If you're mega scared you could run it to mids you think you're almost certain going to die. Ubersaw is better though.

Perhaps I'm full of shit on this, but from my perspective it just seems like NA teams have a lot more aggression than EU teams. Because of this, to me atleast it seems that Invis-backstab plays are a little easier in that there is more chaos and opportunity. EU has a tendency to sit still until the very moment of the push, leaving little room for error on the Spy's part. It mostly feels like suicide plays.

Again, I could totally be talking bollocks on that.

But I think as a concept atleast, the Dead Ringer makes sense. I don't believe there's anything inherently wrong about Gunspy, as you trade gamechanging plays for some consistent damage output. As a Spy I think it's nice to have that option if you're having one of those games where you just can't seem to achieve anything with conventional play. I mean, you pretty much have to use it for Gunspying, as nobody competent ever really buys that you've died.

Personally I feel that the Amby nerf is a little harsh. At the absolute max range you're hitting 50 damage headshots, and past that you're not even hitting those. In a sense, the stock Revolver is a better long range weapon than the Amby. Imo there shouldnt be a range limit, and I think we should be doing 70 damage headshots across the board.

Also no I won't use Diamondback. It's a retarded weapon that should be removed. Rework it into a niche or something. Enforcer was retarded, then they nerfed it, and now it's bad for everything except wrecking Vaccinator Meds, which is fun af.

My FPS is pretty wrecked (dropping down to 50 at times in casual, lowest before update was 110), Pyro stuffing is gonna be ridiculous on certain lasts, I don't care for his items too much, Amby got nerfed unfairly and DR needed a counterbuff or a rework, current nerf just kills it.

Changes to casual queuing and partying are great QoL changes (so long as they actually work), Lazarus is a cool map, stupid amount of bugs (thats tf2 for ya), a couple interesting balances, mostly uninteresting balances.

Overall it's a pretty average update that would have been fine if it was a few months wait (not including the SFM).
Pretty shit imo for a 420 day update.

I am very interested to see if Vita-Saw will be allowed now. I could definitely see it being on par with Ubersaw.
Run Vita-Saw to mid, switch to Ubersaw once you respawn perhaps.

Panic Attack is also kind of a direct upgrade to Shotgun for Pocket Solly's imo. Am curious to see what others think of it.

Works great now! Thanks for your hard work!

m0rehud-Black-2.0 (atleast for me) is suffering from heavy frame drops when lighting multiple players on fire as Pyro. I believe it has to do with the damage numbers, not sure.

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I played it before in both closed and open beta, and while the gunplay is sorta addictive it didn't have much depth, plus it was kinda easy. Might be alright now though, not sure.

I'm somewhat in disagreement with the proposed Spy changes.

The Amby change will serve to only make it more frustrating for the Spy who misses despite aiming well, and frustrating for the guy who got headshot across the map because he knows the Spy's crosshair was not on him. Was the Amby a bit too strong at long ranges? Debatable. I think ever so slightly yes, but it was a high skill dependent mechanic. I think a more fair nerf would have been increasing headshot cooldown even more for less ability to follow up, or something along those lines.

As for Dead Ringer, they've just sort of killed it. Spies running it will now just hide in a corner waiting for it to recharge, not contributing. It isn't very conducive towards engaging gameplay. The current DR is without a doubt unbelievably stupid, and in general the DR has been hated for a long time. But the thing is, I think the DR really got asinine the moment they gave it a speed boost. The old DR where you could tank a shit ton of damage was stupid as well, but atleast Pyro's genuinely did wreck you, and you didn't have access to all ammo kits on the map in an instant. Perhaps a balance needs to be struck, or maybe we could just revert, I'm not sure.

Either way, I think the combination of these two nerfs absolutely hurt Spy in game-modes where he is permanently run (Highlander and Pubs). I understand a need to make Spy feel more sneaky, but realistically, what sick fuck is going to want to go 8-30 in a Product official where the enemy Heavy is doing nothing but Spychecking the entire game? Gunspy needs to still be an option for Spy players to keep their sanity in both pubs and highlander. I recommend more messing around with the DR.

In 6s these changes won't affect anything so this was all useless fluff. Huh.

2fort. Oh boy. My excitement is unyielding.

https://youtu.be/m9G3YSap0Oc?t=8

It's very fun, but I'd like to see some more internal direction in terms of game modes to give it some structure. Right now it seems whatever mode you play still very much boils down to you and the opponents soaring around any and every part of the map in a chaotic DM-fest. That in itself is fun, but a gamemode that can complement that more-so would be key in making the game more than something you only play for a week.

Last year I shared a room with a friend at the Airport Travel-lodge. Incredibly cheap for all four nights, about £130. Taxi rides back and forth stung us a bit more, but otherwise it was pretty good.

No, I definitely remember playing Highlander because I was a shitty Spy main and couldn't be that in 6s. Definitely. It's not a wrong misrepresentation, but one of many. Certainly applied to me, and a bunch of other Spy/Sniper/Pyro mains I know of.

Less players = better game according to these statements. 6s is definitive format, the data is right there!

Seriously though, you're not getting proper feedback to improve the format because the majority of people are satisfied playing either 6s or Highlander.

I mean, tbh that is just the slow part of the game in general. If there was no crossbow, that would be replaced by 3 players scrambling for health packs, or standing waiting for acceptable heals from Medgun before they move anyway.

Not saying that players standing still in between pushes isn't dumb, but I find it more engaging than only having my Medgun out the entire time and nothing else.