flare gun vs shotgun

With the shotgun you stand a much better chance underwater and against other pyros, especially when you have the axtinguisher. Underwater with all the new weapons, you have 2 useless ones and one that does half damage because the opponent won't be on fire. With the axtinguisher I'd advise you to use the shotgun.
 
backburner shotty and axtingusher. pyro is my main class and i just cant help to smile to myself when i come up from behind someone and instakill them. i used to use the flaregun but as i played i noticed that i never used it, so i switched back to my shotty.
 
Flare gun, but only because the Pyro looks so goofy and adorable when holding this tiny, plastic gun.
 
It is because they say the pistol is meant for longer ranges, but that thing is inaccurate as ever.
 
Flamethrower, flare gun and normal axe. :cool: My weapons of choice. (and yes, I do have the axtinguisher)
 
When I play pyro, which is not that often I switch back and forth from the backburner and the flamethrower depending on what is needed at the time and the map, as for the other weapons, shotty and axestinguisher.
 
Normal Flamethrower, shotgun and axtinguisher is the way to go! Burn people, push them in the corners, pull out your axtinguisher, *crit*. That simple. If it's a pyro, airblast, shotty, airblast, shotty, burn. :)
 
FlyingPolish said:
It is because they say the pistol is meant for longer ranges, but that thing is inaccurate as ever.
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If you have good aim, it works well. True, it has a ridiculous spread on it, but you can empty a clip ridiculously fast and it reloads wicked fast too. Works well with the FaN for scout, empty 2 shots in them and if they're still alive its an easy finish off with the pistol.
 
Shotgun for me :D
Flare gun on maps like 2fort and Gravel Pit. Those maps have long range snipers.
 
I use all the original weapons.

Flamethrower because whenever I do manage to steal an uber, it's useful to push things out of the way and take the sentry down. Also because I love airblasting rockets and crit rockets back at people, taunt and laugh over their dead bodies :D Plus I don't like the feel of the Backburner, there's just something about it I don't like, and most of the time, I'm able to kill people from behind and still not take any damage.

Shotty because it's good for long distance and it grabs peoples attention and they think "Oh, it's just a pyro, lemme kill it", from there, I either pull out the flamethrower or axe, depending on my mood.

Fire axe because...I love my fire axe :). And I think the axtinguisher is relatively cheap, actually pulling off an axe kill on a 400+ health heavy (killing their medics with the fire axe first) makes you feel quite accomplished.
 
If you use the regular flamethrower, i suggest using the shotgun, when fighting other pyros, this is what i like to use. use the compression blast to get them away from you then shoot at them with the shotty :D
 
Carmine said:
I personally use the backburner shotgun and axtinguisher, the backburner suits my ambush play style and gives me an edge in pyro vs pyro if I can get behind them, the shotgun is just too great to passup because the flaregun isnt really a killing weapon, it just sets you up or sends enemies fleeing, the shotgun on the other hand helps a lot against enemies outside of flamethrower range or pyros that try to retreat so you run into their flames while they dodge yours. Of course the axtinguisher is just great against heavies and thats why I use it.
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I've been using the same set up for months (Backburner, Shotgun, Axtinguisher)--the shotgun is a good replacement for the flaregun because it works really great against people who are too far beyond the reach of your flamethrower, and/or if you're in the water, you'll need the shotgun to kill anything under it (you could use the axtinguisher for this, but it does 50% less damage to a non-burning player). The flaregun is great against snipers and such, but I just find it very useful to quickly hit Q to switch to my shotgun and blast a retreating enemy in the back.
 
Flare gun, because shotgun isn't long range enough to make sense with the flamethrower or backburner with the way I play.

Also, I use the basic flamethrower, I like using the compression blasts, and can still usually kill people from behind just fine.
 
Original flame thrower, shotty and axetinguisher.

I play on black mesa most of the time so there are usually a few heavies. I set them on fire and axetinguish them to death. I've gotten pretty good with that.

Shotty because when scouts get out of range the flare gun is hard to aim. The flare gun and axetinguisher are horrible against other pyros.

I prefer the original flame thrower because nothing beats blowing back a crit rocket and killing the soldier or whoever is unlucky enough to walk in it's path. The air blast is also handy when you go around a corner and get surprised by a sentry. You blow back it's rockets and retreat before the bullets kill you and if you're lucky cause some damage to the sentry with it's own rockets.
 
TcVinsky said:
Fire axe because...I love my fire axe :). And I think the axtinguisher is relatively cheap, actually pulling off an axe kill on a 400+ health heavy (killing their medics with the fire axe first) makes you feel quite accomplished.
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Exactly! What's so fun about puff'n'sting? That's not even challenging. :p
Fire axe > Axtinguisher, it's more fun and more rewarding.


-Calle
 
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? Frisky Dingo ? said:
I had posted a vid on an awsome and I mean awsome pyro. It was before the pyro update and the guy was airblasting rockets downward and using them to propel himself forward as a soldier would and using the axe like a mad man as well as the air blast...one of the best pyros ive ever seen imo. If you guys want the link to it let me know and ill find it.
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You do know there was no airblast before the pyro update right?
 
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