Direct Hit
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Soldier |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Released: | December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update) |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #7, Uncrate #20 (Strange), Uncrate #41 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 4 |
| Ammo carried: | 20 |
| Reload type: | Single |
| Available Qualities | |
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 The Direct Hit |
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| “ | A high precision version of the standard-issue rocket launcher, the Direct Hit has been engineered from the ground up for Soldiers who have mastered the art of shooting at their targets instead of vaguely near them.
— Direct Hit publicity blurb
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The Direct Hit is an unlockable primary weapon for the Soldier. It is a high-tech rocket launcher with a slim barrel and small exhaust port, outfitted with a cosmetic scope imprinted with the Mann Co. logo on the left side.
Compared to rockets from the default Rocket Launcher, the Direct Hit's projectiles travel 80% faster, at a rate of 1980 Hammer units per second (135 km/h or 84 mph), and inflict 25% more damage to their target. For precision marksmen, the Direct Hit also scores mini-crits on airborne targets propelled into the air by explosions or Pyros using a charge from the Thermal Thruster, adding additional damage and negating damage falloff.
The splash radius of the Direct Hit's shots is reduced to 30%, forcing players to score "direct hits" on enemies in order to damage them. The radius of the splash zone is roughly 44 Hammer units, the width of an operational Teleporter. This tightened splash radius and increased damage only applies to enemies; the explosion acts like a default rocket to the Soldier who fired it, sharing the same radius and damage when calculating self-damage, allowing the user to rocket jump as normal.
The Direct Hit is automatically given to any player who obtains 11 Soldier achievements.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Projectile | |
| Damage type | Explosive | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 125% | 140 |
| Base damage | 100% | 112 |
| Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 59 |
| Critical | 338 | |
| Mini-crit | 152-189 | |
| Splash damage | ||
| Minimum splash | 50% | 83.82 cm |
| Damage reduction | 1% / 0.86 | |
| Self-damage | 27-89 | |
| Self damage (rocket jump) | 27-46 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Reload (first) | 0.92 s | |
| Reload (consecutive) | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Tips
- Pretty strong counter of Sentry Gun and Combat Mini-Sentry Gun.
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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As a crafting ingredient
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Strange variant
Related achievements
Soldier
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Pyro
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Heavy
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Sniper
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Snakewater achievements
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Update history
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- The Direct Hit was added to the game.
- The Direct Hit's short-range damage curve is tweaked to match that of the standard Rocket Launcher.
- The Direct Hit no longer scores mini-crits against enemies submerged in water.
- Changed the Direct Hit to only mini-crit enemies that have been launched into the air by an explosion.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- The Direct Hit's kill icon was updated.
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] The Direct Hit's description was updated.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "+25% damage done" to "+25% damage bonus".
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- [Undocumented] Fixed the reload of Soldier primary weapons to show rockets in first person.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attribute "Mini-crits targets launched airborne by explosions" to "Mini-crits targets launched airborne by explosions, grapple hooks or enemy attacks".
October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)
- [Undocumented] Changed attributes:
- Attacks on targets flying via the Thermal Thruster mini-crit.
- Fixed entities being considered static props after long server times
- Fixed rockets occasionally being solid
Unused content
- There are three taunt sounds for the Direct Hit that were not used in-game.[1]
Trivia
- The Direct Hit was definitely not involved in the tragic explosion of American monkeynaut Poopy Joe's capsule. Mann Co.'s subsequent desire to give away the weapon was for completely unrelated and innocent reasons.[2]
- The Direct Hit was first teased on Day 4 of the WAR! Update in two different locations. Its muzzle is visible behind Saxton Hale on Page 10 of the comic, though its proportions are slightly distorted, and it is visible on the Engineer's chalkboard in the newspaper. It can also be seen on page 21 of the WAR! Update comic in the Administrator's lap.
Gallery
First-person view.
Projectile.
The Administrator holding the Direct Hit in the WAR! Comic.
References
See also
External links
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