The airblast is now what it should have originally been, but the damage on his primary attraction (flames = pyro) is a joke. It's on par with a spy's revolver, on a class listed as one of the three offensive classes. Hell, the Pyro was cited as the King of CQC; It wasn't really 100% true pre-update, but now that he was nerfed it's dreadfully clear that his DPS is beyond lacking for what he is intended to be.
I originally thought the pros of the new airblast outweighed the cons, right as the update came out, but then it became painfully clear that it isn't close to outweighing the penalties to his damage output. Realistically, the new airblast helps in one matchup toe-to-toe; the Soldier. It's now even more likely to beat good soldiers, which is awesome to hear. Otherwise, the new airblast is mainly utility oriented, and I don't even need to list off the numerous uses of it. Unfortunately, the utility wasn't worth the desecration of what the class was MEANT to be; the King of CQC.
They made the third-ish worst class into the second worst class, only to Engineer, who will be getting an update really soon. We can only hope they buff up his damage ramp up at pointblank when they release the update, so that he keeps his awesome utility while staying true to the class' goal.
I originally thought the pros of the new airblast outweighed the cons, right as the update came out, but then it became painfully clear that it isn't close to outweighing the penalties to his damage output. Realistically, the new airblast helps in one matchup toe-to-toe; the Soldier. It's now even more likely to beat good soldiers, which is awesome to hear. Otherwise, the new airblast is mainly utility oriented, and I don't even need to list off the numerous uses of it. Unfortunately, the utility wasn't worth the desecration of what the class was MEANT to be; the King of CQC.
They made the third-ish worst class into the second worst class, only to Engineer, who will be getting an update really soon. We can only hope they buff up his damage ramp up at pointblank when they release the update, so that he keeps his awesome utility while staying true to the class' goal.