After much soul searching I’ve decided to piss off everyone by disabling the Chargin’ Targe. The nerf just wasn’t enough. It’s still broken.
In fact the whole weapon is broken. Which is surprising because you would have thought Valve learned it’s lesson from the pyro update fiasco. Health buffs are not good for TF2.
Now, before you start flipping out that the Targe isn’t a health buff, remember damage reduction IS a health buff. It’s the worst kind of health buff because it’s hidden. Even worse it’s a health buff versus certain classes. The whole thing is just stupid!
In fact the Targe should be a hat, the charge ability should be applied to the Eyelander, which in turn should loose it’s head collecting buff (though the head meter should stay), and look all problems solved. Balance is returned to the universe. Hell, I bet people would start using the Scottish Resistance (which should have been the Secondary Un-lockable in the fist place.)
So, I’m running a mod that disables the Targe and we’ll see how it goes.
-YellowDeath
Does that mean Blue will stop being a raging asshole and start playing soldier again?
That was 75% of my reasoning… *wink *wink