also "too much jargon" lmfao i think you mean "too much nuance for my decidedly black and white worldview wherein things can only be explicitly fascist or in no way at all fascist"

interesting that you are similarly willing to disregard every single aspect of fascism other than the element of dictatorship in order to feel better about supporting an openly fascistic candidate

oh im glad you better understand fascism than the most some of the most heavily cited and trusted academic sources that exist, thanks dagger!

would the wikipedia and encyclopedia britannica definitions of neofascism be suitable for you?

show this to jim in accounting!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!

my experience with it has been frustrating hitreg and lots of freezing/stuttering issues. been playing a game or three every weekend but until they get the basics of quake ironed out i'm not bothering to play it

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its really only slightly broken on soldier, you sacrifice some of the reliable damage of shotgun for gimmicky increased damage in certain situations. its definitely much better in a team fight than shotty, because any of your other explosive wielding teammates can knock enemies airborne for you to minicrit. in situations where you arent fighting with other explosive classes though, its going to be worse than shotty most of the time. considering the prevalence of double gunboats it might not be the worst thing in the world to have a slightly better shotgun, but i dislike the minicrits and chaotic feel of the gun if we are looking for an improvement on shotgun for soldier.

oh my bad, i agree that the weapon is probably best off being fundamentally changed, but valve also doesnt want to alienate the casual pyro playerbase that enjoys the combo playstyle so it's unlikely that they would be willing to completely scrap the stats and change the concept.

also you guys who are suggesting changes should probably read what the weapon actually does, because both of you have listed attributes that the weapon already has like 4 shells in clip or only minicritting people who are knocked airborne by an enemy

the actual problems with the reserve shooter are very clear if you have played the game at any decent level. the weapon rewards you for abusing what is likely the single most reviled mechanic in the game, airblast, and has no option for counterplay while simultaneously taking minimal functional skill to use properly due to the fact that the airblast arc is perfectly predictable and the weapon is hitscan AND switches faster. the weapons exists as a culmination of every frustrating, low skill mechanic that exists in tf2. the best counter to the weapon is to never engage a pyro, which encourages people to play slowly and defensively in pubs. making random inconsequential stat changes like sops suggested does absolutely nothing to impact the usability of the weapon, because the concept is still fundamentally flawed.

also, valve have never once implemented a community balance change suggestion. making suggestions is the wrong approach because A) unless you are one of very very few people on this forum with enough experience to suggest decent changes, you dont know what you're talking about and B) suggesting changes still doesnt identify what the root problem of a weapon is.

Gasgara

http://www.teamfortress.tv/22155/the-supposed-god-of-demoman

you can click on anyone's name and go to their profile from there, obviously thats slightly inconvenient though and you're better off just putting the link in your post. you should also add your past experience in ugc/esea, any format. even just telling people you've only played lobbies is better than nothing. also for the record, there is a guide to making an lft thread that might help you get a little more traction for tryouts and such.

ok i voted for pembo18 now gimme the prize

cloak and dagger should 100% be allowed, same with letranger and ambassador. this doesnt make the game crazy or random, because any decent team will know whats happening when they've been in a stalemate position for a decent amount of time, the enemy team has sacced a player that they haven't seen since the player spawned, and then the enemy team starts randomly being super aggressive and spamming. spy plays are extremely predictable, so giving spy a least a handful of utility options is totally fine imo.

anything that encourages people to play spy for picks instead of sniper will end up making the game move more quickly, because a spy failing gives the opposite team an opportunity to counter sac or attempt a push. a sniper failing means the sniper walks to a different spot and tries again, and also forces the other team to play sniper which further slows down the game.