Tarquin, Half-Duplex, locked thread, etc

[glouch]

Well it's a lot harder for noobs to be effective with classes like sniper and spy. If they change to a combat class like pyro/heavy/soldier, oftentimes they'll do better and help the team out more. So I think that Adder and Rostov's tactic is valid.

[unknown]

soldier update will be fun, solely because i finally get to be better than most people during that class' update.

[avy]

soldier update will be fun, solely because i finally get to be better than most people during that class' update.

A challenger appears!

[Adder]

Rostov and Adder,

Not healing spies and snipers just because they're spies and snipers is kind of silly. You don't like that there are too many newbs playing "classes that aren't useful" so you're trying some kind of negative reinforcement by not healing them. Duplex is a huge douche but at least he's consistent in his douchiness. Do you plan on not healing bottom-of-the-scoreboard soldiers and demos when their update comes out? I highly doubt it.

"But soldiers and demos are front line classes." Even crappy spies and snipers can do an equal amount of damage. Likewise, letting spies and snipers die is a two way street and arguably medics get the ass end of it. They can still shoot at people attacking you (or not shoot) and if there's a medic that refuses to heal me, personally, I'd be more than happy to dance around him with a jar of piss while he burns to death.

Sometimes taking the low road feels oh so good. And it's not like I'm refusing to heal the player, I'm refusing to heal the class, it's just business. If they switch to something that isn't dragging down the team, I will gladly heal them.

If a player is bad at soldier/demo/whatever, I still heal them, because at least they are trying to help, they aren't just being an idiot that goes "OH LOOK WE HAVE 4 SNIPERS WELL TOO BAD I WANT TO SNIPE" or "OMG WE HAVE 4 SPIES BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I'M A SUPER AWESOME NINJA LIKE NARUTO WATCH ME AND MY NINJA SKILLS"

I heal EVERYBODY unless we have too many of one class not contributing, then I use negative reinforcement to straighten out the teams. After I let a few snipers die, we ended up with a VERY nice class balance.

[getthere1tme]

Your mom has a very nice ass balance.

I agree that it's harder for newbs to be more effective with spy and sniper. The new unlocks fix that however. The bow isn't really hard to use when you're just spamming and tossing the piss is always useful. Spies are arguably still pretty tough to be effective with. Also, when it doesn't straighten out the teams it makes things worse, but hey you have a right to be a douche too and play the game however you want just like they have the right to play whatever class they want.

[Username]

Exactly!!!!

[Hell-met]

are you guys seriously talking as if healing anyone you meet was a difficult thing to do

if so, I deserve a dozen of medic medals then

[Versed]

I'd be more than happy to dance around him with a jar of piss while he burns to death.

This made me laugh quite hard. It also reminded me of a guy I once knew that used to tell people "I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire." People just looked at him like he was crazy, which I think he might have been.

[Half-Duplex]

Rostov and Adder,
Duplex is a huge douche but at least he's consistent in his douchiness.

I take that as a compliment.

are you guys seriously talking as if healing anyone you meet was a difficult thing to do

if so, I deserve a dozen of medic medals then

You suck as a medic, for one. For two, its not that its difficult to heal them. Its just a waste of time and effort.

[Hell-met]

It seems you are the only one resorting to "u sux ass" arguments.

Proves how lost your cause is.