Holy drama queen hijack, Batman.
I dig it. Posted on the official forums. Got me to thinking....
How would you feel about an alt fire that silences you?
So like, we all know about the pro level sound tracking, especially after the rolloff debates, etc. What if while charging the hammer alt, it silenced you? No pickup noises, no footsteps, or jump sounds. I really like the powerup push EMP, and if it did this, it would have much more potential. Powerups make most players glow, if not invisible, so to stalk them as such, making yourself inaudible, would be useful, and relatively balanced, since you sacrifice all but one offensive possibility in doing so.
I would be totally okay with it doing all of the above.
Tap primary: short concussive blast.
Charge primary: noisy, massive concussive blast, discharged on contact.
Tap alt: Parry incoming fire.
Tap alt in air: propels you 180° from fire vector. Can still parry fire.
Charge alt: Silencing, pushing blast which drops powerups, discharged on contact.
Basically, unless you have ground friction, it would have "kick." Have to be careful if they include a crouch slide. With enough friction, it might not be massively problematic, but it would already be pretty impressive what you could do with unlimited wall kicks, and a crouch slide, let alone something to propel you more when you don't have crazy friction.