Is Medic's any good?

[Salem Graves]

I got a random Handmade drop that has Medic's and 50% crit damage and decided to use it. It doesn't seem as bad as everyone would say, feels almost as strong as Vamps but it also heals my team. Should mention I'm unyielding commando and can crit every other hit so Medic's is triggering a lot.

[Sirius]

A thousand things you can do to help your team as a support character.
None of them are "medic's" weapons.

That being said, I guess f you have one on a high crit efficient weapon of a type you are using anyway and go full support, why not. Every little bit helps.

But again: so many things that work better as a support.

It's one of those half assed ideas someone had between snorting two piles of coke instead of listening to the guy explaining what a good game system is.

[Phantom]

Originally posted by FoxyRaven:

Medic weapons are scrip weapons.

Truth

[Dracul]

Medic is pretty terrible, if you are looking to heal others any fire weapon with Friendly Fire (cremator probably) absolutely shames a medic weapon, if you are looking for self heals anything vampiric with a high ROF will do better. And coincidentally Holy Fire comes out the box as a vampiric fire weapon so it can do both.

[Urban Legend]

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I got a random Handmade drop that has Medic's and 50% crit damage and decided to use it. It doesn't seem as bad as everyone would say, feels almost as strong as Vamps but it also heals my team. Should mention I'm unyielding commando and can crit every other hit so Medic's is triggering a lot.

The problem with support builds is that there aren't really any fights that are so overwhelming that a support character is necessary. Each player has more than enough ways to mitigate damage and heal. This is a build I am naturally inclined to pursue but I just can't see the utility.

[Dracul]

Originally posted by Urban Legend:

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I got a random Handmade drop that has Medic's and 50% crit damage and decided to use it. It doesn't seem as bad as everyone would say, feels almost as strong as Vamps but it also heals my team. Should mention I'm unyielding commando and can crit every other hit so Medic's is triggering a lot.

The problem with support builds is that there aren't really any fights that are so overwhelming that a support character is necessary. Each player has more than enough ways to mitigate damage and heal. This is a build I am naturally inclined to pursue but I just can't see the utility.

Friendly fire is quite a lot of fun in public events, people AND friendly npcs can be healed during events so you can keep up the NPCs in radiation rumble and the notoriously squishy friendly animals in Project Paradise are good examples. Iv also healed players but they dont really like being flashbanged by cremators so its kinda 50/50 on gratitude there......but gives me a reason to shoot guys sitting on poles and pretend i was helping <.<

[PotatoBasket]

It's excellent when you're lower level being carried as you can't contribute to much to events. (*So, it's only real utilization will be after you make a second character)

Medic is terrible unless you gear entirely for support with a high-crit rate and are on a team.

It's only niche useful but it can be part of team invincibility(team medic and diffusers are technically inferior, though most often not in practice). Don't use it if you solo play.

[Jeff Kaos]

Originally posted by Dracul:

Medic is pretty terrible, if you are looking to heal others any fire weapon with Friendly Fire (cremator probably) absolutely shames a medic weapon, if you are looking for self heals anything vampiric with a high ROF will do better. And coincidentally Holy Fire comes out the box as a vampiric fire weapon so it can do both.

I got lucky enough to get two of these and I gave one to my son. Yesterday we ran our very first Daily OP and while I refuse to Quarterback for my kid and let him play how he wants I told him how Holy Fire was keeping me alive. We both ran through the next Daily Op using Holy Fire and I'm wondering if I should realistically use anything else in Daily Ops since it's not only really effective but I came out of the Op with twice as much ammo as I went in with. I rebuilt a whole base just to farm oil to make fuel.

[Marmarmar34]

Vamp .50 machine gun my beloved...
Yeah, friendly fire is wayyyy better.

[PotatoBasket]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Vamp .50 machine gun my beloved...
Yeah, friendly fire is wayyyy better.

Range limitations.
(yes, FF is superior but the usage is different)

[lordoftheapes79]

If you have a group that you play with regularly it can be a good way to go, but most of the time it's just scrip.