Played TF2 for the first time in half a year, and looted a beggar's bazooka(finally). Then it got me thinking.

Why not rework the swarm launcher a little and reintroduce dumbfire, but not the beast that was staked in the heart long before my time and horror stories of which circulate the forums today.

1. First change would call for changing the way the ammunition is displayed to total number of missiles carried rather than number of salvos.

Mlt - (2/4) (4 missiles) -> 8/16
Std - (3/6) (4 missiles) -> 12/24
Adv -(3/6) (5 missiles) -> 15/30
Pro - (3/6) (6 missiles) -> 18/36

2. Next re-enable the swarm launcher to dumbfire only a single missile at a fire rate of 60rpm. <-- also serves as minimum refire time

3. To fire additional missiles per shot a lock-on needs to be established. The longer the lock the more missiles are fired up to the maximum of the tier.

*not taking operation skill into account
** values for non-variant swarm launcher

Mlt - 0.47 sec per additional missile fired
Std - same as mlt
Adv - 0.35 sec per additional missile fired
Pro - 0.28 sec per additional missile fired

Example. At the pro tier, when the trigger is held and a lock is established for .56 seconds a 3 - missile salvo will be fired, holding lock for the full 1.4 seconds fires a full salvo

4. Adjust splash range, and adjust splash damage to an acceptable amount.

Summary

1 - Add dumbfire
2 - Change the way ammo is displayed
3 - Tweak firing mechanic
4 - Tweak splash

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