
the Saxton Hale could have an original design.Īlso at the Black Box discussion. HEADLESS HORSELESS HORSEMAN is pretty awesome except when you're surprised and killed from behind while trying to cap a point (particularly the first) and cp_mann_mannor has a fun feel to it, my only complaint is that the item placement seems to benefit the attacking team a bit more, but maybe that's just me. You still get damaged from falls and that pretty much ruins my rocket jumping practise. I got the Rocket Jumper and it's not that great. It's also an effective Kritzkrieg counter, and it can be a real help for mid fights when the enemy team gets Kritzkrieg before your team has Uber. The Battalion's Backup is the exact opposite: it charges when you take damage, so it's more useful for trying to reverse situations where you are at a disadvantage. The Buff Banner charges by hurting enemies (and it requires a substantial amount of damage output to charge), so it's really a weapon that only helps when you're already winning. It's a lot better than the Buff Banner and it's good for all of the reasons that the Buff Banner wasn't. Pocket soldiers don't need the Black Box because of all the heals they should be getting from their medic, and roaming soldiers probably won't like it because they suffer too much from the decreased clip size. With the Black Box, you're left with only one rocket after the second RJ, and if you miss with the last rocket, you've just propelled yourself deep into enemy territory with no ammo loaded.


It's pretty common for me to do things like rocket jump twice to chase down an enemy medic and then use the two remaining rockets to kill the medic. Three rockets isn't very much and they can disappear a lot faster than you'd like, especially if you like to play aggressively as a soldier. The HP bonus does stack when you hit multiple people with splash, but IMO it's not worth the decrease in clip size. 15 HP seems nice on paper, but that's less HP than a medic heals in a single second. I don't think that the Black Box is all that great.
