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[RF]

Hm, do explosions propagate through walls or what? If not, how can I use stickies against sentries behind corners?

Shoot it on the floor or on the wall behind the sentry. Just peek around, not enough to get you within LoS of the sentry.

[PsyberianHusky]

Demo man takes some time to learn what ya can get away with.

[DJ]

Hm, so explosions add up instead of overlap? I always assumed you can only get more damage and no more radius from stacking multiple stickies. And radius is like 2m, right?

[Soulwynd]

The radius is individual to each stickie. Most demos will throw stickies right at your feet to kill you. Some will explode them in middle air on your face.

They're also the easiest way to deal with corner sentries.

[Darvi]

I found out that I am a surprisingly effective Demoman. Must be in the blood. Son of a Gunn and all that.

[mr. macduggan]

One handy thing for dealing with sentries is that your rockets, grenades, stickies, and huntsman arrows all come out of the right side of your screen and go towards the crosshair. This means that you can sit on the left side of the doorway, put your crosshair on the doorframe itself, and still have your shot hook around the point-blank obstacle. Now, if you only have access to the right side of the door... :\

[jaxy15]

I'm doing surprisingly good as a soldier now.

[USEC_OFFICER]

One handy thing for dealing with sentries is that your rockets, grenades, stickies, and huntsman arrows all come out of the right side of your screen and go towards the crosshair. This means that you can sit on the left side of the doorway, put your crosshair on the doorframe itself, and still have your shot hook around the point-blank obstacle. Now, if you only have access to the right side of the door... :\

Flip view models?

[Duke 2.0]

 It's part of the engine, a lot of actors emit their attacks from their right ears.

[mr. macduggan]

Another thing for all of the new players: here are some things which you must set to be successful.
Advanced Options : play hit sound, display damage done, auto reload
Options->Graphics: no motion blur, 90 degree FOV, 70 viewmodel FOV
These things make the game so much easier to play well. Enact them immediately if you haven't already.

[Darvi]

Another thing for all of the new players: here are some things which you must set to be successful.
Advanced Options : play hit sound, display damage done, auto reload
Options->Graphics: no motion blur, 90 degree FOV, 70 viewmodel FOV
These things make the game so much easier to play well. Enact them immediately if you haven't already.

Wow. I actually have all those :V

[Jackrabbit]

I'm utterly useless with stickies, the Scottish Resistance especially.

Hm. Maybe I should make it my goal to get better with it. That could be fun.

[Shadowlord]

I love the Scottish Resistance.

[Duke 2.0]

 It's a funky thing, and I don't think I'll ever get used to the lack of being able to detonate stickies without seeing them. So many intuition kills.

 Really waxing for the new soldier shotgun. It sounds amazing, but I only have one Frontier Justice to craft with and I used up all my other weapons for scraps.

[Soulwynd]

There's a certain difference in rhythm between the two. With the regular sticky launcher you can get 2 stickies out before being able to blow them up. With the scottish, you put 3 out due to the faster launching and the slower arming time for the stickies.