Tightrope

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Tightrope is a server mod that aims to be a community-run version of the official beta by testing out new weapons, new maps, balance changes and other alterations. It is currently active on all TF2 Tightrope servers. There is a Steam Group for Tightrope.

Changes currently undergoing testing

New weapons

Class		Notes/Special abilities
Soldier	Secondary Personal Death Ray	Shoots rockets Only holds one rocket in clip
Pyro	Primary Arsonist's Arseblast	Airblast cures and stores ally status ailments Taunting cures and stores user's status ailments Airblast applies stored status ailments to enemies Does not apply afterburn
Pyro	Primary Adiabatter	Airblast type: Overheat Airblast ignites enemies and projectiles Airblast doesn't use up ammo User absorbs unused heat from airblasts User takes damage if too much heat is absorbed -50% max ammo
Engineer	Secondary Pardner	Crits enemies that are targeted by sentries -75% clip size No random crits
Medic	Primary Practitioner's Pointer	Keep cursor on enemies with medigun active to point them out to teammates Pointed out enemies are covered in milk and can be seen through walls Passive weapon -25% healing rate on medigun
Sniper	Melee Ascender	Climbs walls Wearer takes minicrits when aiming
Spy	Watch Lungbuster	+33% move speed when cloaked Uses health as cloak.

Changed weapons

Class	Item	Old	New
Scout	Crit-a-Cola	24 second cooldown	No cooldown
	Winger	+15% damage bonus -60% clip size	+25% damage bonus -50% clip size +75% accuracy
	Atomizer	-20% damage penalty 30% slower firing speed Third jump deals 10 damage	No damage penalty No firing speed reduction Second and third jumps deal 10 damage
Soldier	Cow Mangler 5000	Reflected rockets crit	Reflected rockets minicrit
	Liberty Launcher	~	+25% knockback -25% firing speed
	Mantreads	Deals 3x falling damage to the player you land on	Creates an explosion that deals 3x falling damage when you land
	Battalion's Backup	Rage filled by taking 450 damage	Rage filled by taking 200 damage
	Concheror	Rage filled by taking 333 damage or dealing 1133 damage	Rage filled by taking 200 damage or dealing 600 damage
	Market Gardener	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping and for 0.5 seconds after landing
	Equalizer	Base damage: 33 - 113 Speed starts increasing when the user is at 160 health and caps at 40 health	Base damage: 20 - 100 Speed starts increasing when the user is at 100 health and caps at 10 health
Pyro	Flame Thrower	~	+10% damage bonus¹
Pyro	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	On hit: Ignites enemies	Does not ignite enemies When active: Afterburn minicrits
Demoman	Grenade Launcher	Direct hits deal 84 - 123 damage	Direct hits always deal 100 damage
Demoman	Loch-n-Load	Direct hits deal 103 - 147 damage	Direct hits always deal 120 damage
Heavy	Minigun	~	33% slower spin up time²
	Brass Beast	~	Shots penetrate players +50% knockback resistance when spun-up
	Gloves of Running Urgently	When active: -6 health drained per second on wearer	When active: No health drain When active: User is ignited -50 max health on wearer
Engineer	Pomson 6000	~	Reskin of the Righteous Bison
Spy	Enforcer	+20% damage bonus when undisguised 20% slower firing speed	+20% damage bonus at all times No firing speed reduction -15 cloak per shot
Spy	Dead Ringer	90% resistance while cloaked	Resistance starts at 90% and wears off over time
¹This change only applies to the stock Flamethrower. ²This change also applies to all other Miniguns.