#scouting melee

[valkariel]

Night-kissed

Head: Manusya Visor of Scouting - dark purple Body: Augmented Lunar Envoy's Gambison of Scouting - dark purple Hands: Rinascita Armguards of Scouting - dark purple Legs: Omega Trousers of Scouting - regal purple Feet: Shishu Obutozori - dark purple

Earring: The Emperor's New Earrings Neck: The Emperor's New Necklace Wrists: The Emperor's New Bracelet Right Ring: The Emperor's New Ring Left Ring: The Emperor's New Ring

Main Hand: Heart Snatchers Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: -- Location: Faeberry Atelier

Shader: Faeberry Studio

#ffxiv #ffxiv glamour #ffxiv au ra #ffxiv ninja #eorzea collection #valkariel ilmarë #au ra #raen #ninja #scouting melee #darks/blacks/greys #purples/violets #pinks/roses #silvers/greys #no mogstation items #no seasonal items #fantasy glamour #battle glamour

[biracy]

My science museum slay (ignore the absolute shit state of my room)

#also ignore that in the second pic i'm posing like scout tf2's melee taunt #open mick night #mick pics #goth #alt fashion

[theiris1002]

this robot scout is by @rowrowronnie hes from here

also, i started experimenting with time lapse part way through this

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #team fortress two #tf2 scout #tf2 au #my stuff #my art #its supposed to look like scouts melee taunt

[skeletalheartattack]

Favourite personal weapon?

(you CANNOT say battleaxe!)

probably scythe. like i know it's not really good at all for like. combat. but like look at that shit. pretty dope blade while i hold the stick. sooo cool.

#ask #anon #im not sure anything else really compares. i dont honestly think about real life weapons that much really that said. #not without being like. shotgun. or double barreled shotgun. atleast if were restricted to melee combat here. #most games i tend to play shotgun a lot #except tf2 recently where ive been shooting pee darts and donking folks with cannon balls #granted. i range from class to class with no real like... goal? whatever fits the situation and that im confident in. #like i like playing soda popper milk fan o war scout a lot. i like playing pee sniper w/ shahanshah. #for demo i tend to always go loose cannon scottish resistance scottish handshake #scottish resistance cause i like coating a battlefield with stickies and just doing my best to detonate them when i think its important to #fucking hate sticky spamming btw. valve had the right idea nerfing that shit when they did. yknow. before they reverted it. #those things should be doing 60 damage when spammed... and like can do 144 after like a second or two or whatever #that way it punishes spamming and rewards using them as traps #but then the people who have sticky stranges would get mad or whatever. idk. its weird to me that valve reverted the nerf somewhat #it does a lot of damage and you dont gotta even hit the enemy directly with the projectile. so its an easy weapon. #idk. #for heavy i dont have a real loadout im happy with. i tend to go brass beast family business and eviction notice #ik tomislav is like the best overall minigun but. idk. #eviction notice really sucks but once someones pestering me up close i really like to chase them down while punching them #since most of the 9 classes cant get out of range. ive managed to do it a bunch despite how much i dont like the weapon. #like. i wish it didnt have the max health drain. id prefer if like. i couldnt be overhealed if i had them equipped. #the slight speed increase is. okay. paired with the increase in speed when hitting a player. #though if it was simplified. id add those two stats together for the on hit attribute. #so like... less damage. faster swing speed. faster movement when hitting an enemy for a second. and no overheal when equipped. #instead of it just being a weirder worse gru. #that way its just about punishing players who get too close. and makes you weaker if youve got a medic. since you cant be overhealed. #soldier... i just use rocket launcher/black box panic attack and whip. nothing really unique about my playstyle with him. #engineer. panic attack pistol gunslinger or jag. #im no good with the widowmaker and i like having 6 shots so id rather not use the frontier justice. #anyway im at the tag limit. thank you for the ask anon!!!

[scionshtola]

i just spent a month leveling nin for role quests and now i’m like. what if i picked up something else instead

#scouting gear is just not good for cori not even the shb gear which has been great to them #and also i don’t enjoy it agshdjsk #but MOSTLY i’m trying to think if any melee dps job could fit their canon but idk!!!! #they don’t strike me as a melee kind of fighter!! except pls #*pld #i need a text post tag

[tf2workbench]

Two jumps are better than one

Back in late 2017, the Atomizer was reworked, its triple jump restricted to only when the bat is out. This was a fair change. Understanding why it was fair, however, requires an understanding of the double-jump and why it’s so incredibly powerful.

Valve’s in-game tips tend to focus on the double-jump as a way to reach new locations on the map. This is entirely true: most maps have ledges or gaps that you can only clear by double-jumping. But this doesn’t compare to the importance of the double-jump in combat.

No human can keep their mouse cursor on a moving player all of the time. We’re not fast enough. So what we do is we try to predict where they’ll go, right? This is why a player moving constantly in one direction is a lot easier to hit than one who’s zigzagging. Double-jumps, which change your direction instantly without any deceleration beforehand, are basically vertical zigzagging.

Moreover, it’s usually easier to hit a player who is at the same vertical height as you: if you’re looking at them from above or below, you can only hit their head or feet, which are smaller targets than the whole length of their body. Moreover, if you’re looking at them, they can only move to the sides; moving forwards or backwards means they’re still under your crosshair.

So what I’m saying is that double-jumps are very unpredictable because they disrupt your movement pattern and allow you to move in more directions than you would on the ground. Regular jumps do this too, but because you can’t change direction midair, you follow a predictable trajectory. (If you’re against a good Sniper, don’t jump - it will let them hit you much easier than if you keep shifting around on the ground.)

To add to the power of the double-jump, we have to remember that the Soldier and Demoman are common combat classes, and both fight at a disadvantage when they can’t catch enemies in their explosions. To hit a double-jumping Scout, your rocket will have to be dead-on rather than just hitting the ground at their feet. This is even more pronounced with the Atomizer, because you become even more unpredictable and can maintain your airtime for far longer.

Next time you’re playing, try an experiment: play Soldier or Demo, or even a bullet-using class like Heavy, and have your friend equip the Atomizer and jump around you. See how long it takes you to kill them. And this is with the post-2017 Atomizer; before then, users could triple-jump at any time provided they sacrificed a very small amount of health. Imagine your friend bouncing around, but with a scattergun that they are actively trying to kill you with. That made even the best players feel like hapless fools who had never held a rocket launcher before - and that’s why it was changed.

Of course, even sans the Atomizer, the double-jump is still a very powerful asset, transforming the Scout from just “fast guy” to “highly unpredictable fast guy.” A concise tip for those aspiring Scout players: use the double-jump to your advantage. When you’re in combat, never double-jump in the same direction as your first jump. It works best if you jump one way and switch direction midair. Watch as enemies shoot in the place you were going to be, but not where you are!

#tf2workbench #tf2 #team fortress 2 #scout #atomizer #melee

[applesins]

the morning star is called that because it was first made by an extremely fast knight who ran to the edge of the world and just put the sun on a stick

#medieval weapons #knights #the flash #but like old school #also the sun on a stick is a #tf2 weapons #didnt even have that in mind #the best scout melee actually

[dorenarox]

Melee bots, not Demoknights specifically.

I also don't think the bots are using a crit hack?

#TF2 #Bot shenanigans #There were also Scouts #Even Snipers sometimes using melee

[tf2-appreciator]

How I would defeat all the tf2 mercs in combat:

Scout: Ask him about Tom Jones. While he’s talking, tie his shoelaces together. If he doesn’t have shoelaces, crowbar to the head

Soldier: Gain his trust, earn his respect, then tell him that I’m actually Canadian. Instant death

Pyro: Show them one of those baby sensory videos. Then, while they’re distracted, crowbar to the head

Demoman: Idk I think we’d be good friends

Heavy: Play dead, laying as flat on the ground as possible. When he leans forward to look down at me, crowbar to the head

Engineer: I am shorter than him. I would simply have to ask him what the weather was like up there and he would die immediately from the shock

Medic: I’m not winning this fight bro I won’t even try

Sniper: If he throws jarate at me I’ll just catch it, at that point I’ve basically won

Spy: Take a sword or other deadly melee weapon. Spin like the worlds deadliest beyblade. Try and backstab me now, dingus

#tf2 #tf2 scout #tf2 pyro #tf2 soldier #tf2 medic #tf2 spy #tf2 engineer #tf2 heavy #tf2 sniper #tf2 demoman #I feel like if I made enough Monty Python and the Holy Grail references spy would eventually just die

[valkariel]

Viper's Kiss

Head: Little Lady's Crown - default Body: Lakeland Longcoat of Scouting - default Hands: Molybdenum Armguards of Scouting - loam brown Legs: Martial Artist's Slops - wine red Feet: Valentione Emissary's Dress Boots - default

Earring: Platinum Lone Wolf Earrings Neck: The Emperor's New Necklace Wrists: The Emperor's New Bracelet Right Ring: Omicron Ring of Aiming Left Ring: Omicron Ring of Aiming

Main Hand: Mythril Baselards Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: -- Mount: -- Location: #SomerStudios - "3 Sets In One" - Crystal/Malboro Mist W2 Subdivision Topmast Apt 61

Shader: Faeberry Bloom

#ffxiv #ffxiv glamour #ffxiv au ra #ffxiv ninja #eorzea collection #valkariel ilmarë #SomerStudios #au ra #raen #ninja #scouting melee #darks/blacks/greys #reds/oranges/browns #no mogstation items #uses seasonal items #fantasy glamor

[i-eat-deodorant]

[source]

actually yeah i think i will continue that ted talk actually

Lamb's primarily a melee user with a penchant for the godly axe. they never quite got the hang of curses and as a result don't really use them much. Narinder prefers ranged attacks, and relies heavily on curses when he used to have his crown.

Post-game Lamb is more about straightforward violence, while Narinder likes the political intrigue of setting up networks of spies and debts and misinformation that messes with the mind.

There's a popular heretic saying in the years following their marriage: "They say death has two hands: the one that breaks your body, and the one that slips inside your mind before the fight's even started."

They each account for the other's weaknesses--Lamb has a wider vision to detect threats but poor depth perception, while Narinder's eyes are excellent at depth perception at the cost of peripheral range. When working together, it is often Lamb that first catches wind of something. They point it out to Narinder, who tells them in more detail what they're dealing with.

Sheep, at their core, are still a prey animals that feel nervous outside of their flock. A lot of Lamb's aggression is redirected fear from being alone. Offense is the best defense; maybe if they lash out enough, they'll forget that nobody's watching out for them.

This clashes with Narinder's stubborn independence. He likes to scout ahead, sometimes, and it causes Lamb no small amount of anxiety and panic. The two of them get into fights about this often. Lamb, unable/unwilling to explain the abandonment issues that they have, berates Narinder for endangering himself. Narinder, on the other hand, is insulted they think him so incapable that he can't handle danger.

They're both ruthless and reckless with a need to run themselves ragged pursuing ambitious goals, so they need to act as checks for each other. Narinder can see all the symptoms of his self-destructive tendencies in Lamb, and helps hold them back from hurting themselves. Same goes vice versa.

Narinder taught Lamb almost everything he knows. All their battle skills are an extension of his. From the countless drills he subjected Lamb to as a vessel, they learned about his technique, his tendencies, his train of thought. It's what allowed them to predict and defeat The One Who Waits using his own crown.

History taught Narinder to value strength in combat, value power displayed through destruction. He respects Lamb most on the battlefield; this is the vessel he honed from a weapon, the monster he created with his own time and power. This is the godkiller that defeated his siblings, and he never chose wrong.

Maybe it was okay that he lost, if he lost to this.

#my shit #narilamb #i have countless scenes of them making out in the middle of battle #don't judge me

[demilypyro]

I'm really excited for the Viper class in Dawntrail. I've got a favorite in most roles (Warrior, Sage) but in melee DPS specifically I've never really gotten comfortable. Ninja and Reaper were okay, but I always struggled with getting Ninja's hand signs right, and Reaper's aesthetic didn't appeal to me. Having another "scouting" melee job with an extremely appealing aesthetic really has me excited. I fully intend to go in with Viper as my main, probably leveling it alongside Warrior.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #viper

[skeletalheartattack]

You should play tf2 more

i've been playing a lot of it as of late actually, mostly been trying to practice playing pyro better, though i just don't really talk about it. really been trying to master the detonator.

my only real exposure to the game currently through playing it is just playing casual, i don't really play any community servers these days.

#ask #jabroni-apologist #my current pyro loadout is like. stock flamethrower. detonator. and... whatever melee #i dont really have a go-to choice for pyro melees like i do some other classes. i think i usually hold the axtinguisher #but i dont do comboes a lot. im up close to enemies. i dont need to hold my melee out. #otherwise i tend to lean towards the homewrecker #i do pretty well at playing pyro i think. tend to score above the middle to the top 3 at minimum on the scoreboard. #but that tends to change from match to match. sometimes i do well. other times im in the slopping mud #the main classes i switch between are: soldier. pyro. demo. heavy. engineer. sniper. #sometimes scout. very rarely spy. #pyro i tend to play a lot. heavy just beneath. i kinda wish the heavy had more stuff. or had some things rebalanced. #sniper i mostly play on attack. i dont trust myself enough on defense usually. #using either the sydney sleeper or huntsman. combined with jarate and the shahanshah #i dont use the bushwhacka cause i dont like holding weapons that give me damage vuln. even if its just when held out. #medic i tend to do really well as. heavy i do okay. engineer ranges depending on what playstyle i pick. #demoman i dont pick as much these days. though i still love the loose cannon. #i think i just lean towards other classes since ik id do better with them than demo. #also the constant ammount of sticky demos i encounter kinda puts me off to playing demo i feel. #soldier i always love playing but always feel like i should be playing pyro instead #the only gamemodes i play are mostly A/D ones. though i also have 5cp enabled. and ctf well. #i cant really stand playing KOTH these days. maybe its the map size with 24 players. i always feel like im dying more on KOTH #i have been playing a little less as of late because my headphones snapped in one spot #had to use a lot of tape to attempt fixing it. its very loose. idk how to make it better though. #its kinda put me in a sour mood dealing with but its not fully broken. #its a cheap brand i got from walmart thats got a skull on it. if it werent for the cheap plastic id say the headphones are pretty good #anyway. tf2s fine if you can manage to ignore the shitty people who play. and theres a lot. too many really. #ive mostly been playing to max out my item find limit. and leveling up my casual medal. which doesnt impact anything. #anyway thank you for the ask. sorry i dont talk about tf2 enough. i just dont have much to say about it.

[thecreaturecodex]

Paramite

Image © deviantArt user Snugglestab, accessed at their gallery here

[Sponsored by @martyslittleusedblog, another creature from the Oddworld games. The series' interest in ecology helps when converting its monsters to give me something to pull from with regards to flavor text. So I'm not just making this up!]

Paramite CR 3 N Magical Beast This eyeless creature’s head is shaped like a hand, with three clawed appendages above its mouth, one on each side, and one below. It walks on four legs, its forelimbs larger and more muscular than its hind limbs, each tipped with a single claw.

Paramites are forest dwelling carnivores found on alien planets. Their ecology is somewhere between that of a giant spider and a hyena—they are social ambush predators that typically hunt in groups. A single paramite is usually a scout for a larger group, and may attempt to lead curious passerby closer to the nest or to an ambush site where more paramites are waiting. Paramites are excellent climbers and fight three-dimensionally, attempting to surround prey from the trees. Their facial appendages are their primary weapon, being used to slash, jab and grab prey in order to crush and tear it apart. They have no teeth in their mouths, instead shredding their victims with their facial appendages before ingesting them.

Paramites are sapient, albeit not very smart. They have their own language, a series of grunts, squeals and clicks, produced both vocally and through rubbing and snapping their fingers together. Paramites lair in the canopies of large trees or in the upper reaches of forest caves. There, they build nests out of webbing; their webs are not sticky, but sturdy and weatherproof, and last long enough to sometimes be utilized by other creatures once the paramites have moved on or died. Paramites do not collect treasure intentionally, but some useful or valuable items may be left as debris in their nests.

Paramite               CR 3 XP 800 N Medium magical beast Init +2; Senses blind, blindsight 30 ft., Perception +6

Defense AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +3 natural) hp 26 (4d10+4) Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +3

Offense Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Melee claw +6 (1d6+3 plus grab) Special Attacks constrict (1d6+3)

Statistics Str 14, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 4, Wis15, Cha 6 Base Atk +4; CMB +6 (+10 grapple); CMD 18 (22 vs. trip) Feats Power Attack, Precise Strike (B), Stealthy Skills Climb +22, Escape Artist +5, Perception +6, Stealth +8 (+12 in forests); Racial Modifiers +16 Climb, +4 Stealth in forests Languages Paramite SQ expert climber, webbing

Ecology Environment warm or temperate forests or underground Organization solitary, pair, pack (3-6) or nest (7-24) Treasure incidental

Special Abilities Blindsight (Ex) A paramite’s blindsight is based on hearing and scent. If it is deafened or in an area of silence, or if it cannot smell, it is treated as having blindsense. If both are true, it is considered to be blind. Expert Climber (Ex) A paramite’s racial bonus to Climb checks is doubled to +16. It can climb on vertical surfaces or ceilings as if under the effects of a spider climb spell. Webbing (Ex) Although a paramite’s webs are not sticky, they can be used to build structures. In addition, as long as a paramite starts a fall from a solid surface, it is treated as being under the effects of a non-magical feather fall spell, as it uses a tether to lower itself to the ground.

#paramite #oddworld #abe's oddysee #pathfinder 1e #magical beast #sponsored post

[tf2workbench]

Mark my words (for death)

Mark-for-death is a rarely-seen but deadly debuff, causing its bearer to take full mini-crits for its duration. Only a few weapons cause it, and it’s usually self-inflicted - with one exception.

Here, it’s not the concept itself I have issues with, but that one aforementioned exception: the Fan O’War, a Scout melee that marks its targets for death.

Fan O’War (+) On hit: Mark target for death for 15 seconds (+) Crits when it would normally mini-crit (-) -75% damage (-) One target marked for death at a time

What’s my problem with this weapon?

Well, 15 seconds is a long time in the heat of battle. And while you’re marked, you’re at such a significant disadvantage that entering a fight would likely be fatal. This forces you to play passively for the duration, especially if the enemy has sentry guns or wide-area weapons like rocket launchers, miniguns, or flamethrowers. Not even touching a resupply locker can cure a mark for death, so you’ll be forced to wait it out. That isn’t very fair or fun, even if it doesn’t happen often.

The best way to fix this would be to change how Mark-for-Death works (when inflicted on enemies; self-inflictions such as the Escape Plan aren’t discussed here). I’d recommend the following tweaks:

Reduce duration to 4 seconds, but multiple hits will stack duration (up to 12 seconds);

Can be removed by healing from a Dispenser or Medic, by shield charging, or by touching a resupply cabinet;

If the Marked-for-Death target kills an enemy, the debuff is removed;

If the Marked-for-Death target hits an enemy with a melee weapon, the remaining duration of the debuff is transferred to that enemy.

Now, players can be proactive, transferring the debuff to a hapless foe and using it to kill them. Or they can just kill their attacker to be free of the curse. Alternatively, if they seek solace from their team’s healers, they can remove the mark much quicker.

Of these tweaks, the only one I’m not sure about is the “transfer via melee hit” change, as that could make Fan O’War Scouts a liability for their own team. I included it here because the mechanic is interesting and there’s a significant element of risk, but if community consensus or playtesting says that it’s not a good mechanic, I’m more than willing to yield. All four of the suggestions here work in any combination, and I’d hope that any or all of them work to make this uncommon debuff more fun to play against! By changing the debuff, we open the Fan O’War up to rebalancing and also pave the way for more weapons that use similar effects.

#tf2workbench #tf2 #team fortress 2 #scout #melee #fan o'war

[paper-mario-wiki]

What does your Googoo aresenal look like?

This is my default Googoo loadout. I use it by far the most. Some of the lower stats like the "Burning players killed" on the Yaoi paddle, and the "projectile reflected" on the Part-Time Rocket Launcher are newly added strange parts, so they don't reflect on the actual lifetime stats.

Additionally, I try to only have one strange cosmetic per set, since having more than one is overkill. "Ain't She Sweet?" is something I traded for a few months after I came out, so that reflects lifetime kills with this set as Scout and not Chase.

Chase's longest-running strange cosmetic was this pink painted Apparition's Aspect.

The other set I've been using a lot lately is this one:

The Stinker is my favorite weapon I've been playing with recently. I think I've actually used it for fewer than 15 hours total, so the stats aren't massively impressive yet.

I also reuse Aint She Sweet? for this set, and for the melee I've just got a normal Powerjack (I don't use that thing very often).

Depending on the map I switch between shotgun or detonator for long-range poking and better mobility.

Another set I recently acquired was one that I set up after unboxing a gold-centric unusual and deciding to make it its own whole thing.

Premium Toaster was a gift from Van from when we were still dating (never gettin rid of that one).

Cruelty Squad is a strange field-tested Jazzy warpaint, which if you know anything about the TF2 economy might be more impressive to you than anything else. I was able to pick one up right after the paint came out so I didn't get charged a bajillion dollars for it.

The newest item, and the only one that I traded specifically for this set (aside from the filamental which is a normal unique cosmetic and therefore worth less than 5 cents) is the Axtinguisher. It came pre-named when I traded for it, and I haven't been able to think of a more interesting name for it. Frankly, I think the American Psycho name is cute, but I don't know that it really fits me perfectly. When I think of somethin' better I'll change it.

Those are my most Googoo Signature loadouts summarized, but here's all of my pyro loadouts:

A few extras:

#anon #image #tf2 #long post #googoo