BWR - Changelog 08/11/25

The Shortstop
+ Reverted damage bonus
- Reverted damage ramp-up
The former changes seemed unnecessary for modifying the effective range of the weapon. Despite it's accuracy with fixed spread, it's damage output still didn't approach the high-highs one would get from stock.

Sun-On-A-Stick
+ HEAT drain is paused while weapon is drawn
A sore spot for the current weapon was the inevitability of HEAT reaching 0 if the user isn't consistently able to get kills. To help offset this, the weapon now pauses it's drain while deployed. This should also make closing the distance with the weapon more safe.

Mantreads
+ DIVE: Press Special Attack in mid-air to double your gravity!
  DIVE needs just under a second of airtime
- Removed stomp damage bonus
A suggested means of improve control of stomps was to give the user control of their gravity, allowing for more rapid falls. As this will also increase the soldier's potential stomp damage, the bonus previous added to stomps was removed.

Neon Annihilator
+ Full CHARGE gives +30% to movement and switch speed
  Bonuses from CHARGE are active until CHARGE reaches 0%
- Once active, CHARGE drains at 10%/second
- Added: -10% move speed on wearer
Altering CHARGE to provide some more bonuses is meant to give the user more upside beyond making the next hit just a bigger nuke. The added movement and weapon switch speed will aid in helping the user close the gap and combo with the weapon, and enable additional combos with it. To compensate for these upsides, the user is given a slightly slower move speed by default.

Loose Cannon
  Added cosmetic smoke effect to indicate when weapon is charging
Something suggested was to help better visualize when the demoman using this is charging.

Buffalo Steak Sandvich
  Added cosmetic aura effect to better indicate when effects are active
A suggestion was to help better visualize that the heavy has this effect active.

Diamondback
+ Added: On-Backstab, this weapon reloads itself
- Minicrits now require Backstab kill (was on any knife kill)
The new upside was added to help the weapon better perform and stand out in its niche. The reload will also help offset the clip size downside when you most need it.