Soda Popper

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The Scout

The Soda Popper is a primary weapon for the Scout. It is a broken Force-A-Nature repaired with several black bands and outfitted with slitted barrels. A can of Crit-a-Cola is attached underneath.

The weapon offers 25% faster reloading speed and 50% faster firing speed compared to the default Scattergun. However, it is restricted to loading only two shots at a time, and it is incapable of delivering random critical hits.

In addition, equipping the Soda Popper places a "hype" meter on the HUD, which charges whilst the player is moving with the weapon in use. It takes approximately 5200 Hammer units of distance traveled, either through running or jumping, to fill up the hype meter. It does not charge, however, when the Scout is on moving map objects such as a Payload cart. When the meter is full, all weapons will automatically deal mini-crits for 8 seconds.

The Soda Popper does not share the increased positive damage ramp of the Force-A-Nature and the Scattergun; its maximum ramp-up is only 150% as opposed to 175%.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 9 / pellet
Base damage 100% 6 / pellet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 3 / pellet
Pellet count 10
Point blank 90
Medium range 24-67
Long range 3-26
Critical 18 / pellet
Mini-crit 8 / pellet
Function times
Attack interval 0.315 s
Reload 1.23 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

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The #1 Fan
Item icon Timbuk-Tuesday Bundle.png
Effect

No effect

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Bonk! Atomic Punch Force-A-Nature Soda Popper
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Bonk! Atomic Punch.png + Item icon Force-A-Nature.png = Item icon Soda Popper.png
Class Token - Scout Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Scout.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Shortstop.png Item icon Force-A-Nature.png Item icon Soda Popper.png Item icon Baby Face's Blaster.png
Item icon Back Scatter.png

As a Crafting Ingredient

Soda Popper Refined Metal Bonk Boy
Item icon Soda Popper.png + Item icon Refined Metal.pngx4 = Item icon Bonk Boy.png

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • The Soda Popper was added to the game.

June 27, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a problem that prevented the new Scout items from being used in crafting recipes.

June 28, 2011 Patch

  • Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for all of the new weapons in the Uber Update

Bugs

  • In first person view, the Scout's right hand clips through the black bands of the weapon.
  • On 4:3 resolutions, the Hype meter will overlap the objective HUD.
  • When used on itemtest, this weapon has the Scattergun's rate of fire and clip size. As a result of this, every single shell loaded uses the Soda Popper's reload animation, resulting in a very slow reload.
  • If a Scout with the Soda Popper's Hype meter filled dies and switches to a Banner wielding Soldier, the Soldier will spawn with the Rage meter filled.

Trivia

  • The shells appear to have the Radiation Template:W (☢) on them.[1]
  • Although a can of Crit-a-Cola is strapped to the barrel, a Bonk! Atomic Punch is required instead in the crafting recipe. While coincidental, early versions of the Soda Popper had a can of Bonk! Atomic Punch strapped to the barrel.
  • Much like the Force-A-Nature, the reload will replace both shells even when one shell is still available in the ammunition reserve, and the second shot is wasted.

Gallery

References

See also