http://youtu.be/sg9rPC5KW1M

Where are the conga lines?

Valve should just release an Offensive Sticky Launcher with all of the opposite effects of the current Sticky Launcher. The longer the sticky is sitting there, the less damage it will do.

or they could just keep the original sticky launcher and not kill the game

We'd probably have to wait a while but I would be surprised if they did this. Would be similar to splitting up the equalizer/escape plan and killing the targe turn scripts but replacing it with the tide turner.

that sounds like what happened with the equalizer and the escape plan. i also like the idea of a ramping up AOE for the stiky instead of ramping up damage, can't really so spam splash but still allows for the desperate 1v1 vs scouts.

they're, more than likely, going to change the sticky launcher again in the next few updates, along with some of the other stupid weapons (tideturner), so there's no reason to complain really.

sounds like the exact reason we need to complain, otherwise they never will do anything

did they listen to complaints about the quickfix from the 6s community?

I think that valve is happy with where the QF is in highlander (i.e. viable at times but not broken), if they care at all.

The vaccinator fills pretty much the same role that the quick-fix did pre-buff, minus the viaduct use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtm1Pxv5po

Haha amazing, especially with the Medic carrying the Kritz.

Dat finger placement.

0:50 Is he giving the finger?

No.

THANK GOD

I literally cried.

I shed a tear

Also,
http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1318

As soon as I saw the identical scouts I immediately thought of duwatna in his coffin while the twins hold each other and cozen+grape console each other.

If you remade it with the appropriate hats of street hoops I would be a very happy man.

Has ESEA/CEVO made any announcements regarding their position on this?

I highly doubt that ESEA or CEVO would support a mod to revert the change, which they shouldn't imo.

The past few days I have played a bit more since the update, both HL and 6v6, at a decent level, and the class really feels incredibly boring now. This nerf doesn't really stimulate anything interesting, and I think it definitely hinders the meta.

The "lay a carpet of stickies" and pray they pass over strategy is really really boring and completely uninteresting, all the reasons for which I fell in love with this class competitively are gone. There's no aggression, you feel completely irrelevant. There's no point in playing in such an excruciating way. I have no fun playing like this.

Might as well start playing another class that can actually do something.

http://pastebin.com/J0GQkAsq

Demo limit: 2. Think about it.

16 stickies & 8 pipes? no thank you

Shall I start building a bread teleporter?

i thought about it and id rather commit count dooku

This is how I feel about it now too. The class still works I guess, it's just extremely unsatisfying. Hoping to see something happen.

Maybe youre just used to the high amounts of damage you used to be able to deal before, and anything less is just not cutting it? In that case, its just a matter of getting adjusted.

I don't think it's just not getting used to the lower damage, the stickies themselves are no longer adjusted to the defensive power of some of the classes. A lot of a demo's damage to begin with is useless damage that can't be followed off of efficiently. It's even worse now that a demo can't even outdamage scouts sometimes.

Besides traps, demos aren't really good for bullying teams out of points anymore and it can be hard to push especially on lasts where the other team is using heavies and engies. Even worse for highlander because you're always dealing with those.

I think 90% of the posts in this thread have shown it's not just a matter of getting adjusted.