Natascha, or Sasha?

[Grey Devil]

Natascha is perfect for Defend intel or when providing covering fire but when a KritsKrieg is added its Perfect

This has been made more relevant considering that the Kritzkrieg now fills up 25% faster.

I havent had a chance to test out both to see a true different in actual gameplay, but going from what i saw i am really liking the new minigun. The slowdown/knockback makes a difference even though it does less damage, more so when you consider that it slows down targets enough for snipers and other classes to take advantage of this. As a teamwork type of weapon the new minigun has more advantages.

Now if you're focusing on quick offense, i might be more inclined to pick the regular minigun because under that setting every bit of damage that you can inflict makes a difference towards pushing forward faster.

(I would like to wait a couple of weeks and see how gameplay on the server changes. We should have a better opinion later on)

[NFreak]

I actually prefer Natascha. The slowdown is great for defending, especially against Scouts. Still need to try it out in real gameplay though. However, for offense, unless I have a Kritz Medic, I'd probably switch back.

[Headshot Hitman]

Natasha for mostly everything - considering of course you have a dedicated medic and are a 'ninja-ambush' heavy. The difference between natasha then sasha, is that the heavy is actually able to get more rounds in before the enemy turns the corner, so the damage reduction is actually worth it:

Take the following math:
Say the Sasha does 90 damage per second in one circumstance,
This must mean that Natasha would do 67.5

You are a heavy coming up from sewers with your medic. There is an enemy soldier with a medic guarding the top. As you round the corner, ninja style, the enemy soldier runs away to the side corridor/ drop down from secondary respawn.

Lets say it takes the soldier 3 seconds to get from the top of sewers into the corridor.
With Natasha, (a slowdown of 50%, is what i hear) this would take the soldier 4.5 seconds To get there.

Thus, Sasha would only deal 270/300 damage to the enemy soldier with a medic, while Natasha would deal 303.75. I realize this is a specific example suited to Natasha - However, with enemies with fewer heatlh, this comparision becomes a whole lot easier.

This plan, however does not work with enemies that don't run - i.e. Enemy sasha-wielders, so watch out!

Oh, and i personally say 'f- the sandiwch' You should have a medic.

ALWAYS

[StrongBad36x]

I love all the new weapons better than the recent ones. They just own. And the sandwich tastes great! (I already ate 100+ of them )

[SDHitmen]

it was kind of weird...  When I looked at the achievements when they first came out I already had the one where you have to eat 100 sandviches...  I was like uh....  It was really confusing.