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I had a silly idea back when the Uber Update released TWO soldier packs. It started with "well wow, soldier has a lot of options now!" and turned into "soldier has so many options, you could have an entire class system revolving around him!"
And indeed, you can.
The following is the Soldier Wars Community Game Mode - a game mode I cooked up in about 5 minutes, where the goals of the map are exactly the same, but you are only allowed to use the Soldier Class, and in certain predefined loadouts. I encourage any owners of servers to help me get this mode popular by endorsing or even enforcing it on their servers.
[B][I]The rules are as follows:[/I][/B]
[B]1) [/B]You must use the Soldier class.
[B]2)[/B] You may only use one of the predefined loadouts below.
[B]3)[/B] KICK SOME ♥♥♥!
[B]4)[/B] Server owners may even place "class limits" on certain loadouts, if necessary. Up to you!
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[B][U]The Soldier's "classes" are as follows:[/U][/B]
[B]The Stock Soldier[/B]
[I]Your average Joe, good for everything a soldier should be good for.[/I]
Rocket Launcher
Shotgun
Shovel
[B]The Snapshot[/B]
[I]Hits hard and helps the rest of the team to hit harder.[/I]
Direct Hit
Buff Banner
Equalizer (if this ever goes SPLIT - see beta - use the Power var)
[B]The Tank[/B]
[I]Possesses all the tools for survival, and can even give the team a defensive buff.[/I]
Black Box
Battalion's Backup
Equalizer (if this ever goes SPLIT - see beta - use the SPEED var)
[B]The Support[/B]
[I]Has everything a good pseudo-medic needs to give the team a little encouraging.[/I]
Rocket Launcher
The Concheror
Disciplinary Action
[B]The Blitzer[/B]
[I]Great for getting places and getting things done, fast.[/I]
Liberty Launcher
Gunboats
Pain Train
[B]The Jarring Jumper[/B] -A possibility suggested by Polendino. Thanks!
[I]An aerial acrobat, preferring to get right up into the other team's face. Literally.[/I]
Rocket Jumper
Mantreads
Market Gardener
[B]The Anti-Air[/B]
[I]The team's expert ordnance anti-air sniper. He's a powerhouse when used correctly.[/I]
Direct Hit
Reserve Shooter
Market Gardener
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At one point, someone suggested that, for the sake of class identification, hats could be assigned to the loadout selections to help distinguish them. This would not work without a mod, thanks to the rarity of hats, but... assuming we have mod capabilities on our side, these are the hat assignments:
[B]The Stock Soldier:[/B] [I]Stock Helmet[/I]
[B]The Snapshot:[/B] [I]Killer's Kabuto[/I]
[B]The Tank: [/B][I]Grenadier's Softcap[/I]
[B]The Support:[/B] [I]Honcho's Headgear[/I]
[B]The Blitzer:[/B] [I]Hero's Hachimaki[/I]
[B]The Jumper:[/B] [I]Stainless Pot[/I]
[B]The Anti Air:[/B] [I]Jumper's Jeepcap[/I]
Tell me what you think! I'd love it if people tried this out and gave me their feedback. This would make a great community event, or even a new game mode (the title was a joke at the time, but who knows!).
I don't think I missed any great combination of loadouts, without running into serious overlap - I wanted them to be pretty much different from each other. However, if you really feel I missed something, feel free to suggest it. It should be really good, fit well with the game mode, and not blatantly overlap with other setups, though.
Enjoy! Let the Soldier Wars begin!
(This thread is also in the Soldier forums)
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TL;DR, the Soldier has enough items to make classes out of himself. Now there's a community gamemode for it!
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Interesting idea, not sure if it'll be enjoyable though, I don't see anyone using the Jumper for example, maybe only for goofy purposes
[QUOTE=MrParalegal;30933647]Interesting idea, not sure if it'll be enjoyable though[/QUOTE]
Jumper will most likely > everything else
This would be entertaining in arena mode.
[QUOTE=Caturday Yet?;30933655]Jumper will most likely > everything else[/QUOTE]
Yeah I got a bit confused until I looked at the ''classes'' again.
This seems like an interesting idea.
I like the sound of everything except that to keep my Soldier's appearance as a Steel Ronin I need to use the Direct Hit over the Rocky.
Make sure they have specific hats that are very noticable
So you can tell which is which
Sucks that only the Stock Soldier has shotgun. Most of the launcher unlocks need it because of less ammo/no splash
I'd really like this. Miscs would make identification easier, provided we could maybe have a server-side skin that changes a medal or something to a class specific item. I have no idea on how TF2's skinning or modeling works, so it might be just a bad idea.
That's a very good idea. But I think you should actually have a possibility to change your melee as a stock soldier. I always play vanila soldier but I always have Equalizer with myself. I think it's a great replacement for shovel.
[QUOTE=Sgt.Romano_O;30934951]That's a very good idea. But I think you should actually have a possibility to change your melee as a stock soldier. I always play vanila soldier but I always have Equalizer with myself. I think it's a great replacement for shovel.[/QUOTE]
It's basically a straight upgrade from the shovel.
The tank is actually usually my default soldier layout. :v:
Holy shit this is awesome.
No Rocketlauncher, Gunboats, Equalizer for me
aww I got a bit excited, I thought this was a new gamemode just released judging by the title, but its just an idea for one :(
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