“The patient has one responsibility regarding his medic: keep him alive.”

While I understand what you mean it presents itself as a contradiction at first.

Of course it’s situational, and as such a good patient has to shift priorities constantly. A good medic will be aware of that and hopefully react accordingly.

…Pubs suck.

Don’t get me wrong: I love it when people thank me for a heal. But, like Devenger said, it’s part of my job, like it’s the Soldier’s part to blast people. I don’t expect or need a thanks, but it never fails to bring a smile to my face when I do see a regular thank you in the voice box (yes, I know the game does it for you, but then it’s the game giving compliments and it’s really not the same).

But when you’re the only Medic on the team (usually because there were no Medics to begin with), fully healed Demomen are spamming, burning Scouts are trying to make it difficult for you to extinguish them (hopping around does not make healing easier, especially for Scouts), and some guy is complaining on the voice chat that there aren’t enough Medics, it can get pretty frustrating. And those are the cases that most Medics whine about. I think that’s an important difference. There are simply a lot of people that do not take their Medic into account. If you do, then these rants are not aimed at you (and, I should make clear, there are enough of those people. Half my friend list is filled with people I have had good Medic experiences with). But, just like a Medic is vital to the team (Just 1 or 2 Medics can change the entire flow of the match), so the team is vital to the Medic (a lone Medic usually does not live to tell the tale).

I do not expect flowers. I do not expect my healee to babysit me. I only expect my team to actually act like a team. Which includes keeping those who need you alive. On another note, it does not include selective healing. If a guy is dying, he’s dying, he gets healed in turn. If you have an uber, pick your best player to uber, but I’d rather pop an uber on a bad player than die.

Like I said, I do not expect a thank you, but it is gratifying, especially given the sometimes tedious job that Medics have.

2. Using the “Thanks” command in the heat of battle is a challenge, not a chore.

I thought hardcore kids liked adding challenges to their game…

“Battle Medic is a killer”

Do you mean that in a good or bad way. I am a crazy killer, but you could mean that I am no help to my team.

I will just guess it is both.

I never play much Medic (just slightly above both Soldier and Demo), but when I do, I try as hard as possible to make sure NOBODY dies. I always am sad when someone dies I could’ve saved. But I literally mash Z+2 whenever there’s a Medic in the general vicinity.

The responsibility of the patient is to protect his medic, if the patient is not doing his job, it’s not the fault of the medic for whining.

The medic is totally defenseless, as you said, the medic watches for targets, but as this article said “It’s considerably simpler to keep the medigun beam locked on the patient than to actually gun an enemy down”

The medic “only needs to hold the LMB down”, which means that he is STILL totally defenseless.

If the patient is too busy trying to blast away at that sniper 100 meters away with a minigun, it’s the fault of the patient.

If the patient blatantly grabs a health pack that he doesn’t desperately need (e.g. he’s at 3 health and actively fighting), while the medic is on fire and dying, then it’s the fault of the patient.

The medic has done his duty to the team, if he’s done all this, he has every damn right to whine about his incompetent pocket.

lmao

As a medic, there’s always somebody that needs your help, and you don’t need to cling to patients if they’re going to take your help for granted. If somebody dies over and over under my care, I’m going to turn to a guy who’ll actually benefit.

If you know your medic is being attacked, it is your responsibility to throw yourself in the way and defend him. If you don’t see that scout or hear me on the mic saying “scout coming at me, scout on me, scout is on me!, SCOUT ON ME, SCOU- FUCK!” then you don’t deserve a medic or a win.

My no-heal list is reserved for special idiots. I’ve put maybe 3 people on it ever. 1st was a soldier that, once I ubered him, stood still and tuanted. And taunted. And taunted. 2nd was a very obnoxious scout that KNEW he was the captain of our team and that WE were all failing because we wouldn’t all drop what we were doing and all rush to defend him whenever he found a level 1 guarding E on Steel. 3rd was a griefer.

Limiting myself? Maybe. But in extreme cases, I think I reserve that right.

Z-2 has become habit to me as both a genuine ‘thank you’ and a sarcastic one >_>

Although it is the patients role to kill, it is also in a way, their duty to attempt to protect their healer instead of taking advantage of the regenerating overheal.

Oh and there is nothing more annoying than getting happy at the sight of a medic and then having them explode into the numerous bits that compose of your corpse:

No medic is a disadvantage. A battle medic is killer.

‘(Healaers against Haloes, anyone?)’

Spelling error?

I protect my medic as a pyro but I expect them to watch the flank and whip out their syringe gun (surprisingly powerful at close range) when necessary.