what do you guys think of an offensive medic?

good things :
- he can last longer coz of the hp regen/steal.
- while being offensive he theres a bigger chance he would hit melee(that means quicker ubercharge)
- walks fast so he can dodge soldier rockets/demo bombs
2 medics would be a great combo by healing each other when low on hp.

bad things:
- he has low max hp (one pyro burst from behind and he is dead)
- his damage output is a bit low

i gave it a try for about 10 rounds and it worked pretty well (ofc arena)
assists: 4
kills: 10
deads: 5

It's pretty good in the right situations, but as a team game, it's far more useful to your team to actually heal

yea that's right but if there are 3 other medics in an 8v8 and none of the medics is thinking hmmm 4 medics maybe it would be smart to switch.
At that point your imagenation pops in:P what about going.. OFFENSIVE!!!

Medics are for one thing only - Healing my ass

Nah, nothing is good for healing you Goz, they all must shoot you.

And if you have that many medics, your team is stuffed.

Make way for the Medic around here.... no not Si, I mean me!!!!
Offensive Medic is generally a bad idea. Medic carries mediocre weapondry that is unable to really compete with most classes weapons. If a Medic enters a fight, 9/10 for most classes the Medic will lose the fight as his weapons are not really capable of packing a punch enough to kill other classes.
However being offensive has its uses in some circumstances- a Spy comes behind your patient, you can kill the Spy before he kills your patient. But most of the time, the Medic should focus on healing rather than fighting. If you are alone, you should retreat to save your ubercharge. If your enemy has his back to you, then by all means ubersaw him so you get some uber but expect him to turn ruond and kill you before you can do another swipe.
In general, it would help to know how to fight as on public servers it will come in handy as Medics are hunted a lot on there. However in general you should heal and stay out of trouble. In wars, definitely under no circumstances attack the enemy unless you know you get the kill and the enemy won't turn around and kill you.

Adding to any of the points above, a lot of people still dont have the ubersaw yet (I know I don't, and probably with some other people), so unless medicing is left to those he actually really want to do it, offensive medic just doesnt work.

If a team of 8 has 4 medics, and is not planning on a massive co-ordinated Uber Rush, there is little point in playing medic at all in my opinion and it would be far better for the team for you to play as a offensive class.

i don't agree
bcoz u have a chance against other classes.
did every body tried it?

I've tried it for a long time BT. It doesn't work nowadays. When it was new and everybody was getting used to the classes then yes you could play ok as offensive Medic. Nowadays everyone is skilled enough to deal with a Medic trying to be offensive. Medics are supposed to heal hence they were given mediocre weapondry.
On noob servers, you can easily play offensive Medic (I did accidentally and got 34kills in one life) but on all the other servers, you should heal rather than fight yourself. Only fight when you know you will get the kill or in self-defense.