Black Box
| Black Box | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Soldier |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Contributed by: | Rob "Larolaro" Laro |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Uncrate(#2), Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 3 |
| Ammo carried: | 20 |
| Reload type: | Single |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Black Box |
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| “ | Each and every one of you will be sent home to your mama in a box!
Click to listen
— The Soldier
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The Black Box is a craftable primary weapon for the Soldier class and is also a part of The Tank Buster item set. It appears as a black, rectangular Rocket Launcher, sporting two fastening bands near the front end and case coverings hanging open at both ends of the weapon.
For every enemy successfully hit with the Black Box, the player will be awarded 15 health points, regardless of how much damage is dealt. For example, hitting one enemy awards 15 health, and hitting two rewards 30. The Soldier will not receive health if the target is a disguise-wearing Spy or an enemy under the effects of the Medi Gun's ÜberCharge, however, health will still be awarded if the target is using Bonk!.
Unlike the Powerjack and Eyelander, health gained through Black Box hits cannot grant overheal. Health gains are indicated by the health counter in the HUD. The downside of this weapon is that it can only hold three rockets. This makes the Black Box a choice of survivability over ability to deal damage.
Should a Pyro successfully reflect a Black Box rocket such that it collides with the shooter or another enemy, the health bonus will be given to the Pyro.
Contents
Damage
See also: Damage
| Range[1] | Damage per Rocket | Mini-Crit Damage | Critical damage |
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| Point Blank | 105-112 | 122 | 270 |
| Medium | 50-95 | ||
| Long | 45-65 |
Notes
- Base: 90
- Max Ramp Up: 125% (112 damage)
- Max Fall Off: 53% (48 damage)
- Splash Damage Reduction: 1% per 2.88 Hammer units away from epicenter to a minimum of 50% at 9 feet (144 Hammer units)
- Splash Radius: 9 feet (144 Hammer units)
- Splash at 3 ft/1m: 226 Critical hit
- Splash at 6 ft/2m: 140 Critical hit
- Rocket Jump Damage to Self: 27-46
- Critical Hit: Deals same amount of self damage as a regular rocket jump.
- Splash Damage to Self: 27-89
Function times
- Attack Interval: 0.8
- Reload Base: 0.8
- Additional Reload: 0.92
Reload base is the time it takes to reload the first rocket. Additional reload is the time it takes to reload each rocket after the first. All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Demonstration
Item set
Main article: Item sets
| The Tank Buster | |
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Leave a Calling Card on your victims |
Blueprint
| Direct Hit | Reclaimed Metal | Black Box | ||
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| Refined Metal | Black Box | Grenadier's Softcap | ||
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Bugs
- Like the Direct Hit, when reloading, the Soldier's hand will animate as if he's putting in rockets; however, the rockets are heard, not seen.
- Hitting multiple targets with a single rocket will heal 15 HP for each player hit, but as this all happens at the same time, the HUD healing notification will only show one +15 (likely displaying multiple "+15"s on top of each other, making only one visible).
Trivia
- The Black Box was originally based on the real world M202 FLASH incendiary Rocket Launcher, the four barrel holes were swapped for one due to gameplay issues.
- Larolaro, creator of this weapon, also created the Homewrecker.
- The Black Box was also the name of an unreleased compilation of the new content in The Orange Box.
- A black box is also something that takes in and puts out something without the insides being known. This may be a reference, possibly unintentional, to the fact that the Solider can load all of his launchers with more then 1 munition while nobody can see how the said munitions are stored.
Gallery
- Black Box 1st person cropped.png
1st person view.
Projectile.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Medium range is defined as the main resupply door to the opposite wall on the upper level of ctf_2fort. Long range is defined as battlement to battlement on ctf_2fort. Base damage is the damage done at 512 units before damage variance or bullet spread. Ramp up maxes out at 0 units. Fall off maxes out at 1024 units. Explosive damage varies depending on how it hits a player, the larger the classes hit box and the closer you are to the explosion the more damage you will take, the further away from the explosion the less damage you can take. Explosions do the most damage when they happen at the mid point of a player model, the explosion will cover more of the hit box and thus do the most damage. Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.
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