definitely possible
it would actually make sense to have him gain 1-2 hp every time he hit someone with the minigun

jesus this isnt even a back door brag!   Comon James you can do better than this...something to the effect of : "Alot of drooling retarded people who are good at heavy jump around corners while holding the alternate fire button....they  take pride in the thought that this action elevates them to a level of proficiency far beyond the average invalid, or even noob....I have mastered this skill."  

A big fucking hammer!?  Rofl.    Only if it fucking squeeks when it hits somebody.....
Sorry I am drunk off my ass....and I ask that nobody judge me. 

flame on!

on a side note...sorry i have been on business trips and vacations for the past 2 weeks. 

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Yes, but the healing doesn't improve on the heavy/medic combo.  It just makes the heavy more useful on his own, something that they said they were specifically aiming at.

I did read the blog. that's why I posted that. They said (on the blog) that they are looking for ways to make the heavy less dependant on the medic. Of course they are not going to simply add healing to the minigun, I'm suggesting that they might add the healing but remove something else, such as 1. crits or 2. heavy cannot be 'overhealed' by the medic.

@ business: think about it like the new syringe gun (No crits, but heals 3 hp on hits).

I was thinking the unlockable primary weapon would be a modified minigun with no (or negligible) spin-up time. It'd accurately with slightly lower firing area for 2 seconds before becoming extremely inaccurate and would have the same cool-down period as the current minigun. That way a medic wouldn't help him too much because the heavy can't be a wall of sheer bullet godliness, but the heavy can handle himself if he turns the corner to find someone there.

The secondary weapon I couldn't really think of anything to do to it, because the shotgun is good, but maybe some sort of explosive shell that knocks enemies back but does little damage so the heavy can switch to his primary weapon and have time to use it.

The melee weapon? Hopefully it'd do more damage, because I'd think getting hit by a 350 pound Russian would hurt more than getting smacked with a club by some scrawny sniper. Boxing gloves would definitely fit the TF2 theme. Maybe with each hit doing 1/3 of the targets maximum health because if you're close enough to a heavy that he can punch you, you deserve to die.

So a few of my friends recently were hired (like a year ago) as programmers for Valve and told me the Heavy update will include a spy cloak. A fucking spy cloak. How great is that.

will that fat fucker move any faster with a cloak?  If not, it better last for more than the spy's cloak...like a minute or two...you know, about as long as I last in the sack...

...oh shit...oh well...if you can't make fun of yourself...there's always Whut...