[Outdated On] TF2 Thread: The Lockening.

TK-42-1

This is an on topic thread. It's under the microscope so keep it on topic or they will lock it again.

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MISCELLANEOUS TIDBITS:

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QUESTION: Why does that one guy complain all the time?
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Try not to dick around too much in the thread so our community doesn't get banned from the forms. K TIA.

DeMoN

You get one baseball. After you shoot it, there is a bar that slowly recharges. When it's full you get another ball. It takes around 10 seconds.

But you can also pick up your ball again if you miss, and you can also pick up the balls launched by other scouts.

The FaN knockback isn't that powerful, also doesn't work on ubers. I sue it mainly because it looks cool and you just feel badass when you kill people with it.

TK-42-1

FaN is good for creating space which can be really useful in some situations. if you can get in and separate the medic from the heavy then its not that hard to take them both out. nothing makes a medic freak out like being moved from the sphere of protection around their target.

edit: the new backstab is fucking tits. sap-stab is incredibly fluid now

Slicer

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

Rorus Raz wrote: »

TheSuperWoot wrote: »

I wasn't able to play so much yesterday due to a lot of RL stuff, however today is a different story. I still think that the FAN is pretty bad when looking at it compared to the scattergun.

It's pretty annoying if you're a pyro.

Just how far is this knockback when you hit someone? If it's enough to punt a Pyro out of range, that's pretty serious.

Also, does FAN knock ubers around? Because that would be an incredibly hilarious way to break up a rush - punt the Doctor into the sky.

Knockback is less than a pyro's air blast. Though it's still useful, since at the very least it slows your target down.

The knockback is really helpful because when someone gets knocked into the air, they can't dodge. First shot to knockback and the second shot to (try to) kill seems to be a good plan with the gun.

NotASenator

Wow, way to stick your guns, G&T.

Shabooty

Time for small image dump.

It's everyone's favorite dramatic heavy death!

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Always painful to see.

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A cool action shot.

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What is he doing?

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TheCrumblyCracker

I would just like to point out that I am the Heavy in the OP laying down the Minigun ass loving.

Is there any serious news on when the next MEET THE video will be out? I crave the medic.

Domhnall

I'm glad Belty made it into the OP.

The FaN isn't exactly great but I do enjoy it. The reload time is rather short but the damage at any distance whatsoever is pathetic. I try to use it in conjunction with the sandman whenever possible.

The sandman is pretty fantastic and hilarious but I can't see using it in open maps when the game returns to normal. Only to be used for turtling!

Bonk energy drink is high situational and I don't think I'm ever going to use it.

I still have my weapons I used with the unlocker but that may be because I got a lot of achievements in 'normal' play.

Mumblyfish

I got my scout unlocks taken away for a week.

Not that I care because they're all gimmicky shit and I promptly reverted back to the defaults after the requisite half an hour of tossing baseballs about and giggling like an easily-pleased girl.

The only good part of the update was the new voice work, and they can't take that away from me!

TK-42-1

mumbly did you keep your medic/pyro/heavy weapons?

EspantaPajaro

It was kinda funny but yesterday someone pointed out that even though the scout got updated there are still more pyros then scouts.

Flippy_D

Edcrab wrote: »

Orikae does that mean you'll be able to change maps when they're crap, I look forward to that. Because some maps are crap.

Job currently hasn't got changemap or scramble teams as admin commands.

Hint hint.

ps: votescramble never ever works because people are selfish/proud.

bongi

I will play with you dudes later maybe

That_Guy

With all the new scouts, Natasha should be pretty fun to use.

TK-42-1

scramble teams is bullshit because the map is usually almost over and it resets the timelimit/round count

Flippy_D

TK-42-1 wrote: »

scramble teams is bullshit because the map is usually almost over and it resets the timelimit/round count

No it doesn't and it hasn't for quite some time, but people still think it does which is why they need to be beaten.

Edcrab

bongi wrote: »

I will play with you dudes later maybe

Sounds good

Don't mind me if I threaten to track you down and murder you for ingame screw-ups I'm a hate filled monster who nobody likes

PeregrineFalcon

TheScruple wrote: »

I am quite pleased with the secret spy update. The new backstab is much more responsive, and makes it perfectly clear if you're getting a backstab or not. If you're lined up against someone's back, you don't have to worry about them dodging while your animation happens.

Another feature I found handy is seeing enemy names while disguised. Originally, I thought it was a minor add, but it enables you to see if there is a cloaked spy about, since their name comes up. It adds more to the spy vs. spy games (which I inevitably lose).

Also, being able to switch weapons while disguised is a nice little QoL feature. It may not do much extra, but if someone hesitates on a spy check because they see a pyro wielding a shotgun or fireaxe, that may be all you need to get your business done.

Unfortunately, there are way too many scoots on the servers, and scoots are hard to backstab. I find myself backstabbing the same people over and over since they're either not a scoot or a scoot that has a habit of running backwards into me.

More attention needs to be drawn to this. Pyros need to start setting everyone on fire now.

TK-42-1

Also, I'm taking suggestions for stuff to put in the OP. I dont have the luxury of copying stuff out of OPs past since most are locked and i dont want to dig through the source code

BEAST!

woo BEAST! Fortress 2 wooooooooo

that is all I have to add to this, i always enjoy when i'm paid attention to

Slicer

TK-42-1 wrote: »

Also, I'm taking suggestions for stuff to put in the OP. I dont have the luxury of copying stuff out of OPs past since most are locked and i dont want to dig through the source code

Wouldn't hurt to mention that TF2 is only $10 until Friday.

Houn

I'm not a fan of the baseball. Stun mechanics in PvP games are always an iffy proposition. They're frustrating for the recipient, which means people are having less fun. Plus, it often means death once you're stunned, but it's even more frustrating because you have to sit there and watch it happen. At least when a sniper gets you, it's instant.

Icemopper

28 Achievements for me, and counting.

All legitimate, thankyewverymuch.

PeregrineFalcon

Icemopper wrote: »

28 Achievements for me, and counting.

All legitimate, thankyewverymuch.

Yeah, what was this earlier about someone losing their scout unlocks? Is Valve punishing people for using the achievement unlocker?

TheCrumblyCracker

I believe so, and its about time .

Can't wait to scout my ass off tonight.

Icemopper

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

28 Achievements for me, and counting.

All legitimate, thankyewverymuch.

Yeah, what was this earlier about someone losing their scout unlocks? Is Valve punishing people for using the achievement unlocker?

http://www.teamfortress.com/

maximumzero

So I bought TF2 at $10 but it's so fucking pointless to play right now when half, or at worst, over half, of your team ends up being Scouts.

Mandalorian Rooster

LOL GNT NERDS HEH

And when the hell are we going to get the VIP? At the very least, you beautiful admins should enable hunted again. Thems was good times. But so was Cyberpunk and Auto-Taunt, so what do I know?

Also would a new "Meet The" because they, too, are good times.

TheCrumblyCracker

This happens every class update. They reduce the price of the game when it is at its stupidest. All heavies was epic though. Don't worry, giveit a week or two and it will go back to normal. 10$ is definitly a worhtwhile investment, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

savooipeerd

That_Guy wrote: »

With all the new scouts, Natasha should be pretty fun to use.

If you want the "Don't touch sandvich" achievement, now's the time. Outside of that Sasha is still the superior weapon, even against scouts.

TK-42-1 wrote: »

Also, I'm taking suggestions for stuff to put in the OP. I dont have the luxury of copying stuff out of OPs past since most are locked and i dont want to dig through the source code

You might want to put the "50% off" thing in the title. And in that same vein, a simple rundown of the classes might be nice for any newcomers; you could probably just copy-paste the ones from Goose's ill-fated thread and manually add italic or bold tags.

TVs_Frank

Flippy_D wrote: »

Edcrab wrote: »

Orikae does that mean you'll be able to change maps when they're crap, I look forward to that. Because some maps are crap.

Job currently hasn't got changemap or scramble teams as admin commands.

Hint hint.

ps: votescramble never ever works because people are selfish/proud.

Or they're trying to switch fucking weapons in the middle of fighting and die. Which is what always happens to me.

PeregrineFalcon

Icemopper wrote: »

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

28 Achievements for me, and counting.

All legitimate, thankyewverymuch.

Yeah, what was this earlier about someone losing their scout unlocks? Is Valve punishing people for using the achievement unlocker?

http://www.teamfortress.com/

FUCK YES. I totally called that shit.

100% free-range achievements here, motherfuckers.

maximumzero

It's not $10 this weekend, just until the (I assume) end of Friday.

Quaz and Wally

I used the unlocker, but it works out for me. I got all the scout new toy excitement out of my system already. I'm kinda surprised their punishment for hacking the new weapons was to take them away for just a week.

Now I understand why they made this stuff all in the "Steam Cloud", now they can actually punish people by taking their weapons away.

TVs_Frank

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

Icemopper wrote: »

28 Achievements for me, and counting.

All legitimate, thankyewverymuch.

Yeah, what was this earlier about someone losing their scout unlocks? Is Valve punishing people for using the achievement unlocker?

http://www.teamfortress.com/

FUCK YES. I totally called that shit.

100% free-range achievements here, motherfuckers.

This picture should be all thats in our servers' MotD for a while.

DeMoN

The punishment should have been more severe than just a week.

Anti-Sean

maximumzero wrote: »

So I bought TF2 at $10 but it's so fucking pointless to play right now when half, or at worst, over half, of your team ends up being Scouts.

I bought it yesterday and got 4 or 5 Pyro achievements in about half an hour before i had to go to class, thanks to all the Scouts. It's playable but not very pretty in Crossover Games on my iMac; I need to free up some space on my Vista partition before I can see how glorious it looks in DX 10 though.

Quaz and Wally

DeMoN wrote: »

The punishment should have been more severe than just a week.

Yeah, I know, I kind of expected worse.

cheez

Unlocked the Force-a-Nature last night and had a few minutes with it before leaving. Scored a few quick kills, but it's going to take some getting used to. It's got an impressive capacity as a hit-and-run weapon, and I found myself unloading both shots in succession almost every time. It was pretty annoying trying to drop down on an enemy and fire at them, only to be launched back into the air.

I don't have any opinion yet on whether it's better or worse than the scattergun. I'll be using it for a while and see how I do.

This patch has also marginally improved my skills at scout vs scout, which I am utterly terrible at. So that's something.

TheCrumblyCracker

DeMoN wrote: »

The punishment should have been more severe than just a week.

Seriously, they should have removed them all. A week is like a slap in the face for using third party software to unlock weapons..

That_Guy

Anti-Sean wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

So I bought TF2 at $10 but it's so fucking pointless to play right now when half, or at worst, over half, of your team ends up being Scouts.

I bought it yesterday and got 4 or 5 Pyro achievements in about half an hour before i had to go to class, thanks to all the Scouts. It's playable but not very pretty in Crossover Games on my iMac; I need to free up some space on my Vista partition before I can see how glorious it looks in DX 10 though.

TF2 is not a DX10 game, so there is really no improvement.