Left 4 Dead 2 - Boom Jockey

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Published on January 1, 2010 2:05:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Z9LAfEsbI

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Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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In order to make them less situational in practice, I think Jockeys should be able to explode. This is how I envision such an ability.

The text from my original Steam forum thread:

Jockey buff suggestion: Explode

As I'm sure everyone is aware by now, the Jockey is the most terrible class in the game. He does less damage than a Smoker, jockeys his victims around slower than a Boomer, and magically leaps through and misses his targets more than a Hunter. Sure, he can pull survivors off edges like nobody's business, but that technique rarely comes into play as it seems Left 4 Dead 2 takes place in some bizarre alternate universe where safety rails inhibit every possible ledge in existence. Anyway, the Jockey's lack of usefulness was greatly disconcerting to me, so I began pondering on what could be done to improve his abilities. One day I was in Team Fortress 2 watching a Soldier perform his Equalizer taunt when, suddenly, it hit me:

What if the Jockey could explode?

This is such a genius idea that I won't even bother wasting my time explaining it further. In fact, I'll do you one better; I'll show just how great this idea is through the magic of the motion picture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Z9LAfEsbI&fmt=22

Hopefully Valve reads this thread (I mean, they read all the threads here, right?) and immediately implements this suggestion. I thank you for reading my first Steam forum idea thread and hope you like it too many.

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