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[Sensei]

As far as crits go, I don't really like them. I think that 'fun' factors which are dubiously fair (for which there is plenty of room) should be more spectacular than sometimes doing a lot of damage- a sudden, "Hey guess what, half gravity for 60 seconds!" can be silly and make players think on their feet. Crits don't really invoke any strategy (other than knowing that sometimes you just die, so don't bet everything on one charge).

[Pandarsenic]

Volatar, you might've run into the Announcement Duplication glitch, where you get... well, the name says it all, really. You get the same announcement multiple times.

[Volatar]

Nope. All different announcements.

On crits: I like 'em.

[Bandages]

Crits only annoy me when a soldier randomly crockets me apart.

[Sowelu]

I like crits because they're not strategic.  If they were, it would take away the point of them...

Also, I wish I could make Steam not pop up with stupid event announcements or even "your friend is now playing X" most of the time.  I've got, like, four people who I care if they're playing.  Everyone else, I'd be happy to MANUALLY open my friends list and see "Oh hey, five of my buddies are on that server, I think I'll join it".  As it is, I choose not to have friends, instead.

[dragnar]

I dislike crits, but only because they NEVER work in my favor. I'm a spy with the ambassador. I don't get crits, just headshots and backstabs.

[The Doctor]

There's an option in settings that lets you disable friend announcements.

[Mr.Person]

As far as crits go, I don't really like them. I think that 'fun' factors which are dubiously fair (for which there is plenty of room) should be more spectacular than sometimes doing a lot of damage- a sudden, "Hey guess what, half gravity for 60 seconds!" can be silly and make players think on their feet. Crits don't really invoke any strategy (other than knowing that sometimes you just die, so don't bet everything on one charge).

That's actually a good idea. What if every weapon's crits were different? Instead of crockets being nukes that deal ~300 damage to anything that DARES to get hit, instead it does normal damage, but has a triple blast radius and triple pushback. Flamethrower? Afterburn does triple damage and last three times as long. Scattergun shoots three times as many bullets . Crit pistol? Every shot is moved 300% closer to the center of the crosshair. Minigun? Shoot three times as many bullets per second.

Unlockables can get into the fun too. Crit jarate makes covered enemies take FULL CRITS! Blutsauger heals you for 9 health per needle. Ubersaw gives you 75% ubercharge right there. Natasha triples the slowdown effect. Eyelander swings should have an a triple-length range.

[Duke 2.0]

 Do note that the Eyelander does not have random crits, so this would mean that the Targe would grant him an easier time reaching heads.

[Bandages]

Eyelander swings should have an a triple-length range.

Medic with kritzkrieg + Demoman = "WHAT THE HELL"

[Zai]

Also, I wish I could make Steam not pop up with stupid event announcements or even "your friend is now playing X" most of the time.  I've got, like, four people who I care if they're playing.  Everyone else, I'd be happy to MANUALLY open my friends list and see "Oh hey, five of my buddies are on that server, I think I'll join it".  As it is, I choose not to have friends, instead.

Wha? But you can! At least the friends part. It's pretty silly not to have any friends when you can just go into Settings in Steam, click the Friends tab, look at the Notifications & Sounds part of it, look at the When any Friend joins a game, and uncheck the box next to "Display a notification."

[dragnar]

Eyelander swings should have an a triple-length range.

Better: energy wave attack, only usable with a targe and full health.

[Mr.Person]

Do note that the Eyelander does not have random crits, so this would mean that the Targe would grant him an easier time reaching heads.

I was going under the assumption that crits would no longer deal triple damage. Maybe double damage?

[Greiger]

Now there's an idea for a mod.  Reskin the eyelander to a master sword, remodel/skin the targe to a hylian shield.  Give demoman a green hat.  Mod the new eyelander to replace the heads mechanic with a (weakish) swirling energy beam when the demoman has full hp.  Replace the targe's charge with a flat 50% chance to nullify (shieldblock) damage taken from the front.  Green hat makes the demoman have a loud annoying beeping sound when low health.  Make the pipe launcher fire little black round fuse bombs with a team colored burning fuse.

[Sensei]

A hat that beeps when you're on low health might be considered a benefit, really. The skin mods you mention wouldn't be too hard, but... eh. Maybe just plain as skin mods.