TF2 Weapon of the Week: The Machina
More Team Fortress 2 Weapon of the Week, I plan on doing this till I Do this for every single Weapon in the Game.
Anyway, the Machina
The Machina is a Primary Weapon for the Sniper, The Base Damage is Identical to Stock and It Cannot be Fired Unless Your are Scoped in, It also Fires Tracer Rounds, Meaning that when it Fires a very clear Team Colored Line will Appear showing the Sniper's Location.
However While it is Fully Charged it, Shots deal More damage and Penetrates Players.
Ok I will not Beat around the Bush, The Machina is pretty Much a Straight Upgrade of Stock, One Downside Barely even Matters, and the Other can be Negated by Moving your Position Often.
A Ton of New Players use this Weapon, Either because The Know the Machine is Almost a Straight Upgrade, or they Think it Looks cool. Ether Way Many Machina Snipers are pretty....Unaware and Unskilled at the Game, The Ladder of this has Earned the Machina it's New Nickname, "The Body Shot King"
Now For Gameplay.
It is difficult to aim with your scope when enemies are closer, so keep a moderate distance from the main battle. Because your position is revealed after each shot, continuously switch your sniping location. The fully charged shot is best utilized when aiming at the bodies of clustered enemies, as a fully charged headshot from the standard Sniper Rifle is already capable of instantly killing an overhealed Heavy.
Now for a New Segment Weapons I Recommend Pairing with it. YAY!
Since you are going to be Scoped up Most of the Time, I Recommend Pairing it with a Utility Secondary, Like the Razorback, or Better yet, The Cozy Camper as it Also Gains Benefits while Fully Charged.
If you are Pairing it With the Cozy Camper or the Razorback, Then You will not have access to On Hand Mini-Crits, So Running The Bushwacka or the Tribalman's Shiv is NOT a Good idea. You are better off with the Stock Kukri, Or the Shahanshahanshah(Not Actual Name, Its a Joke).
And Thats It, The Machina. Any Requests for Next Weeks Weapon of the Week? Please Tell me below