Why Soldier is Overpowered:

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Intention: To show that Soldier is an excessively strong class, whether designed to be so or unintentionally; when compared to other classes and overall game balance, Soldier will be the most forgiving to a player, and remove a significant portion of skill from the game.
**NOTE**: Keep in mind that as with any situation, more than one factor must be considered to understand inherent strength or weakness. As such, all these facts and observations should be considered as a whole, all contributing some level of supremacy, eventually adding up to an excessive advantage.

+Fact #1: Items that give only bonuses with no real detriment, OR, slight detriment is excessively outweighed. Examples: The Escape Plan, The Equalizer, Black Box, Liberty Launcher, Beggar's Bazooka.

+Fact #2: Soldiers have no SOLID(true) counter.
Examples:
-*A* Pyro: Difficulty of using backblasted rockets against Soldier much higher than requried for Soldier shooting rockets; close-range fighting(the Pyro's effective combat range) allows for easy staggering of rocket fire, forcing the pyro to guess; backblast has very limited ammo, especially outside stock Flamethrower and Degreaser; shooting at a Pyro's feet completely negates this possibility while still dealing a significant amount of damage.
-*B* Heavy: Easily outranged and rapidly out damaged even at mid-range.
-*C* Spy: Any decent Soldier will be more mobile than a Spy of the same skill level, making it more luck to run into the Soldier than intentional hunting. Rocket Spy-checking can deal catastrophic damage to a Spy. Upon awareness of a nearby Spy, one rocket to the Soldier's feet or even nearby will instantly kill or knock away said Spy.
-*D* Demo: Easily outranged and outclassed in mobility.
-*E* Scout: Very low health pool, and therefore extremely low margin for error compared to Soldier.

+Fact #3: Rockets have an enormous effective area (9ft), which will deal a >MINIMUM< of 50% damage (Ref:http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Rocket_launcher). Two rockets to an enemy's feet, or anywhere NEAR them is the same as a direct hit. This excessive damage snowballs out of control when multiple enemys are within the range, a very common occurance (Control point maps, Payload maps, KotH).
-Fact #3.5: A missed shot with most classes is a complete negation of that potential damage. A missed shot from a Soldier often still does splash damage, and can set the enemy on a predictable path for an easy follow-up shot.


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Why Soldiers are Overpowered 2
Why Soldiers are Overpowered 3 (Disproval of common arguments)