The Pyro in TF2

[Red Storm]

Am I the only one that feels like the flare gun is rather useless? I just don't see it's worth when you have to give up the shotgun (the weapon that separates good pyros from bad).

 

[mb]

I'm kind of disappointed that you can't jump higher with the compression blast in the same manner as a rocket jump. But, I guess you could argue it would make the game too unbalanced.

 

[tomt4535]

Originally posted by: Red Storm
Am I the only one that feels like the flare gun is rather useless? I just don't see it's worth when you have to give up the shotgun (the weapon that separates good pyros from bad).

I agree. Its nice to have a longer range weapon, but its just too weak to do anything.

 

[Capitalizt]

Originally posted by: Red Storm
Am I the only one that feels like the flare gun is rather useless? I just don't see it's worth when you have to give up the shotgun (the weapon that separates good pyros from bad).

I think the flare gun was made for snipers

The shotgun doesn't hurt them at long range, but set them on fire and they will have a hard time aiming at you.

 

[TheVrolok]

Pyro achievements look quite a bit easier than the medic ones. I just hate these patch weeks.. it's 80% pyros on every server.

 

[Gibson486]

I am not lookig forward to the sniper or spy update.....a game with 90% spies? no thanks. That would be so boring.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
I am not lookig forward to the sniper or spy update.....a game with 90% spies? no thanks. That would be so boring.

Haha, I was thinking the exact same thing. For the Spys though, it would be fun being a Pyro and doing lots of Spy-checking if/when that happens.

Only a couple more hours until I get home to try out the update! :thumbsup:

KT

 

[PepePeru]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Pyro achievements look quite a bit easier than the medic ones. I just hate these patch weeks.. it's 80% pyros on every server.

a couple friends and i got together and farmed acheivements for medic.

i regret doing that, now. it screwed up my stats and its pretty lame.

i guess we got caught up in the hoopla of wanting the new weapons.

i didnt do enough for ubersaw, just enough to get kritz.

but i plan on actually earning the ones i want.

yeah, i got a few pyro ones last night, in my abbreviated gaming time last night.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Pyro achievements look quite a bit easier than the medic ones. I just hate these patch weeks.. it's 80% pyros on every server.

a couple friends and i got together and farmed acheivements for medic.

i regret doing that, now. it screwed up my stats and its pretty lame.

i guess we got caught up in the hoopla of wanting the new weapons.

i didnt do enough for ubersaw, just enough to get kritz.

but i plan on actually earning the ones i want.

yeah, i got a few pyro ones last night, in my abbreviated gaming time last night.

i just got the new medic gun. no kritz or ubersaw yet

 

[Born2bwire]

This is a hell of a lot of fun. I got the OMGWTFBBQ achievement, hilarious.

 

[andylawcc]

what! how is this not on the first page! bump!

 

[BlueAcolyte]

bump again!

 

[WT]

This patch has actually made WT sad, as I've been a Pyro since day 1, and now EVERYONE is playing Pyro, and we've gone from a 1-0 2Fort 2 hour marathon to a 3-2 2Fort free for all, where nobody has any base defense and its usually just a wild melee on the bridge.
I gave up and have been playing Soldier and Medic since Friday, and its quite sad that I don't get a chance to enjoy my favorite class. I value team wins more than my achievements, so I guess I'll suck it up and wait 2 weeks for the Pyro silliness to calm down.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: WT
This patch has actually made WT sad, as I've been a Pyro since day 1, and now EVERYONE is playing Pyro, and we've gone from a 1-0 2Fort 2 hour marathon to a 3-2 2Fort free for all, where nobody has any base defense and its usually just a wild melee on the bridge.
I gave up and have been playing Soldier and Medic since Friday, and its quite sad that I don't get a chance to enjoy my favorite class. I value team wins more than my achievements, so I guess I'll suck it up and wait 2 weeks for the Pyro silliness to calm down.

It'll probably calm down pretty fast. Getting all 3 pyro weapons legitimately is a joke compared to getting the Medic weapons. You only need about 2/3 of the achievements for Axtingquisher, I don't think I even noticed it till I saw Milestone 3 go off.

Back Burner is very nice, the other weapons not so much. +50HP helps you all the time without even having to think, and critting from behind can cut down half a team faster than backstabs if you can get behind their lines.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
It'll probably calm down pretty fast. Getting all 3 pyro weapons legitimately is a joke compared to getting the Medic weapons. You only need about 2/3 of the achievements for Axtingquisher, I don't think I even noticed it till I saw Milestone 3 go off.

Back Burner is very nice, the other weapons not so much. +50HP helps you all the time without even having to think, and critting from behind can cut down half a team faster than backstabs if you can get behind their lines.

Ya, I got all my weapons yesterday. It was a good idea to make it so that you didn't need EVERY achievement to get all weapons. I still don't have milestone 2 for the medic cause some of those achievements are way too situational and based on luck.

The flare gun has it's uses, but sucks compared to the shotgun. The axetinguisher is actually amazing. I can get instant kills by setting someone on fire, then going after them with an axe. Some people are raping groups with it.

I absolutely love the compression blast on the regular thrower, but it's trash compared to the +50 health and almost guaranteed critical from rear attacks.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Great time to play spy

muahahaha

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Imp

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
It'll probably calm down pretty fast. Getting all 3 pyro weapons legitimately is a joke compared to getting the Medic weapons. You only need about 2/3 of the achievements for Axtingquisher, I don't think I even noticed it till I saw Milestone 3 go off.

Back Burner is very nice, the other weapons not so much. +50HP helps you all the time without even having to think, and critting from behind can cut down half a team faster than backstabs if you can get behind their lines.

Ya, I got all my weapons yesterday. It was a good idea to make it so that you didn't need EVERY achievement to get all weapons. I still don't have milestone 2 for the medic cause some of those achievements are way too situational and based on luck.

The flare gun has it's uses, but sucks compared to the shotgun. The axetinguisher is actually amazing. I can get instant kills by setting someone on fire, then going after them with an axe. Some people are raping groups with it.

I absolutely love the compression blast on the regular thrower, but it's trash compared to the +50 health and almost guaranteed critical from rear attacks.

The compression blast is fun on Badlands with the next to last cap point. What's that, you're running up here to kick me off the point? *POOF* and then they have to spend another 30 seconds running up the spiral. I also want to use it to knock back the scouts from the battlements on 2Fort but haven't had the chance. The flare gun is more amusing than useful, pulling off next to impossible shots is just too satisfying for me to give it up just yet.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Note to self:

Never, ever play on a free weekend ever again.

 

[ultra laser]

Yeah, it's really, really bad. I saw a medic just standing around shooting at the wall on one server.

 

[imported_sushicide]

Heh, after the last free weekend I knew not to bother firing up the game until the dust has settled.

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Great time to play spy

muahahaha

I got a 12 backstab in a row streak yesterday :Q

It was pretty funny to see everyone spy checking all of the pyros...which were 11/12 people on the team

 

[Red Storm]

As much as I love the Backburner (still think +50hp is a bit too much), I'm really digging the compression blast. It's a whole new game for pyros now. I've forced soldiers to have shotgun duels with me at long range, had demos blow themselves up on their own stickies rolling back at them, but the most fun is separating and holding medics from their buddies during an uber charge.

 

[marmasatt]

Originally posted by: Red Storm
As much as I love the Backburner (still think +50hp is a bit too much), I'm really digging the compression blast. It's a whole new game for pyros now. I've forced soldiers to have shotgun duels with me at long range, had demos blow themselves up on their own stickies rolling back at them, but the most fun is separating and holding medics from their buddies during an uber charge.

Wow, those are really creative. They all make sense but only thing I've managed to do is that's fun is blow people off cliffs.......

 

[Zenoth]

Oh, so that's the "shockwave" I've experienced as a Heavy against Pyros, the Backburner, interesting. I think it's time for me to actually play the Pyro and leave my beloved Sasha behind for a moment.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

No, the regular flamethrower has the compression blast. The Backburner removes it in exchange for crit hits from behind and 50+ hp.