What people are saying about "Dead Game"
Dead Game
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almost 10 years ago
@Kilgore Trout: If what pmavers said was true, then they reversed the nerf. Probably a lot of people protesting.
almost 10 years ago
Oh, hey, Morgan... today's update has a little something for you.

"Reverted the recent stickybomb damage ramp up change. We will continue to evaluate the use of stickybomb air detonations and potential changes to that mechanic."
almost 10 years ago
I finished a game with Demo in Dust Bowl earlier, and I was surprised that I got a lot of kills with stickies. I just shot a bunch of them on the ground at a choke point in plain sight and waited-the BLU players kept stupidly running over or near them and got blown up.
almost 10 years ago
[url=#user_comment_347696]@Xeranar[/url]: It also means that they don't have to suffer as much self-inflicted damage when doing sticky jumps, as long as they do it before the damage ramp-up finishes.
almost 10 years ago
[url=#user_comment_347677]@yiran[/url]: Maybe they nerfed the Axtinguisher to facilitate more usage of the Reserve Shooter as well. After knocking an enemy airborne with an air blast, you can use the Reserve Shooter to finish them off while they're on fire.
almost 10 years ago
[url=#user_comment_347687]@jnallen[/url] Exactly what they did^^
Crow
almost 10 years ago
mmm, jo, mirana won the against pudge in the arcana voting, and she will be competing against templar, just to let you know, for a strip... wink wink
almost 10 years ago
I mainly play A/D & Payload, the loss of the sticky is no big deal. Too often it was simply a general area attack for those who got too close, Demos are meant to be a mixed bag of Offense and Defense, finally nerfing the air sticky shot means demos need to get better with their launcher of choice.
CrimsonB
almost 10 years ago
The more TF2 you do, the more I die a little inside with the absence of a certain redhead engineer (not naming names)...
stevemario
almost 10 years ago
on the contrary game is now alive to me. redownloaded after I saw this comic.
almost 10 years ago
We WANT ENGIE. Return it please. All russian guys want engie :'(((((((
almost 10 years ago
[url=#user_comment_347687]@jnallen[/url]: That's actually what they did, only with less time, 2 seconds. [url=#user_comment_347677] @yiran[/url]: The Axtinguisher nerfd was necessary, that damn thing is a close-range insta-kill. Then people started using macros, mouse 1 ~ mouse 2 ~ melee wep ~ mouse 1. It was even faster. In pubs that was plain broken.
Agro
almost 10 years ago
Hey Jo.. Just so you know, this was the backdrop for KritzKast while we talked about Demonerf. <3

Agro.
Bobo
almost 10 years ago
hoovy got nerfed too...
jnallen
almost 10 years ago
Why don't they just make them less damaging right after they're placed, then ramp up to regular damage range after being in that spot for a small amount of time, say 4 seconds or so?
almost 10 years ago
[url=#user_comment_347685]@2033[/url]: technically it doesn't. It has damage ramp-up that only lasts two seconds, so it's actually good for Trappers.
2033
almost 10 years ago
I don't really understand this, all they needed to do was reduce damage on airborne stickys, but this will seriously hurt trapperdemomen.

Then again, I havent touched TF2 in well over two years because I only got crap drops and shit was going down the drain for me anyway.
Blackwell121
almost 10 years ago
Demoknight with lochnload still rocks.
Runic
almost 10 years ago
I've been a strong supporter of nerfing the Demo for a long time. It was obvious that he completely outclassed the Soldier at higher levels. That being said, this is ridiculous. The crowd control class can no longer do crowd control, & vanilla is now a straight downgrade to the formerly useless SR.
Mcspotty
almost 10 years ago
My weapon that 2-4 shots people got nerfed in that i have to wait 2 seconds for them to acheive max damage how sad that a weapon used for trapping got balanced so it leans towards that style in the way it was meant to be used.
yiran
almost 10 years ago
I don't get why they needed to nerf Pyro. He was already one of the weakest players in both casual games AND pro games.

And Soldier/Scout, the best classes other than Medic and Demoman weren't touched. Idk.
almost 10 years ago
I don't see why cutting off a noob's tactic is bad. For all you whiny demos, press "1" to close range encounters, you know, like you SHOULD. Also, Axtinguisher nerf FINALLY. Two stupid scrub resorts have been shot down. GABEN BE PRAISED!
Mister Jay
almost 10 years ago
Hey morgan you can always play the xbox 360 orang box edition. There's no nerfs, or hats, or special weapons, or mann vs machine, or sandvich, or invisibility for spies, or... anything really.
almost 10 years ago
A strong reminder that demo was meant to place traps, not spam stickies... And melee people.
almost 10 years ago
Shit that's terrib- Oh, wait, it's not the pipe bombs. *pets loch-n-load*
almost 10 years ago
Finally, my Demoknight can reign supreme above the other Demos >:D

Targe, axe, and Loch are all I need~
zxczdfzdgf
almost 10 years ago
use the wheel and hit him with your sword
almost 10 years ago
Two seconds seem like a little two much. Perhaps one or 1.5 seconds would work better...?
almost 10 years ago
What happend with the female Pyro and the other redhair Engie and female scout?
Arizoko
almost 10 years ago
So Soldier isn't just a poor man's Demo now? Coming back to TF2 looks more and more tempting.
almost 10 years ago
I love playing Demoman and I don't even use sticky, too complicated. So mastering the bounce angles of the grenade launcher finally paid off.
GK
almost 10 years ago
Sticky spam is now finally dead, though i feel there should be an overall damage boost in order to accomodate for this nerf and thus reward actual traps
Pikselo
almost 10 years ago
"Oh no! Stickies are nerfed, now I have to teach myself how to aim with grenade launcher!"

-That's how I see people complaining about this nerf, for me it's great change, sticky spam is most anyoing thing in game.
almost 10 years ago
A shame, but fear not my friends, blowing up enemies will now take up skill with the forgotten, the magnific, the mighty, grenade launcher!
almost 10 years ago
Whoa! Nice use of the classic art style Jo
almost 10 years ago
"What makes ME a good Demoman? Safety procedures! I can't be flingin' these bombs around at high power, so close to my face! I could hurt meself!"

No but seriously good Demos used pipes :V
almost 10 years ago
OMG! They nerfed the sticky bombs!? I am the sad T_T
Chaos
almost 10 years ago
This game has never been more balanced than it is now.

PRAISE BE TO GABEN
almost 10 years ago
That's what you get pesky Alliance fan!
almost 10 years ago
Seriously. If you're in an open fight, use your damn grenade launcher. It's what it's for.
Asemodeus
almost 10 years ago
About time.
Godot
almost 10 years ago
Stickies are already so nerfed as to make Demoknight the only worthwhile build on anything but Payload defense. And even then, you need Scottish Resistance so you can place a shitton of the fuckers.

Whyyyyyy