New [DR] Give Hale Airblast Immunity

[AgentApple50]

Pyro is currently the best class in Deathrun, and with the recent addition of allowing 50 total players in the server, it's more obvious than ever.

For those who don't know, Pyro has the following benefits in the gamemode:

- Fastest Speed out of all classes (with Powerjack)

- Immunity to Afterburn

- Airblast (To protect himself from projectile-based traps, as well as pushing the hale away)

-!smoke (Once per round, create a cloud of smoke that blinds everyone around you, used to sneak through traps)


Not only does Pyro have the best speed, which is the most important trait in Deathrun, but he also has the best 1v1 against Saxton Hale. Just one Pyro can singlehandedly take down Saxton Hale if he's smart and grabs the full ammo boxes seen in many arenas. It doesn't make sense from a balance standpoint.

Yes, Deathrun is a silly and chill gamemode and shouldn't be taken seriously, but I just don't think there should be an obvious best class choice in Deathrun like there is now with Pyro.

The easiest fix to this issue in my opinion would be to make Hale completely immune to Airblast (and only Airblast).

Let me know what you think, thanks.

 

[creep]

+1 Not even gonna read this but I agree

 

[Ellis From L4D2]

It’s unfair with bunch of pyros
+1

 

[Sore]

-1, perhaps get some hale abilities from VScript VSH?

 

[james bond]

-1, perhaps get some hale abilities from VScript VSH?

Hale isn't really meant to be anything other than an activator in most maps. Giving him those VScript abilities may break maps in other ways.

 

[james bond]

+1. Airblasting is oppressive to Hale from one Pyro, let alone the whole server stacking as him. Though, I will say that airblasting is about equivalent to Demoman's charge or Spy's cloak in that it's a benefit received from playing that specific class. Pyro should still keep the airblast, only nerfed against Hale.

 

[Blink]

+1