support class, AKA giving teammates cover as they do something, like cap a point. The problem I have with snipers however, is that most of them are too far away to actually cover teammates, or that they can't cover their mates because of objects in the way. So I thought of this. A rifle unlock for the snoipah. Not a scoped one with bolt-action, but a normal rifle, with maybe a clip of 6 boolets and 36 spares. It has revolver accuracy and does a bit more damage than it, but maybe if you hold down MOUSE2 you can have sniper rifle accuracy with the downside that you can't see as far and you still move slow. The way this helps the sniper is that now he can be closer to teammates and just stand on a nearby balcony and cover them. It could also grant the sniper a health boost to keep him alive in the field longer.

What do you guys think?

sounds nifty dracon, i think if you got that maybe a little health boost too?

Last sentence, and thanks.

I always considered the Sniper mostly a defense class (Keeping enemies from pushing the cart/capturing points/entering your base), and the idea of giving the sniper more offensive power sounds like an excellent idea.

I'd probably play as a sniper sometimes if this were to happen.

i had this idea ages ago except it completely reworked the sniper class, changing him into the Rifleman, with the Sniper Rifle as his alt primary weapon (with some nerfs) and an automatic rifle with a burst fire option for right click and 150 health. Sniper Rifle equip would put him back at 125 HP. He'd keep his SMG (maybe buffed a little) and Kukri, as well as look however.

That would actually make me enjoy snypa

sounds stupid

the sniper doesn't need any unlocks he is just fine i'd say make more ammo for his smg though

that **** runs out too fast

and if you are wondering why it's stupid it's because it ruins the fact that he is a sniper

the soldier having a rifle (M1 Garand no scope or zoom) replace his shotgun would be more acceptable

This post has been edited by false on Aug 4 2008, 02:05 PM

Dictionary.com
>>to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position

So not the scope removal would classify him as not a sniper, but rather if he started fighting alongside people in the frontlines. Therefore, he can still be a sniper with no scope if he's hidden/far away.

What's a sniper without a SNIPER RIFLE

Think about it.

you do realize by removing the scope it just weakens his sniping skills

you can easily snipe from any range with the scope


and what i mean is if you want a more mid range based sniper you can just do that fine with the sniper rifle right now.

This post has been edited by false on Aug 4 2008, 02:45 PM

But what I mean is that a rifle could help the sniper in cases like this:

You could be credit to team by hanging around them and making enemies easier to finish off for them.

um you can do that with the rifle right now


if you are bad at sniping then it's your fault

The heavy needs a rocket fist.