[TF2] The Hitman's Heatmaker Is A Weapon That Exists

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[@db_gaming277]

The thing that we learned is that no matter how bad a weapon is MVM will always make it overpowered

[@senabecool7232]

Mantreads: Has like 0 upgrades

[@logion567]

"Laughs in pomson"

[@omelete790]

Sun on a stick moment

[@23rdhi]

I mean, the pain train ain't bad but i don't see a payload yet.

[@SirProtagonist]

​@logion567 Funnily enough, the pomson uber drain can be stupidly good. I'd still prefer widowmaker or ranger on big maps, but if you want to you can basically nullify giant medics as engie.

[@chuckmann7127]

One niche thing the Heatmaker does well is long range sentry busting. Since the focus charge can be activated on demand and the damage penalty only applies to players, you can deal 150 damage shots to buildings slightly faster.

[@rockowlgamer631]

Hmm perfect another thing to piss of engineer mains mwahahaha

[@homesinc]

Sydney sleeper is far better at this whilst being a significantly easier weapon to abuse than the stock rifle. The heatmaker is garbage…

[@bobertastic6541]

​@@homesinc maybe so but you cant headshot with it.

[@kisoogavares9530]

@@bobertastic6541 well you can its just mini crits witch i believe make it deal 205 at full charge so still kills everything but not heavy

[@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@kisoogavares9530 well 450 kills overheated soldiers, pyros, demos, medics, gunslinger engies, BB soldiers, and eyelander demos with more than 2 kills, while 205 does not

[@muhammetaydogmus4404]

8:22 props to the spy who actually tried to pretend to be a sniper. only if he haven't gotten the same disguise as you

[@UNALLOYEDSLOP]

Another testament to the fact that spy is luck based

[@KyleLyre13]

I love this bizzare ratio that exists that seems to demand that if it's garbage in one gamemode, its broken in the other.

[@kasserole738]

case in point the tomislav vs the brass beast

[@tysonvienneau1830]

If there is a rule there is an exception looks at pomson

[@davidhong1934]

​@@tysonvienneau1830 There's also the stock fire axe, which is never the best option for a given scenario

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

​@@tysonvienneau1830 wrong, thier could hypothetically be a game mode like Versus Saxton Hale where a liver king verison of the spy uses his cloak Meter as a Meter ability, the only thing keeping the Liver Spy at bay is the pomson.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Thermal thruster is op in Arena.

[@smokeyredmeadow]

Personally I love the hitmans heatmaker because it’s perfect for my subclass, the sneaky sniper. The silencer is basically a soft buff to hide you better, and pair that with the shooters stakeout (or as I like to call it the discount boxtrot) you can get behind the enemy and snipe them in the most unexpected ways. It’s awesome to see the chat when I do this on pl defense lol

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian]

ah yes new Zeeland spy

[@smokeyredmeadow]

@@mostdefinitelynotadurian exactly

[@toakongu1]

that scout medic double tap at 7:53 was bonkers

[@angelogaray8019]

Also w medic

[@borutoburrito6547]

You are absolutely right that I only use the Heatmaker for aesthetic reasons. When I play sniper, I prefer the quieter sounds of the Heatmaker to the sounds of stock. I do occasionally use the charge but most of the time it doesn't really do much. The most value I get from it is being able to kill heavies a little faster.

[@Ivoravoid]

The best use of the Hitman's Heatmaker is to counter second-scopers who wait to hear your gun go off before they shoot The silenced Hitman's Heatmaker keeps them waiting forever...

[@renaissanceweeb]

I swear by the heatmaker. It's a very team-oriented sniper rifle, it works best when you're supporting a push or a defense because of the fact that it obviously is for clearing groups. The noise will drown out your silenced gunshot. If you only land a bodyshot, that still takes off a huge slice of health from someone who is presumably fighting one of your allies. And if you are landing headshots, particularly with focus on, you can thin out a crowd to a manageable size all by yourself.

[@alex_zetsu]

I remember one time I got 7 kills in one life and the last 3 were in focus on a big group pushing the cart. I grabbed the perfect sightline, downed a heavy, demoman, and medic all within 6 seconds. I immediately got toasted by a flanking Pyro, but it was worth it.

[@RioManegos]

It's not really how the rifle probably wants you to use it, but the fact you can use the charge whenever means that you can headshot one enemy, and then pop it for a tiny duration just to make sure you have a full charge for his mate you saw peeking around the corner.

[@thememester1190]

I remember back around like 2016, I only used the Hitman's Heatmaker as Sniper for a few months just because I thought it looked cool. In all that time, I never figured out what it actually does.

[@Robinson_Entertainment]

I fully agree, the Hitman's Heatmaker is definitely a weapon that exists

[@zesnowpea6347]

The way I see it, this is the epitome of “training wheels” great for learning how to blast their heads, but it may end up doing more harm than good if you’re good at headshots

[@RdTrler]

You can unscope immediately after a shot with a Focused Hitman though, meaning you can jump immediately afterward. It makes you harder to second-scope, and you could surf damage more easily.

[@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Weapon reskins in TF2 have always been a strange case to me.

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

I still don´t know where this joke comes from

[@harrysteel864]

​@@thatrandomcrit5823 it's a video by Great Blue, its called "What if weapon reskins were different?"

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

@@harrysteel864 Thank you!

[@reportedbooch697]

@@harrysteel864 I’m still confused on WHY it’s a joke tho

[@dipstick2268]

@@reportedbooch697 Chucklenuts Podcast

[@WerewolfAlbert]

"what's the world without a little bit of chaos?" - some beggar's bazooka soldier main 15:35

[@catzzara]

most weapons being sidegrades is one of tf2s biggest strengths. the fact that most stock weapons, at least stat wise, aren't just disposed of immediately after unlocking something is awesome. means that no matter how new u are ur still on a level playing field with the only differing factor being time and skill. that said i only use the heatmaker bc i like the aesthetic of it and i love to use full class sets like the milk man or the urban professional

[@mackerel8040]

Something I learned a while ago is that, despite the stats making it seem like it’s for going on amurder sprees, focus can be activated even with just a ninth of it loaded whenever you need charge. For example, the little over a second of fast charging you get from one assist is enough to almost let you pop a soldier, demo or pyro and long enough to fast-track your way to killing heavies in one shot on-demand. Assuming you land that kill, also, you get that charge back.

[@william3371]

2:25 @fishstickonastick-gaming Can we acknowledge how bad of a day that demoman was probably having Dude literally died to a near-full-charge headshot in the middle of a shield charge. That's how demoknight typically goes for me

[@RealNick04]

About what you said about the Machina, I dont think its worse than stock. I prefer to constantly move around the map or just stay in one position to scare the enemy team into not crossing the sightline. Besides, you can either quickscope or use the stock smg to cope with a lack of noscoping. At least its good for taking down sentries and revved up Natascha heavies with a bullet resistantance from a vacc medic.

[@medicindisquise4271]

For such a long time I didn't know you can activate focus at any time. I thought you had to wait for the bar to fill up... you know... like every other timed buff in the game. It sure would be nice if Valve made that clearer because it transforms the Heatmaker from C-tier to a solid B+.

[@farronblaze2952]

A clever way to animate the slower reload speed for the Bizzare Bargin would be to have Sniper physically struggling to open the chamber. It is a rusty musket after all

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

thats the problem i have with the concept, not even stock has a magazine, what clip is sniper gonna reload?

[@farronblaze2952]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 Yeah, but I'm refering to the clip idea Fish brought up. Plus, it could work with base reload too. Increase the time by 20%, and show sniper struggling a bit to eject the round.

[@v1ultrakill730]

Well, it definitely is one of the weapons of all times.

[@emeraldmann1329]

I don't think you play with all of the knives the same way, tbh. The Big Earner and YER have very different ways to play the game. You can simplify every class to the same level as simplifying spy to 'get behind and backstab'

[@paddy1337]

ok but there is one thing that not a lot of people talk about this weapon having, which is scope cancelling. this used to be doable with all snipers back in the day, but it was patched out a long time ago. if you use focus, you can shoot and jump within like 5 frames of the shot to cancel your reload animation all together. its so incredibly powerful for svs battles and no one seems to know about it

[@ClaraCl2005]

I was just thinking about how all of these upsides would make it broken in mvm, then you said it.

[@Ze_N00B]

In practise, I usually use focus as some kind of machine gun. Pepper the enemy with body and occasional headshots to break their concentration as your team continues to attack them.

[@jalontf2]

The opening "made possible by viewers like you" brought me back to channel 2 in the 90s

[@fbiagentmiyakohoshino8223]

13:25 dont forget the brass beast (i get 150k damage with it often in two cities)

[@Ozbubblez]

I use the Heatmaker all the time and i start watching this video and i immediately start questioning if i missed an update to the weapon, thats how little the focus meter comes into my mind. Awesome work fish

[@what-ho1mf]

something else focus can do: you can also instantly UN-scope after firing, essentially bending over other snipers who try and second scope you

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

New rifle idea: Heavy Rifle (the Perth Punisher) When unscoped, same damage output as stock, but it has a 1 round clip with a long reloading animation, since these are decently sized boolets -50% on body shots and buildings when scoped Ignores enemy resistances When scoped, reloading is separated to scoping, so you can stay scoped, but it takes twice as long As an upside, you are fully charging when you are scoped. Headshots do a full 450, body shots do 75 On a side note, the damn shot is loud, so any curious flankers will know you’re open for a good while

[@hulkbustermark5830]

13:27 my man the penis scout is the best for pvp especially when damaging yourself to steal a health pack from a teammate on low HP.

[@roadhoundd.]

Get behind enemy, backstab an enemy, tank 2 rockets, backstab another enemy, tank 2 pills, backstab another enemy, tank 8 mini gun bullets, pop dead ringer. Rinse and repeat.

[@kino2764]

Honestly, the only thing I’d change about the hitman is remove the laser. It’s supposed to be a stealthy sniper, and it would help combat counter snipers because they wouldn’t be able to know if you’re pre aiming them since you’re mostly always scoped in because of focus. (Even thought I think personally, you win those 1v1’s most of the time because you can reload and fire faster since you don’t have to rescope) and since snipers surprise headshots lose the surprise factor after they hit or kill someone, it would help you at least keep some sort of stealth by not letting people know where you’re pre aiming until you shoot

[@polskajoseoncountryball6950]

To me, the Heatmaker is just the sniper bot's wet dream

[@NotebookVA]

Oh my god the heatmaker is my favorite rifle and I never knew you could activate focus without a full bar

[@micahnightwolf]

Focus does make it easier to chain a lot of headshots, and hitting headshots while focused is obviously this weapon's bread and butter. It objectively is the most DPS you can output if you can aim, and the weakened bodyshot penalty isn't as punishing as you might think. It's 135 vs 150. It's actually better than the huntsman, both in its damage per shot and its speed. If you hit bodyshots while focused, you get more time to hit a follow-up shot, or change targets in the middle of a fight when their medic retreats with 15hp. If you hit bodyshots while not focused, you or your team can still follow up. The SMG (or carbine) pairs nicely with it just as they do with the huntsman, but they die to it slightly faster. Hitting your shots with the Carbine builds its Crikey meter which straight up negates the bodyshot nerf when the minicrits are activated, and getting kills with your Carbine or SMG builds Focus. And while the Heatmaker's encouragement to hardscope turns you into spy food, pairing it with both the Carbine and the Bushwacka can help you deal with any smelly Frenchmen you do happen to see. Carbine-Bushwacka is more balanced than Jarate-Bushwacka as well. The Heatmaker and Carbine synergize fairly well with each other and are in the same set for this reason.

[@hrothgardevaitos8330]

Here's an idea for a sniper rifle. It does not deal critical damage upon headshot, but instead deals minicrits. It also deals significantly less damage. When you shoot an enemy, you apply a stack of Kaboom! Or two stacks upon headshot. When an enemy has three or more stacks, they instantly consume all stacks of Kaboom!, die, and explode, dealing massive damage to all enemies in the radius (Which is roughly equal to a normal rocket in size) that scales with the number of Kaboom! stacks. What's more is that an enemy who dies with ANY stacks of Kaboom! for any reason ALSO consumes those stacks, dealing damage to everyone around them. One stack is probably just going to be chip damage, two is equal to a detonator, three is a rocket, and four would be two. Finally, Kaboom! decays at a rate of one stack per six seconds, and may be instantly removed by going to a supply closet. A medic may also melee a player with Kaboom! to remove those stacks. Don't know if it's balanced, but it sounded like a cool, fun idea to me. Probably needs work, though.

[@albertojesusalvaradogarza1009]

i use this rifle and im not disapointed, i like the "focus" effect, it really helps me

[@Wyattporter]

4:40 bloody flankas

[@Bnvnu]

i agree, the sniper rifles have the most difficulty demarking themself from stock, with the hitman being the worst offender. Here's what i would propose: -Hitman's Heatmaker the sniper rifle does not need to reload while focus (0.3s delay/shot) focus duration reduced to 4s faster charge time while focus removed only kills with the rifle provide charge while under charge: does not recharge while under focus charge fully depletes itself when unscoping this would put far more emphasis on the focus part, allowing the sniper to clean entire teams while under it's effect a-la phlog, but with how much work you have to do to get it, and how vulnerable it makes you to flank classes while under the effects (and the possibility to waste it with how little it lasts), i would say it balances itself out.

[@cowboypeashooter]

Honestly,the Heatmaker somehow miraculously boost my skill as Sniper.Like I always guarantee get good when using it.And I like how it makes me feel like a sneaky assasin

[@HaydenX]

Giving all of the snipers standard mags ("clips") in addition to their existing mechanics is such a simple and brilliant way to allow for balancing tweaks. The Classic could be the only one that stays as it is, which would instantly be a big buff, and its real gimmick. This would also serve as a minor buff to the Huntsman as it makes no sense for it to have a "clip".

[@Dorian-ic3gx]

i guess it is a weapon that exists

[@ArbitraryOutcome]

I've only ever seen this weapon in Casual when bots are using it.

[@KLIXORthe]

If you're not that good at the game, focus actually makes sense as a panic button for when you want to deal with a single target that's noticed you and is approaching evasively. At that point, being able to line up your next shot as you reload gives you the best chance of killing an opponent who is closing in from a longer range. Also, if you're actually behind your team in a big team fight, especially against blu on payload, its definitely something you can get mileage out of against groups.

[@gamingloretf2]

I've never mentioned this but I make games as a hobby, and me and a friend who sometimes helps me with games agree hitscan is kind of dated for game design in general, if it was all really fast projectiles that gives you more to balance around and play with, you could even make a sniper rifle that riccochets (however that's spelled) or something like that. (the thing it gives to balance around being projectile speed). This game design philosophy isn't the end all be all either, neither of us think that. It's actually more exclusively applicable to movement shooters, hitscan is essential in tactical shooters and probably always will be. Just thought I'd throw this here.

[@rdyt0]

This weapon comes with a silencer, so it would make more sense if the kill cam be disabled after each kill making it the perfect weapon for stealth gameplay.

[@keith3278]

Would this idea even be possible as a testing balance change, "Different Sniper Rifles have different Zoom magnifications" ?

[@LanderKoenig]

Eh, I mostly use it because it’s a lot quieter than stock an people usually don’t notice me if I miss them unless I nip em. Am unless the person I headshot immediately tells their team about getting killed by me, I usually just quietly keep going

[@steambot3000]

Quite good video, good takes. But side stepped quite a major "feature" of the heatmaker, that lets you unscope and move after every focus shot. You can jump and duck to the sides, and be more active than just standing still with focus mowing the enemies down. Let this tech be more known about.

[@DakkaScrappa]

good tip on mvm hitmakers if there is an engie that knows what its doing stand next to the dispensers as it gives you infinite ammo to boot but if you dont have an engie or an engie that more prioritizes on the dps class have ammo canteens

[@alphamoonman]

The actual benefit of HH above all else is that you can shoot and still secondscope while using the ability meter. Basically you use it in sniper duels best; if you miss vs another sniper, you can actually unscope literally right after you shoot if you're ability is active. The thing is... some snipers will wait for you to fire the first shot, so this tricks them into going for the shot and likely missing due to the trick, and so you get to punish them for it.

[@supertonyjr8903]

The hitman's heatmaker is for me the best sniper rifle, here are my reasons why: 1) If you hit the head (as you should be doing) you get no downside and if you dont, you are missing out on 10 WHOLE dmg 2) it charges normally, so no "low heads" disadvantage 3) If you kill or get an assist you can trigger an ability (that you can use whenever you like) which gives you super fast charge rate, just like the bazaar's bargain with tracer rounds which dont really affect you that much considering you can either headshot multiple people really fast of bodyshot people with lots of dmg essencially taking away the downside because the people that see the tracer shot are dead or getting body shot back into the spawn area. 4) Don't need to even kill someone to trigger the super fast charge rate meter (aka: FOCUS) 5) The actual sound when you shoot is way quieter and smoother than every other sniper rifle, so it is REALLY easy to miss in a team fight with explosions and miniguns going off (you might not even realize that a sniper killed u) 6) When using FOCUS, you dont have to unscope at all, so you can use your rifle as a semiauto marksman rifle and 2-3 shot most classes in the game really quickly TL;DR: You can use focus meter to convert your sniper rifle into a semiauto marksman rifle without even killing someone (just w assists), and if you dont hit the head you miss out on 10 whole dmg uncharged

[@noname-vw5qw]

Getting behind ppl is what kunai spies do. Thats one way to describe it.

[@drrockso2027]

this is where I think changing it so all Rifles operated off The Classic rules(need a full charge meter to get critical headshots*) would be a good thing, it'd make the differences between all of them more meaningful as well as bring down Stock and the Bazaar Bargain down to more reasonable levels while arguably indirectly buffing The Classic(now it's only downside is doing slightly worse bodyshot damage while it's other mechanics become more appealing), Sydney Sleeper(since it'd be completely unaffected by this change since it doesn't do critical headshots in the first place), and Huntsman(since its not a rifle it wouldn't be affected by these changes so it would still be alway able to crit on a headshot), Machina would probably be the least affected rifle by these changes admittedly(I'm thinking maybe give it a slight buff by changing it's damage bonus to be always active instead of only on full charge shots) *as an additional change all Sniper Rifles now also have the Sydney Sleeper's mechanic of dealing mini-crits on any scoped headshot that's below a full charge(to slightly compensate for this I'm thinking mini-crit damage for scoped headshots specifically is raised up from the current 35% extra that Mini-Crits normally give to 90%, this way a Quick Scope headshot while no longer dealing the 150 it currently does, would still be a respectable 95 damage and thus Sniper could at least still be able to 2 Scope kill 7 out of 9 classes assuming base stats)

[@lorddootinator4332]

4:30 do you remember when it had a full on lazer pointer like the wrangler?

[@Killoer]

I mean, the head decapitation is pretty much the only reason I use it. Other than that its just a cool silenced side grade.

[@Matheus-gc5fn]

the craft for the solemn vow is a reference of how (i don`t remember who) that is cusiderated the father of modern medicine drinked the urine of their patiences... for watever reason that i also don`t remember

[@wBlitzkreig]

Hitmans Heatmaker just needs to be Spiced up more

[@Duothimir]

How about a sniper rifle that has lower base damage, several shots before needing to reload, a faster firing interval, but has random bullet spread if it's fired faster than about a second between shots? AKA, basically the Ambassador with a scope.

[@Vincent_A.]

2:21 Yeah, I’m not a good sniper so I just use this because it looks and sounds cooler than the other sniper rifles.

[@ninjabo0117]

Heatmaker is one of those weapons you just cant seem to make full use of, you manage to pull full bar you activate it and you get like 1 guy with its scope reload... Another is the sodapopper I just cant pop it at the right time mid combat. Its similar to the phenomninon where no enemy for 10 whope minutes but the moment you pick up your sentry an enemy conveniently goes around the corner but the opposite The moment you pop it all enemies in the next 100 km dissapears This happens to kritkrieg and critacola

[@darkgn0ll587]

Weapon reskins have always been a bit of an enigma to me

[@qwerty222999]

You know what, I think this weapon would be good if it automatically activated focus on a miss (if it has any available). This way the weapon has a niche for players who can quickly adjust a miss and turn it into a kill instead. I don't know if it would be like that in practical situations, but I think it would be worth trying.

[@eggofwah4852]

yoooo it's the twenty minute rant on the backscatter guy!

[@O-01-45]

I'm not going to lie, I didn't even know what focus did and I never activated it. I just liked the quieter firing sound.

[@aanproduction1516]

The clips are good idea, but there ONE small issue: Sniper rifles doesn't have place to put clips in, outside of magazine on Classic, which makes the change unimplementable in classic tf2, unless they gonna change all rifle models. However, the reloading speed can be implemented rather easily, I don't know why they don't implement it much earlier.

[@Glitchmouse2]

One thing is that it silences your shots. Which is useless concidering you wouldn’t hear anything with the amount of noises there is in this game

[@claymoresteel]

As a hitmans heatmaker player I enjoy the look and sound and that's why I use it. I forget about focus honestly

[@JessZomb]

Here's a funny way to balance the Bazaar... make it a musket. NOW, here me out on this, the weapon itself is modeled after a jezail rifle which is a musket. Make the animation about five seconds which is a lot but get rid of the charging all together and just have it do that old charge damage as flat damage. Also, probably shouldn't be super accurate, like maybe a bit of deviation.

[@25thVictor]

Idea: If it's basically stock in function (assuming you're good and always headshot) but has a *situational* upgrade, why not just use it as stock and activate the situational upgrade for situations? Like, use it only to pick off specific classes, like the kunai spy or another sniper. It's a *hitman's* heatmaker, you have to use it to be a *hitman* and assassinate specific targets. Don't use it against groups like you think you should, use it against support classes behind the group, use it to take out an engineer and use the rest of the focus on his tele or sentry. I'd also say to coordinate with a teammate to help take down the enemy group/sentry when you take out their support/engineer but we know how communication tends to work 🗿

[@staples138]

its also a reference to Leon. Making it s tier

[@selectivystupid.1030]

You missed the opportunity to name it Bland Weapon Academy

[@Shaymin0]

Here is an interesting balence change that might not be too bad but make te He hitmans more unique. Its a silenced weapon so we should make it more stealthy. They should remove the dot that shows up on the wall like the rest of the sniper rifles on the hitmans so people dont realize that there is a sniper aiming in your direction.

[@Whenthewhenthewhen]

I love the heatman's heatmaker because it decapitates on headshots

[@_rocketplays_]

I used the Heatmaker as a way to challenge myself to consistently nail headshots. I now main it ever since and is the first sniper primary I have in strange quality. Also gonna be putting a team shine spec ks on it soon. That thing is a menace in payload defense. Don't hold on to your focus meter and don't be afraid to waste your focus from relocating. It's so easy to regain it that a single random assist is enough for you to snowball it if you can hit your headshots

[@yogsothoth3524]

I definitely only used it for the head exploding effect

[@ironprince72]

so your telling me its basically a weapon reskin in tf2? dang, what a strange case of a weapon.

[@eeveewithcoffee9554]

I think I’ve only seen this weapon twice in PvP servers ever. But over 90% of Snipers use it in MvM

[@elimanic7925]

I barely play the class, but I do play with this gun when I am. And you're right, I do like the silenced pew pew. It also takes up less space with the overall smaller design.

[@solarwrath1313]

i like how it decapitates people on headshots, i wish there was a stock reskin that will decapitate people on headshot

[@deliqene3191]

Honestly the way i would "buff" the focus so its not as situational and admittedly dull, is to have to focus charge even when unscoped with full movement speed, but it does it at half or a third of its normal rate. To even it out the focus would drain faster. I know its a shit idea but i like brain storming

[@murx8983]

Fun Fact: The Hitman's Heatmaker was the one weapon I didn't own for years on end. I was never bothered by this once.

[@toastcrunch9387]

you've got it backwards on the machina, like usual. the few downsides are fairly irrelevant, while the upsides are somewhat niche. Most people see the sniper long before the tracer gives away the position, and if you really need to shoot unscoped that badly, you either messed up or should be using a proper secondary. down hallways the damn thing is lethal, beyond what other rifles can do. also learn to press Q with the gas passer in mvm and yes, you can throw it over and over again, just not as quickly as before.

[@wj11jam78]

I think the one buff that might boost this things usage is to just make it not reduce your movement speed when scoped with focus active. It'd actually take skill to learn to snipe while moving quickly and you'd still need to be cautious of flankers while you stay scoped. I think thatd make it a great offensive option

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Considering how many people think Demo's shields need blanket removed, I'm afraid for the odds that we'll get the game shaker weapons you're wanting...

[@crodolog4134]

The spy can play different using the YER it’s just no one learns the YER because even though it’s reward is higher it’s very hard to use

[@someguycalledgoober155]

Honestly a version of a sniper rifle that had explosive headshots as it's gimmick, while giving you less ammo (probably 50%) would be an interesting weapon for the main mode.

[@tannerdodge6029]

I used this because I thought it looked cool, and also forgot the focus meter most of the time

[@techngamin]

1:09 "Weapon Reskins"

[@IntrigueAndWhimsy]

Yes, yeeeessss. Us Heatmaker users love the little pew sound

[@SipponKappon]

There used to be a bug where activating it let you shoot laser beams out of your SMG. They patched this so I stopped using it.

[@xeanderman6688]

For me, it has always been a teaching sniper rifle that's meant to teach you that you need to aim for headshots otherwise you won't do much damage. Once you're decent at that, you can switch to another rifle

[@jacksteaks4943]

It is certainly one of the weapons in TF2.

[@badjuju8624]

Well a lot of bots use it too these days, I assume due to the Focus boosting. Usually you'll see them packing a Hitman's, a Cozy Camper, and a kukri.

[@hayn10]

yes it certainly is a weapon

[@darioignaciocontrerasruz5861]

I love this weapon, its useful to keep goin with kills

[@kylelangdon6724]

Pretty sure back when I first started playing the game I equiped this because I mistook it for stock.

[@owenblount7334]

7:55 beaker also working his ass off