Opinion on Backscratcher?

[MrCakeMan14]

Diagnosis- Annoying. At least wen ur a medic and Pyros are yelling MEDIC! expecting to get healed normally but no. I personally don't like this weapon, I find it troublesome.

[Techercizer]

If I start healing a pyro with that thing equipped, I will drop his ass so fast, his pants will break the sound barrier.

I don't have TIME to fuss over his little 2hp/s health regeneration while his teammates are DYING all around him, and I'd appreciate not being treated like some second-rate backup plan to map-spawned health packs by someone who's supposed to be working with me as a team.

If you want to be a demoknight, be a damn demoknight; don't waste my time, take up your teammates' healing, and insult my competence trying to be the 10th class you aren't.

[LegendarySurgeon]

Backscratchaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Can be helpful for building uber after you've healed everyone else around you; but really only a weapon to equip if your team has no medic.

[Techercizer]

Backscratchaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Can be helpful for building uber after you've healed everyone else around you; but really only a weapon to equip if your team has no medic.

if you have more than 5 other players on your team, you can stay at the max ubercharge rate pretty easily without the backscratcher.

[Sirnak]

I don't know how people fail to realize what seems to me is the obvious way the backscratcher needs to be used. I'll make a short class to explain what is this "obvious way to use a Backscratcher".

Backburner/Backscratcher. Does anyone else actually sees the similarity between these names? I'm pretty sure it's no coincidence if the Backscratcher is named like that.

Backscratchers are a vital tool for Backburner Pyros since it allows them to heal properly while they are behind enemy lines (where a good Backburner Pyro should be and remain until he dies at my opinion). Backburner Pyros don't normally see their team's Medic and the team's Medic is a COMPLETE RETARD if he follows the Backburner Pyro alone behind a group of 10+ enemies. Medics just have to ignore Backscratcher Pyros since they should have top priority immediatly after the Medic to pick up healing items on the ground. Overhealing a Backburner Pyro is pretty useless as well since it'll take the Pyro some time to reach his ambushing spot and to fight (the overheal is gone before the Pyro has a chance to fight).

Just don't heal Backscratcher Pyros if you are a Medic. As a Backscratcher Pyro at my times, I swear I rage when a Medic just starts following me around since I'm mostly incapacitated by the fact I need to protect him while he is unable to even heal me properly when I have to fight.

Backscratcher Pyros are lone wolves. Let them die alone if that's their choice.

[Techercizer]

The least they could do is let their Medics know before-round that they have the rake equipped so that we don't waste precious time in the middle of a battle healing them until we figure it out.

[BoB Dolen]

Sorry whats this backscratcher you speak of?

Is it similar to my "Rape Rake?

[LegendarySurgeon]

Sorry whats this backscratcher you speak of?

Is it similar to my "Rape Rake?

Yes.