Demoman new weapon for TF2

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#1 kozzy1234
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The first of the 7 new weapons for Soldier/Demo has been announced...

The Demomen now get a Sword and shield that they can use instead of the sticky's!

Valve is so awesome, I love how they keep bringing these great ideas and updates to TF2.

I cant wait to see what the other 2 Demo's new weapons are and also what the 3 or 4 Soldiers weapons will be!


Lads! Warriors! DEMOMEN! As I look out at ye with me tear-stained eye, I see the BEST BLOODY ****on the battlefield! No other ****can deny it. They cannot stand against us man to man. Oh no. So they wheedle and deceive their way into our confidence, just to drive a shovel straight into our great, trustin' Achilles bloody hearts.


THIS WEEK, lads, we have been granted the opportunity for revenge—against our crew-cutted betrayer, against Brutus Benedict Arnold Judas Bloody Iscariot himself: the SOLDIER! Every Soldier who dies by a Demoman's hand will be noted in the annals of war. And at the END of this week, when the smoke clears and the dead are tallied, it will be the Demomen who emerge as the most LETHAL BLOODY KILLERS the Soldier's ever made the great mistake of crossin'!

The Soldier may take our LIVES, mates. They may betray us and they may break our hearts. But they will never take our SATISFACTION. When WE are given an EXCLUSIVE, SECRET EXTRA WEAPON UNLOCK that could have gone to them. And when they look BACK on this week, they will wonder: "Could I have fought HARDER? Could I have killed MORE?" And the answer is: Yes, you bloody well could have. AND THE OUTCOME WOULD STILL BE THE BLOODY SAME.

To war, my loyal Demos! To blood and scotch and bombs! To the death of our betrayers and the sobbin' sound of their dyin' regrets! TO WARRRRRRR!

The Eye lander

The Eyelander holds to a principle all one-eyed Scotsmen with no depth perception have known for years: you don't kill a man by mucking about with rifles, arrows, rocks, or other long-distance rubbish. You kill him by grabbing the biggest bloody sword you can find, running up nice and close to him, and chopping the dumb bastard's head off.

Made with pattern-welded Damascus steel, this melee-slot weapon offers a guaranteed decapitation with every killing blow. Unfortunately, because it's haunted, it will suck away some of your soul: expect a decrease in your max health at the outset. However, once the blade feeds on neck, you'll receive a boost in max health and speed. With each new protesting head you cleave (up to four), you'll get healthier and faster.

The Eyelander will not deal critical hits unless used in conjunction with the Chargin' Targe's charge ability.

The Chargin Targe

The Chargin' Targe solves a centuries-old Scottish riddle, which is that shields exist. True, the shield might block the occasional sword blow. However, they are essentially weapons to be used for hiding behind, and this is a concept the average Scotsman does not understand. "If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword," a Scotsman thinks. "And surely that is madness." The Chargin' Targe solves this riddle by turning the useless shield into a deadly weapon you can run at people with and then bludgeon to death.

The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return, especially when used with the Eyelander. Just equipping the Chargin' Targe provides automatic +50% fire damage resistance and +65% blast damage resistance. But the Chargin' Targe's main perk lies in its name. Alt-firing will hurtle you toward an enemy at a punishingly damaging high speed (far faster than a Scout can manage).

Charging also boosts the lethality of your melee weapon. Land a melee hit during a medium length charge and you'll be guaranteed a mini-crit. Land a hit during a long distance charge, and your victim will receive devastating full crit damage.

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#2 Yoshi25
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I like!

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#3 naval
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Really, it is pretty amazing support and with stuff like this and crafting, I feel we got a new version of TF 2 for free because of all the updates
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#4 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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lol, that is awesome beyond words. wonder what the soldier will get, meybe a guided missile?

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#5 Agent_Kaliaver
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This makes me want to play a demoman now. Hopefully what the soldier gets will be me with him.
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#6 Planeforger
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I thought the soldier might get a cavalry sabre or something, but it suits the demoman so much more. This basically creates an entirely new class - awesome! :P

*edit*

We can also see part of the third weapon in the comic - the Sco-?? Res-??

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#7 Swiftstrike5
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I think they're trying to appeal to people who want to play a dedicated melee class (besides spy).

Although, it sounds somewhat overpowered and somewhat useless at the same time. Get one kill and you have more health and can probably run as fast as any other class. Charge lets you get in close quickly for that first kill. Get 4 kills and you're probably a god on rollerskates. You also remove the demoman's ability to take out sentries, which kinda makes it underpowered in some respects.

My guess is people will use the sword and the stickybomb launcher, which will provide the health/speed bonuses, but maintain the OP nature of the demoman. Unless valve is finally planning to nerf 'winbombs.'

Valve's immagination is pretty cool too. I think they enjoy working on TF2.

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Can't wait for the Engineer update.
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#9 mrbojangles25
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this is awesome

but I still cant get over the fact that he is a black Scotsman. Too funny.

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#10 fudgeblood
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this is awesome

but I still cant get over the fact that he is a black Scotsman. Too funny.

mrbojangles25

And a cyclops. :P

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#11 Dante2710
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Did the demo man win? WTF
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#12 DanielDust
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Did the demo man win? WTF Dante2710
Faaaar from it, they're just announcing the first 3 weapons. But I assume the 4th crate is there just in case since they obviously finished all the comics for this update quite a while ago, even tho he might not win, the same with the soldier (tho he will win :P).
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#13 Dante2710
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[QUOTE="Dante2710"]Did the demo man win? WTF DanielDust
Faaaar from it, they're just announcing the first 3 weapons. But I assume the 4th crate is there just in case since they obviously finished all the comics for this update quite a while ago, even tho he might not win, the same with the soldier (tho he will win :P).

yah, i was about to go on a rampage on TF2, knowing the soldier had a lead over 200k+ kills :lol:
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#14 Shatilov
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not complaining, but how can they fit a sword & shield into this guns & bombs game ?
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#15 monkeymoose5000
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The charging sounds like it was borrowed from Left 4 Dead 2. You know, from the charger?
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#16 DanielDust
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The charging sounds like it was borrowed from Left 4 Dead 2. You know, from the charger?monkeymoose5000
So, everything that is related to charge comes from L4D 2 now?
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#17 Masculus
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Awesome! I have to reinstall TF2!

DEMOMANS ASSEMBLE! BLOW UP ALL SOLDIERS!

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#18 Varny
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That weapon sucks....

I want Demoman to have things to do with his frigging name and not a sword.

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#19 DanielDust
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That weapon sucks....

I want Demoman to have things to do with his frigging name and not a sword.

Varny

Because a bottle has something to do with a demoman, right? He's Scottish of course they'd make a sword for him.

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#20 OoSuperMarioO
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this is awesome

but I still cant get over the fact that he is a black Scotsman. Too funny.

mrbojangles25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZaeL5tgxbQ&

I can image servers dedicated for Sword and Shield play, lol...

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#21 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

this is awesome

but I still cant get over the fact that he is a black Scotsman. Too funny.

OoSuperMarioO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZaeL5tgxbQ&

I can image servers dedicated for Sword and Shield play, lol...

ahhhhhh Legion of Doom...that takes me back to the good ol' days.

and yea, sword and shield-only servers would be pretty crazy

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#22 kozzy1234
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Great addition, Demo needed a close quarters weapon.

We Love You Valve!!!!!!! :P

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#23 AAllxxjjnn
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hahah, that's awesome, a claymore.
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#24 MrLions
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lol, that is awesome beyond words. wonder what the soldier will get, meybe a guided missile?

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Oh he'll get the sword of azeroth an the scout will get the azeroth warglaive it's going to give +agility and +40 haste rating
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#25 Drazule
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So do you need both of them, or can you have just one?

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#26 REforever101
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well you know, the targe and sword count as TWO of demo's unlocks. he's only got one more waiting for him (he's certainly gonna lose the war so he's not getting a fourth)

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#27 REforever101
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That weapon sucks....

I want Demoman to have things to do with his frigging name and not a sword.

Varny

yea, it doesnt really fit. but it essentially creates a pure melee character which is something tf2 has always been unfortunately lacking. i approve though, i do hope his third unlock will actually be fitting

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#28 OBLOK
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Am i reading this part wrong? "The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return etc.." ?

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#29 bionicle_lover
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im excited for it but kinda disappointed taht the second unlockable was a shield. my reason for wanting the soldier to get the new weapon is that he has one less explosive weapon.... but i guess i was assuming too much XP anyway, i hope valve will release the 4th demo weapon with the next class update cause i mean, they already created it... why waste genius :'(?
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#30 Deadly_Fatalis
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Am i reading this part wrong? "The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return etc.." ?

OBLOK
Its basically turning the demo into a melee oriented character. We'll have to see what the 3rd item is going to be.
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#31 DanielDust
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[QUOTE="OBLOK"]

Am i reading this part wrong? "The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return etc.." ?

Deadly_Fatalis
Its basically turning the demo into a melee oriented character. We'll have to see what the 3rd item is going to be.

what about the 2nd? ;) Anyway, I really want to see the soldier update I also can't wait to see the comic :).
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[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"][QUOTE="OBLOK"]

Am i reading this part wrong? "The targe replaces your tried-and-true sticky bomb launcher, but offers some unique capabilities in return etc.." ?

DanielDust
Its basically turning the demo into a melee oriented character. We'll have to see what the 3rd item is going to be.

what about the 2nd? ;) Anyway, I really want to see the soldier update I also can't wait to see the comic :).

not sure if this is sarcasm cause of the winky face ( >: ( ) but the shield might be the second weapon
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#33 Aspetto
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not complaining, but how can they fit a sword & shield into this guns & bombs game ?Shatilov

Simple, really. There's already sandwiches, jars of piss and energy drinks that make you run like Speedy Gonzales himself. :)

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#34 DanielDust
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This is, like they said, a kit, so for me it counts as a single weapon, because I'm sure they'll release the extra weapon for the demoman too, they won't be able to stop the rage, like they did before and they wouldn't waste their hard work anyway.