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[Chicken Soup]

Something I noticed yesterday. It seems that quote's/curly's sword ammo doesn't decrease, no matter how fast it's fired. I fired some at the ground in front of me just to get the fastest throwing/shooting rate, and his ammo meter just decreases a little and springs right back. It's like he/she has infinite ammo.

Btw, I was playing on beta servers yesterday. Is it still possible to play in them right now?

It's a damage overheat. When the meter fills or drains or whatever, you do less damage.

[Waterfall]

Woops, Soup ninja

w/e

The q/c ammo thing is taking some getting used to, but I'll have the hang of it eventually.

Other than that, I'm loving all of this so far.

Quote doesn't actually have ammo, does he? For me he still fires at the same rates no matter what level of ammo he is at.

It lowers the amount of damage he does.

And I love the generator sprites.

[obesity]

What issue does overheat address?

[Chicken Soup]

What issue does overheat address?

Same as does ammo. Spamming.

[obesity]

So that means if a soldier fires a rocket when he is not fully loaded, each rocket will deal less damage?

[Chicken Soup]

So that means if a soldier fires a rocket when he is not fully loaded, each rocket will deal less damage?

No, that's only for quote. The other classes have a typical reload or overheat.

[obesity]

Effect of Overheat and Reload on Classes (these will indicate my current assumptions and questions to you)

Quote: Each successive sword deals less damage. But when does the sword damage return back to the original?
Scout: All of his shots will deal the same damage if fired at the same range, and he just has to reload his shots. Shooting 6 fully loaded shots is much faster than shooting 6 shots that were the first to be reloaded.
Soldier: All of his rockets deal the same damage if they hit the opponent in exactly the same way (direct hit or splash at a certain place). Reloading principle is same as the scout's.
Pyro: So let's say we start with a full meter. I go right up to someone, like a heavy, and flame him until my tank is empty. Is my damage per second uniform from when my tank was full to when my tank was empty? When reloading, do I do less damage per second?
Heavy: Same questions as the pyro's.
Demoman: Same questions as the soldier's.
Engineer: Same question as the scout's.
Sniper: Each shot, if of similar charge, will deal exactly the same damage?
Spy: All revolver shots deal the same damage?
Medic: Does every successive needle deal the same damage?

Thanks

[Chicken Soup]

Everyone's damage is linear. Except quote. His is linked to the bar. I haven't used him, so I don't know how the overlay looks, but when it returns to the default, you do default damage.

[Psychopath]

Effect of Overheat and Reload on Classes (these will indicate my current assumptions and questions to you)

Quote: Each successive sword deals less damage. But when does the sword damage return back to the original?
Scout: All of his shots will deal the same damage if fired at the same range, and he just has to reload his shots. Shooting 6 fully loaded shots is much faster than shooting 6 shots that were the first to be reloaded.
Soldier: All of his rockets deal the same damage if they hit the opponent in exactly the same way (direct hit or splash at a certain place). Reloading principle is same as the scout's.
Pyro: So let's say we start with a full meter. I go right up to someone, like a heavy, and flame him until my tank is empty. Is my damage per second uniform from when my tank was full to when my tank was empty? When reloading, do I do less damage per second?
Heavy: Same questions as the pyro's.
Demoman: Same questions as the soldier's.
Engineer: Same question as the scout's.
Sniper: Each shot, if of similar charge, will deal exactly the same damage?
Spy: All revolver shots deal the same damage?
Medic: Does every successive needle deal the same damage?

Thanks

All classes have a reload mechanic. Quote/Curly is the ONLY one with damage altering mechanics related to a meter. The rifle has a charge, damage is proportional to charge.

[Agh]

I think it was a bad idea and will cause a lot of confusion in the future.

[obesity]

I get it now ^_^

[Silent Boom]

The end of spam 

[Rock]

The end of spam 

not true. Now it's called team spam waves

[Chris P. Bacon]

Sorry for some incoherent posts.  I was overwhelmed with work/messages/helping noobs/etc and completely lost track of what was going on.  Should have an updated test with suggestions/fixes implemented in the near future.

[NAGN]

P. S. if you have too many servers when you need to scroll, after you ping the servers, you can't use the buttons