[OmegaDragon]

Just played some scout in servers where I had a nice ping. Oh my. The cash buff is amazing, on Decoy you can just keep staying at the front lines without getting killed. And when you upgrade the scattergun, you can blow through hordes of robots.

[Bluth54]

I wonder if some months down the line, after the development costs of MvM are covered, Valve is going to make Mann Up mode F2P and grant special badges to those people who completed it before then.

I doubt Mann Up mode will ever become free.

I imagine they'll use some of the money to buy some inevitable Mann vs Machine community maps and add them into the game though.

[Lasthope106]

So to play the Mann Mode I have to pay per game?

Fuck that.

[Dreams-Visions]

LOOK AT YOU PESANTS WITH INCOMPLETE BADGES.

PEASANTS.

[Wendel Clark]

So to play the Mann Mode I have to play per game? Fuck that.

playing on gaf servers is free.

[Last Baron]

Is there a way to use a canteen in crafting? I didn't realize you get one for completing a mission so I crafted one and now I don't have a need for two :/

[Wendel Clark]

LOOK AT YOU PESANTS WITH INCOMPLETE BADGES. PEASANTS.

What items did you get?

[Lasthope106]

Ha! Joined a GAF server and I sucked. Sorry guys :(

[Last Baron]

Just played some scout in servers where I had a nice ping. Oh my. The cash buff is amazing, on Decoy you can just keep staying at the front lines without getting killed. And when you upgrade the scattergun, you can blow through hordes of robots.

Ditto, but I prefer to use Mad Milk and the Sandman for slowing targets and marking them for mini-crits. Then again I should probably be using the fan to mark targets.

[Exuro]

Does anyone want to do a full ticket/voucher run? I have one friend that has them along with myself.

[Grinchy]

I finally got to play some more of this and did a lot of damage as a huntsman sniper. For how much shit some guy talked to me in another server for trying to play sniper, I felt like the class can really help.

[Dog Problems]

I finally got to play some more of this and did a lot of damage as a huntsman sniper. For how much shit some guy talked to me in another server for trying to play sniper, I felt like the class can really help.

I got a lot of crap for playing Scout but upgrading the Force-A-Nature properly and you can mow down a lot of enemies. The instant respawn is nice as well.

[Jintor]

How do you trigger votes to get to harder gamemodes? Most aussie servers are set to 'cakewalk' missions right now.

[Grinchy]

I got a lot of crap for playing Scout but upgrading the Force-A-Nature properly and you can mow down a lot of enemies. The instant respawn is nice as well.

Yeah I think some people really undervalue the support classes.

I was just in a group that dominated and I was playing huntsman sniper. I am loving this mode right now. The server browser is actually working for me now. When it says there's an open spot, there is actually an open spot.

[Kipe]

I got a lot of crap for playing Scout but upgrading the Force-A-Nature properly and you can mow down a lot of enemies. The instant respawn is nice as well.

Scouts are good for getting money so everyone can fully upgrade.

[KarmaCow]

Just played some scout in servers where I had a nice ping. Oh my. The cash buff is amazing, on Decoy you can just keep staying at the front lines without getting killed. And when you upgrade the scattergun, you can blow through hordes of robots.

If you upgrade your resistances, it's almost impossible to die. With Mad Milk and the HP on kill perk, I was running around with almost 700 HP overheal, losing very little health. There was one wave with a bunch of Scouts and a Giant Heavy. I stood right up to the heavy tanking it while everyone else just blasted him, killing Scouts in the process which gave me even more health from the cash drops.

[thetrin]

Thanks to all the gaffers today that helped me finish Manouvers to get the Raid Array achievement. I'm really excited to hop into some advanced games, so I'll be showing up on Outerhaven #3 starting tomorrow. Look forward to killing (and being killed by) plenty of robots.

[Oldschoolgamer]

Robo-Spies can handle themselves one of them first class tickets to the Resurrection.

Had a great match joining a server late. Everyone was collecting money, so when I joined I damn near upgraded all of the stats for the minigun on the Heavy, and all three slots for the Uber Canteen.

(⌐■_■)\ - Nothing survived.

[explodet]

Salute to the guys on Outerhaven #1.

Huntsman/Jarate Sniper is more useful than I anticipated.

[Sgt.Pepper]

We need more people on outerhaven 1!

[Javaman]

LOOK AT YOU PESANTS WITH INCOMPLETE BADGES. PEASANTS.

Hey Dream, What happens when you complete the badge? Does it all reset and you have to buy more tickets in order to play with friends on Mann up? If so Shitty on Valve. I don't care about "ranking up" a silly medal. Buying tickets to play through with friends who hadn't completed it yet would be terrible.

[Grinchy]

Huntsman/Jarate Sniper is more useful than I anticipated.

Yep, I'm destroying as a huntsman sniper in this mode.

I'm really liking this MVM shit a lot now. It sucks when you can't get people to balance out a team, or when you get the know-it-all who knows nothing, but I'm sure that'll lessen with time (and if I stop playing random servers).

[NSQuote]

LOOK AT YOU PESANTS WITH INCOMPLETE BADGES. PEASANTS.

I get to MANN UP as much as I want, barring Decoy 1 which I completed but received no credit for and has those obnoxious waves 5 and 8. So I'm the real winner!

[Sciz]

The first wave of Disk Deletion is probably not strictly impossible to two-man, but it is damned hard to do so. :(

[Proven]

How do you trigger votes to get to harder gamemodes? Most aussie servers are set to 'cakewalk' missions right now.

Hit ESC to pause the game, and next to the "Resume Playing" option there will be three little boxes. One of them is a checkmark. Use it to call a vote.

[MrBig]

Damn this can be hard. Needs more variety though, like how payload has different sections.

[mik83kuu]

Is the main TF server down for everyone else too? I can't even browse for servers for fucks sake and it's been like this for the past couple of hours and a several times this weekend.

[squall23]

So to play the Mann Mode I have to pay per game? Fuck that.

This is exactly why arcades are dead :(

[Mazzo]

Has any brazilian gaffer played on mann up mode? Any lag problems?

[Danj]

I played this with some folks from #duckroll IRC last night, once I got the hang of it it was hella fun. And it's great being an engineer who can actually seriously contribute something to the team. Some handy looking tips in here for that though, might have to try those next time.

[Dakota47]

I like how Valve still makes it possible for friends to join a game, even if you're playing in Mann Up mode and the friend doesn't have a ticket. No splitting of the community is a good thing.

[derFeef]

Any games going? Wanna play!

So to play the Mann Mode I have to pay per game? Fuck that.

No not really. Your ticket does not get consumed when you fail.

[mclem]

I'm still trying to figure out how the game can put us in a four-person group and then show no signs of giving us people to fill out. The best group I had - voice comms, good teamwork, missing few credits - never really recovered after our engineer randomly dropped.

What's the lowest credit rating people have got for a wave and still completed a Mann Up run?

[mclem]

Damn this can be hard. Needs more variety though, like how payload has different sections.

Given that the badge for this ToD has a bomb motif, I'm wondering if the 'hordes running in with a bomb to drop' only applies to *this* ToD, with future tours using different mechanics.

[Defuser]

Man this 6 player limit is pissing me off. I can never find a server which is isn't full, literally got no chance to play at all.

[JustinBB7]

There's no other way to Mann Up then wait in line right? Just waited like half an hour or longer, and still nothing. :/

[duckroll]

I like how Valve still makes it possible for friends to join a game, even if you're playing in Mann Up mode and the friend doesn't have a ticket. No splitting of the community is a good thing.

Really? That would be weird. We got into an official Valve community server in Boot Camp mode yesterday, and when one of us left, I tried to invite another friend into the game, but he got an error which says the server only accepts connections from matchmaking and does not allow ad-hoc connections. :(

[SquiddyCracker]

Played a couple of games and have so far had most luck playing the heavy, soldier (wearing that weird sci-fi rocket that blasts energy blasts), and the medic. The medic in particular is a great boost to the team, but gets kinda boring once you've fully upgraded the heal gun (and the needle gun is kinda lame).

[Javaman]

Played a couple of games and have so far had most luck playing the heavy, soldier (wearing that weird sci-fi rocket that blasts energy blasts), and the medic. The medic in particular is a great boost to the team, but gets kinda boring once you've fully upgraded the heal gun (and the needle gun is kinda lame).

Yeah I was real dissapointed that the blutslauger didn't get the penetrate boost. It's rare that you'll need to use needles, but that upgrade alone makes it vastly more powerful

[Dakota47]

Really? That would be weird. We got into an official Valve community server in Boot Camp mode yesterday, and when one of us left, I tried to invite another friend into the game, but he got an error which says the server only accepts connections from matchmaking and does not allow ad-hoc connections. :(

That's weird. I was playing Mann Up mode. A buddy of mine without tickets joined through the chat window and had no problem connecting. I was actually surprised it was possible.

[Archie]

Really? That would be weird. We got into an official Valve community server in Boot Camp mode yesterday, and when one of us left, I tried to invite another friend into the game, but he got an error which says the server only accepts connections from matchmaking and does not allow ad-hoc connections. :(

If your friend joins a game by right clicking your profile and choosing "Join Game" then it should work fine.

[duckroll]

If your friend joins a game by right clicking your profile and choosing "Join Game" then it should work fine.

Nope. I guess we were unlucky and got on a server with actual protection against ad-hoc connections.

[Dakota47]

Nope. I guess we were unlucky and got on a server with actual protection against ad-hoc connections.

Check out the OT in the community section. Some people over there are also confirming that it does work.

[duckroll]

Check out the OT in the community section. Some people over there are also confirming that it does work.

I'm talking about a specific experience I had yesterday.

[Dakota47]

I'm talking about a specific experience I had yesterday.

Ah, excuse me.

This made me think though. Would this mean that you don't necessarily need to play on an 'official' server to be in Mann Up mode and that it's in part client side? You would expect all Valve servers to follow the same rules. I can't check it because I'm not near my computer and can't have a look at the server history.

[Javaman]

I'm talking about a specific experience I had yesterday.

The same thing happened to me the one time I tried to join a mann up mission already ongoing. I thought it was just a fluke. Hopefully it was.

[Jintor]

Hit ESC to pause the game, and next to the "Resume Playing" option there will be three little boxes. One of them is a checkmark. Use it to call a vote.

Turns out there's also an unassigned key thingy that just brings up a thingy in game!

[Mandoric]

Looking for two more on 67.186.166.226, p/w dicks

aaand done for now

[Proven]

The joining Mann Up games in progress thing only happened to work yesterday afternoon, so it could have been one of Valve's patches went too far in the opposite direction. But it did happen with two different servers found through Mann Up matchmaking, so chances are less that it was a rare fluke and more that something got changed recently.

Turns out there's also an unassigned key thingy that just brings up a thingy in game!

Interesting.

[siddhu33]

So, fastest way to down a tank?

I usually just punch it, while an engineer's level 3 turret does do some good damage. There was a situation where the tank got to the bomb site, and was unloading, before we just killed it.