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Why Chargin’ Targe is not banned? i hate to shoot 16 rockets to kill a demoman (or to be forced to switch to shotty)

Quoted from Daggial

Why Chargin’ Targe is not banned? i hate to shoot 16 rockets to kill a demoman (or to be forced to switch to shotty)

Takes 3 rockets, assuming you can aim. Plus if you know the opposing team is running demoknight, any team with some sense can adjust their gameplay to it (i.e. “no stickies push push push!”).

Quoted from Buffalo Bill

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Yep. If we don’t say it’s banned, it’s allowed.

so wait, Crit-a-Cola and the paintrain are allowed? but arent they random drop and “not easy to obtain”? just like the gunboats?

-.-

nice rules, finaly etf2l made step forward, hopefully season 9 is completelly vanilla+medic+equalizer

Quoted from Daggial

Why Chargin’ Targe is not banned? i hate to shoot 16 rockets to kill a demoman (or to be forced to switch to shotty)

Ever thought of doing 3 nice shots with your shotgun? Or even 2 if your close and good enough =) (don’t forget he has to be close to you to do any damage with his shield/sword bs)

Cheers

Byte

Quoted from Crunchy

the only main argument i’ve seen for gunboats to be banned is that they cant be obtained easily.

most people seem to be ok with them being used :S

Its more to do with what the gunboats allows not more about the drop rate/retrieval of the weapon. Soldiers using gunboats will allow the tendancy for “dive bombing” soldier to go always for the medic thus making the game more static and or slower due to medics always going down…

Would heavily rely on people getting airshots n so on….. or the medic play stupidly defensive…

I like the addition tbh, but I can see why it wouldn’t be allowed, compared to the Pain Train, I know JB mentioned “lets play capture points” but my view or thought on it, is that it should be allowed for the soldier and not for the demoman. I think the soldier is already under powered class and to be gifted with a x2 capture point speed over more damage taken is a fair trade, I think a demoman having it is slightly OP, just due to the fact that a demo + stickies + capping x2 … lol =)

If only there was a way to restrict a weapon per class :p

Cheers

Byte

Yeah, but he can soak up more rocket damage with the shield. So this goes two ways. It’s good if you’re fighting a rocket soldier with no aim, but it’s the same thing if he pops out his shotgun when close enough.

This pretty much relies on the skill of both the soldier and the demo. Charge is totally not op anyway. Carry on.

can an admin please clarify why gunboats are banned but crit o cola not? gunboats has worked everywhere else in the world for the longest time. they basically have the same net effect of being able to kill the enemy medic easier, with a downside of being easier to kill yourself, extra damage to the scout, and no shotgun for the soldier.
if its in any way a case of availability gunboats are random finds but critocola not.