[quote=548241]So, you get a damage increase on flames with the degreaser on TWO fronts. (The falloff and the original damage amount.)
You get faster weapon switch than before (The nerf to the degreaser doesn\'t offset the weapon switch speed change.)
But because you now can only airblast 8 times instead of 10 the class is nerfed to the ground.
Give me a fucking break.
Pyro mains SMH TBH FAM[/quote]
If I\'m not mistaken the falloff change only applies to stock. Also the degreaser nerf means that it\'s slower to switch out of it than before, even with the base switch speed buff. It is however faster to switch back to it from secondary or melee. So comboing will be harder (goreston told me that you can only flarepunch a pyro in very specific conditions) but it\'s easier to weapon heckle a soldier by baiting him with the shotgun and then reflect the rocket he shoots.
But I mostly agree with you, it feels like the message Valve is sending with this update is \"W+M1 is the way we want pyro to be played\" so we buff flamethrower damage and tone down the degreaser combos just enough that it\'s probably better to either shotgun or walk forward and honk the horn.
with the P.S. that if shotgun was the meta before, now it\'s completely unquestionable.
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