TwiggyHey maybe it has been asked already but what's the reasoning on crossbow only?
What about other mediguns (besides vacc who is bad for this mode for obvious reasons)?
i have been converted to the church of passtime medics. Medic is THE strongest class in the gamemode. thus it has the most restrictions.
medics ubers themselves are barely a factor in passtime. an ubered player cannot hold the ball, catch the ball or receive passes. ubers are almost completely irrelevant on both defense and offense.
ubers build really fast, but meds die super often. kritzkrieg especially builds in no time at all, you always have opportunities to ubersaw left and right, and you barely have any time or good openings to use an uber, while kritz can cancel an entire defense instantly. And that's not something we want.
we want our gamemode to be focused on rewarding good mechanics, jumps etc. relying on kritz or uber to fuck a defending team defeats that whole purpose. that's just playing 4s on a koth map.
quick fix... is just no. the strongest throw arm in the gamemode can now instantly heal anyone and fly across the map.
as for needles, they have the same effect as any hitscan weapon : ball goes neutral as soon as it's hit, making it unable to score regardless of the throw or the thrower. sure, they're harder to hit, but there's enough of them. overdose gives medic a very much unneeded speed boost, blutsauger gives decent healing to an already strong class in passtime. crossbow is also generally more fun to play with.