Being a Medic main sucks - Medic main.

[Pengu]

At my measly thousand and then some hours at this hell hole, playing medic is always irritating even if we win!
People dont care, you wont care, no matter how many 150 Health arrows across the map are hit, or ubers are popped instead of dropped wether kritz or default.. People are oblivious to the nonsense that is playing the medic.
I can find myself dodging that one scout or even a demo bot in mvm because people wont turn around to see their medic and if I were to disconnect the beam they would surely die cause people cannot be expected to be patient enought to get healed before they run in front of a sentry and god forbid the medic calls for spy, its pointless, If I dont deal with the spy myself they simply stab loads of people easily.
And this is a common joke, but it happened too recently stealing health packs yknow what happened? We a soldier and I were on fire they were nearly at full health running for the health pack it was simply paintfull to see that he took the pack after a single tick of fire damage cause his health was full I was relieved for a micro second that I was getting the pack with 90 % uber but nope, I did survive at 8 health but nonetheless 3 % from uber every teammate ran away from a single pyro leaving me in a corner we won just as I respawned but that wasnt fun.

[Marmarmar34]

That sounds more like a 'you' problem instead of a team problem

[Pengu]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

That sounds more like a 'you' problem instead of a team problem

Its more of a I dislike you problem, that simple. People just dont care about the medic regularly yet some are worse than others

[Swampdonkey]

I gave maining Medic a try, got fairly good at landing arrows and worked on timing my ubers, but after a while, it just didn't stick anymore, mostly because it was boring being practically defenseless without standing behind a teammate's back.

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Originally posted by YeBoi:

At my measly thousand and then some hours at this hell hole, playing medic is always irritating even if we win!
People dont care, you wont care, no matter how many 150 Health arrows across the map are hit, or ubers are popped instead of dropped wether kritz or default.. People are oblivious to the nonsense that is playing the medic.
I can find myself dodging that one scout or even a demo bot in mvm because people wont turn around to see their medic and if I were to disconnect the beam they would surely die cause people cannot be expected to be patient enought to get healed before they run in front of a sentry and god forbid the medic calls for spy, its pointless, If I dont deal with the spy myself they simply stab loads of people easily.
And this is a common joke, but it happened too recently stealing health packs yknow what happened? We a soldier and I were on fire they were nearly at full health running for the health pack it was simply paintfull to see that he took the pack after a single tick of fire damage cause his health was full I was relieved for a micro second that I was getting the pack with 90 % uber but nope, I did survive at 8 health but nonetheless 3 % from uber every teammate ran away from a single pyro leaving me in a corner we won just as I respawned but that wasnt fun.

TL:DR; don't play medic.

[Kevin Crabcakes]

Sounds like an issue with the game's easiest class other than maybe heavy.

He's really not that hard.

[trash]

medic is one of the easiest, low effort, low risk, and straightforward roles you can play in the game
arguably quite chill and enjoyable to play even with terrible teammates

self-identified medic mains are whiny and bad at the class
non-medic players make for significantly better medics because they've had to actually improve their movement and positioning instead of just blaming teammates whenever they die

[Melon <3]

If you dislike casual tf2, try competetive tf2,
if you're new to playing competetive tf2, try https://tf2center.com/ , it is a easy to use lobby system where you get matched with other competetive tf2 players, most lobbies tend to focus on 6's and highlander, but 4's, ultimate duo, and prolander do occasionally pop up here and there.

if you get bored out of it, try registering for tournaments, ugc and etf2l are the most popular leagues at the moment

[Pengu]

Originally posted by trash:

medic is one of the easiest, low effort, low risk, and straightforward roles you can play in the game
arguably quite chill and enjoyable to play even with terrible teammates

self-identified medic mains are whiny and bad at the class
non-medic players make for significantly better medics because they've had to actually improve their movement and positioning instead of just blaming teammates whenever they die

Oh excuse me poke fan, what else is low effort? How about shoot the floor guy, sticky spammer, lucksman, stick figure with a gun, turtleneer, WM1 and then theres pyro.

ANY class is easy to pick and play thats great actually, but being GOOD at these classes is another thing entirely and trash im clearly talking about my own experiences how is getting medikits stolens something not to blame to others? Did I even mention about STOMPING the game not allowing a single capture? Because again it didnt matter then and it wont matter now. Trash.

[Pengu]

Originally posted by HowdyYall:

Sounds like an issue with the game's easiest class other than maybe heavy.

He's really not that hard.

Try having a target in your back more than any other class and still dominate half the server while everyone spams E after walking to the very obvious sentry or try actually giving the team ubers while not dropping them for any dumb scout, spy, sniper or soldier the SSSSquad.

[Swampdonkey]

I can come up with an answer to this thread, that's actually quite easy to solve.


























































Just play another class.

[trash]

Originally posted by YeBoi:

Originally posted by HowdyYall:

Sounds like an issue with the game's easiest class other than maybe heavy.

He's really not that hard.

Try having a target in your back more than any other class and still dominate half the server while everyone spams E after walking to the very obvious sentry or try actually giving the team ubers while not dropping them for any dumb scout, spy, sniper or soldier the SSSSquad.

not hard

[gianni]

Originally posted by YeBoi:

People dont care, you wont care, no matter how many 150 Health arrows across the map are hit, or ubers are popped instead of dropped wether kritz or default.. People are oblivious to the nonsense that is playing the medic.

give me a break i do just as much running into demo sticky traps and forcing him to det

regardless, nobody congratulates you for hitting a meaty corssbow because generally an easy class and you need to absolutely clutch up and carry for people to recognize your input. hitting good crossbows is to be expected and that's like me cheering whenever a sniper gets a headshot.
since you're not actively fighting it's hard for the rest of the team to gauge your performance unless they're stalking the leadersboard. the same can be said for classes like spy so just cope with it and keep carrying. your satisfaction shouldnt come from other people, you should seek validation from yourself

Originally posted by YeBoiI:

can find myself dodging that one scout or even a demo bot in mvm because people wont turn around to see their medic

it's easy to sit behind everyone and tell them what to do for you. it's got the same spirit of watching a soccer match and getting pissy when a player makes a bad pass.
nobody has their focus on protecting their medic 24/7 unless they're playing competitive. as a pub medic your job is to speak up and make callouts that the rest of the team wouldn't have otherwise paid attention to. since... they're too busy engaged in fighting? you're your teams eyes and ears so act like it

Originally posted by YeBoi:

and if I were to disconnect the beam they would surely die cause people cannot be expected to be patient enought to get healed before they run in front of a sentry

use your crossbow. you're playing a fast-paced fps where the match can drastically change in seconds. you shouldn't take your time and people shouldn't be patient when the rest of the team needs them in a fight.
tell your team to fall back and crossbow them or let them grab your health kits if you don't need it. them sitting still waiting for you isn't efficient and i absolutely hate it when self-proclaimed casual medic mains do that.

Originally posted by YeBoi:

If I dont deal with the spy myself they simply stab loads of people easily.

use your mic. it works wonders in casual. voice commands are useless anyways

if you want good teammates play competitive. otherwise equip the pan and crossbow and fend for yourself. you cant expect pubbers to do all the heavy lifting for you. a general rule of thumb is to always expect the least out of your teammates. right now this thread reeks of that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥-y medic superiority complex where people are supposed to cherish medics and kiss their feet because it's a thankless job and they're the unsung heros of the match.

[Kevin Crabcakes]

every class has a fat target on their back other than Scout I guess

Engineer and Sniper deny a lot of land and need to be killed
Spy is an easy kill when found, and people's stranges are hungry
Heavy Demo Soldier and Medic all are strong frontline targets, although I will admit either Med or Heavy is targeted first but you're definitely not special.
Pyro is stupid and people kill him because he is stupid
Usually it's only Scout that doesn't get harassed, probably because he's too fast to be harassed by any class other than himself.

Medic isn't special. There's some basic sense needed to learn how to give heals to the right people and when to pop certain ubers but most will learn it in a few games.

[Random Ryan (RETURNING SOON!)]

Friend pro players you come across who you enjoyed playing with.

That’s what I did as a past Medic main, and it made Casual much more fun to play.

Being in a party with good players is much better than be thrown into a random game where you could be stuck with more noobies than competent people.

Another option is to play on Uncletopia. Lots of experienced players can be found on those servers.

It’s usually where I go if I’m alone, and especially when I want to play Medic.

[Falleax]

I hate playing medic, though I'm pretty good at him. Mostly because my role is so passive, it gets dull after a bit. I wish there was some sort of weapon that would create a battle medic subclass, like what the gunslinger does for engie, that would be great.