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Because It's Fun!

12 (70.6%)

I'm In It To Win It!

5 (29.4%)

Total Members Voted: 17

[Mongrel]

Also, soldier is fun because SMEDLEY D. BUTLER.

I thought it was the spy that was the conspiracy nut class....

BAH! I WILL CHARGE THIS HILLTOP FORTRESS MYSELF THEN, PRIVATE TWINKLE-TOES.

[Bongo Bill]

Good times as Soldier happen frequently. Victory sometimes follows, sometimes does not.

Good times as Demoman happen unintentionally and always follows usefulness.

[Doom]

why is there poll here

I'm curious!

I consider Soldier and Demo to be criminally boring so I was wondering how the rest of you think. I will ONLY play Soldier or Demo to very specifically win the round.

[Smiler]

Soldier is a fun class to play if all you want to do is run slow and blow everyone up. Demoman is great to show off how good you are at blowing people up. They are both very solid classes when it comes to killing.

[Niku]

I used to think Soldier was pretty boring but I've taken more of a shine to him over the past few months.

demoman is still the worst class

[Doom]

Soldier is a fun class to play if all you want to do is run slow and blow everyone up. Demoman is great to show off how good you are at blowing people up. They are both very solid classes when it comes to killing.

I have the pretty unique problem of finding certain methods of killing to be too easy. Playing dedicated Demo or Soldier is like flipping on a Game Genie.

[Defenestration]

I'm unsure how to respond. I love being a soldier, but I hate being a demoman. If you see me as a demo, you know there's some shit that's not getting done.

[Mongrel]

I'm unsure how to respond. I love being a soldier, but I hate being a demoman. If you see me as a demo, you know there's some shit that's not getting done.

I don't even remember what your name is on Steam.

[Mongrel]

There's another reaon I like playing soldier: Typically, my favourite playstyle is VIKING BERZERKER CHARRRRRGE!!!. When I used to play Day of Defeat. I was the guy who'd throw two grenades, charge in afterwards guns blazing, nearly catching myself in my own 'nade blast. It's not just n00bish, I like that.

When you do this with a pyro, you're being a retard, when do that as a soldier, you're still a retard, but you're usually being useful SCREAMIN' EAGLES!!!1

Even when I go to the trouble of playing sneaky ambush soldier, it's just so I can gloriously charge the enemy from behind. The looks on people's faces when you do that keeps me warm at night.

[Defenestration]

I'm unsure how to respond. I love being a soldier, but I hate being a demoman. If you see me as a demo, you know there's some shit that's not getting done.

I don't even remember what your name is on Steam.

It's Defenestration. And yeah, I know I haven't played much. Lately I've only been in the mood to play at like, 4 in the morning my time before I go to bed.

God, my sleep schedule gets so fucked up.

[patito]

Soldiering can be pretty fun, what with the whole rocket jumping thing, but it really makes things too easy, I usually only soldier when I'm on a pretty terrible team and they need all the help they can get. When my team can manage all by itself I'll usually just go huntsman or spy more recently.

[Mongrel]

Say, one thing I've been meaning to ask about is heavy vs. soldier. I often come out poorly from these encounters, because I think my math is bad.

What are the optimal ratios of time (i.e before a heavy can spin up or if he already is)/distance (i.e. damage dropoff)/and damage (rockets vs 300 hp)? When and where is it a good idea to fire at a heavy directly and when and where is it a better idea to shoot once to throw someone off balance/juggle and find a better line of attack? Is skeet shooting/juggle the best option or should you try to go for the dome?

[patito]

If you're on a big open space, soldier has him beat pretty well, that's because heavy really isn't a long range class. Up close you're pretty boned. However, one of the really interesting things I found out is that as long as there's enough room behind you, if you're a soldier facing a heavy one of the better things to do is jump when he's firing, that way you get pushed back and if you had the misfortune of being close, you might even survive.

[Mongrel]

Yeah, I think I try to get too close, because I normally don't mind sacrificing health to compensate for rockets' damage dropoff.

Also because 'roughly midrange' is typically the default 'best' range for soldier.

[James Edward Smith]

You can't bounce a spinning heavy, so that makes them an annoying class for Soldiers. Plus, the Soldier's nemesis, the medic, loves healing heavies. Try to kill the medic and enlist teamates to finish off the heavy in most cases.

[Mongrel]

You can't bounce a spinning heavy, so that makes them an annoying class for Soldiers. Plus, the Soldier's nemesis, the medic, loves healing heavies. Try to kill the medic and enlist teamates to finish off the heavy in most cases.

This is actually what I sort of try to do if I see a medic-heavy combo, though my playstyle is more "ignore or play around the heavy and try and kill the medic, then pray my teammates clan up the mess if any are around", since targeting the heavy in that combo is both suicidal and retarded.

I mean, that kind of seems like a no-brainer to me: Killing the medic breaks up a two-man offensive whereas lobbing rockets at a medic'd heavy just feeds an Uber is a rule you (should) learn the first day you play. Of course, this is where to make the crack about common sense not being so common.

[Mongrel]

One thing I wish I was better at was DEATH FROM ABOVE, where you rocket jump mid-battle and rain down rockets from above. The few times I've pulled it off properly, It's been pretty spectacularly effective.

And god DAMN is it ever fun to do well.