Comments on: Heroes Of Medicine

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:04:50 +0000

Oh dear. Images of doooom here. If you need a test page for layout changes, I think this is it.

By: Zig13

Zig13 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:02:36 +0000

EVERYONE must watch ‘Meet the Sandvich’

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:15 +0000

Completely off-topic but FUCK, Badwater Basin on defense spy owns all.
Seriously, I was getting like 7 people in a row and living to get some more later. And I’m a shit spy.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:08:44 +0000

I’m with the Doc: sticking with one player doesn’t have to prevent you from tending to the incandescent and badly wounded when he’s not in immediate need of healbeams. But for the partnership to be truly devastating, it’s best that the Medic not run off to oblige unseen Medic-callers, spend ubers elsewhere, or prioritise anyone else while the main patient is under fire. I think even when you’re doing more healing and saving more lives that way, it’s no substitute for the backbone that a loyal partnership provides the whole team. Even with a mediocre Heavy, a good Medic can turn that duo into something unstoppable.

By: Lukasa

Lukasa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:23:59 +0000

Stepping into the fray, I think Devenger kinda has a point here. As a long-time medic player, I find that I’m much more effective if I spread the heals around a lot. I always designate a ‘main’ heal target, as one to keep my gun on in an idle moment or to have the main heals on in a firefight.

But, if I ever see an injured player, I consider it my duty to, at the very least, heal them to the point where they can continue to fight. If I have time, I’ll buff them as well. Furthermore, in a moment where there are several of my team around, but no enemies, you’ll find me buffing everyone but my main heal target, as he will have my heal ray on him from the moment the dooky hits the fan.

This behaviour tends to worry the guy who I was healing, as I am actually often NOT healing him. But, if there are two heavies in front of me, and only one of them is getting hurt, I should be healing that guy, regardless of who my ‘heal target’ is. Any medic who could easily have helped someone live and lets them die should be furious with himself.

Also, while I’m on the topic: scouts need to stop jumping around if they want heals. Stand still so I can target you, foo’s.

By: Heavy

Heavy — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:31:14 +0000

Where is new post, sandvich?! MEEDDDIIIC!!

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:02:43 +0000

I dunno Devenger, I think those two styles are perfectly compatible. I’ll wait at spawn for hitters I know can and will protect me, but if they’re buffed or not under fire I heal everyone around me. This turns the two of us into a flash point for a rolling offense; people quickly learn that if they follow us around, health and backup are always close at hand.

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:12:02 +0000

Woo, I got mentioned. Also you’re right, I do love my Kritz. I still can’t believe that time when we emerged round a corner on Badwater, perfect Kritz and then… BOOM! We both blew up, that made me sad. Still, that was a good game.

By: Devenger

Devenger — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:47:54 +0000

I have to disagree with the style this post encourages.

As Medic, loyalty should be based on situation. If your team has a low turnover rate and isn’t suicidal (especially when playing defense), favour healing injured retreaters more (when there’s enough of them) and pass buffs to classes who need them, like Soldiers, Demomen and Heavies, when there’s no injured in range, whilst getting towards the injured. A team that spends no time hunting medkits is a confident, fast-moving team who is applying the most damage per player possible, and a team with high enough morale not to get broken and play Engineer if they lose a couple of points. Do multi-ubers on the attack to get everyone confident and surprise the enemy.

If you do get stuck with a team of suicidal Pyros, Heavies and Soldiers, yes, it’s time to apply favouritism. Never miss a MEDIC! call, but never shy from combat either unless our heal target is dead. And tow a Kritz to give a faster, less team-requiring edge onto two-man attacks.

Ah damnit, I did the long part-post comment thing again. Forgive me. Medics who won’t leave their Heavy make me angry. ;(

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:25:11 +0000

I should find whatever server you play on. The people sound like fun!

Roburky, I love that comment. I nominate it for best comment ever.

By: Connor D

Connor D — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:33:53 +0000

I had quite a good run with you the other day actually Tom. Nice tight round on Goldrush where at the second stage we timed an uber with another Heavy & Medic combo, which climaxed with us winning the round. Unfortunately though, not winning stage three, cause not enough people would PUSH LEETLE CART.

By: Inferno

Inferno — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:16:08 +0000

Good ol’ Roburky.

By: Chijts

Chijts — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:02:31 +0000

Awesome pictures man. I especially like Lack_26’s.

By: Newt Pulsifer

Newt Pulsifer — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:16:58 +0000

@Arse
Oh, come on!! This picture of the heavy+sandvich is 1337% leet!

By: Rosti

Rosti — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:42 +0000

I’ve found a whole new love for the Kritz if only because it makes sense to defensively lay an Uber-equivalent on a heavy. Up ’til now I’ve had a bad habit of earning a charge with a heavy before finding a more fragile (preferably high scoring) player to make invulnerable for a breakthrough. Which is to say, on an individual level my medic style is mercenary but at least the whole team gets dem healz.

On the flip side, I can totally agree that being a heavy is so much easier with a medic in tow, and not just for the “I AM BULLET PROOF” sound bite. The whole game shifts from one of careful planning to rolling over anyone foolishly wanting to be in sight of you.

By: Arse

Arse — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:11:48 +0000

Worst James post ever.

By: Newt Pulsifer

Newt Pulsifer — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:48 +0000

You make good blog!
Damn, hope your overload errors have gone.

By: spuzman00

spuzman00 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:14:56 +0000

dartt: That’s a great idea, but it would totally screw me up whenever I play medic, because I would end up going around high-fiving everybody and not actually getting anything done.

By: roburky

roburky — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:54:50 +0000

That’s what I thought, Sam. Then I turned around one day to see Pentadact charging over my medic’s corpse with crackling glowing boxing gloves and a face of absolute rage.

By: dartt

dartt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:52:56 +0000

I love playing medic, it’s got a somewhat relaxing quality to the way it flows. Trotting along behind your big daddy and spotting the corners to stand behind, the angles of attack to defend yourself from. I’ve come to liken it to Geometry Wars in that you swoop from clear space to cover until your earn your screen bomb, the ubercharge/kritzkrieg, and wipe out everything in sight.

One of the future updates should definately include a buddy taunt so the medic and heavy can stand among the dead and give each other a high five.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:25 +0000

I prefer ubering pyros, nothing is as scary as an ubered pyro right in the middle of your entire team.

By: Dante

Dante — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:09:17 +0000

Clearly I haven’t been playing Medic enough lately.

Not that I’d be on here if I did, as I rarely stick with one player through thick and thin. In fact my medic playstyle would be best described as ‘cowardice’

By: roburky

roburky — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:23:58 +0000

Best James post ever.