Will the Gunboats ever be given to the demoman?

[TheShadilay]

Back in the War update Demoman players and Soldier players were in a contest to see who got the most kills on each other for a mysterious new weapon, this weapon was the Gunboats. It has been confirmed that If Demoman won the war he would have gotten the Gunboats If he won the War. It is kind of ridiculous that it has been almost 7 years and a weapon play tested for the Demoman, which is in the game, can't be used.

[dookie diaper blowout]

No, although I wish they both got it. Then again I wish star_ didn't become so rude and didn't quit TF2. Will he ever play TF2 again?



no

[Pakaku]

Demoman has the Booties now, plus he's not a class where explosive-jumping is as important.

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Originally posted by Cobalt:

No, although I wish they both got it. Then again I wish star_ didn't become so rude and didn't quit TF2. Will he ever play TF2 again?



no

calm down kid
your hero will return someday

[Ozyruz]

Originally posted by Pakaku:

Demoman has the Booties now, plus he's not a class where explosive-jumping is as important.

Because being able to absorb 8 stickies like they were 2, is balanced..

[TheShadilay]

Originally posted by Pakaku:

Demoman has the Booties now, plus he's not a class where explosive-jumping is as important.

explosive jumping is extremely necessary as Demo, in rollout phase in 5 cp gunboats would allow a mistake.

[dookie diaper blowout]

Originally posted by Suck it Harambe:

Originally posted by Cobalt:

No, although I wish they both got it. Then again I wish star_ didn't become so rude and didn't quit TF2. Will he ever play TF2 again?



no

calm down kid
your hero will return someday

I don't like anymore him lol.

If you mean my hero as in harambe, well, that's another story

[trash]

rocket jumping is a constantly used core part of soldier that has practical use during combat
gunboats have massively improved the overall design of the class

sticky jumping is only situationally used for demo due to arm delay and self damage, especially when you're already a glass cannon
gunboats would only make demo an annoying broken mess

if you think demo should get the gunboats, you're an idiot
that goes double if you're robin 'random-crits' walker[i.imgur.com]

[Vlad the Impala]

Originally posted by KentuckyWontonChicken:

Originally posted by Pakaku:

Demoman has the Booties now, plus he's not a class where explosive-jumping is as important.

explosive jumping is extremely necessary as Demo, in rollout phase in 5 cp gunboats would allow a mistake.

And past the rollout?

Bear in mind that the Booties used to give both +25hp and +10% speed and using it forced the other demo to run it, especially on maps with long rollouts because otherwise, you arrive way later to mid which is pretty much throwing.

[78pac7]

Gunboats on Demoman sounds overpowered to me. I would only like to see it happen if the GB were nerfed beforehand.

[TheShadilay]

yeah, this thread was made "as this needs to be made, but it would be like the sun-on-a-stick." there is nothing wrong with having the weapon, but I honestly think it won't be used. I just want more freedom of choice and think what could have been, eventhough it would have sucked.

[Balanced]

Originally posted by slop:

rocket jumping is a constantly used core part of soldier that has practical use during combat
gunboats have massively improved the overall design of the class

sticky jumping is only situationally used for demo due to arm delay and self damage, especially when you're already a glass cannon
gunboats would only make demo an annoying broken mess

if you think demo should get the gunboats, you're an idiot
that goes double if you're robin 'random-crits' walker[i.imgur.com]

demo is a glass canon? since when?

[TheShadilay]

Originally posted by slop:

rocket jumping is a constantly used core part of soldier that has practical use during combat
gunboats have massively improved the overall design of the class

sticky jumping is only situationally used for demo due to arm delay and self damage, especially when you're already a glass cannon
gunboats would only make demo an annoying broken mess

if you think demo should get the gunboats, you're an idiot
that goes double if you're robin 'random-crits' walker[i.imgur.com]

ok, if the gunboats being added to demo is dumb, what do you think the gunboats would be like if demo won?

[Vlad the Impala]

Originally posted by KentuckyWontonChicken:

Originally posted by slop:

rocket jumping is a constantly used core part of soldier that has practical use during combat
gunboats have massively improved the overall design of the class

sticky jumping is only situationally used for demo due to arm delay and self damage, especially when you're already a glass cannon
gunboats would only make demo an annoying broken mess

if you think demo should get the gunboats, you're an idiot
that goes double if you're robin 'random-crits' walker[i.imgur.com]

ok, if the gunboats being added to demo is dumb, what do you think the gunboats would be like if demo won?

It would be pre-nerf booties on steroids, unless they were dumb and were planning to make it replace the sticky launcher.

[TheShadilay]

Originally posted by 3dge23dge:

Originally posted by KentuckyWontonChicken:

ok, if the gunboats being added to demo is dumb, what do you think the gunboats would be like if demo won?

It would be pre-nerf booties on steroids, unless they were dumb and were planning to make it replace the sticky launcher.

I don't know if I am reading your comment wrong or I didn't communicate something, but the orginal gunboats was tested and ready to go for BOTH classes, meaning no matter what the weapon would be the same, also the speed boost on the booties only applies if you have a shield.

[Vlad the Impala]

Originally posted by KentuckyWontonChicken:

Originally posted by 3dge23dge:

It would be pre-nerf booties on steroids, unless they were dumb and were planning to make it replace the sticky launcher.

I don't know if I am reading your comment wrong or I didn't communicate something, but the orginal gunboats was tested and ready to go for BOTH classes, meaning no matter what the weapon would be the same, also the speed boost on the booties only applies if you have a shield.

Key word you missed: pre-nerf

As for testing, it wouldn't have gone beyond testing whether the self-damage resistance actually worked rather the actual impact on gameplay. Demo already arrives at mids before everyone else (beaten perhaps by CaC scout but that's banned), having something that cuts a further 5 seconds off the rollout would be so gamebreaking that you would force both demos to run it to mids, or the one that doesn't will lose his entire team mid.