You're still standing around unmoving for a while, and you have to sacrifice your shotgun entirely to use it, meaning your only defense is the slow-to-spin-up main gun.
I've seen complaints about nearly every new weapon so far being overpowered (backburner, airblast, ubersaw, etc), and yet I am having tons of fun in the game every day. - Neph On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM, tgnwells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it was lag but I was spec'ing a heavy eat a sandwhich and he went > straight from almost real small red bar to over half his health in one > move (and then to no health since a soldier found him [and apparently > really wanted that sandwich]) > Either way, the sandvich is cute and all but it kind of ruins it for me. > It really SHOULDN'T easily stop you from dying while on fire, has no one > noticed the only way to kill a heavy as a pyro mano-a-mano is to > sacrifice 90% of your health? and that's only if you're sneaky enough to > start attacking them before they shoot you. And not dying from being on > fire is what dispensers and medics are there for. > > [??R] The-/<iller wrote: >> The sandvich heals in 4 parts i believe, with every munch or so? I'm not >> seeing an instant 120 health, I did notice it can easily stop you from >> dieing while on fire. >> >> tgnwells wrote: >> >>> I was looking forward to the update, but after playing it for only a >>> couple of hours I can easily say I'm not happy with it. >>> It seems rushed. The sandvich might have been a good idea but the way >>> it's done makes no sense. Like it just instantly heals you at the start, >>> rather than it being a gradual process. Same with arena. It's like the >>> classes weren't designed for this kind of gameplay but Valve didn't care >>> and did nothing to compensate. >>> The new maps are nice, but I hate payload, and am really not into arena >>> so it's like a waste to me. Oh, and I hate steel as well, so really >>> there's nothing I'm very impressed with. Well actually I like that the >>> custom tab is gone, but I probably won't be playing all that much after >>> this so... uh yeah. >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds

