BF2S Forums TF2 Unlocks: What would you like for the other classes?

Lucien wrote:

kptk92 wrote:

Pyro - in place of the shotgun, a gunpowder keg, left mouse click and hold down to set a trail of gunpowder, use your flamethrower to set the trail alight and burn anyone in its path.

Engi - a choice of another sentry to build - a flamethrower sentry. Rather than not being effective at long range, it is devastating against enemy spies and others attempting to take it down at close range.

Pyro idea: awesome in theory
engi: not so much, but could work
everything else itt: meh.


Classes don't need stronger weapons, they need new abilities. The kind that allows for a clever player to abuse them to the point that he can rape everyone in the server (see also Battlefield 2 pre-1.2) only then without the raging idiots.

The pyro needs something that lets him outmaneuver enemies. Soldiers, demomen, and heavies can explode a pyro in no time if they're at all decent. A pyro can do fuck all against a sentry and even a scout can take him on. My idea would be that the pyro can use his flamethrower as a shield: rockets and demonades that fly into his flames explode when they do, so a pyro can potentially detonate enemy weapons at a far enough distance to avoid damage. Regular bullet ammunition should do more damage while also slightly losing accuracy the longer it flies through flames. If this proves too powerful it could always be made the alternative fire and cost more ammo than regular flames.

The soldier is already a very powerful class. His ability to do damage is well in balance with his slow speed. But, as a soldier I regularly run out of ammo when fighting enemies. My suggestion here is to give the soldier the ability to instantly regain 2 rockets in his clip if he picks up a fallen rocket launcher, and one rocket for other kinds of primary weapons (grenade launchers, miniguns, flamethrowers, etc., but not shotguns)

The spies needs are simple: make it possible for him to run through enemies. The way it is now makes random encounters a huge factor in the success of a spy, because if you're unlucky you'll run into a random enemy that you just couldn't avoid (especially if there's a crowd of enemies). He also needs a better and consistent backstab animation.

etcetera etcetera, my point is to not just give them stronger weapons.

SamTheMan:D wrote:

a spy has a has a sapper that makes sentries, dispensers etc into his teams colours lololol

Fat_Swinub wrote:

All of those weapons are upgrades and have no trade-offs. The idea of unlocks are that you don't get a superior gun, you get an alternative which is still in line with all the default guns.

Fat_Swinub wrote:

It depends how fast firing it would be and how much damage it would do. Would it set enemies alight for the full 50HP or would it stop at say 30HP?

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Fat_Swinub wrote:

It depends how fast firing it would be and how much damage it would do. Would it set enemies alight for the full 50HP or would it stop at say 30HP?

I'd say a 15 HP burn off for every hit you get with it.

Last edited by Ned_Z (2008-05-03 14:55:13)