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[No Dignity]

I'm done here

[Spongedope Crackpants]

Soldier is easy to play, there I said it. Although Soldier mains will tell you it has the highest skill ceiling in the game just because of advanced rocket jumping, which you really don't need unless you want to pull off trickshots.

He is easy and simple to play, and can pull off some cool tricks that are very satisfying to watch. I think that is a lot of the appeal.

Probably angered a lot of people by saying that but that is how I feel about soldier.

[Rosvo-Rolle]

Originally posted by The Space Core:

Soldier is easy to play, there I said it. Although Soldier mains will tell you it has the highest skill ceiling in the game just because of advanced rocket jumping, which you really don't need unless you want to pull off trickshots.

He is easy and simple to play, and can pull off some cool tricks that are very satisfying to watch. I think that is a lot of the appeal.

Probably angered a lot of people by saying that but that is how I feel about soldier.

You cannot judge is class OP or not by current Pub gameplay.

[Magos Dominus]

Soldier is near unstoppable if you know how to bomb in and bomb out.

Then again learning this stuff requires map knowledge and generally good game skill and sense.

[Spongedope Crackpants]

Originally posted by Crengoblin:

Originally posted by The Space Core:

Soldier is easy to play, there I said it. Although Soldier mains will tell you it has the highest skill ceiling in the game just because of advanced rocket jumping, which you really don't need unless you want to pull off trickshots.

He is easy and simple to play, and can pull off some cool tricks that are very satisfying to watch. I think that is a lot of the appeal.

Probably angered a lot of people by saying that but that is how I feel about soldier.

You cannot judge is class OP or not by current Pub gameplay.

Where did I say Soldier was OP, and where did I mention Pub gameplay?

I'm pretty sure the majority of players don't oftenly play private competitive servers, they play on Valve competitive and casual, or they play community servers.

[Rosvo-Rolle]

My point was that every power class in this game is easy in Pubs without any kind of teamwork or coordiation.

These days pretty much only way to judge Class' balance is by competitive because it has actual teamwork and competent players.

[rept]

because you get to shoot rockets at dudes

[Spongedope Crackpants]

Originally posted by Crengoblin:

My point was that every power class in this game is easy in Pubs without any kind of teamwork or coordiation.

These days pretty much only way to judge Class' balance is by competitive because it has actual teamwork and competent players.

Again most people probably play on pubs, and competitive is a completely different story. Every class plays differently in that environment.

[n00bUltima]

I like the Direct Hit.

[PL@YER]

Low skill floor, high skill ceiling and plenty of idiots who hold w or stand in chokes.

[Emurinus]

Because Soldier is a jack-of-all-trades class, he's a very good class to at least have in your back pocket if you need him for something.


Now if most Soldier mains weren't jackass-of-all-trades, then this game would be a better place.

[Ozyruz]

Cus it's fun to jump around like a ping pong ball and blow up people..

[Tronex]

Ever heard of rocket jumping?

[No Dignity]

Originally posted by Tronex:

Ever heard of rocket jumping?

Yes,why wouldn't I know

[Tronex]

Originally posted by SwagKitties:

Originally posted by Tronex:

Ever heard of rocket jumping?

Yes,why wouldn't I know

Cause its the reason why people love playing soldier.

[Doehardt]

Reasons to play / main Soldier:
1.) Rocket Jumping / bombing enemies consistently
2.) Non-arced projectiles that go boom
3.) Variety of weapons and secondaries to choose from
4.) He is the closest you can get to get a Quake-like feeling - the Original only improves that
5.) Advancing on point #1, high mobility classes are just inherently more fun