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Let me guess something:

We choosed to play vanilla last season, not because there is a proper reason for every item that was considered to be allowed; No.
We choosed to play vanilla, because everybody has his or her own opinion on every item.

For instance: The flare gun

I think nearly everybody can agree, that using this weapon properly, needs a certain amount of skill to hit and kill someone OR
if you do consider this weapon as a cheap frag-machine for newbies, then you have to think about banning the rocketlauncher.

So the flaregun has been banned, because the people who want to see the minisentry in 6v6, abuse the flaregun as a hostage to carry their point and for the peace of the community we killed the minisentry and they killed the flaregun.

That’s one tragic story of an item, that was killed, because of unreal requests of the hostage-takers….

Quoted from slate

I don’t see how it gives any real advantage.

I would just like to use it to be able to shoot trough an opening by actually aiming at it.

Does not compute….

So it does alter the way you play/aim.

Since most of the Original fans are 6v6 soldiers, my guess is you have aquired at least some proficiency with the stock rocket launcher. That means you’re probably doing quite well without the Original.
Then why do some soldiers insist on allowing it? There must be some kind of advantage.

The Original is not a situational unlock, it fulfills the same role as the stock weapon and doesn’t add anything to the game.

If it is a distinct improvement after a lot of practise, allowing it would give an unfair advantage to Original owners. Also, every starting div 6 soldier would feel obligated to use it, even if they are more versed with the Rocket Launcher.

If it isn’t an improvement, it should still stay banned, so other non-reskins don’t start bleeding through.

Quoted from Void

Then why do some soldiers insist on allowing it? There must be some kind of advantage.

No, we simply like shooting from the center instead of shooting slightly off to the left or right. I don’t know about others, but that’s why I like it.

Ban the medigun, kritz only plz.

Also ban snipers and spies and engies and heavies.

I’m not overly fussed anymore about the Original but just to make it clear.

Damage out put is exactly the same as the normal Rocket Launcher. On the receiving end there is no telling wether you’ve been hit by the normal RL or by the Original barring the sound of the rocket itself.

The only significant difference is that you aim differently to shoot through gaps and it allows you more freedom to rocket jump off walls on your left side (you don’t have to overcompensate as much with the original because the rocket leaves from the center rather than from the right).

It’s for all purposes a reskin. Everything you can do with the normal RL can be done with the Original all that really changes is how much you have to compensate for from which point the rocket leaves the model. There is no advantage/disadvantage by using it over the normal RL.

Just my 2cents, I’m not arsed about it actually being allowed or not (it would be nice but it’s no game breaker).

Quoted from Monkeh

Biology says so.

Quake would like to have a word with you mister.

So it does alter the way you play/aim.

And by that line of thought, should we then enforce that soldiers have the view model on the right side? Afterall, having it on the left side gives one the ability to edge corners that turn to the right, which people with a right sided view model can’t do as easily. Thus it alters the way you aim/compensate for rocket position.