How to get healed!

[Fluffe]

You forgot to mention the players that spam "Medic!" without needing one. That's just annoying. And it makes it harder for the medic to find the players that really need healing.

yea, good point!

 

[DeadAimGunCon]

Shouldnt this be a sticky?

 

[AWPerator]

Think you should mention that your life takes priority over everyone else's.
If you die, that's respawn time + Walking time until you get back to saving people's lives.
If they die, you'll still be keeping everyone else on the front lines alive.

 

[Quaffer]

Think you should mention that your life takes priority over everyone else's.
If you die, that's respawn time + Walking time until you get back to saving people's lives.
If they die, you'll still be keeping everyone else on the front lines alive.

Whenever possible heal from cover; around corners, crouched behind rocks and boxes, beside doorways, whatever you can find. It is very hard to backstab someone who has their back against a wall or tucked in corner. Unless of course you like the run from the spawn point to the front line.

Don't stop moving. EVER. If you do, you will get sniped, backstabbed, or hurt very badly. Don't always look forward, turn around, jump, sidestep. If your back stays in one direction for more than 2 seconds, you will probably be the spies next victim.

Thought I'd covered that. Sort of. I've been known to burn to death while healing people. But then my scores are nothing to write home about.

The corollary is that players should be investing effort in keeping their medics alive. Warn them by name. Kill the baddies. Medics are prefered targets.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[RustyPwns!]

Haha, I've been doing all of that before I read this. Great friggin' guide! Sticky material

 

[Disboyjerry]

wow this is long but pretty good

 

[Kevimaster]

I'm guilty of the 'spamming e' thing , I guess I should probably not do that anymore xD

 

[Ducttape]

Necrothreadaphilia! but it's not even Halloween :O

I guess this thread's like Godzilla. Every so often, it's gotta rise up outta the sea and save Japan from Mothra of something.

 

[BodyBagger08]

Good guide
┌─┐ i say!
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And yes this should be a sticky.

 

[Thereven]

┌─┐
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[xosniper]

I got healed once as a sniper....true story.

 

[Gunning]

I got healed once as a sniper....true story.

If you've played with me, you've probably been ubered as a sniper.

 

[NUFAN]

I would want to be kritz'd as a sniper

 

[Passerby]

I would want to be kritz'd as a sniper

learn to aim and you will get kritz anyways as a sniper

 

[Quaffer]

insomniaprincess reminded me about this thread. It is probably out of date with all of the new toys that have been added but I think it is still worth a read. The basics have not changed.

So for the many TF2 players who have never seen it. Enjoy, and remember; politeness promotes healing.

 

[Silligan]

I like this guide. Medic is my second main so I can relate to this. Something I've found to be useful that isn't on here is, rocket jumping! Yes, rocket jumping as a medic is possible. It takes practice and I don't have it down yet, but if your demo or soldier rocket jumps away from you, you can take the ride with him. Just run into the splash of his rocket and do the normal, crouch+jump. There a very small window of time to do it though. This is also very helpful if you are being attacked by an enemy soldier. You can use his rockets to get away faster and take less damage, I've taken only about 3 damage from a rocket by doing this and then killed the soldier. Very helpful if you learn how to do it. And as somebody else said, you build uber faster on damaged teammates, never forget that.

 

[party_cat]

This is an awesome guide! Maybe we could get some tips in for each of the different medi guns. Great job though :thumbup:

 

[Nix]

I like this guide. Medic is my second main so I can relate to this. Something I've found to be useful that isn't on here is, rocket jumping! Yes, rocket jumping as a medic is possible. It takes practice and I don't have it down yet, but if your demo or soldier rocket jumps away from you, you can take the ride with him. Just run into the splash of his rocket and do the normal, crouch+jump. There a very small window of time to do it though. This is also very helpful if you are being attacked by an enemy soldier. You can use his rockets to get away faster and take less damage, I've taken only about 3 damage from a rocket by doing this and then killed the soldier. Very helpful if you learn how to do it. And as somebody else said, you build uber faster on damaged teammates, never forget that.

Hmm...I think you use the Quick-fix, no?

A teammate's rockets cannot damage you. If you aren't damaged, you can't jump. For example, if you activate buddha mode, you can't rocket jump when you reach 1 hp. The quickfix allows you to rocket jump with your pocket, though.

Good guide, Quaffer. Though medics probably aren't as common as they were back then.

 

[Sanctified Aberration]

I really like this guide- being polite toward medics is critical; the voice chat greeting to confirm you aren't a spy is a simple and effective idea.

When I play medic it is slightly infuriating when low-health allies are jinking and dodging all over the place. If the medic is right there, holding still for two seconds to let the medic get a lock is safer than jumping around trying to be hit less.

 

[Silligan]

Hmm...I think you use the Quick-fix, no?

A teammate's rockets cannot damage you. If you aren't damaged, you can't jump. For example, if you activate buddha mode, you can't rocket jump when you reach 1 hp. The quickfix allows you to rocket jump with your pocket, though.

Good guide, Quaffer. Though medics probably aren't as common as they were back then.

I use the stock medigun. I find it to be the best, only if there are multiple medics would I use a quick-fix, but I currently don't even have one.