Was the war worth it?
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the gunboats
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The Gunboats would've been even more useless for the Demo, unless you could replace your Grenade Launcher with them. Even then it would've been a pretty poor trade. At least a few Soldier find the Gunboats fun.
But yush. The War was fun. Even though I didn't contribute all that much, it was still fun to match up against Demos. ^_^
But yush. The War was fun. Even though I didn't contribute all that much, it was still fun to match up against Demos. ^_^
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The gunboats wold have been much better on the demoman (assuming it didn't replace the sticky launcher), as his sticky jump would be much more effective if he could survive 3 or even 4 sticky bombs. The War update was good, but the demoman should have won.
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for the demo it would've actually been worth giving up the regular grenade launcher to be able to double sticky jump and still have an appreciable amount of health, not too worth it for the soldier.
Oh, except last night I found something that the gunboats are extremely helpful for... Basketball :thumbup:
Oh, except last night I found something that the gunboats are extremely helpful for... Basketball :thumbup:
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What war?
Carmine pretty much sums it up. I was a bit disappointed at the gunboats though. come to think of it they would of been a great tool for the demoman.
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The war was just a way to deliver an another update in a new and innovative way. And Blackbird, it's the Soldier VS Demoman war that took place before the update.
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It actually makes soldiers want to aim.
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Okay, I know you guys are saying that the gunboats are better for the demoman, but if the demoman had won, it kinda seems like they would have been better for the soldier.
Try to pretend the demohad won.
But.... no. it wasnt needed.
Try to pretend the demohad won.
But.... no. it wasnt needed.
I see a lot of people saying that the gunboats are trash, and, while they're arguably the worst of the unlockables in the update, and probably the least useful overall until they get a buff, the point of the war wasn't to introduce the gunboats alone. It was to get people excited for the Soldier and Demoman update overall--similar to what they did for the Spy update, by sinking it straight into the back of the Sniper update (...pun intended?). Basically, the way the updates were delivered sent waves through the Steam community, and the TF2 community, which is exactly what Valve wanted. They got popularity, they put their game up for free for a weekend, and more people boguht their game.
Also, IMO? The gunboats suck. But I support the war update.
Also, IMO? The gunboats suck. But I support the war update.
The war accomplished its intended purpose - to generate excitement about an update too long in the making.
As for the gunboats, I'd use them sometimes if they actually worked. At least 50% of the time they don't work at all (neither the rocketjump effect nor the self damage effect).
As for the gunboats, I'd use them sometimes if they actually worked. At least 50% of the time they don't work at all (neither the rocketjump effect nor the self damage effect).
Wasn't worth it for crappy gunboats, and it sure as hell wasn't fun. 3 months of explosive spam, demoknights, and scout-soldiers got old 2 1/2 months ago.
Not pub soldiers.
Not pub soldiers.
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Best quote quoted in this entire thread.
+1
Demoknights are so easy to kill, the only unlock that's worth using for the Soldier is the pickaxe. loldirecthit.
Yeah, but the fact that they made a WoW tank and still call it a demoman, even if it killed some sticky spamming, annoys me. And the unlocks in general were stupid.
