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[Siquo]

I'm not the only one who thinks that part of the flamethrower nerf was to try making it so Pyros couldn't circlestrafe sentries to death with the FF and forcing them to use the Homewrecker if they want to deal with a building, am I?

You were, but now...

Couldn't they just have upped building resistance to fire? That would at least have made sense...

[zchris13]

So the update restricted the usefullness of pyros, limiting them to a single gameplay style?

[LASD]

So the update restricted the usefullness of pyros, limiting them to a single gameplay style?

Well, there's at least four:

1. The Pyro who reflects everything back and flareguns (or shotguns) everyone with a small touch of flamethrowering in tight spots.
2. The Pyro who kills everyone with the Flame + Airblast + Axtinquisher combo.
3. The Pyro who helps the engies by killing spies and sappers.
4. The ambushing Backburner-Pyro

The thing is, there's no W+Mouse1 Pyro on the list anymore.

EDIT: I'm not saying these are necessarily great playstyles, but ones people play and are potentially fun.

[Pandarsenic]

5. Pyro who dies all the time. Sadly, that's all of the above except number 3.

[returntonull]

5. Pyro who dies all the time. Sadly, that's all of the above except number 3.

Not necessarily true, but I suppose having to rely on other people making mistakes is not a fun place to be.

[Siquo]

Yeah, I love playing Heavy now, and mow down everyone who is stupid enough to still play pyro 

[umiman]

You know, if they keep nerfing pyro... we could pull the sexist card. =P

[Sensei]

If you're careful you can still get some W+M1 kills. The pyro can still move fast.

[Duke 2.0]

 In the most recent update the Pyro now moves at 80% speed. The Pyro now depends more on skill and setting up ambushes, as he could never catch an opponents in a battlefield. To balance this the Pyro is given extra gravity so that airblasts and explosions don't propel him as far. He can also switch weapons faster than the other classes.

[Myroc]

In the most recent update the Pyro now moves at 80% speed.

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Alright, now the Pyro has gone from slightly easy to pretty difficult to just plain suck.

If a Pyro catches you, you are not supposed to have a decent chance to run away from him.

[Xotes]

I think that was sarcasm, Myroc.

[Myroc]

Well I'm slightly bad at detecting sarcasm over the internet. :|

[Jreengus]

Don't sweat it Myroc, I just spent the last few minutes checking various places trying to find info on it.

[Bandages]

Why nerf pyros when soldiers can basically just run around flogging people to death with their hyper-erect genitalia?

[fenrif]

I'm lovin the new drop system, just got the paintrain and the homewrecker today.

Why nerf pyros when soldiers can basically just run around flogging people to death with their hyper-erect genitalia?

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