Team Fortress 2 Discussion - Page 2

Kargath · 05-21-2009, 05:11 AM

So Stavros really is VP?

Rainbow Dash · 05-21-2009, 04:58 PM

**Loot** · 05-21-2009, 07:42 PM

And then Chunky was hit by a jar filled with Loot's urine.

Lurch1982 · 05-21-2009, 08:40 PM

Update is available on Steam. Notes include this interesting gem:

"Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players"

Not sure if this means the bullet travels through friendlies or damages friendlies

Metal Man · 05-21-2009, 10:19 PM

Also, Pyros can blow out fires with the flamethrower blowback.

**Prince Toad** · 05-23-2009, 03:02 PM

Huge update. Lurch, I'm pretty sure snipers can't do friendly fire. Nothing else in the game can hurt your teammates, why should sniper rifles?

The biggest thing I'm noticing is the new method of getting items: random drops instead of by getting achievements. What do you guys think? I will say that I'd probably never get more than one of the sniper or spy unlockables without this system, since I'm bad at sniper and worse at spy, but at least if I had I would have earned it. They posted a defense of it on the blog but I didn't think the reasons were great.

Rainbow Dash · 05-23-2009, 05:46 PM

hurf durf I got all three sniper unlocks playing normally, now I'm sitting on a server with the map achievement_idle map, waiting for the spy unlocks

**Prince Toad** · 05-25-2009, 03:00 PM

Actually, after spending a little time with each I got a lot better at both sniper and spy. I have like 9 sniper and 11 spy achievements, but no items for either. This new system is kind of pissing me off. I certainly have enough Sandviches and Force-A-Natures and whatever.

Lurch1982 · 05-25-2009, 08:55 PM

I played for about 4 hours since the patch. I picked up the Ambassador as the first drop (ironic since I never play spy) and an Axetinguisher. I like the new system simply because there was no way in hell that I would ever get the medic weapons because the achievements are insane.

Kargath · 05-26-2009, 05:17 AM

I managed to get the Medic weapons legitimately. (Save one achievement, but I replicated that in normal gameplay conditions anyway a couple of days later.)

This patch is made of fail though. Didn't it occur to the TF2 team that release of new content would make people want to use that content?

Lurch1982 · 05-27-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kargath

I managed to get the Medic weapons legitimately. (Save one achievement, but I replicated that in normal gameplay conditions anyway a couple of days later.)

This patch is made of fail though. Didn't it occur to the TF2 team that release of new content would make people want to use that content?

Hats off to you if you could get the medic achievements legitimately. They seem a little on the insane side to me.

IDK though, I've seen a huge uptick in Snipers (or I did on the free weekend) since patch. Not so much on the spies. THere's also a ton of "idle servers" for weapon farming, so hopefully that gets patched soon.

Rainbow Dash · 05-27-2009, 10:29 PM

They've said they won't punish people using idle servers, which leads me to believe they aren't going to get rid of idling.

Also, on the unlock front, I managed to get one of the watches and a bitchin' Fedora.

Speed · 05-27-2009, 11:01 PM

A pornography starring your mother is the SECOND worst thing to happan to you today.

Kargath · 05-28-2009, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Chunky Kong12345

They've said they won't punish people using idle servers, which leads me to believe they aren't going to get rid of idling.

Where's the page for that?

Kargath · 05-28-2009, 08:49 AM

Rainbow Dash · 05-28-2009, 12:03 PM

Someone emailing Valve about the unlock system being broken was told to report what servers they were playing on, when, and for how long, and they were reassured that they wouldn't be punished for using the achievement_idle servers.

**Prince Toad** · 05-28-2009, 05:58 PM

But that's the most retarded thing in the world. If the point of this new system was to discourage farming... aaaagh... *slams head into table*

God I hate the new system. I've played like 10 hours without getting any item at all. I've gotten like three or four duplicates.

Congrats on the fedora though.

Yeah, I got the medic achievements legitimately too. But they are insane, I'm stuck at 24. I've been using the kritzkrieg trying to get the one where a soldier blows up 5 people but it hasn't worked. I almost managed to get the one where a scout kills 3 people using it but he got demolished by a gun before he could get the third.

Kargath · 05-28-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince Toad

Yeah, I got the medic achievements legitimately too. But they are insane, I'm stuck at 24. I've been using the kritzkrieg trying to get the one where a soldier blows up 5 people but it hasn't worked. I almost managed to get the one where a scout kills 3 people using it but he got demolished by a gun before he could get the third.

The scout with the Force-A-Nature can be very deadly if you Kritz them.

It should be mentioned that it took until after the Scout Update to actually get my Ubersaw...

**Prince Toad** · 05-29-2009, 12:35 PM

Really? I'd think the scattergun would be better for that. Even with the extra bullets per shot the 2 ammo is a killer for Force-A-Nature firepower. Honestly I'm not sure what the point of the more/weaker bullets is. Just having the different reload with the blowback/kickback effect would have been fine.

I did finally get a Cloak and Dagger yesterday. 1 new item down, 5 to go. Also some of the new achievements are broken. I got Enemy at the Gates by killing someone before the round started, and I got You Only Shiv Thrice by... I don't even know. It certainly wasn't by killing 3 enemies in 10 seconds.

Rainbow Dash · 05-29-2009, 01:55 PM

Someone came out with a program that makes it so you don't have to run TF2 to idle.

http://www.sourceop.com/modules.php?...er=asc&start=0

05-21-2009, 04:58 PM	#22
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05-28-2009, 08:49 AM	#35
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05-21-2009, 05:11 AM	#21
Kargath Awesome member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: kargath64.deviantart.com Gender: Posts: 8,061 Thanks: 1,187 Thanked 729 Times in 458 Posts Blog Entries: 1	So Stavros really is VP?

05-21-2009, 07:42 PM	#23
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05-21-2009, 08:40 PM	#24
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	Update is available on Steam. Notes include this interesting gem: "Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players" Not sure if this means the bullet travels through friendlies or damages friendlies

05-21-2009, 10:19 PM	#25
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Also, Pyros can blow out fires with the flamethrower blowback.

05-23-2009, 03:02 PM	#26
Prince Toad PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	Huge update. Lurch, I'm pretty sure snipers can't do friendly fire. Nothing else in the game can hurt your teammates, why should sniper rifles? The biggest thing I'm noticing is the new method of getting items: random drops instead of by getting achievements. What do you guys think? I will say that I'd probably never get more than one of the sniper or spy unlockables without this system, since I'm bad at sniper and worse at spy, but at least if I had I would have earned it. They posted a defense of it on the blog but I didn't think the reasons were great.

05-23-2009, 05:46 PM	#27
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	hurf durf I got all three sniper unlocks playing normally, now I'm sitting on a server with the map achievement_idle map, waiting for the spy unlocks

05-25-2009, 03:00 PM	#28
Prince Toad PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	Actually, after spending a little time with each I got a lot better at both sniper and spy. I have like 9 sniper and 11 spy achievements, but no items for either. This new system is kind of pissing me off. I certainly have enough Sandviches and Force-A-Natures and whatever.

05-25-2009, 08:55 PM	#29
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	I played for about 4 hours since the patch. I picked up the Ambassador as the first drop (ironic since I never play spy) and an Axetinguisher. I like the new system simply because there was no way in hell that I would ever get the medic weapons because the achievements are insane.

05-26-2009, 05:17 AM	#30
Kargath Awesome member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: kargath64.deviantart.com Gender: Posts: 8,061 Thanks: 1,187 Thanked 729 Times in 458 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I managed to get the Medic weapons legitimately. (Save one achievement, but I replicated that in normal gameplay conditions anyway a couple of days later.) This patch is made of fail though. Didn't it occur to the TF2 team that release of new content would make people want to use that content?

05-27-2009, 10:29 PM	#32
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	They've said they won't punish people using idle servers, which leads me to believe they aren't going to get rid of idling. Also, on the unlock front, I managed to get one of the watches and a bitchin' Fedora.

05-27-2009, 11:01 PM	#33
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,723 Thanks: 1,595 Thanked 319 Times in 223 Posts Blog Entries: 1	A pornography starring your mother is the SECOND worst thing to happan to you today.

05-28-2009, 12:03 PM	#36
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	Someone emailing Valve about the unlock system being broken was told to report what servers they were playing on, when, and for how long, and they were reassured that they wouldn't be punished for using the achievement_idle servers.

05-28-2009, 05:58 PM	#37
Prince Toad PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	But that's the most retarded thing in the world. If the point of this new system was to discourage farming... aaaagh... slams head into table God I hate the new system. I've played like 10 hours without getting any item at all. I've gotten like three or four duplicates. Congrats on the fedora though. Yeah, I got the medic achievements legitimately too. But they are insane, I'm stuck at 24. I've been using the kritzkrieg trying to get the one where a soldier blows up 5 people but it hasn't worked. I almost managed to get the one where a scout kills 3 people using it but he got demolished by a gun before he could get the third.

05-29-2009, 12:35 PM	#39
Prince Toad PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	Really? I'd think the scattergun would be better for that. Even with the extra bullets per shot the 2 ammo is a killer for Force-A-Nature firepower. Honestly I'm not sure what the point of the more/weaker bullets is. Just having the different reload with the blowback/kickback effect would have been fine. I did finally get a Cloak and Dagger yesterday. 1 new item down, 5 to go. Also some of the new achievements are broken. I got Enemy at the Gates by killing someone before the round started, and I got You Only Shiv Thrice by... I don't even know. It certainly wasn't by killing 3 enemies in 10 seconds.

05-29-2009, 01:55 PM	#40
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	Someone came out with a program that makes it so you don't have to run TF2 to idle. http://www.sourceop.com/modules.php?...er=asc&start=0