I'll be brief with this one. The gas passer has shaken up the class meta and has made many other flamethrowers viable. You want pure tanky damage? Phlog. Airblast utility and Range but at the cost of less ammo? Back Burner. No downsides? Stock. (Degreaser is still kind of eh for me) While this is nice and all, it's just a manmelter meta in disguise. Soon people will get tired of only running gas passer like how it was with the manmelter. I'm still baffled as to why some of pyros weapons were nerfed when he needed buffs. The old manmelter practically has the same dps as the gas passer just was useable at a longer range. Here are my buff proposals to diversify the class:
Scorch Shot:
Manmelter:
Stock Flamethrower:
Dragon's Fury:
Taunt Mini Crits:
Scorch Shot:
- Revert the Scorch Shot flare gun jump nerf as the weapon had very little damage output and was mainly used for utility of knocking back hale and a weaker, but effective flare jump
Manmelter:
- Revert the Manmelter nerfs (Okay, really? First a 50% dmg reduction then the removal of crits on burning players? Just change it back to how it was it's just fine) If soldier can get 300 and 600 rockets with the direct hit on top of his markets, then I don't see an issue here. It was in fact solid with other flamethrowers, just really stood out with the phlog. It keeps you on the ground and takes skill to aim.
Stock Flamethrower:
- Revert the removal of mini crits on the base. It could really use this to have some use when compared with the backburner or dragon's fury
Dragon's Fury:
- Repressurization rate on Alt-Fire reduced down to 0%. Simply too hurtful of an airblast to use.
Taunt Mini Crits:
- Increase the duration of Pyro's taunt mini crits as he is a close range class and needs time to get into the fight after he taunt from a safe distance
