Force-A-Nature
| Force-A-Nature | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Scout |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Released: | Scout Update |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #8 or Uncrate #47 (Strange) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 2 |
| Ammo carried: | 32 |
| Reload type: | Clip |
| Available Qualities | |
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 The Force-A-Nature |
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| “ | Any outdoorsman will tell you the most frustrating part of hunting is when a deer simply FALLS DOWN when shot, and doesn't FLY BACKWARD into the forest. Those days are over. Anything this baby hits better PACK A LUNCH, 'cause it is going for a ride!
— Force-A-Nature publicity blurb
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The Force-A-Nature, also known as the FaN, is an unlockable primary weapon for the Scout. It is a large double-barreled hunting shotgun with sawn-off barrels and a wooden stock. Its name is derived from what the Scout calls himself in Meet the Scout.
Compared to the Scattergun, the Force-A-Nature's ammo clip size is significantly smaller, only loading two shots at a time. However, it fires more rapidly and will cause opponents to suffer knock back inversely proportionate to the distance between them and the Scout. If the Scout fires the weapon while airborne, the inherent recoil will propel him opposite of the aimed direction. This can be used to perform an effective third jump. Knockback is only delivered by the first shot; after shooting, there is a delay of 1.5 seconds where the affected parties cannot be knocked back by a second shot.
The Force-A-Nature shares the Scattergun's increased positive damage ramp of 175%. Overall, it deals more damage than the Scattergun, spread over a greater number of pellets — 0.9x damage per pellet times 1.2x amount of pellets equals 1.08 times normal damage. However, the low clip size results in more frequent reloads. When reloading, two shells will always be consumed, as any left in the chamber are ejected.
Like other bullet-based weaponry, the Force-A-Nature's first shell will fire at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before 'bullet-spread' takes effect. When random spread is disabled, the pellets will form a three by three grid pattern.
The Force-A-Nature is automatically given to any player who obtains 10 Scout achievements.
The kill icon for the Force-A-Nature was contributed by Template:Steam profile link.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 175% | 9.45 / pellet |
| Base damage | 100% | 5.4 / pellet |
| Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 2.7 / pellet |
| Pellet count | 12 | |
| Point blank | 92-113 | |
| Medium range | 11-43 | |
| Long range | 3-11 | |
| Critical | 16.2 / pellet | |
| Mini-crit | 7.29-12.76 / pellet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.315 s | |
| Reload | 1.652 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Related achievements
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Strange variant
Update history
February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)
- The Force-A-Nature was added to the game.
- Fixed this weapon's description not fitting inside the item window.
- Fixed kill description for Force-A-Nature, so server logs can distinguish them
- This weapon's damage was increased by 10%.
- The knockback effect no longer affects Disguised Spies.
- The previous patch was reverted; knockback now affects Disguised Spies again.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Corrections were made to the knockback dealt.
- Knockback now only works in close range, similar to the compression blast.
- The effect can no longer be used to juggle enemies; knockback is now only dealt by the first shot.
- Self-knockback is altered to respect the Scout's view angle. Looking up while shooting will no longer propel the enemy upwards.
- Knockback became scaled by an indeterminate amount of damage done.
- Further corrections made to the knockback.
- Knockback now only occurs when the shots deal more than 30 damage and the enemy is in close range.
- The angle of the weapon when fired determines the knockback.
- It no longer affects grounded targets as much.
- Fixed grounded players receiving falling damage from shots fired directly above them.
- Fixed this weapon firing fewer pellets when
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- This weapon now correctly knocks back players on the ground.
- The minimum damage required for the Force-A-Nature to cause a knockback was increased from 30 to 40.
- [Undocumented] This weapon received its own kill icon.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- Fixed this weapon not drawing correctly in the character loadout screen.
- [Undocumented] The weapon no longer clips into itself or shows shells hovering outside.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] The Force-A-Nature was added in the Soda Popper's crafting blueprint.
- [Undocumented] The damage penalty attribute was changed from "-10% damage done" to "-10% damage penalty".
- Updated attribute from -60% clip size to -66% clip size.
- Weapon functionality is unchanged.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange variant.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Made Force-A-Nature pushback more consistent.
Notes
- Double jumping and then firing both shots may cause the Scout to yell one of four responses, signifying a successful "force jump" due to the knockback from the Force-A-Nature.
Trivia
- The Force-A-Nature was manufactured in Portugal — a dubious claim, considering that its "good warranty" is actually written in Spanish, a common mistake for people unfamiliar with Portuguese language — and marketed towards the particularly sadistic Outdoorsman.
- The sound effects for the Scattergun's unused "double shot" function were recycled into the Force-A-Nature.
Gallery
First-person view.
See also
External links
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