Heavy taunt is scary.

[Arbitrary]

Reading another forum, I came across [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SLe8lg9G0c[/ame] and [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbtauZnu5ho[/ame]
Apparently heavy now has a long-ranged weapon, albeit one that is impossible to use. Very, very funny though. I must try this.

 

[Captain Kraken]

Yes, it's possable to do this. Was a funny little discovery i made during a map beta, I was just taunting, and killed the guy a few feet away from me on accident.

 

[Super88]

Nice, too bad you can't really do that.

 

[Captain Kraken]

Nice, too bad you can't really do that.

Yes, yes you can. Try it out for yourself if you get the oppurtunity. Or, if you're too busy during actual play time, make your own server, spawn a bot, and try it on him.

 

[Black cat]

The video is great. The music is great. The taunt is UBER.

 

[westside]

anyone know the actual range on the taunt?

 

[Black cat]

The furthest I think is in that video when he snipes the pyro next to the Cart. Probably longer.

 

[PhIxX]

It's a great vid either way.

 

[Sonec]

Ha that's awesome. I've got to try that.

 

[Haggus McGee]

Yes, yes you can. Try it out for yourself if you get the oppurtunity. Or, if you're too busy during actual play time, make your own server, spawn a bot, and try it on him.

how do you spawn a bot

 

[Mr. Dogma]

Haha, that's pretty funny. The other day on the sniper map that Dreadmaker made I was trying to do that with the heavy, but I really didn't know it could actually travel that much of a distance. Suddenly that achievement seems much more doable. Wonder if you can do it to sentries?

 

[Existence.]

how do you spawn a bot

"bot" without the quotes in console.
For more options, use these parameters:

bot -team red -class scout

 

[Thejackyl]

how do you spawn a bot

to create a personal achievement server
Type: "sv_cheats 1" into the console (without quotes)
Type: "mp_autoteambalance 0"
Type: "mp_teams_unbalance_limit ##" (the higher the number the more unbalanced it can be)
Type: "bot"
Type: "sv_cheats 0"
Type: "Retry"

For a specific bot (Say scouts for an achievement)
Type "bot -team red -class scout"

This may help...

 

[s3rv0]

Yep, confirmed for me, too, though the range did seem longer in the videos. I'd say like 15-20 feet is the estimated range on it. Still, it could be genuinely useful in a pinch. Insta-gib an enemy heavy without giving him a chance to react, instead of trying to wear him down with a minigun, allowing him a chance to turn and shoot you back.