Poll: Should the demoman have a pistol in Tf2?

[Nanissimov]

I noticed this one thing, i hate playing as demoman, Its because if everything goes snookaloopy im outta the grenades and the mines i just die, thats it, i dont like dieing and i think that the demoman should have a pistol.

Heres wat i mean, Lets say you just killed 3 people and now your running away from a scout or something you need something to shoot but your outta ammo, you should have a pistol to the least, or your very low on health and if you shoot a grenade youll kill yourself, I really think they should.

What do you think

Edit: Maybe a shotgun or something will do to but that would just over power him i think all he needs is a pistol.

 

[iJosh]

Maybe. Pistols are over rated.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Each class is supposed to have weaknesses. To give the demoman a pistol would remove his and make him unbalenced.

 

[Calobi]

If you're out of ammo, you're out of ammo. A pistol wouldn't help. Unless you mean another gun to complement the two grenade launchers. In which case, I don't think he needs one. His job is Demoman. He blows things up and that's it. Just my opinion, of course.

 

[cptjack42]

No, it would make it overpowered. It's one of the weaknesses of the Demoman; if you're confronted by someone close up, you're done for unless you're really good with grenades. The Demoman is already cheap enough with the remote mines, does it really need something else?

 

[ghostninja14]

just whip out your bottle

 

[Flying-Emu]

No, it would make it overpowered. It's one of the weaknesses of the Demoman; if you're confronted by someone close up, you're done for unless you're really good with grenades. The Demoman is already cheap enough with the remote mines, does it really need something else?

This man speaks the truth.

 

[Arcticflame]

I have never once wished for a pistol in my many hours playing a demoman.

 

[Kiutu]

Go back to base and re-supply. Or don't be a demoman. Be something you are better as.

 

[Acaroid]

Self destruct could be awsome, give it a nice little blast radius, could be interesting...

 

[YuheJi]

The whole point of TF2 is that no one class can do it all. There is plenty of metal to be picked up in TF2, so I have rarely have ammo problems. I really don't see what the purpose of adding a pistol would be.

 

[Agayek]

No. Just no.

The Demoman is fine as is. Stop failing with the grenade launcher and his weaknesses stop being an issue.

 

[megapenguinx]

Maybe you can have grenades that don't harm you, but are super weak. Would that balance the game play?

 

[Scarecrow38]

Maybe you can have grenades that don't harm you, but are super weak. Would that balance the game play?

What some people aren't figuring out is that every class is meant to have weaknesses. Each class has strengths too. None of the classes needs to be 'balanced'.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Self destruct could be awsome, give it a nice little blast radius, could be interesting...

HAHAHA, oh lord, I want that to be a "one day only" update just so we can try it out. You trigger the self-destruct by using his grenade launcher "kaboom!" taunt but instead of the happy face it's a bomb with a 3 second timer on it, and then...KABOOM!

 

[megapenguinx]

Maybe you can have grenades that don't harm you, but are super weak. Would that balance the game play?

What some people aren't figuring out is that every class is meant to have weaknesses. Each class has strengths too. None of the classes needs to be 'balanced'.

None of the classes need balancing true, but I meant it as an unlockable weapon. Someone earlier was complaining that you can't shoot grenades at someone close by because you'll kill yourself so I suggested this could be something they could incorporate in the future.

 

[Lukeydoodly]

He's fine the way he is.

 

[Fightbulb]

No, it would make it overpowered. It's one of the weaknesses of the Demoman; if you're confronted by someone close up, you're done for unless you're really good with grenades. The Demoman is already cheap enough with the remote mines, does it really need something else?

This. If the Demoman could use a pistol or a shotgun, it would easily become the most overpowered class. Grenades are already a bit too strong if you ask me.