What would happen if we introduced backtracking rules to CTF?

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I'd like to note that nobody has yet answered the question in my original post.

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Yes.

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I'm not a fan of competitve gaming, but I would try this.

Though, I have anxiety on how well it would work in reality.

Yeah, I just wanna try it for kicks, really. We're gonna give it a shot in the next +nato+ practice I think, so I'll post here when we find out.

Here's the thing, you'd have to have a two medic limit. One on O one on D, otherwise it would be rediculously unfair.

6v6 wouldn't be enough players either. Defense would be medic,engy, and a soldier/demo. Offense would be medic, scout, soldier/demo. No other classes would be used. It *might* work in 8v8, but 6v6 is out of the question imo.

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Well I'd like to see a highlander with this format and just have one extra for whatever you want (A/D). It could work with the right classes, but the problem would be coming back with the flag. The offense of the one team would try to stop you as you go into your base. Don't know if this is desired or not...

I loved the backtracking format of CTF in TFC. It fitted, it worked, it was if we had a code of chivalry!

CTF in TF2.. if you don't know me, I picked up TF2 about a couple of months ago after having played a lot of TFC and FF. And... well, I don't feel the same about it in this reincarnation of Team Fortress. Everything is just too slow. Even the TF2 scout, the fastest class, pales in comparison to the scout in TFC. No conc jumping is the killer. Same goes for the medic, but I suppose upon reflection a medic is supposed to heal more than capture... I don't actually remember healing anyone during my TFC/ FF days...

I'd be willing to give backtracking rules a chace in TF2, but... I fear the results would be lacklustre.

No backtracking worked in TFC because offensive classes such as scout were next to useless at dm'ing. Even if you watch frag montages, the scouts and medics are featured getting a few kills but mostly doing flag runs by conc-jumping and dodging there way through enemy fire to get the flag out of the enemy base. If you're a scout in TFC thats trying to strafe jump/conc-jump w/e your way across the map, there is virtually no benefit in stopping to kill an opposing class. You had/have one job, move the flag.

That is not the case in TF2.