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Team Fortress 2 Sniper Update Info, Pyro Megaton
- Thread starter sonicmj1
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MNC said:
Yeah, it's audible. I was wondering what the sound was half a second before I got stabbed.
Such a cool weapon though... I haven't got one yet myself, but my first experience with it was turning around on 2fort's middle bridge to see an undisguised spy chasing me. I blew him up with one grenade, and didn't even consider that he might be using the Dead Ringer. Needless to say, 8 seconds later I got destroyed by him and he got that achievement that goes along with it. :lol
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
Kritz said:
I'd really like other achievements for other classes to get added when they add game changing features... I put out 5 team mates who were on fire with an airblast earlier which basically stopped a last minute cap attempt on dustbowl stage 1 winning us the round.
Also the bullshit medic achievements which are so situational and so often unrelated to playing a good medic could certainly be expanded with things like ubersaw an invisible spy or keep someone alive after theyre soaked in piss or whatever.
jaundicejuice
Member
The only thing I generally dislike about the updates is how everyone has to play as the class regardless of team balance. The free weekend kind of compounds it. Five snipers, three spies, one engineer, one medic and a soldier on defence for a payload map just isn't fun. Well it's fun to play against, especially as a pyro, but it's kind of frustrating when it's your team.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
jaundicejuice said:
Yeah, the 'controversial' new drops system did nothing to help that.
I've been telling people who ask about how to get the new weapons they either have to go sniper and not leave their base on pl maps (on offense), or play spy and keep trying to backstab people and failing and ignore unattended sentry farms.
Because that's how most people are getting unlocks at the moment, amirite?
jaundicejuice
Member
Orellio said:
With previous updates it was just one class, having two classes seems to have upped how unbalanced the teams can get. I know it will settle and return to normal but it's just been a bit more frustrating.
jaundicejuice said:
It's funny because I see a lot of people complaining about this yet I didn't experience it myself at all with this update.
There was a lot of Snipers maybe, but in defense it's always cool. I didn't have to deal with a team of Spies and no Engies for example.
You're such a dick :lol
Suburban Cowboy
Member
whats a good idle server?
jaundicejuice
Member
Ramenman said:
Tonight was probably the first couple of matches I've played where the team was seriously imbalanced with the classes. One or two snipers is fine, but like five? And three of them aren't of any particular use? That's not so cool. Switch over to engi, be of some use, build a teleporter or a dispenser, a sentry even. I probably shouldn't complain too loudly, going by the scores most were probably free weekend users.
It's fun playing as a pyro though, I love that I can now put out team mates who are on fire with the air blast. Saved a few medics that way tonight. And I love burning all of the obvious spies and bum rushing oblivous snipers. I got half a mill in fire damage now. Halfway to getting the Pyromancer achievement.
jaundicejuice said:
Yeah, those updates (along with the airblast one) really made a completely different class out of the Pyro.
The problem is still Medics who didn't register that you can extinguish them, and run around on fire like "MEDIC MEDIC MEDIIIICC" and you waste half your ammo trying to blast them because they just won't stop running away from you.
Baloonatic
Member
Ramenman said:
The amount of people who don't read patch notes is terrifying D:
Seeing the success stories of people idling makes me sad that I can never find an open space in achievement servers. I don't care what the apologists say, the new system is broken and sucks.
Certain gaffers may bitch about the whiners, but I haven't seen an actual person playing the game who's said they liked the system. That's all the proof I need to say Valve is searching for solutions to a non-existent problem. Don't lock stuff. Costumes, fine. Items, no.
Certain gaffers may bitch about the whiners, but I haven't seen an actual person playing the game who's said they liked the system. That's all the proof I need to say Valve is searching for solutions to a non-existent problem. Don't lock stuff. Costumes, fine. Items, no.
Raide said:
When a well known member of one server is sitting at 13 sandwiches, that alone is gonna generate talk about WTF is going on. It's broken. It's fine that it's working for the lucky few, but most people aren't getting anything. In over 9 hours I've gotten 2 natashas and an uber saw. I don't even think some people have been that "lucky."
The whole idea that people sitting in spectate mode on farming servers are getting decent unlocks while people actually playing can't get a single new one says all that needs to be said. If you're gonna make this be the system, there should be some rationale to it. Actions should play a role. Spectate should get you nothing, not be the preferred way.
Visualante
Member
Dead ringer completely changes the class. It's a real pleasure to play Spy now. Hahah
I've been playing tf2 for a long time and I don't like that I'm getting unlockable items randomly. I have fun doing achievements in actual battle. Just getting the weapon from a random event cheapens the whole deal for me. I one night I got the force a nature, energy drink and piss bottle. All of which I hadn't gotten yet.
Even though I was always on the receiving end of it, I'm really liking the bow. Seeing snipers running around with it just brings a smile to my face for some reason. I love this game.
Even though I was always on the receiving end of it, I'm really liking the bow. Seeing snipers running around with it just brings a smile to my face for some reason. I love this game.
Diablohead
Member
"Do not run! it's only ham!"Kritz said:
Well you know what?1-D_FTW said:
No one's forcing you to read all these complaints. No one's forcing you to listen to these complaints. Hell, no one's forcing you to play TF2, yet every time an update comes out, there you are again, bitching and moaning because things aren't exactly how you want.
Shut up and fucking play the game you want to play.
Visualante
Member
Sandy vagina much? Jesus.TheOneGuy said:
TheOneGuy said:
Maybe I should just post hundreds of non-nonsensical posts that make zero sense and include lots of :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol . That makes for great thread reading too. I don't bitch in game. I don't post on Valve forums. I don't e-mail Valve with complaints. But I think venting on a, I don't know, a gaming forum makes sense. I'd rather read a vent post than a self-righteous post or a nonsensical post (luckily you're usually in one or the other, so you're covered on both.)
ThaiGrocer
Member
achievement_idle got me another dead ringer. This is the pinnacle of gaming, right here.
MrPing1000
Member
Got the dead ringer and jarate last night.
Still to figure out a brilliant use for the dead ringer, cloak n dagger is much better imo.
Still to figure out a brilliant use for the dead ringer, cloak n dagger is much better imo.
Diablohead
Member
I keep playing but not getting hardly a thing now, is tonight the last night for the free people to play? Matches are still uneven which makes things even worse, it was fun for a good while but now I get a bit annoyed when my team are all snipers or don't know the location of capture points so the other team gets an easy rush win. I don't mind new players but these free weekends bring such a rush all at once.
I think it's more to do with Valve wanting to keep the vocal impatient gamers somewhat happy.TheOneGuy said:
To the regular players it doesn't seem worth the effort since we'll get all the weapons sooner rather than later because we play the game constantly every week. I haven't seen a single regular poster in the TF2 thread have massive negative opinions over this unlock system.
Raide said:
If you're new to the game, then it makes sense that you aren't complaining. Every new unlock brings a new toy and you don't have to deal with redundancies nearly as much. Others who have logged hundreds of hours would like to try the new content.
I absolutely love the bow whoosh sound when the arrow flys past your head. For me it kick starts a "HOLY SHIT that was a close one" moment.
Raide said:
Almost every spawn room are locked to the other team.
What's the recharge rate on the dead ringer? Can you use it again right away after you decloak?
Giganticus
Member
well i know it's pissed off a few people who mainly play as spy and haven't managed to snag a single spy unlock.
edit: meanwhile i've got multiples of every single spy unlock.
edit: meanwhile i've got multiples of every single spy unlock.
MrPing1000
Member
Javaman said:
You can't use it again until it's full recharged. U can decloak whenever u like though.
Tbh I think the downsides of it are too strong atm. I'd make the charge decrease at like 125-150% and recharge still 180%. And it really should make u immune to fire for it's duration.
BigKaboom2
Member
ITT people who don't understand randomness.
Speaking as someone who actively enjoys TF2, but doesn't play it as much as a lot of other people, I'm rather enjoying all of this. I hadn't even managed to get a single Scout achievement and now I have a Scout unlock! It's kind of nice. Sure, it's only my first drop, but now that I know that I will eventually be getting these things, it doesn't seem so brutal.speedpop said: