April 28, 2011 Patch (Beta)

Patch notes

In our on-going effort to include the community in more of our design process, we're starting to introduce item designs that are very rough and/or experimental. If you don't like a particular design, we'd love to hear feedback on the kinds of changes that would make the item interesting to you.

Medic:
- Beta Syringe Gun
  - Increased Mad Milk duration to 2 seconds
  - Damage penalty reduced to 50% (from 10%), which means the medic now gains health on hit
Sniper:
- Beta Sniper Rifle 1
  - Bonus structure changed
    - 25% charge rate bonus on bodyshot
    - 45% charge rate bonus on headshot
    - 65% charge rate penalty on miss
  - The charge rate now resets to default upon death
  - The charge rate is now unaffected by shots fired while unzoomed
Soldier:
- Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher
  - Now deals mini-crits instead of crits
  - Time of mini-crit bonus reduced to 6 seconds from 8
- Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 2
  - New rocket launcher option
  - +15% ubercharge rate for the medic healing you. This effect does not work in the respawn room
  - -10 health on hit
- Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 3
  - New rocket launcher option
  - 50% faster reload time while being healed by a medic
  - -10 health on hit
- Beta Pocket Shotgun
  - Damage bonus reduced to 20% from 25%
  - Deploy time penalty increased to 30% from 25%