I keep hearing that you can fire compressed air somehow that can repel rockets and other business like that.

The question is, HOW?

While you're holding the flamethrower (the original one, not the Backburner) just right-click. You'll see a distortion in front of you. It not only repels rockets but pushes people, which can be very useful for knocking back ubercharged players or separating them from their medic.

Keep in mind that this is for PC only. The Xbox360 and PS3 versions haven't received the update patches that included this new feature.

Can you also tell me why Pyros are such bastards? :)

Actually, now I've played them a lot, I appreciate them much more, but they're STILL such a pain on some of the Gold Rush maps....

Hawk
While you're holding the flamethrower (the original one, not the Backburner) just right-click. You'll see a distortion in front of you. It not only repels rockets but pushes people, which can be very useful for knocking back ubercharged players or separating them from their medic.

Keep in mind that this is for PC only. The Xbox360 and PS3 versions haven't received the update patches that included this new feature.

I have the 360 version on the orange box. That would explain a lot. I thought I figured it out when I found a glitch where you hold RT and hold LT then release RT. Your flamethrower shakes a bit. I was just making sure...

ozoneocean
Can you also tell me why Pyros are such bastards? :)

Actually, now I've played them a lot, I appreciate them much more, but they're STILL such a pain on some of the Gold Rush maps....

I despise the pyro >_>

I'm a sniper, through and through. ^_^

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Thank you both for clearing that up.

Puff_Of_Smoke
I'm a sniper, through and through. ^_^

Through my head...

Bigger bastards than Pyros. -_-

Although they're a lot of fun when you go as a spy, disguise yourself as a sniper and hang around on the battlements of the enemy fort. ^_^

Hohoho, snipers are nothing compared to the real bastards, Glitch-users. I can't play dustbowl without at least one guy doing an outside-the-arena glitch.

That's the unfortunate problem with the console versions... they haven't had the glitches patched up yet. I don't know why Valve doesn't get somebody on that. I hear stories of gameplay being ruined by people shooting straight through walls.