stim pistol

[Roo]

it would actually be a worth while sidearm if it acted like the med pistolf from killing floor 2

[Greb]

Yeah, until you have to carry a side objective like an SSSD and you forgot to bring an SMG or something, lol.

[Roo]

Originally posted by Greb:

Yeah, until you have to carry a side objective like an SSSD and you forgot to bring an SMG or something, lol.

just drop it when you need it or make the other tms carry it

[Malidictus]

Neat. What's the "med pistol from killing floor 2"?

[Roo]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Neat. What's the "med pistol from killing floor 2"?

shoots heatseaking bullets at tms to heal them easier and poisons enamies when you hit them(doesnt heatseak them tho)

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Neat. What's the "med pistol from killing floor 2"?

Medic weapons in KF2 had an alt fire that would fire a healing dart. Except the medic guns also locked onto teammates, so darts auto-tracked targets if you looked vaguely at someone.

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

Medic weapons in KF2 had an alt fire that would fire a healing dart. Except the medic guns also locked onto teammates, so darts auto-tracked targets if you looked vaguely at someone.

Got it. Sounds like most healing abilities in Overwatch, then. Yeah, I agree. A healing/buff weapon ought to auto-target team-mates. That's probably THE primary reason I've no interest in it - not much ammo, very easy to miss.

[Roo]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

Medic weapons in KF2 had an alt fire that would fire a healing dart. Except the medic guns also locked onto teammates, so darts auto-tracked targets if you looked vaguely at someone.

Got it. Sounds like most healing abilities in Overwatch, then. Yeah, I agree. A healing/buff weapon ought to auto-target team-mates. That's probably THE primary reason I've no interest in it - not much ammo, very easy to miss.

very easy to miss is an understatement and a half

[MagikarpMagi]

The biggest issue with the stim pistol is its laughable range before projectile drop and here's why:

Fires a ballistic dart at near-supersonic speeds, allowing the user to sim allies from a distance. Might sting.

Near-supersonic speeds should carry it somewhat further than like 35m before dropping, right? I think hope they messed up the projectile on accident, because it isn't even consistent with itself.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

It's super super inconsistent. Maybe I just have a skill issue, but I never know where to shoot the thing. It feels like sometimes I'll hit a teammate dead on and the hitboxes are so bad or their gear(not shield bubble) gets in the way and it does nothing. I've had teammies just "lol" at me after I spam fire all 6 shots and don't hit a single one. Quite frustrating when this happens.

Otherwise I feel like the healing is fine and NO we don't need self-healing with this thing. Team gun only.

[Ewspne]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

NO we don't need self-healing with this thing. Team gun only.

Agreed. Big facts.
I like a little challenge and the teamplay aspect of HD2 is a draw.

Stim pistol for myself and I would never work as a team

[Roo]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

It's super super inconsistent. Maybe I just have a skill issue, but I never know where to shoot the thing. It feels like sometimes I'll hit a teammate dead on and the hitboxes are so bad or their gear(not shield bubble) gets in the way and it does nothing. I've had teammies just "lol" at me after I spam fire all 6 shots and don't hit a single one. Quite frustrating when this happens.

Otherwise I feel like the healing is fine and NO we don't need self-healing with this thing. Team gun only.

im saying the stim pistol needs to auto lock on teammates so the darts dont go to waste you dolt.

[Chaos]

At least very least, having the lock on from KF2 med gun would be a great start.
Then we can talk if it should be able to shoot the user or not.

Personally, I don't see why not and it would be pretty stupid not to.
Not like a solo-wolf wannabe would start to give a ♥♥♥♥ about his teammate with this restriction anyway, they will just use something else.

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Originally posted by Cptn.Roo:

it would actually be a worth while sidearm if it acted like the med pistolf from killing floor 2

Well, the healing darts from both Killing Floor games had a pretty short travel time iirc. The current stim pistol for HD2 fires paper airplanes carrying a stim syringe, so it's useful but not at range. A seeking feature would probably be the easiest way to appease the playerbase, but I think literally just improving the speed of the projectile would make it a bit easier.

I don't think it was intended for medic-sniping given its ADS sights, but the current version just has me blasting darts into the ether between the projectile speed and lag.

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by ⚠ Xperimental ⚠:

Originally posted by Cptn.Roo:

it would actually be a worth while sidearm if it acted like the med pistolf from killing floor 2

Well, the healing darts from both Killing Floor games had a pretty short travel time iirc. The current stim pistol for HD2 fires paper airplanes carrying a stim syringe, so it's useful but not at range. A seeking feature would probably be the easiest way to appease the playerbase, but I think literally just improving the speed of the projectile would make it a bit easier.

I don't think it was intended for medic-sniping given its ADS sights, but the current version just has me blasting darts into the ether between the projectile speed and lag.

KF2 had both- seeking and speed. The seeking would fall off at range, but you could still make your shots if you placed them well because the speed was basically hitscan.