Liberty Launcher

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The Soldier on liberty

The Liberty Launcher is a community-made primary weapon for the Soldier. It is an army green rocket launcher with tan wooden handles, a leaf sight adorned with a white U.S. Army insignia, and a cracked wooden shoulder-rest with a wire frame exhaust port.

This weapon is capable of launching rocket projectiles that travel at a rate of 1540 Hammer Units per second; roughly 66 mph, and 40% faster than the default Rocket Launcher's rockets. However, the Liberty Launcher can only have three rockets loaded at once.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Projectile
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 125% 112
Base damage 100% 90
Maximum fall-off 53% 48
Point blank 105-112
Medium range 50-90
Long range 45-60
Critical 270
Mini-crit 122
Splash damage
Minimum splash 50% 9 ft
Damage reduction 1% / 2.88
Self-damage 27-89
Self damage (rocket jump) 27-46
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Reload (first) 0.92 s
Reload (consecutive) 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets
The Airborne Armaments
Item icon World War Wednesday Bundle.png
Effect

No effect

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Black Box Liberty Launcher
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.pngx2 + Item icon Black Box.png = Item icon Liberty Launcher.png
Class Token - Soldier Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Soldier.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Direct Hit.png Item icon Black Box.png Item icon Rocket Jumper.png Item icon Liberty Launcher.png
Item icon Cow Mangler 5000.png Item icon Original.png Item icon Beggar's Bazooka.png Item icon Air Strike.png
Item icon Panic Attack.png

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal Airborne Armaments weapon Jumper's Jeepcap
Item icon Refined Metal.pngx4 + Item icon Liberty Launcher.pngItem icon Reserve Shooter.pngItem icon Market Gardener.png = Item icon Jumper's Jeepcap.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

Backdraft Dodger
Backdraft Dodger
Kill a Pyro who has airblasted one of your rockets in the last 10 seconds.


Crockets Are Such B.S.
Crockets Are Such B.S.
Shoot two non-boosted crit rockets in a row.


For Whom the Shell Trolls
For Whom the Shell Trolls
Bounce an opponent into the air with a rocket and then kill them with the shotgun before they land.


Death from Above
Death from Above
Rocket jump and kill 2 enemies before you land.
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction
Kill an enemy sniper with a rocket after he kills you.


Tri-Splatteral Damage
Tri-Splatteral Damage
Kill 3 enemies with a single critical rocket.


Where Eagles Dare
Where Eagles Dare
Get the highest possible rocket jump using jump and crouch.

Leaderboard class pyro.png Pyro

Hotshot
Hotshot
Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket.


Pilot Light
Pilot Light
Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.
Hot Potato
Hot Potato
Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Crock Block
Crock Block
Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket.


Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Jumper Stumper
Jumper Stumper
Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • The Liberty Launcher was added to the game.

June 28, 2011 Patch

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

January 11, 2012 Patch

Bugs

  • As with all rocket-using primary weapons, excluding the Rocket Launcher, the Rocket Jumper and the Original, the Soldier does not load any rockets while reloading.
  • Wile reloading, the Liberty Launcher will occasionally appear to load a fifth rocket.

Trivia

  • The Liberty Launcher was originally named the Jumper's Trumpet, and at one point simply the Liberty.[1][2]
  • The Liberty Launcher's wire frame exhaust port and unusable iron sights resemble parts of the M1 Template:W.
  • The name of the weapon stems from its mid-section, which resembles the cracked Template:W.
  • The Liberty Launcher was originally submitted in the poly count contest as "The Jumpers Trumpet"

Gallery

References

  1. TF2 - Polypack - Elbagast post on polycount.com forums by Elbagast, May 25, 2011. Accessed June 23, 2011.
  2. Liberty skin from tf2mods.net by user Elbagast. Accessed June 23, 2011.

See also