bunny-hopping in TF2 ?

"Ben Cottrell" <bench RemoveThis @bench333.screaming.net> wrote in message
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> To counter that, he has low armour & weak weaponry (Well, the shotgun is
> fairly powerful, but no match to the HWG/Soldier/Pyro/etc).

Whoa! Easy Tiger! The Scout's scattergun is probably the most overpowered
gun in the whole game. It's said to be 'lethal at close range' but it's a
lot better at medium/long ranges than it ought to be. In TFC, scouts were
worse than useless; in TF2 they are one of the more popular classes on
certain maps.

As for bunny-hopping, I'm happy for scouts to do it - it's a vital defence
mechanism - but I still dont like it when other classes do it; I think all
classes apart from scouts should have some sort of penalty after jumping.
I've seen a few Soldiers BH'ing, but more noticeable have been the Demomen,
and I think it is by design - Demomen are all about 'nade spamming and
jumping about. The grenade launcher isn't a precision weapon, and Demo's are
often defensive roles, so just being an annoying and persistent adversary is
often their aim.

"CJM" <cjmnews04.TakeThisOut@REMOVEMEyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Whoa! Easy Tiger! The Scout's scattergun is probably the most overpowered gun
> in the whole game. It's said to be 'lethal at close range' but it's a lot
> better at medium/long ranges than it ought to be. In TFC, scouts were worse
> than useless;

Oh, I'm going to have to delurk to take issue with that! Worse than useless?
They may have had very weak armament, but killing wasn't a scout's role.
Getting in fast, stealing flags and capping points was the scout's purpose in
life. Scouts were the game winners, the glory seekers, though of course they
needed the back-up of their well-armed comrades. That's what made TFC such a
great team game. I loved being a scout in TFC, mostly because it was a role I
could play well even though I can't hit the broad side of a barn Far from
useless.

Can't vouch for how they perform in TF2, I haven't installed it yet. From what
I read, a scout with decent armament sounds like a very different playing style.
Stopping to circle-strafe an HWG?? There's no time for that! Run, man, run!!


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Paul