Firebug: The unbelievably powerful perk no one uses

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weeman2412

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I think you have not played firebug too much. I can kill scrakes with Flamethrower or mac-10, using at about 10 ammo from mac and about 20 from FT. You just need some space to move. And if something goes wrong, you always have teamnates to rely on, and you always had! Firebug should not kill Scrakes, but if I need to kill it, I will kill it, and it is not so hard. For me mac-10 is for long range, FT is when big group is very close to me, or I need to clear the way in the hallway. So I play firebug with MAC-10 and FT, and have no problem with it at all. Oh, BTW, using xbow is for noobs only. Thanks for reading this

You really need to learn reading comprehension.. I never said scrakes are unkillable with a flamethrower or Mac-10.. in fact I even mentioning that the mac10 are crazy broken just because the amount of DOT damage they deal is insane..

Flamethrowers suck because they basically blind the vision of EVERYONE on your team.. So I figure you must be one of those idiots that spam the flamethrower like crazy and rage the FP/scrake "by accident".. that is also another reason flamethrowers suck...

Oh you also must be one of those people that say random stuff based on hearsay and actually never tried it before.. either that or you never played on suicidal 6 man... xbow has 40 shots... and a single miss can rage a scrake/fleshpound and thus getting you killed.. PRO's when playing "for serious" always have a crossbow because it is the most optimal and efficient weapon... it also helps other sharpshooters on your team..

Only noobs use stupid selfish weapons like the flamethrower that most of the time ruins others players vision.. and ultimately kill the entire team..
 
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nutterbutter

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Flamethrowers suck because they basically blind the vision of EVERYONE on your team..

Flamethrowers are extremely efficient and powerful and only blind the team when used improperly.

PRO's when playing "for serious" always have a crossbow because it is the most optimal and efficient weapon...

Pro's? Sorry, "PRO's?" Really?

Only noobs use stupid selfish weapons like the flamethrower that most of the time ruins others players vision.. and ultimately kill the entire team..

So now flamers are noobs. Sure.
 

timur

FNG / Fresh Meat
Oh you also must be one of those people that say random stuff based on hearsay and actually never tried it before.. either that or you never played on suicidal 6 man... xbow has 40 shots... and a single miss can rage a scrake/fleshpound and thus getting you killed.. PRO's when playing "for serious" always have a crossbow because it is the most optimal and efficient weapon... it also helps other sharpshooters on your team..

Only noobs use stupid selfish weapons like the flamethrower that most of the time ruins others players vision.. and ultimately kill the entire team..

Hehehehe.........not for long, they won't:D
 

Compass

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Aug 30, 2010
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Hey, look, I don't read the beta patch notes regarding the upcoming major league nerf for the crossbow!
 

thomsone

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Dec 14, 2010
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Thanks for a nice topic,... i play as firebug too,its my favorite class and i love him :)...
*PS: I like Team Fortress Pyro when i play as firebug :D
 

BulkZerker

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Dec 17, 2010
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You really need to learn reading comprehension.. I never said scrakes are unkillable with a flamethrower or Mac-10.. in fact I even mentioning that the mac10 are crazy broken just because the amount of DOT damage they deal is insane..

Flamethrowers suck because they basically blind the vision of EVERYONE on your team.. So I figure you must be one of those idiots that spam the flamethrower like crazy and rage the FP/scrake "by accident".. that is also another reason flamethrowers suck...

Oh you also must be one of those people that say random stuff based on hearsay and actually never tried it before.. either that or you never played on suicidal 6 man... xbow has 40 shots... and a single miss can rage a scrake/fleshpound and thus getting you killed.. PRO's when playing "for serious" always have a crossbow because it is the most optimal and efficient weapon... it also helps other sharpshooters on your team..

Only noobs use stupid selfish weapons like the flamethrower that most of the time ruins others players vision.. and ultimately kill the entire team..

And you sound like one of those 12 year olds that plays Bad Company 2, sits on wookie hill with a Mortar strike, a M85, and the explosives perk. And never EVER spots.

"Ohh the fire blinds me!"

Well your blind for 1 of 3 reasons more than likely

1. TURN DON YOUR GAMMA! Problem solved! This is a dark game, quick jacking gamma up so you can see every little dark dank corner like the sun itself is shining into it.

2. Your surrounded enough the firebug wants to spray down the area so you can breathe. Thank him for letting you stay scoped with your precious XB.

3. The person's a noob, stop playing hard servers. L1's go in there, get wiped, rage. This happens at least twice per map with at least 1 noob.

Also this "for serious" BS is old. I'm getting so sick of 3+ sharpshooters on almost every server. I thank god when someone goes medic, and I praise the clouds of death when someone goes demo. Stoop *****ing about what other classes do that reduce your precious half map headshooting abilities and learn to CQB.

Don't care what anyone says Firebug is a great, but it has a higher class floor than anyone but maybe Berzerker. People need to understand this. A good firebug is an awesome asset because he does the job of a demo without smoke, (yes spammed M32 is annoying, but it isn't gonna wipe your team unless he's done this to all sides of the entire team) and the DOT is awesome for softening up everything. Making your job easier.
 
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JKRevan

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Jan 24, 2011
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altho i just recebntly completed all maps on normal (and prepped for stepping up) and am a lv 3 FB

i dont buy the flamer till well.. wave 5 or 6 (when scrakes show up)
here's what i do, i buy the mac-10, semi auto, and ONE bullet per specimen, anything below bloat dies horribly before they even get to me, and husks.. well. husks just demand they get set alight more times (i understand that this shall change)

i avoid scrakes and FPs, unless theyre away (scrake only) or raged (both), in such case, i lay down the burnination with the flamer and make them suffer a warm death...


also, i found that the flamer is unbelievably awesome vs the patriarch...
 

DDC1234

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Jan 20, 2011
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Everyone says play the firebug like a medic.
Will test it out since i like playing the medic.
Will also try the stuff on the first post.
Also read everything till here funny argument between nutter and evil
 

outofrealman

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Oct 29, 2009
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And you sound like one of those 12 year olds that plays Bad Company 2, sits on wookie hill with a Mortar strike, a M85, and the explosives perk. And never EVER spots.

"Ohh the fire blinds me!"

Well your blind for 1 of 3 reasons more than likely

1. TURN DON YOUR GAMMA! Problem solved! This is a dark game, quick jacking gamma up so you can see every little dark dank corner like the sun itself is shining into it.

2. Your surrounded enough the firebug wants to spray down the area so you can breathe. Thank him for letting you stay scoped with your precious XB.

3. The person's a noob, stop playing hard servers. L1's go in there, get wiped, rage. This happens at least twice per map with at least 1 noob.

Also this "for serious" BS is old. I'm getting so sick of 3+ sharpshooters on almost every server. I thank god when someone goes medic, and I praise the clouds of death when someone goes demo. Stoop *****ing about what other classes do that reduce your precious half map headshooting abilities and learn to CQB.

Don't care what anyone says Firebug is a great, but it has a higher class floor than anyone but maybe Berzerker. People need to understand this. A good firebug is an awesome asset because he does the job of a demo without smoke, (yes spammed M32 is annoying, but it isn't gonna wipe your team unless he's done this to all sides of the entire team) and the DOT is awesome for softening up everything. Making your job easier.


GAMMA? Even I am using the DEFALT setting, a burning clot totally block the hallway of biolab. Even a scrake is right behind that clot, you cant see it before the clot drop or freak out.
 

Krieg Jaeger

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Jun 21, 2009
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Honestly the effectiveness of the firebug depends on the skill and loadouts of the rest of the team.
Lighting up specimens with light taps here and there while being as efficient as possible doesn't do much when you have a commando with a SCAR simply headshotting everything with just as much efficiency and much quicker kills.

Alternatively when everyone is seemingly hell bent on killing everything small before it keels over from fire and largely ignoring the large zeds before they are T-bagging their partially nommed corpses there's not a lot you can do either.

Things generally turn out best when the team is smart enough to let the little zeds burn and focus on those that are singularly dangerous.
 
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Fish111

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Jan 25, 2011
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If you have someone else buying you weapons, I'd say hell on earth is always the best for leveling. If you don't then you have to find that balance between actually being able to afford your perks weapons, and then killing a ton of zeds with it...
 

noupperlobeman

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Dec 21, 2010
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Honestly the effectiveness of the firebug depends on the skill and loadouts of the rest of the team.
Lighting up specimens with light taps here and there while being as efficient as possible doesn't do much when you have a commando with a SCAR simply headshotting everything with just as much efficiency and much quicker kills.

Alternatively when everyone is seemingly hell bent on killing everything small before it keels over from fire and largely ignoring the large zeds before they are T-bagging their partially nommed corpses there's not a lot you can do either.

Things generally turn out best when the team is smart enough to let the little zeds burn and focus on those that are singularly dangerous.

I lold hard. Nice wording.

Still loving the firebug. It was my first level 6 perk.