#heavy update

So that trailer huh?

Benefits would be that you don’t have to trudge all the way to the nearest health or ammo pack and then back into position, or watch some Scunt or Demoknight steal the health/ammo you needed but couldn’t get to first. You also aren’t forcibly immobilized and HP gain is instant, just like if you walked into the kit normally, as opposed to the way lunchbox items work.

The device can’t be used to attack other players, but it’s quick to deploy and holster. So depending on the situation, you may be able to grab some health in the middle of a fight to survive a killing blow or just deny health to your opponent and still have time to rev up your minigun or go melee and punch some bitch to death.

The main drawback besides it not being a weapon like the various shotguns you can equip in that slot would be that it’s also not an on-demand source of HP like lunchbox items. So, you’re out of luck if there aren’t any healthpacks in line of sight, and you also can’t share the health (or ammo) you snatch with your teammates.

You also can’t use the device to obtain health or ammo from dispensers since the entire point of dispensers is that they’re supposed to be placed in safe, convenient locations you can camp next to.

The whole idea is to give heavy a primary that makes him a human projectile. As strange as that may seem, it might be just what the heavy needs to give him the variety he needs.

The stats would probably be like this:

+ 75% movement speed

No ammo

Primary fire: rev up a big ol’ nasty charge to shoot your self forwards

Secondary fire: store charge (depleates 2% per second)

Rev time: 4 seconds

When charging: 90% damage reduction, immunity to air blasts, and no way to stop manually. Meaning that you need to finish your charge or hit something to stop yourself.

-50% health

10% bullet vulnerability

N o r a n d o m c r i t i c a l h i t s.