#Tf2 airshot practice full#

The weapon was then nerfed to be put under more control by making the Scout lose his boost and get slowed down when he receives damage or double jumps. The Baby Face's Blaster used to turn the Scout into a one-man blitzkrieg, as despite its smaller clip and slower initial speed, once he got up his Boost from dealing damage, he could evade rockets and grenades with ease and get around the map in no time (leading to a very persistent, but verifiably false urban myth that there was a bug that he could outrun his own hitbox - he couldn't, but that just goes to show how fast and slippery everyone felt he was).In essence, the weapon is now a strictly worse version of the Wrap Assassin. Trying to use the ball on Snipers would be foolish unless you can blindside them (at which point it would be *much* more useful to simply get closer and blast them with your scattergun) and using it on Spies would be likewise useless since they'll most likely cloak and run off as soon as they get hit. The Scout himself is the only class that could *somewhat* suffer from such damage due to his low health pool in direct combat, but being the most mobile class in the game, they're already hard enough to his with hitscan weapons to bother with a (comparatively) slow-moving projectile that can easily be dodged. Not helping matters is the fact that, even though successfully hitting an enemy player will damage them, said damage is absolutely pitiful : 15HP on a normal hit, 40 on a crit. It also doesn’t help that the slowdown is bugged, as the slowdown can be completely bypassed by just rapidly tapping the “A” and “D” keys while moving forward, making the upside completely pointless.

#Tf2 airshot practice full#

Instead of a full stun that would prevent the enemy from attacking, it now only slows them down momentarily which is nearly pointless and not worth losing 10% of your maximum health. The Sandman has a history of updates sending it back and forth between one of the most overpowered and frustrating weapons to fight against, as evidenced in the game breakers section, and completely useless.