Yeah, class diversity isn't really all that important in medieval MvM, but there's still a pretty major reason to have more than just Demoknights on the team: ranged damage.

Demoknight's a killer all-rounder in medieval, but he lacks any ranged options at all. In harder medieval missions, where you start getting bots that punish you for being in melee range (Pyros, Mitten Heavies), it becomes really important to have a Sniper/Medic with penetration to deal with the threats that the melee classes can't really deal with properly.

So, to answer your main question in the title: how important is class diversity in medieval MvM? It still matters a little, but diversity just for the sake of diversity doesn't really help anyone. As long as you have some ranged DPS and some melee DPS, the diversity of the actual classes you're running doesn't really matter.

Imagine the tactical nuke from Call of Duty, the way it just annihilates the server and ends the game right there. I'm sure that was at least part of the inspiration for it.

The servers are going to be down for maintenance for a little bit. We chose to do this now since people have Scream Fortress to help fill the void and we've been meaning to do some maintenance for a while.

Our goal is to have the servers up by the end of the weekend. Stay tuned!

Submission Name: Fiefdom Fiasco

Submission Type: Mission

Reason for update (Bugfix/Balance): Cosmetic

Changelog for update (please include everything):

Wave 6
- Renamed "The Anachronism's Medic" to "The War Doctor" (thought up a better name in the shower this morning)

Download URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqyei34dxo48opf/mvm_frostwynd_rc1_adv_fiefdom_fiasco.pop?dl=0

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Fiefdom Fiasco

Version 1.3.2 Changelog:

Final patch

Wave 5:
- Crossbow medics have attended a seminar on teamwork and courage and now have the willpower to shoot at people.

Mission and templates: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j30bw0xkrqrk77x/fiefdom_fiasco_1.3.2.zip?dl=0

Consider this submission dropped.

Signalmax's intermediate Frostwynd mission, Wicked Wizardry, is honestly far superior to this one, and the amount of work this mission needs isn't worth it considering his mission is already accepted.

Fiefdom Fiasco

Version 1.3.1 Changelog:

Very minor patch

Wave 5:
- Fixes icon stacking between support and wave Volcanic Pyros.

Mission and templates: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bei4qb00tuj7at/fiefdom_fiasco_1.3.1.zip?dl=0

Rest assured we're not just running off with your money. This has been a huge undertaking, with over 60 accepted submissions and a metric boatload of campaign logic behind the scenes (all of which is being worked on by one guy), so release dates tend to be postponed a lot.

That being said, like theAgamer said, we're in the very ending stages of development. The website is all that needs to be done, and a beta will almost certainly be open by the end of September.

Wave 4:
- Final part needs to be toned down slightly. Heavies were stacking together and putting too much pressure. Consider removing the last super scout that comes with conches.
Wave 5:
- Demo boss is too big to fit through door. Also, 3 tanks and boss may be too much HP out at once
Wave 6:
- Entire wave needs to be toned down. Either remove the regen or cut the HP on the final boss, and lower the amount of stuff out at the same time in the middle of the wave.

Waves 1-3 are in very good places imo, this mission just needs some tweaks to be passing.

Gameplay: https://demos.potato.tf/judging/mvm_derelict_rc2_adv_blast_bevy_1566086083.dem
Post-game: https://demos.potato.tf/judging/mvm_derelict_rc2_adv_blast_bevy_1566088927.dem