HEY LOOK SCOUT UPDATE ON THE 24TH

[zaneyard]

Damn you week-end. Why must you stop everything I care about. >

/agreed, i have to work on weekends, why cant valve?

[backfire]

rocket jumps work that way and they arent disorienting in the least if you just flick jump

Rocketjumping is just straight down, and you're aiming for a general area. It'll be a bit more difficult aiming behind you in a spot that'll blast you to the perfect location... well, if the place you're going to has a small platform. I'm thinking for more precision trick jumps, but plus you'll be going a bit faster. Maybe not too much harder, but a bit in any case.

[quote author=backfire link=topic=2359.msg68079#msg68079 date=1235202249]
Damn you week-end. Why must you stop everything I care about. >

/agreed, i have to work on weekends, why cant valve?
[/quote]

Always wondered that about the bank. I mean really, 9-12 on saturday? And they're so tired from their long 3 hour shift they gotta take all of sunday off.

No offence to anybody working at a bank...

[zaneyard]

tbh i dont understand why everything isnt open every day, save maybe all day on sunday

[Radio Raheem]

i dont think you understand how to rocket jump

[Versus]

i dont think you understand how to rocket jump

[Blues]

i dont think you understand how to rocket jump

He clearly does not, as he said rocket jumping was simple, then tried to say that the scout jumping would be harder by...

describing rocket jumping.

[Darklink]

"A Year to Remember: Get 2004 lifetime kills."  Who was the guy who said they needed more boston references?

<3 sox

Edit, also " Dodge 1000 damage in a single life using your Bonk! Atomic Punch.", makes me think that this doesn't just make you run faster......

Edit Edit:  I would have every single one of these legitimately (except the new weapon centered ones), had they been counting so far :-(

Same here :<.

Since you guys haven't played cp_egypt, it's actually a really good map.

[ZargonX]

[quote author=Radio Raheem link=topic=2359.msg68077#msg68077 date=1235200181]
he could still do his invunerable run past your entire team and make atleast your scouts fall back to cover backcaps effectively leaving you a man down (2 chase 1 to be sure if he backcaps you lose) and killing your push. yay?

Well remember the cooldown from after using it makes the Scout super slow as well, so if they aren't in a safe spot after using it, they're pretty much dead.  Also I would figure rockets still work, it'd be stupid if it made the Scout fully invincible AND immune to any kind of knockback.

Still if you can pick up intel in this mode, it will functionally ruin Mach 4.
[/quote]

I can't imagine they would let you pick up the intel in that mode.  It would ruin most CTF maps.

[Loqutus]

[quote author=Radio Raheem link=topic=2359.msg68103#msg68103 date=1235208903]
i dont think you understand that you understand how to rocket jump

[/quote]

[Mr. Face]

BONK! Atomic Drink!!!!

Thats exactly what the scout needs... MORE SPEED!!!

[Benito Mussolini]

[quote author=Radio Raheem link=topic=2359.msg68077#msg68077 date=1235200181]
he could still do his invunerable run past your entire team and make atleast your scouts fall back to cover backcaps effectively leaving you a man down (2 chase 1 to be sure if he backcaps you lose) and killing your push. yay?

Well remember the cooldown from after using it makes the Scout super slow as well, so if they aren't in a safe spot after using it, they're pretty much dead.  Also I would figure rockets still work, it'd be stupid if it made the Scout fully invincible AND immune to any kind of knockback.
[/quote]

On the blog, it is written,

you’ll be dodgin’ bullets like they ain’t even there!

So I guess it won't work on rockets/grenades/stickies/flaregun/fire/melee.

That said, it'll be such a damn pain in the ass for Medics...

[Loqutus]

If you can't dodge fire or rockets, I don't think I'd ever find a good use for that drink, except for specialized situations.

Which is a very, very good thing.

[Geoff]

I think the Force-A-Nature will work sort of like Fortress Forever flamethrower boosting, but instead of holding down mouse1 you have to keep clicking.

[Mr. Face]

I think the Force-A-Nature will work sort of like Fortress Forever flamethrower boosting, but instead of holding down mouse1 you have to keep clicking.

Whats Force-A-Nature? Is it the scattergun unlock? Is it any good? Where did you find out what it was? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!

[Luca Shoal]

[quote author=Geoff link=topic=2359.msg68138#msg68138 date=1235234601]
I think the Force-A-Nature will work sort of like Fortress Forever flamethrower boosting, but instead of holding down mouse1 you have to keep clicking.

Whats Force-A-Nature? Is it the scattergun unlock? Is it any good? Where did you find out what it was? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!
[/quote]It's mentioned in some of the achievements, so we're speculating about it's effects based on the details given by Valve based on maps, and achievements.

[cbre88x]

[quote author=Radio Raheem link=topic=2359.msg68072#msg68072 date=1235199140]
jesus christ any % chance to dodge bullets is incredibly retarded. i land a direct shotgun on a scout. now lets roll the dice to see if i hit him!
isnt the entire point of a fps to be skill based rather than an rpg where its half chance?

It's not half chance, he's guarunteed to be unhit.
Oh well. Doesn't really matter that much.
[/quote]

And where the fuck did you get the assumption that just because he drank an energy drink no one can hit him..at all?

[backfire]

i dont think you understand how to rocket jump

It was 3 am, I was lazy...

Okay, how's this... Using the Force-of-Nature as another jump would be like doing a rocket jump in mid air as a scout.... good?

[Wedge]

[quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=2359.msg68073#msg68073 date=1235199329]
[quote author=Radio Raheem link=topic=2359.msg68072#msg68072 date=1235199140]
jesus christ any % chance to dodge bullets is incredibly retarded. i land a direct shotgun on a scout. now lets roll the dice to see if i hit him!
isnt the entire point of a fps to be skill based rather than an rpg where its half chance?

It's not half chance, he's guarunteed to be unhit.
Oh well. Doesn't really matter that much.
[/quote]

And where the fuck did you get the assumption that just because he drank an energy drink no one can hit him..at all?

[/quote]

Probably from the achievement that is for getting a 1000 points of "Miss" damage.  If you only had a % chance of dodging a stream of bullets from a heavy, that still doesn't seem very possible.  It may not (I would hope) work against rockets and Demo weapons and possibly Pyros but it would probably make you immune to heavy's, snipers, sentries, and shotguns at least.

[Badgerman of DOOM]

My guess is that all bullet and projectile weapons will miss. Fire and explosions will hit, as well as melee, but melee might have a 50/50 hit rate.

[Spore]

can you drink the energy drink and just stand still, but have bullets still have the miss effect on you? :3