Soldier Update

[kuttlewug 28]

EDIT: Heat seeking rockets will lock onto sentries, too.

Umm...how about a maggot seeking rocket? the Maggot Muncher!

[h3gi 5]

Umm...how about a maggot seeking rocket? the Maggot Muncher!

FOUND NEW ENGINEER UNLOCKABLE!

Rotten Meat (Pistol Replacement)

Level 3 Lunchbox

+Has Maggots

+Attracts Maggot Muncher rockets, away from your sentry and teammates

+Recharges after 20 seconds or upon picking up fallen Sandvich

-Has Maggots

-Smelly

[Krash 1,040]

Finally! I found a good thread for this picture...

[Melissia 7]

Stop being an assclown, Krash.

[+Henry Spencer 117]

:'(

I thought we were actually getting somewhere with this, but nooooo...

[You suck and have no life 203]

Finally! I found a good thread for this picture...

ahhHHHA im having a seizure.... shits pants.

[friedrice 8]

I think they should bring back the pyro rocket launcher. It wouldn't do a lot of damage but just set everyone on fire. Perfect for pub servers!

[Rolooooooooo 2]

ok how's this to end the trolling and hostellities

game developer your first response was too long and u didn't have to write a page to tell us about the GAME BALANCE. To some people it may seem ok, but others might see your response as too long and repeating itself. To be honest, I think u suck choose a mature reponse to your reply. It's not like he said "fucking shit, we get it, how stupid do we look?" , if his response offended u u should of expected it. Am sure there were other viewers that might of felt your response was TOO LONG too. No doubt U suck knew this and that's why he said "Blah BLah BLah." so your notice he was trying to help u see your long MAIN POINT.

Now back to the solder updates.

I play solder regulary after spy and I expect only this much

give him 6 or 5 more rockets to shoot instead of 4

increase his rocket damage and rockeeet explosion area the same as demoman( 2 non-crit sticky or non crit 2 grenade pretty much kills any class except heavy. You can hit their feet or knees and your still kill them easily with 2 shots from any distance. Unlike the solder u have to aim for the head or body shots to get the full damage of the rocket. I find it disappoiting that it takes 3 body shot rockets to kill a pyro,demo,fellow solder, and 4 for heavy, but it only takes 2 grenades or 2 stickies that are like 3 feet away from the solder, to kill him or everyone except heavy.

make him faster than a heavy! Isn't the heavy suppose to be the SLOWEST moving class! The heavy Obviouly weighs and carries more than a solder, so what the hell VALVE!

For his malee am hoping he can have a new shovel that digs holes or pits to trap people. Get a pyro and scout with the bonk to kill the sorry fool. airblast, bonk, flame,axe= salute my shorts

solders already take a quarter of health if they rocket boost straight up (half or close to half if it's a crit rocket) so I think it's fair enough

as far as ubers go for solder like many have said before if he could do the same damage as a demo and had more shots like a demo he would get more ubers (regular and krietzkreig)

that's my wishilist

p.s. any ideas what his taunt kill might be?

[Moby 24]

1. There's a history of animosity between the two posters that explains their responses to each other.

2. Your spelling is shit.

[Rydawg 14]

I think they should bring back the pyro rocket launcher. It wouldn't do a lot of damage but just set everyone on fire. Perfect for pub servers!

yeah, that was the 2nd most awesome weapon ever. My fav was the ole Medic axe where it gave health to people you whacked on your team or aids to enemy players.

[Graedus 9]

p.s. any ideas what his taunt kill might be?

He will beat you to death with his shovel.

[kuttlewug 28]

give him 6 or 5 more rockets to shoot instead of 4

increase his rocket damage and rockeeet explosion area the same as demoman

make him faster than a heavy! Isn't the heavy suppose to be the SLOWEST moving class! The heavy Obviouly weighs and carries more than a solder, so what the hell VALVE!

For his malee am hoping he can have a new shovel that digs holes or pits to trap people. Get a pyro and scout with the bonk to kill the sorry fool. airblast, bonk, flame,axe= salute my shorts

First off valve would never give the soldier more rockets and do more damage without taking something away it all has to be balanced remember? Second I do agree with the soldier should be going faster then a heavy and thirdly a shovel that digs holes and traps people? lol NO people would easily jump right over it or go around.

[Nket 16]

Give the Soldier the Spartan Laser.

[You suck and have no life 203]

First off valve would never give the soldier more rockets and do more damage without taking something away it all has to be balanced remember? Second I do agree with the soldier should be going faster then a heavy and thirdly a shovel that digs holes and traps people? lol NO people would easily jump right over it or go around.

some times you have to be able to detect when people aren't being for real.

[Rydawg 14]

soldiers run faster than heavy

[You suck and have no life 203]

soldiers run faster than heavy

I concur

Heavy

Speed: 77%

(27% with minigun revved)

Soldier

Speed: 80%

[Victoreem the V of doom 30]

how about a launcher with ONE big rocket the sends people flying in all directions. slower rocket speed and a distinct flight sound or visual. Low ammo (how about 3 rockets) with X% more dmg and a larger radius (no fucking crits). the secondary could compensate, shot gun with more rounds or mabie a ridiculous automatic weapon. or perhaps a smoke launcher that the enemy team cant see through (team colored smoke).

How bout a launcher that shoots fruit!!!! bananas make people slip, oranges blind people, and kiwi insta-kill!!!!

btw all these could be applied to demo as well

[Failboat 8]

How bout a launcher that shoots fruit!!!! bananas make people slip, oranges blind people, and kiwi insta-kill!!!!

And on topic so far I think the UT3 type rocket launcher to be the most viable but I just have this feeling that Valve will pull something like lowering the firing speed but upping the damage or something along those lines as opposed to actually changing the weapon itself.

[Rydawg 14]

Potatoe launcher

that is all

[Brokkoly 11]

FOUND NEW ENGINEER UNLOCKABLE!

Rotten Meat (Pistol Replacement)

Level 3 Lunchbox

+Has Maggots

+Attracts Maggot Muncher rockets, away from your sentry and teammates

+Recharges after 20 seconds or upon picking up fallen Sandvich

-Has Maggots

-Smelly

I was having an idea like this, because it's sometimes so boring to be a defensive engie, so i was thinking of a gib gun, not really an unlock, but just something to use. Lets you pick up gibs and throw them, your sentry attacks them (as seen in meet the engineer) and you get something to do that's mildly entertaining. Also, this could work as an unlock if it fulfilled the ideas floating around about something to let the engineer control where his sentry fires.

[Victoreem the V of doom 30]

thank you for bumping this dead thread. we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your insight on this matter. since there will be no doubt more ports on this with more rumors, I will post another idea/speculation/hope

cannon with boxing glove attached too a spring:

1.allows (rocket) jumping with no cost to HP

2.faster (rocket) speed

3.slower fire rate 50-100% slower or based on how far your last shot went

4.no or little splash dmg <hit box increased i was thinking>

5.reduced range or max range

6.no ammo req <mabie>

weak vs sentry guns

forces the soldier to use his jumps to move forward

great for close quarters/base maps

edit

another thought. after jumping, constantly shoting the ground or enemies on the ground can keep your self air born

I have one for demo too but i'll hold it for a different thread

[redruM_13 17]

How about a controlled rocket? You shoot with the left mouse, hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse to control the rocket. You can make it go around corners....Of course the downside would be that you have to stand still and we all know what happens in TF2 when you stand still.

[Victoreem the V of doom 30]

How about a controlled rocket? You shoot with the left mouse, hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse to control the rocket. You can make it go around corners....Of course the downside would be that you have to stand still and we all know what happens in TF2 when you stand still.

that would kill the pace of an average soldier who is supposed to jump right in and butt fuck everything he sees

[cant push uber nub 3]

-A new shovel that can knock off sappers and maybe add metal(75)

-hand held grenade

-parachute to slow down your fall from rocket jumps. You would get 1 similar to the scouts ball w/ recharge time.

just kicking around solder related items. machine gun and/or flame thrower are solder items, but would make him more like a heavy or pyro.

[Game AI Dev (Dave) 17]

-A new shovel that can knock off sappers

I like the sapper bit. That would certainly make things interesting to have a new engie-buddy. However, I think it needs to be limited somehow... perhaps a one-time and then you you lose your shovel. It can be regained by going back to the locker.