Regarding Support and Medic classes and self use

(watsyurdeal) #1

So, random thought I had about these classes, often times I see plenty of people using abilities on themselves, med packs, pulse, healing station, etc. (I’m guilty of it too I admit). My question is simple, what if we instead gave buffs, to nerf these things, or disallow it altogether. Like a thrown ammo pack for Skyhammer, can only be picked up by his team mates, whereas he can interact with it to gain that pack back and throw it elsewhere.

Should we change this? Or leave as is? And if we do, what changes should be made? Spares and Toughness for Support and Medics by default? Buff Aura’s hp to 90?

(Amerika) #2

I don’t like that at all. Sometimes I play support simply to make sure that I can keep myself fed with ammo or alive while also doing the same for my teammates (as any experienced player will do). With that change it would make me less likely to play Skyhammer or Sawbonez and more likely to just play Fragger in more situations.

Sawbonez already has this kind of mechanic built in when he med packs himself. The regen rate is a lot slower than if a teammate gets a pack and you can’t instant hit yourself by throwing a pack up in the air and catching it for extra HP on hit (I wish you could do that haha).

I wouldn’t mind seeing Aura get an HP boost though. I’m not a fan of 80/90hp mercs at all and would love to see 100hp be baseline.

(Sir_Slam) #3

“Mr. Sawbonez, you’re injured! Use one of your medkits!”

“…”

“Why not?”

“Because Kira, I know where that gauze has been.”

(blisteringOwlNest) #4

Yeah, I play medic a lot, and healing yourself is really handy when your either the only medic or your both really far from each other. There’s only so much others can do to keep you from taking damage, and being able to heal yourself is often vital.

also, i do like the idea of picking packs back up, possibly for a reduced cool down, or to simply deny the enemy your support. Recently got sawbonez and suddenly everyone seems a lot more agile and a lot more blind xD