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Reason i use the disiniplanary reaction is becouse it could work like the escape plan to run away but also help youre team when doing it like saving youre medic or engie that lost his building and the enemy is coming
The Escape Plan is basically "run away, find enemy, crit him and somehow survive, heal yourself and go back to the battle, repeat" and I love it. It's functional, stupid and balanced at the same time.
Yeah if a player near spawn and theres a big health kit they sure don't want to run into spawn and get healed the only thing you need is to steal like a scout would do.
Soldier is Easy mode. This is pretty much a fact. What I didn’t realize now, is that soldier is just an offensive styled tank, compared to the heavy’s defensive styled tank.
@@shookengie370 that's the thing, soldier has the easiest weapon to use in the whole game. just shoot in the general area of your opponent's feet and you'll deal some solid damage.
I like the reduced healing because then as a medic, we can uber quicker and if i uber a soldier at low health we get a bit of a speed boost before destroying the whole team! (Also amazing video my man!)
Honestly, a little bit of Uber advantage isn’t worth not healing the rest of my team. I’ll ask them to unequip the escape plan and potentially rocket jump to help build Uber or heal someone else taking damage
I wish the equalizer had a 35% damage reduction from all sources, making it a good “stand your ground” weapon. Also, using the escape plan with the conchoror active and on low hp makes you sonic. Backup banner can be useful for less damage and immunity to its big downside. (Also making yourself low hp and running to the front lines with a medic can be helpful for a quicker Uber and make you go to the frontlines easier.)
I have to say you actually changed my thoughts about the escape plan even though you will be marked to death or get -90 les penalty for Uber, it can still be helpful in some ways. I was genuinely suprise it took for it to be Brought on to the game and you should get more views keep up the good work. :)
I thought you were a good tf2 youtuber, but when u killed that demo happy about that pizza coupon, man, disappoint almost killed me (jk excellent video you gonna hit that 100 k subs very soon)
You know what? I'm okay with more people using the LazyPurple format. Just wandered here from the reccomendations and was surprised by the quality of the video for such an unnoticed channel.
I actually thought this was a alt account from lazy purple the sfm quality is exactly the same and his explanations are on point and just like how lazy did his how it feels vids
I must say. Your Videos are very well made dude. It's good that Tf2 still get so many good TH-camrs. Glad your vids are doing well, because the commiunity needs people like you and me, who simply like the game and love to talk about it. 10k views in 2 days? Hell yeah. This game is more alive then ever. Also I like your editing, very good video
My most fond memory with the escape plan comes from a magical place called KotH Suijin. I ran out of rockets while I was standing on the little roofed hallway in front of the enemy spawn. I had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, so I did the only thing that made sense - charged forward. I've noticed a Soldier on the ground that was about to rocket jump, possibly to bomb me, so I jumped myself off the roof and met with that soldier midair. Gaben granted me a crit that has killed the enemy soldier and sent his corpse flailing into the stratosphere. Then I run in and died to a scout and died, or run all the way back to base, I honestly do not remember the last part, I was laughing too hard.
3:57 Honestly something magical about the escape plan is that in this exact scenario where your health is so low that any damage will kill you, then why not just sprint towards your enemy at the speed of a scout and smack them as many times as you can before dying? There's no downside to doing this, and you'd be surprised how often you'll actually live by throwing all caution into the wind and smacking your enemy to death
the healing speed penalty doesn't take effect when you don't have the thing out anyways so it basically isn't a downside at all. and honestly I'd say the movement speed gives you more of an edge in melee fights than damage so in my opinion it's way better for getting melee kills than the equalizer. at least you have speed to dodge, you won't even catch up to your enemy with the equalizer. conclusion: best melee weapon in the game
Up until recently I used either the escape plan or the whip in my soldier loadout (depending on how well you can work with teammates) but recently I started using the market gardener as I recently gained capability to do anything with it
Rewatching this video, we've almost got the exact same soldier loadout. Pro ks festivized aussie launcher, dragon slayer shotgun, escape plan, and the Cuban bristle crisis. I've even got the same color and effect on my launcher. Pretty cool knowing we've got similar tastes in items
The loadout for RocketManFran is the same loadout I'm using, and the loadout is actually pretty useful since you can still melee fight any class even with the mark of death if you have a chance to get a random crit
5:55 "that was a recreation of a casual clip in badlands where I get kritz from my pocket medic, demolishing the entire enemy team including a vac medic, who said the vaccinator counters kritzrieg?"
0:02 his eyes give me hope Yep... Definitely hope.... Definitely don't feel like I'm being threatened or anything like he's about to pierce my heart with a spear launcher...
Another built-in synergy this thing has is as a meme Uber. It great bc not only does the slower healing help build it, but if you bring yourself down to like 20hp, whip it out and then have your led charge you, you are now the scout but with a 65 damage melee for 8 seconds, since you aren’t gaining health from the medic. It works even better if you have a second soldier buddy with the whip to make you literally the fastest thing in the game. It. Is. Effective.
There is nothing more satisfying than being lowered to 14 hp, pulling out your Pickaxe with Speed 376, and caving in a guy's skull with pure skill and random crits.
6:53 Against phlog pyros, sniper bots, frontier justice engies, and other crit weilding classes, it is JUST as good as fighting them with the stock shovel, except you get a speed boost after being hit
I personally never switch off the Escape Plan when playing Soldier. And I've had so many moments where I'm retreating at top speed with it, and an unfortunate enemy happens to be in my way only to die to the most satisfying crit animation in the game
I was one time playing upward and I was low on health and was using the escape plan, I started running to a health kit and an enemy demo was just sitting there on the health kit spot turned away. I just decided to dash up with the escape plan and actually managed to kill the demoman, it was very satisfying.
...are we just gonna glance over the fact that the thumbnail is literally an Escape Plan in stone? great thumbnail choice for a great video, keep up the good work!
Those moments when you know running away is not an option and instead use the speed boost to run forward instead, then all that left is praying to RNGesus that the one melee you managed to swing before your body hit the floor is a random crit.
I remember back in ye old day's when TF2 beta was a thing (A seperated tf2 in which devs tested balance fixes), I remember seeing them trying to seperate both upsides of OG Equilizer, I was praying to all mighty for it not to happen in main game as I loved how it basicly gave a soldier a option to either go kamikaze on enemy or run away. But what's done is done and now Im useing Escape Plan as I used Equlizer in day's of old. Run or fight, as random crits aint so random with escape plan as one would think.
I renamed mine the Attack Plan >.> Cus when people see the pickaxe come out they usually expect you to run away. Not charge at them and somehow getting away with killing them. Especially when being below 20% health, and having the conch's speed buff active.
The thing I love about this weapon is just how simple it is, a melee weapon with a great ability and not so BS down side, and doesn't make the enemy feel too infuriating, it's like that kid in class who is just a super nice guy, he sometime jokes about someone but never too harsh
3:05 bro u can just use cl_showpos 1 instead of using a method based on YOU timing both courses frame perfect Also PLEASE use auto-reload. There's legit no reason not to. Oh, maybe tou are used to that, well please consider using autoreload just for a couple of times, you'll find that it's way easier to play with it. The escape plan is the best soldier's melee basicly
Medic: *runs past me while I have Disciplinary Action equipped * Me (Voice): MEDIC! Help! Medic: *leaves me to my slower running speed * Me: (insert Soldier scream followed by killbind) Me: *respawns with Escape Plan *
It's funny, the Equalizer was considered broken because the speed enabled it to get close to people, which was considered fine by the devs because the downside of having to get all the way into melee range at low enough HP to die to a pistol shot, on top of not getting Medic heals. Now, without it, pretty much the only thing it's got over stock is a taunt kill and a little extra damage after getting shot repeatedly, and this video on the Escape Plan has a huge fraction of it dedicated to why it's suboptimal to use it in melee range because you're at such low health.
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Now, this is epic.
Hello rocket man ah yes my fav pick
i have 7 unpaid taxes
I miss the old pickaxe before the spilt of 2012
Reason i use the disiniplanary reaction is becouse it could work like the escape plan to run away but also help youre team when doing it like saving youre medic or engie that lost his building and the enemy is coming
The Escape Plan is basically "run away, find enemy, crit him and somehow survive, heal yourself and go back to the battle, repeat" and I love it. It's functional, stupid and balanced at the same time.
@Kew Patrick and die from a random crit or random ass sentry anyway
Yeah if a player near spawn and theres a big health kit they sure don't want to run into spawn and get healed the only thing you need is to steal like a scout would do.
"balanced"
Just like what the GRU should be
It feels like this weapon is the soldier equivalent of the ubersaw, always crits
*cough* Disciplinary Action *cough*
@@sampletext5959 I agree
@@sampletext5959 fair point
Something I do in my spare time is equip this and terrorize snipers
Soldier is Easy mode. This is pretty much a fact. What I didn’t realize now, is that soldier is just an offensive styled tank, compared to the heavy’s defensive styled tank.
Unless if you can't aim
@@shookengie370 shoot feet get kills, even i can do it and im an ape
@@shookengie370 that's the thing, soldier has the easiest weapon to use in the whole game. just shoot in the general area of your opponent's feet and you'll deal some solid damage.
@@Uncle-Ruckus. same. soldier is easier to play than pyro.
Its only easy mode until skill matters. Then its hard af mode
I like the reduced healing because then as a medic, we can uber quicker and if i uber a soldier at low health we get a bit of a speed boost before destroying the whole team! (Also amazing video my man!)
Honestly, a little bit of Uber advantage isn’t worth not healing the rest of my team. I’ll ask them to unequip the escape plan and potentially rocket jump to help build Uber or heal someone else taking damage
Basically, Soldier's pickaxes are like Pyro's garden rake (back scratcher)
Ye but please only do this if you're the only person around.
I love every second of this edit: hey rocketmanfran can you talk about the Pain train on soldier main prospettive?
You and me both pal
Yes
Hello good friend
*St o ne*
@@thedittogirl11 hey ho dude
Escape Plan in a nutshell:
When full health: Why can I no move? D:
When low health: "GAS GAS I"M STEP ON THE GAS TONIGHT!"
when the enemy is 4 feet away, strafe like a maniac, random crit kill, run straight to a health pack, just to die to a random sniper
Esape Plan Gaming.
4:24 - 4:31 One of the saddest anime betrayals
I wish the equalizer had a 35% damage reduction from all sources, making it a good “stand your ground” weapon.
Also, using the escape plan with the conchoror active and on low hp makes you sonic. Backup banner can be useful for less damage and immunity to its big downside.
(Also making yourself low hp and running to the front lines with a medic can be helpful for a quicker Uber and make you go to the frontlines easier.)
I have to say you actually changed my thoughts about the escape plan even though you will be marked to death or get -90 les penalty for Uber, it can still be helpful in some ways. I was genuinely suprise it took for it to be Brought on to the game and you should get more views keep up the good work. :)
thank u! :)
And now I'm curious what melee you were using prior to this. Most of Soldier's other melee option are kinda crap to be honest.
@@mutilator97 I mean the disiprinary action is good. The market gardener is basically the extinguisher but better
It took me some time to like the escape plan, but then I realized how good the speed boost actually is
3 of my TH-camr friends uploaded in one day?
*YES*
who
@@shurbrrt de, ez, and nuts
@@NeedyBoBeedy .
not funny
@@AgentMk07 didn’t laugh
this editing style is something i'd expect from big youtubers and this video was actually in depth and engaging
you have my subscription, Rocket man
Glad to have you aboard! :)
well that was a really cool video from such a small channel, you deserve so much more!
thank u! :)
This channel is reaching the "LazyPurple" quality, loved the video man! Keep it up
3:32 the acting for that scene is really good its almost like a real game, keep up the good work fran!
I just found this channel, and just wanted to say you're doing a great job! Keep it up!
Thank you! :)
I thought you were a good tf2 youtuber, but when u killed that demo happy about that pizza coupon, man, disappoint almost killed me (jk excellent video you gonna hit that 100 k subs very soon)
Idk about that, but thank you! :D
*also rip Demo*
You know what? I'm okay with more people using the LazyPurple format. Just wandered here from the reccomendations and was surprised by the quality of the video for such an unnoticed channel.
I got one of your recommended videos from a year ago and I’m very glad to see you still active (:
I actually thought this was a alt account from lazy purple the sfm quality is exactly the same and his explanations are on point and just like how lazy did his how it feels vids
this guy is amazing you should probably subscribe him
If you keep this up, you will be as big as LazyPurple! Great content :)
I must say. Your Videos are very well made dude. It's good that Tf2 still get so many good TH-camrs. Glad your vids are doing well, because the commiunity needs people like you and me, who simply like the game and love to talk about it. 10k views in 2 days? Hell yeah. This game is more alive then ever. Also I like your editing, very good video
Thanks a bunch! This means a lot to me reading this comment! :D
@@RocketManFran no worries mate no need to thank me, I know how much work you put into your videos
Great work! I really enjoyed the video and some great editing!
Can I just say how much I love the music selection? Great video as well!
I started using the escape plan a few weeks ago, and i I found how good it really is 10/11, video very informative
Yo, RocketManFran is underrated. Your videos are so much fun and informative! Keep it up dude!
My most fond memory with the escape plan comes from a magical place called KotH Suijin. I ran out of rockets while I was standing on the little roofed hallway in front of the enemy spawn. I had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, so I did the only thing that made sense - charged forward. I've noticed a Soldier on the ground that was about to rocket jump, possibly to bomb me, so I jumped myself off the roof and met with that soldier midair. Gaben granted me a crit that has killed the enemy soldier and sent his corpse flailing into the stratosphere. Then I run in and died to a scout and died, or run all the way back to base, I honestly do not remember the last part, I was laughing too hard.
4:35 I like how he didnt even want to waste his primary’s ammo on you
"Help keep you safe" my teamates refuse to even look at the scout that is assaulting me as a medic
Just found this channel . Very glad I did , thank you for making quality content on this game .
Thanks for the nice words! :)
3:57
Honestly something magical about the escape plan is that in this exact scenario where your health is so low that any damage will kill you, then why not just sprint towards your enemy at the speed of a scout and smack them as many times as you can before dying?
There's no downside to doing this, and you'd be surprised how often you'll actually live by throwing all caution into the wind and smacking your enemy to death
this video has a good flow, great job dude
4:15 I cant be the only person that thought WOOOOOO, yea baby, this is what I've been waiting for
This is some of the most quality tf2 videos i have ever seen, keep up the great work
4:20 I thought that would have been a sponsor
Great animation, editing, and talking points! TH-cam Recommended™ strikes again!
I really like SFM bits scattered throuout the video. Makes it feel more alive
4 months ago you were thanking for 3k. And now you're almost at 20k! You're going great! Keep on the good work!
Another fire and funny video, joined the discord server right away, keep up the good work!!
Most soldier melees: whip, escape plan, market gardener
Me: frying pan
Ham shank
That one guy objector
Gold shovel
this was so useful, as a player who stumbled in between the updates i haven't heard of this one
you are like the Uncle Dane of soldiers, keep up the good work :)
Omg dude this very high-quality. It was worth the wait.
the healing speed penalty doesn't take effect when you don't have the thing out anyways so it basically isn't a downside at all. and honestly I'd say the movement speed gives you more of an edge in melee fights than damage so in my opinion it's way better for getting melee kills than the equalizer. at least you have speed to dodge, you won't even catch up to your enemy with the equalizer. conclusion: best melee weapon in the game
The direct hit: are you challenging me?
another great quality of video that i can actually enjoy. thanks
You are one of my favorite youtubers who play tf2.Please dont stop!
Up until recently I used either the escape plan or the whip in my soldier loadout (depending on how well you can work with teammates) but recently I started using the market gardener as I recently gained capability to do anything with it
Wow, good job on this
I’m getting lazy purple vibes from this
This guy is soundsmith and lazy purple combined
Amazing Vid
Subbed
Great use of SFM
Live these review type videos for the soldier
If you use the Concheror with the Equalizer, you can get the old escape plan/equalizer back.
Amazing video dare I say better and funier than a soundsmith video keep up this content
Rewatching this video, we've almost got the exact same soldier loadout. Pro ks festivized aussie launcher, dragon slayer shotgun, escape plan, and the Cuban bristle crisis. I've even got the same color and effect on my launcher. Pretty cool knowing we've got similar tastes in items
The loadout for RocketManFran is the same loadout I'm using, and the loadout is actually pretty useful since you can still melee fight any class even with the mark of death if you have a chance to get a random crit
RocketManFran uploads 3 days before christmas? Oh well an early holiday gift but I'll take it, the video is top notch!
I noticed the Hat in Time music in the video, nice choice!
I'm impressed with your channel you earned a subscriber
5:55 "that was a recreation of a casual clip in badlands where I get kritz from my pocket medic, demolishing the entire enemy team including a vac medic, who said the vaccinator counters kritzrieg?"
Give the Equaliser Damage Resistances, that grows when health is lowered.
0:02 his eyes give me hope
Yep... Definitely hope.... Definitely don't feel like I'm being threatened or anything like he's about to pierce my heart with a spear launcher...
Loving the A Hat in Time music. :)
Same. I was so pysched when I recognised that tune! :D
TF2 AND A Hat In Time background music? Top tier TF2uber.
Another built-in synergy this thing has is as a meme Uber. It great bc not only does the slower healing help build it, but if you bring yourself down to like 20hp, whip it out and then have your led charge you, you are now the scout but with a 65 damage melee for 8 seconds, since you aren’t gaining health from the medic. It works even better if you have a second soldier buddy with the whip to make you literally the fastest thing in the game. It. Is. Effective.
i can definitely see some inspiration from lazy purple, good vids man
There is nothing more satisfying than being lowered to 14 hp, pulling out your Pickaxe with Speed 376, and caving in a guy's skull with pure skill and random crits.
6:53
Against phlog pyros, sniper bots, frontier justice engies, and other crit weilding classes, it is JUST as good as fighting them with the stock shovel, except you get a speed boost after being hit
Conch + escape plan + whip from discipline action = *I am speed*
I personally never switch off the Escape Plan when playing Soldier. And I've had so many moments where I'm retreating at top speed with it, and an unfortunate enemy happens to be in my way only to die to the most satisfying crit animation in the game
This is brilliant. I wish as I was half as good at sfm as you. All I can do is stills right now XD
aw, you're too kind :)
A much as I love the Escape Plan, The Equalizer is my "have fun" weapon, its so funny to just whip it out and one-shot them by complete accident.
The Escape Plan is fun to run at people at 100 MPH while at 50 health and getting funny crits.
I was one time playing upward and I was low on health and was using the escape plan, I started running to a health kit and an enemy demo was just sitting there on the health kit spot turned away. I just decided to dash up with the escape plan and actually managed to kill the demoman, it was very satisfying.
...are we just gonna glance over the fact that the thumbnail is literally an Escape Plan in stone?
great thumbnail choice for a great video, keep up the good work!
Thanks!
This is fantastic, it's only a matter of time before you become as popular asf
Demoman: what did I win?
A coupon to cicis pizza!
Me: silently Sheds tear because the cicis near me closed
Those moments when you know running away is not an option and instead use the speed boost to run forward instead, then all that left is praying to RNGesus that the one melee you managed to swing before your body hit the floor is a random crit.
Nice video Rocket
Love the Super Mario Galaxy and A Hat In Time music :)))
those two games are great games! :D
Your videos are great! Keep up the great work
Just discovered this channel
You have the vibe of lazypurple
I like it
Subbed
I remember back in ye old day's when TF2 beta was a thing (A seperated tf2 in which devs tested balance fixes), I remember seeing them trying to seperate both upsides of OG Equilizer, I was praying to all mighty for it not to happen in main game as I loved how it basicly gave a soldier a option to either go kamikaze on enemy or run away. But what's done is done and now Im useing Escape Plan as I used Equlizer in day's of old. Run or fight, as random crits aint so random with escape plan as one would think.
i love ur ytb banner :) its amazing art
I renamed mine the Attack Plan >.>
Cus when people see the pickaxe come out they usually expect you to run away. Not charge at them and somehow getting away with killing them.
Especially when being below 20% health, and having the conch's speed buff active.
Rocketmanfran reminds me of LazyPurple very heavily, that is a good thing
The thing I love about this weapon is just how simple it is, a melee weapon with a great ability and not so BS down side, and doesn't make the enemy feel too infuriating, it's like that kid in class who is just a super nice guy, he sometime jokes about someone but never too harsh
When I play Scout, I think about It like it's Scout's version of The Escape Plan, it kind of is.
I was fully expecting this to be 8 minutes of the thumbnail. Either way, not disappointed
Wow, that sfm lip sink is awesome-
3:05 bro u can just use cl_showpos 1 instead of using a method based on YOU timing both courses frame perfect
Also PLEASE use auto-reload. There's legit no reason not to.
Oh, maybe tou are used to that, well please consider using autoreload just for a couple of times, you'll find that it's way easier to play with it.
The escape plan is the best soldier's melee basicly
Medic: *runs past me while I have Disciplinary Action equipped *
Me (Voice): MEDIC! Help!
Medic: *leaves me to my slower running speed *
Me: (insert Soldier scream followed by killbind)
Me: *respawns with Escape Plan *
love your vids man :) only wanted to say that you should use more 3 point lighting to improve your sfm segments :D
I like to be a lunatic and use escape plan or equalizer with rocket jumper to annoying the snipers
It's funny, the Equalizer was considered broken because the speed enabled it to get close to people, which was considered fine by the devs because the downside of having to get all the way into melee range at low enough HP to die to a pistol shot, on top of not getting Medic heals. Now, without it, pretty much the only thing it's got over stock is a taunt kill and a little extra damage after getting shot repeatedly, and this video on the Escape Plan has a huge fraction of it dedicated to why it's suboptimal to use it in melee range because you're at such low health.
The conch+The escape plan+1 health
="I'm fast as fuck boiiiiii"
liking the AHIT music in the background
A masterpiece,, keep up the good work!
Keep the good work up man!