Introducing crit heals, an incredibly important part of being a great medic. Expect much more medic content in preparation for matchmaking! I'll be damned if the medics in matches are going to suck.
***** Your videos made me a better medic, now the medic is my favorite class and I have the most playtime with him. AND I'm copy-ing you I almost got the same cosmetics as you >:D [EDIT] Well as your outro medic cosmetic' tho...
Parker Matchett I think he meant the "I wish you all the greatest luck in your future medic endeavors" as Mr. Paladin says "I hope this helps you in your future endeavors" although I may be wrong.
ArraySeven, I just wanted to thank you for making these Medic guides. I recently decided to make Medic my main, despite Medic being my least played class (with fewer than 20 hours out of 1000+ total), so these guides as well as others have really helped me improve my game. Just today, I was playing Medic in a server and got called a really good Medic. Then I received a shocked reaction when I told them how little I've played Medic. Regardless, thank you for the wonderful tips and I hope you continue to make more. :D
3:47 You heard it here first, folks! Only heal the black person minimally, but heal the big strong white man as much as you can! Thanks for the advice, ArraySeven! (Yes this is a joke)
IHE Fan 97 that's because black man fights better even being drunk, while big white fatty has to be looked after non stop, otherwise he may decide that eating his lunch in the middle of the battlefield is a good idea.
It probably adds to the joke that that's pretty much how a lot of doctors act in real life, habitually under-prescribing black people while getting white people hooked on opiates.
Oh neat, I did't know about this boosted heal rate, and i've been playing for years. Infact, just 20 minutes ago in a dustbowl game, I waited outside of spawn on defense while the fire fight was calming. Two of our medics had died, I was sitting with 8hp left, and I had wanted to give them some uber right out the door. Gibus-Doc got hold of me first, a cutie he was. I took instant notice of the fast healing dished out as I was pocketed, I figured it was a quick-fix. I was surprised when it was a stock medi-gun. So yeah, I had a subconscious question of mine answered tonight while also watching some entertaining videos, rad. Thanks Array, for the videos.
Im Surprised how you took a little thing that all medics should know and turned it into a entertaining video even for people who already know about this!
I'm so glad you talked about buffing the sniper. No one ever does it, but in competitive, that can be crucial. Surviving the one headshot is absolutely amazing. Sending that enemy sniper to the respawn timer for 15 seconds will not only help your own survivability, but will keep others on your team alive as well.
I'm the invincible, undefeated, Champion Mount Zion's my ancestors' camp of Lions Star of David? Nah, The Thought of Stardom Martyrdom undone, crumbs left of the dumb, thumb To the play button, glutton of words, Mutt and mutton, birds'll fly, apply to you, dropping turds Hopping up on ignorance to feel high and mighty Prop up the reel, dance to the visual, cry to diety Pious Piety, might it be to see is truly to be?
As a counterargument, healing a freshly damaged patient also produces more Über as you're healing them longer without it being an overheal, thus building Über more rapidly. So in some situations it may still be more useful to heal without the "crit heals".
This is why I like your channel more than most, Its entertainment, but with actual facts and useful data, like stats and playstyles. Learn me some AND have fun with it.
I've been thinking of joining a Highlander team, and this is a Godsend. Thank you ArraySeven! I had a basic inkling about crit-healing, but this gave me the full rundown.
Thank you for making me conciously aware of this, I only noticed this as I've seen targets get healed for more that 24 points. I didn't think there was a term for it or mechanics!
Array, thanks for making a video on this, not enough people know about this. In pubs when there are 8 people about to die, they all yell at me for not healing them, but i was trying to wait a couple seconds so I could heal them all instantly (or much quicker regardless)
Crit heals are also really useful in 6s when you are at a stalemate and on offense after you have gotten a pick because you can buff your teammates much faster leading in a faster push and less of a chance of the dropped player respawning fast enough to aid in the end of the enemy team's defense, so if you are planning a push try to tell your teammates to take spam so you will in turn be able to buff them much faster and push much faster.
Array, I'm a tried-and-true anti-Lime-Scout. I NEVER ask the Medic to heal me. And yet, your videos are so interesting... I look at deep medic mechanics. Because of your commentary.
The post on the tf2 blog (from 2008!) says that the heal amount ramps up linearly. Meaning that it doesn't suddenly jump at 12.5 and 15 seconds, but it increases over time from 10 to 15. Knowing Valve, they might have just messed up and done it in increments instead. The tf2 team seems to not have this whole "creating software that's not broken" thing down.
Lovely video as ever Array. I knew of 'crit heals', but not the mentality of why medics would hold off when I'm about dead. Now I can rage less in pubs and when that lone medic in a sea of spies and snipers on my team looks like he knows what he's doing, I can properly thank him. :D
Speaking of crits, did you know if you're engineer and you're kritz'd or if a soldier uses a buff banner near you, your sentry will also deal critical (or mini-critical) damage.
Star just made a JFK joke on his newest vid. Array makes a JFK joke on his new vid... Conspiracy theorists it's all up to you now! Also they both said something in spanish in both vids .3.
Very interesting. I knew about crit heals, but I thought that self damage didn't count for the time since being damaged. Good to know, this will make me a slightly better pocket for my medic friend.
That explains why when I medic heals me, it seems to take a second, but when I heal others it seems to take FOREVER. I usually gtfo when my health gets low unless alone, but I am always on the front line healing half the team at once.
Thank you for making this. It's been cancerous calling for a med to heal me or other players cause they have crit heals and the med having no idea what crit heals are.
Insert pootis meme here They aren't really called anything, this is just what ArraySeven is calling them. It's just a mechanic that players that were hurt a while ago heal faster. The same applies to dispensers.
And to think I fancied myself as a decent Medic... the skill cap gets higher every time I look! :P I gotta remember this; 12.5, then 15. Thanks, Array! :D
I just noticed today in a match that the mediguns have crit heals. When I was healing a low health engi he was at 3 or 5 hp and I know the medigun didn't heal as fast as the quick fix, it went from 5 hp to full to 2-3 seconds like the quick fix. This surprised me and really made me think about crits. I know this is a BIT different then what Array is talking about, but it's still useful information.
Tip; In battle and fighting with your heavy but he is almost dead, and you only have something thats not quickfix? Heal with the medi, then quickly switch to Crossbow, shoot at him, then keep healing, and keep repeating.
I feel like they should put this in the medigun's tooltip for greater clarity, like how they added the crit mechanic to the description of the flare guns, or the reload mechanic to the crossbow and flare gun.
I'd say this is pretty much pointless. If someone gets damaged badly, they are VERY unlikely to survive for another 13 or 18 seconds. Even the 8 second respawn timer can seem like forever to some people. 13 is like a century and 18 is a millenium.
Everybody plays for themselves. But if you get lucky and find the one or two capable people, as a medic you're fine. + when anyone sees a friendly medic, they run to them for healing. Also as 32marmarmar said, if he doesn't heal them, they'll just run to a healthkit. At least what I'd do. (Then write in chat what a prick they are.) Fact is, that when I'm a medic and healing a heavy who's being shot at badly, I'm not going to change heal target to a soldier who just rocket jumped to me behind a corner where he should be relatively safe. Maybe after the heavy mows down some of them and it's a sure win for him I'll heal the soldier. But that's about it. The entire concept is totally pointless. I'd say it just rewards you for surviving a long journey to a medic. A journey you really DON'T have to take.
In practically, I've never been able to really take advantage of crit heals. It may have to do with the fact that I only play on pubs, but I only ever get that opportunity on two occasions: either my teammates are just coming out of spawn, or they're stop far away from the action that it doesn't matter if I'm getting crit heals or not. If anyone on my team is close to the action, odds are they're being a bit more reckless than usual because they know they have a medic backing them nearby. As it is most people are consistently taking peg damage if not losing limbs at a rate that negates any possibility of crit healing altogether. However, if my groups of patients were aware of this and actually patient enough to hang back for a bit, that would make my job much easier.
i love your analogies "while girl's admissidity" "grandma's tool bar infested google chrome page" "put your finger on the cut the faster it heals" i swear im not insane
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"This is the Medigun."
"Dear God....."
"The Medigun Heals People."
"No...."
The Devious Duplighost I love how that could apply to any TF2 noob
+The Devious Duplighost I have done nothing but teleport bread for three days.
Mr. Worldwide
teleport scouts*
migueeeelet It is a reference to the "Expiration Date" SFM made by valve when the Love and War update came out.
Mr. Worldwide I know, but noob scouts take the teleporter when there's another class trying to catch it.
There's nothing more annoying for a medic when you have a soldier calling "+" and they keep rocket jumping away from you.
The crossbow exists for a reason...
@@xyzzy-dv6te what if you don't have it
sandwich- kun then wait to get it
@@replynator5774 Pi! (Or if you suck with it)
@@megaagentj2248 or get one from scrap.tf, its only half a scrap
"The Medigun heals people."
My eyes have been opened.
Like 3k hours and I didn't even know about this.
Volvo pls stop keeping secrets I thought we we're better than that .-.
daEaglesTouch same
TheHiddenClues Oh hey.
Macamac2000 hey bb
daEaglesTouch wiki.teamfortress.com ...
daEaglesTouch It's not even hidden XD. it's on the wiki I think (not sure) and you should notice it when playing med.
Introducing crit heals, an incredibly important part of being a great medic. Expect much more medic content in preparation for matchmaking!
I'll be damned if the medics in matches are going to suck.
***** Hot damn dude, you go from zany psychotic insanity to psychotic but ridiculously effective teacher quickly!
Awesome video also I love ur streams and ur a great person and ur AWESOME keep it up array!!
I love your voice
Michael Leem aw shucks man :D
***** Your videos made me a better medic, now the medic is my favorite class and I have the most playtime with him. AND I'm copy-ing you I almost got the same cosmetics as you >:D
[EDIT] Well as your outro medic cosmetic' tho...
I bet Mr Paladin loves the outro.
His outro sounded so familiar, I just couldn't put my finger on it. :D
Parker Matchett I think he meant the "I wish you all the greatest luck in your future medic endeavors" as Mr. Paladin says "I hope this helps you in your future endeavors" although I may be wrong.
Well they did play a game together.
Nice Admiral Urun profile picture.
BTW if anyone was wondering the outro song is CNN-Invincible
ArraySeven, I just wanted to thank you for making these Medic guides. I recently decided to make Medic my main, despite Medic being my least played class (with fewer than 20 hours out of 1000+ total), so these guides as well as others have really helped me improve my game. Just today, I was playing Medic in a server and got called a really good Medic. Then I received a shocked reaction when I told them how little I've played Medic. Regardless, thank you for the wonderful tips and I hope you continue to make more. :D
Medic; the class everyone loves but no-one plays,
Spy; the class everyone plays but no-one loves
+BurningFox Honest trailers?
So Lame No Name don't remember where I heard it from, but it is all too tru
Future medic endeavors? Okay Mr. Paladin.
ArraySeven said this before Mr Paladin.
Sheamus McKerney nope. Mr.P says that for like 3 years, when Dr. Array wasn't around.
I was gonna say, Mr. P's been around for a while.
Gabriel Pozada Doesn't matter who was first. Mr Paladin started off with no commentary at all.
Sheamus McKerney Lol, "doesn't matter who was first".
Then why did you start the "No, this guy said it before this guy!" argument?
So... The longer it has been since someone took damage, the faster they heal?
Levi Campbell yep. thats basicly it
felix grun k
Levi Campbell yes, this guy is just cheap. A lot of people know about this, I don't know why he is trying to explain so hard.
kunatip7 Because he has to make a video that's not 30 seconds long?
willkurr ive noticed it while playing, because they somehow healed faster than usual :P
"He whips out the *EQUALIZER* to run as fast as everybody else" And that's when I realized how old this is.
3:47
You heard it here first, folks! Only heal the black person minimally, but heal the big strong white man as much as you can!
Thanks for the advice, ArraySeven!
(Yes this is a joke)
IHE Fan 97 that's because black man fights better even being drunk, while big white fatty has to be looked after non stop, otherwise he may decide that eating his lunch in the middle of the battlefield is a good idea.
Егор Свежинцев exactly!!!
IHE Fan 97 Well... Why wouldn't you heal a russian? He's Russian, he fights bears for sport (Canon fact).
It probably adds to the joke that that's pretty much how a lot of doctors act in real life, habitually under-prescribing black people while getting white people hooked on opiates.
KingOfElectricNinjas bullshit
I love playing medic and engie but I get targeted more than a wedding cake in a fat camp
thank you, friend! :)
XD got some critikals shit going on here
You have been gifted with arraysevens ability of comparisons
I respect your sacrifice. Mainly because I am forced to make it EVERY round, and I recieve the same treatment as you.
wow 2 jfk jokes in a day
k
SAM star also made one on his channel.
Teanu Tamayo yes that was the first one
Oh, Star_. I was wondering where I heard that recently.
SAM Too soon.
Oh neat, I did't know about this boosted heal rate, and i've been playing for years.
Infact, just 20 minutes ago in a dustbowl game, I waited outside of spawn on defense while the fire fight was calming. Two of our medics had died, I was sitting with 8hp left, and I had wanted to give them some uber right out the door.
Gibus-Doc got hold of me first, a cutie he was. I took instant notice of the fast healing dished out as I was pocketed, I figured it was a quick-fix. I was surprised when it was a stock medi-gun. So yeah, I had a subconscious question of mine answered tonight while also watching some entertaining videos, rad.
Thanks Array, for the videos.
This makes so much sense now, I sometimes would heal someone and it would be instant full health. I thought it was a bug but apparently it's legit.
Im Surprised how you took a little thing that all medics should know and turned it into a entertaining video even for people who already know about this!
I'm so glad you talked about buffing the sniper. No one ever does it, but in competitive, that can be crucial. Surviving the one headshot is absolutely amazing. Sending that enemy sniper to the respawn timer for 15 seconds will not only help your own survivability, but will keep others on your team alive as well.
Good video Mr. Array Paladin 7.
ArraySeven said 'good luck in your future endeavours' before Mr Paladin.
Sheamus McKerney Yep, nope. MrPaladin has been around for three years, Array has been around for two.
Moose Mr. Uncle Array Tits Paladin Dane Seven
No.
Have you ever seen Mr. Paladin and ArraySeven in the same match at the same time?
I'm the invincible, undefeated, Champion
Mount Zion's my ancestors' camp of Lions
Star of David? Nah, The Thought of Stardom
Martyrdom undone, crumbs left of the dumb, thumb
To the play button, glutton of words,
Mutt and mutton, birds'll fly, apply to you, dropping turds
Hopping up on ignorance to feel high and mighty
Prop up the reel, dance to the visual, cry to diety
Pious Piety, might it be to see is truly to be?
OOOH, that's how it goes. And here I was wondering why Array censored the N-word even though the rap says "hopping up on n****s"... I feel dumb now.
*****NO, FAK OF
Lacaze Marius ?
ur profile Pic Is Scaring Meh
***** all the lyrics are in the song's description on soundcloud
As a counterargument, healing a freshly damaged patient also produces more Über as you're healing them longer without it being an overheal, thus building Über more rapidly. So in some situations it may still be more useful to heal without the "crit heals".
This is why I like your channel more than most, Its entertainment, but with actual facts and useful data, like stats and playstyles. Learn me some AND have fun with it.
God, just... The way this guy talks... I love it!
ArraySeven's videos are like Roosevelt's fire-side talks. He doesn't do them often, but when he does, everyone watches them.
Been playing TF2 for 4 years .-. never noticed that heal change at all
Thanks for showin it Array
Would you ever consider uploading a full video on a 6's match with your squad?
Id love to see that.. Plus a live commentary with his squad
Poliphobia I do it occasionally on my stream. Everytime there's a scrim and I'm streaming I'll broadcast it.
Luigi Scout "He's in taco"
***** HES TACO
***** well i dont really watch live streams that often so it would be lovely if you upload some of those here in youtube.
I've been thinking of joining a Highlander team, and this is a Godsend. Thank you ArraySeven! I had a basic inkling about crit-healing, but this gave me the full rundown.
Informative. For a veteran TF2 player, I was quite shocked to realize this mechanic.
Thanks array, u really are helping me to become the ultimate combat medic, but still stay on top of the healing.
I knew about this from the wiki, but didn't knew when is good time to crit heal and its significance in-game. Thanks for the video.
Idk why but i love the music at the end xD
Great video, Professor Array :)
Thank you for the video, I used it as a reference in a Medic guide I made! And yes, you got full credit for the video. xD
Ffs array, how many unusual bucket helms do you have o.o
Yes
B-RAD 9000 he is the reason no one ever sees unusual bucket helms he just hoards them all
B-RAD 9000 He has 6 unusual bucket helms
misty
phantasm jr
arcana
the ooze
secret
and bonzo
Chasenote and frostbite
Newin he has 7, his name is arraySEVEN, 🤔
As a person who plays an insane amount of medic. When casual came out and I'm not kidding I cried for 2 hours
Wow.
First STAR_ makes a JFK joke (I had no idea what he was talking about at the time), and now Array.
Nice there, m8.
Thank you for making me conciously aware of this, I only noticed this as I've seen targets get healed for more that 24 points. I didn't think there was a term for it or mechanics!
I've thought of a concept weapon where it reverses the crit heals, so you heal faster if someone recently took damage, but slower if they haven't.
You turned me into a combat medic... I couldn't be happier.
He's a combat.. medi..c but his ..picture is a... sco..ut... AGHHH *Head explodes*
i knew about the healing rate when not bieng shot at, but never thought of it this way. Great video!
I was wondering why I could heal faster at certain times, thanks for the info dude!
I already know this mechanic, but Array's jokes are so funny I just had to watch it anyway :3
thanks to you, I have become a good medic main because of your videos, thanks a lot!
As a starting Medic main, I thank you!
Thank you for this information! You did a great job of explaining it!
Definitely something I'm going to need to keep in mind. By the way, the MvM Medic guide actually helped me tons when teaming up with some friends.
ArraySeven thank you for being such an amazing medic teacher!
Good to know, Medic's my favorite class so good to know.
Array, thanks for making a video on this, not enough people know about this. In pubs when there are 8 people about to die, they all yell at me for not healing them, but i was trying to wait a couple seconds so I could heal them all instantly (or much quicker regardless)
Gamer Dude wouldn't it be quicker healing them while the time comes? hmmm?
34marmarmar what do you mean?
Heh I consider myself an alright medic and I did not know about this...cool vid!
Thanks for the info! That explains some of the questions I had with this game for quite some time now
Crit heals are also really useful in 6s when you are at a stalemate and on offense after you have gotten a pick because you can buff your teammates much faster leading in a faster push and less of a chance of the dropped player respawning fast enough to aid in the end of the enemy team's defense, so if you are planning a push try to tell your teammates to take spam so you will in turn be able to buff them much faster and push much faster.
1:33 he picks up the other medics medigun and gains that medics Uber percentage. I never knew that
Thanks, Array, you've been a _huge_ help.
I knew about the mechanic, but still i had no idea how to effectively use it. Thanks for some food for thought.
Array, I'm a tried-and-true anti-Lime-Scout.
I NEVER ask the Medic to heal me.
And yet, your videos are so interesting...
I look at deep medic mechanics.
Because of your commentary.
Finally, I understand the principles of MEDICINE!
When you’re a medic on Valve 6v6, and none of you care about winning, so they all become hoovie, and heavy spam our way to victory
"WE LOVE THIS, DOKTOR!"
Im a medic main, all my tips are from you, thank you.
Thx your helping me a lot on becoming a better medic and I'm also becoming a better combat medic
The more ArraySeven videos you watch, the less you're focused to what the video is all about and more on waiting for the puns.
The post on the tf2 blog (from 2008!) says that the heal amount ramps up linearly. Meaning that it doesn't suddenly jump at 12.5 and 15 seconds, but it increases over time from 10 to 15.
Knowing Valve, they might have just messed up and done it in increments instead. The tf2 team seems to not have this whole "creating software that's not broken" thing down.
I love how you said "BOOYAH".
Lovely video as ever Array. I knew of 'crit heals', but not the mentality of why medics would hold off when I'm about dead. Now I can rage less in pubs and when that lone medic in a sea of spies and snipers on my team looks like he knows what he's doing, I can properly thank him. :D
I ate a barbecue pizza burrito.
Was it good?
Pootis Power It probably tasted like ogre enchiladas
IMPPSSIBRU
i always hear about crit heals but never knew what it really is but thanks to you mate i know now
Speaking of crits, did you know if you're engineer and you're kritz'd or if a soldier uses a buff banner near you, your sentry will also deal critical (or mini-critical) damage.
I liked before watching video.
ArraySeven nick is like quality mark.
I've always wondered about this mechanic... Thanks for the info Array!
Star just made a JFK joke on his newest vid. Array makes a JFK joke on his new vid... Conspiracy theorists it's all up to you now! Also they both said something in spanish in both vids .3.
I was not aware of this mechanic. Thanks for informing us!
I had no idea this existed. Thanks a lot! :-)
Very interesting. I knew about crit heals, but I thought that self damage didn't count for the time since being damaged.
Good to know, this will make me a slightly better pocket for my medic friend.
This video just cured cancer.
Heh, three years of hospitalization... Get the MediGun... I’m gonna be famous...
That explains why when I medic heals me, it seems to take a second, but when I heal others it seems to take FOREVER.
I usually gtfo when my health gets low unless alone, but I am always on the front line healing half the team at once.
Huh, I've never heard of that... It's been three years and I never knew of htis mechanic... Amazing
Wow cool, thxs. I've just gotten into medic recently so this will help me out
*heavy voice* 2:18
LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME!!!!
Thank you for making this. It's been cancerous calling for a med to heal me or other players cause they have crit heals and the med having no idea what crit heals are.
What about crit potatoes?
I knew about them long ago, but I didn't know they were called crit heals.
Insert pootis meme here They aren't really called anything, this is just what ArraySeven is calling them. It's just a mechanic that players that were hurt a while ago heal faster. The same applies to dispensers.
Oh ok, thanks.
the_rabidsquirel It's what MOST competitive players call the mechanic, not just ArraySeven
Thx for the info! I’ve always wondered why the medigun heals low health scouts that don’t pickup health packs soo fast
I love combat medic, and u helped me a lot, here's a sub
And to think I fancied myself as a decent Medic... the skill cap gets higher every time I look! :P
I gotta remember this; 12.5, then 15. Thanks, Array! :D
Array has the best metaphors
This was very educational
Wow, I never knew about crit healing! This was really helpful!
Yay 2nd comment. Love your video's Array, keep 'em coming.
This has made me a way better medic, thank you :P
100% sure, Mr. Paladin LOVES that outro :D
thanks for the vid. I honestly never knew this
I just noticed today in a match that the mediguns have crit heals. When I was healing a low health engi he was at 3 or 5 hp and I know the medigun didn't heal as fast as the quick fix, it went from 5 hp to full to 2-3 seconds like the quick fix. This surprised me and really made me think about crits. I know this is a BIT different then what Array is talking about, but it's still useful information.
imagine killing making the entire enemy team low, and when you get back they are all back at full because you took longer than 13 seconds
Every player needs to see this...
1:14 "Being longer without jfk'ed" made me spit water out like a Squirtle
Kritzkreig:
+25% Uber
Heals 10% faster
Uber gives people crits
No random crits
Tip; In battle and fighting with your heavy but he is almost dead, and you only have something thats not quickfix? Heal with the medi, then quickly switch to Crossbow, shoot at him, then keep healing, and keep repeating.
I dont think array seven would agree with this vi- *wait a minute*
I feel like they should put this in the medigun's tooltip for greater clarity, like how they added the crit mechanic to the description of the flare guns, or the reload mechanic to the crossbow and flare gun.
well done ArraySeven
I'd say this is pretty much pointless. If someone gets damaged badly, they are VERY unlikely to survive for another 13 or 18 seconds. Even the 8 second respawn timer can seem like forever to some people. 13 is like a century and 18 is a millenium.
newgrounder2 exactly! what is stopping the person from walking to a medkit and ignoring the medic that refuses to heal them
newgrounder2 I'd say regularly playing is sorta useless, because everyone usually just plays for themselves. But in comp, this can be really useful.
Everybody plays for themselves. But if you get lucky and find the one or two capable people, as a medic you're fine. + when anyone sees a friendly medic, they run to them for healing. Also as 32marmarmar said, if he doesn't heal them, they'll just run to a healthkit. At least what I'd do. (Then write in chat what a prick they are.) Fact is, that when I'm a medic and healing a heavy who's being shot at badly, I'm not going to change heal target to a soldier who just rocket jumped to me behind a corner where he should be relatively safe. Maybe after the heavy mows down some of them and it's a sure win for him I'll heal the soldier. But that's about it. The entire concept is totally pointless. I'd say it just rewards you for surviving a long journey to a medic. A journey you really DON'T have to take.
Speciality How is this useful in comp? The enemy team is actually going to wait 18 seconds and not kill them so doc can crit heal? lel...
In practically, I've never been able to really take advantage of crit heals. It may have to do with the fact that I only play on pubs, but I only ever get that opportunity on two occasions: either my teammates are just coming out of spawn, or they're stop far away from the action that it doesn't matter if I'm getting crit heals or not.
If anyone on my team is close to the action, odds are they're being a bit more reckless than usual because they know they have a medic backing them nearby. As it is most people are consistently taking peg damage if not losing limbs at a rate that negates any possibility of crit healing altogether.
However, if my groups of patients were aware of this and actually patient enough to hang back for a bit, that would make my job much easier.
i love your analogies "while girl's admissidity" "grandma's tool bar infested google chrome page" "put your finger on the cut the faster it heals"
i swear im not insane
Who else loves it when a soldier or demo doent rocket jump away and jumps walks since they know there being healed