where was the G4 e3 demo. i couldn't find it at their site

GIVE ME THE LINK 2 THE G4 DEMO!!! I COULDNT FIND IT AT THIER SITE

I would never have thought of being able to hand someone thier own rez and letting them decide when to pop it especially in the form of a needle type thingamajig. I figured we would have some sort of rigged up shock paddles. Give whoever thought that up a raise.

It really is an ingenious idea and makes Medics so much more versatile.

I'm just picturing playing my Heavy Medic, holding down an area, tossing health directly to teammates - not having to worry about them lying on the floor for teammates to pick up. And the ability to toss revive needles to downed teammates, giving them the power to revive themselves when they feel safe. I don't need to run around like a madman dropping health and reviving teammates (even though I enjoy that aspect of Medic ) I can support my team and still hold my post. Granted, I will still need to be close enough to toss the goods, but the whole system seems to add a new dimension to playing Medic.

yea. it makes life alot easier when you dont have to stop shooting an enemy in order to run over to a teamate whos bleeding out and revive them. now you dont have to be close to them to heal them

Happy Days Happy Days

it would be awsom if i could shove a tracking beacon in a sniper barrel and shoot it an some one halfway across the map

Medics don't have to wait to rez someone awesome. Having the opinion to not rez if you want awesome. Sigh Spring 2011.

2011. . . . hmmm. . . . hey does anyone have a flux capacitor

I still think Medics can do manual revives, tossing them a syringe is just another tactic.

Yeah I wonder if you will have to spec into "revival hypo" to use it in the fashion we have seen or if its just a medic ability. I wish we could get our hands on the talent trees or lists.

im guessing a medic thing

Medic continues to sound more and more appealing to me. Not only can you revive, heal, and buff, but you can give your allies the ability to revive themselves even if you're nowhere near them.

its perfect...alot of times when a teammate would revive u...guess who was there to shoot u down again. Now the downed person has the choice...but now the medics need to be more carefull...this makes them an even bigger target then before

op and engie teams will annihilate soldier and medic teams.

Yeah but a medic+medic team will rule all, muhahaha

disguised op with backstab and sticky grenade and engie with proxy, trip mine and turrets vs two guys that throw self revives. suuuuuuurre.

Lol my team will be engineer, medic, and operative.

Well thanks to E3 we now know the medic's drop revival needles to a teammate. So now you can decide if you want to revive or not. Its an awesome idea. Also all the buffs seem really quick.

I wonder, I'm assuming the medic will get xp for healing, reviving and such. Do you think that the xp will be allocated upon distributing said needle, or when it is actually used? If this question was already clarified, my apologies.

i dont know. probably if its used. the main questions i have is how many needles do you get?

i hope its based on ability bars or that thingy. watever its called

I don't know whether to expect manual revival will be included, because it's a pretty important part of this mechanic that it gives the downed player the choice whether to be revived. Perhaps if the dying screen includes an option to make oneself unavailable for manual revival?

I expect that the XP will be allocated only for revive syringes that are actually used, not for simply tossing them; after all, the game wants to teach players to be useful to their team, and tossing revive syringes to players who don't want them is not helpful. Then again, maybe it's important that new players see that dollop of XP popping up immediately when they throw the needle, to reinforce the behavior.

An excellent point. There is an option to respawn on the dying screen however.

"join the reinforcements" may simply cause you to respawn when the reinforcement timer runs out, as opposed to slaying you as soon as you hit the button. At least, that's how it worked in ETQW.