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[TF2] Another round of new hats. No, you can't have any of them

MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Games and Technology
Bogus and completely fake new items!
HAT SPOILERS
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edit; ignore syringe
Thats only about half of em there I think

edit: Shiv looks like the kukri
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Hunstman+ Dead Ringer= Sniper knife
I'm a big gay, but so is Undead Scottsman? I'm surprised!
Off the top of my head:

Crafting 2 class weapons gives you a scrap metal (was 3)
Crafting 3 class or slot weapons gives you a class or slot token (was 4)

It is important to note these because if you want a scrap metal you may end up using the old recipe and accidentally burning an extra weapon away.


All new weapons that cannot be unlocked through achievements now have a specific recipe to get them
Razorback + Chargin' Targe = Gunboats
Sandman + Scrap Metal = Pain Train
Equalizer + Eyelander = Homewrecker
Sandvich + Bonk = Dalokohs bar
Bonk + Kritz = Crit a Cola
Bonk + Bonk + Batter's Helm = Bonk Helm


Dunno why they did a single hat, but I guess it's just because it needs to be done.


edit: vvv
so how many refined metal is it again for a hat if you use a class token? 4?

I think it has remained the same. 3 scrap = 1 reclaimed, 3 reclaimed = 1 refined, 3 refined = 1 hat **OR** 4 refined + class token = 1 class hat

TF2Items has also updated their blueprints.
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So, you want to play competitive TF2?
This guide will set up you up with the basics on how to get in on some quick 6v6 competitive play without having to commit to a clan, schedule, practice, etc. This is purely for 6v6 and not Highlander (9v9 with a class limit of 1 for each class) because I do not believe highlander has their own pug gather system yet.

PUG stands for Pick Up Group, which is what it sounds like; A group of players interested in playing a tight 6v6 game. The 'gather' system is a system built into the #tf2.pug IRC channel that automatically assembles players who've opted in into teams and provides a server with league rules to play on.

This is done through 2 programs:

-Mumble, for voice chat
-IRC, for the gather system.

Personally, I love getting in a few 6v6 matches here and there, especially when the PA servers are empty. It's active at all times of the day, and you'll be set against players of a wide range of skill, ranging from merely interested folk like maybe yourself, to ESEA and CEVO level players.

As well, I think the gather system is a great way for people who knock 6v6 or have the wrong impressions about it to try it out for themselves and see what people like myself mean when we described it as just another level of play.

IRC
Open up your preferred IRC client it, be it something like mibbit.com or mIRC.

You need to connect to the irc.gamesurge.net server, and go into channel #tf2.pug

There is also a #tf2.pug.na channel, but its regulars are a bit more advanced, most coming from the top place teams, so #tf2.pug is much more entry level, which is what you'll want if you're looking to get into 6v6. Being immediately put up against slardel when you're a scout isn't going to do much good for your skills or your love of the game.

Mumble
Mumble is a third party voice chat software similar to Ventrilo and is used for communicating with your teammates during the match. Every team, clan, what have you uses a third party voice chat program instead of the in-game voice because it allows you to communicate when you are dead in-game.

Mumble is preferred over Ventrilo because of its ease of use and it provides several nifty features like an in-game overlay and pop-up messages telling you who's coming and going.

Download Mumble Here

Once installed it just needs some basic set up, and will ask you to create a certificate. Just enter in a name and an email, and then save it on your Desktop or any other place you keep misc. files.

Once you have Mumble set up, you will want to hit 'Add New' and enter in the relevant information. The tf2pug mumble server is:

Voice server IP : mumble.tf2pug.org:64738
Password : tf2pug

You'll want to keep the user-name you use in mumble and the server the same as the one you use in-game and in the tf2pug IRC channel so you can be easily identified. You will also want to stay in the 'Root' channel until you are assigned a game. Each of the respective channels (Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta) are server locations and each have a Red and Blue channel which you'll use during the matches

It may ask you if you want to run Mumble in compatibility mode when entering the server, just say yes to that.

First thing you'll want to do is make sure your Mumble is set to 'Push to Talk' instead of 'Voice Activity'. If you have it set to 'Voice Activity', your mic will turn on whenever you say anything without having to press a button, which can be annoying for your teammates.

Just go to Configure > Settings
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and under Audio Input changed the Transmit drop down box to Push to Talk. Hit Apply.
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Then go to Shortcuts along the left side, and hit add. It will add a new field into the white box. Double click on the 'Unassigned' and change it to Push to Talk, then double click the blank field under shortcut and select what button you want to use with the voice activation.
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And that's it!


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Getting into a match
So now that that is all set up, you're ready to look for a game.

Once you enter the #tf2.pug channel, the first thing you typically do is type !players
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This will show you everyone who is queued up to play and what as. Because this is basic 6v6, the class layout that is supported in the pug channel is:
2 Scouts
2 Soldiers
1 Demo
1 Medic

Once there are enough of the above for two teams, the game will start. To add yourself to the queue, just type !add [yourclass]
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I am now added to the match queue.

Now you simply wait. The queue will fill up with 12 players, and the following message will appear
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It will then sort you into teams
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You may sometimes get a message similar to this:
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All you have to do is type !ready into the #tf2.pug channel and it will leave you in the match

Your final message will be:
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This provides the ip and password of the server you will be playing on, but as well as the mumble room you will be using. In this instance, I will be using the Atlanta 1 room, under Red team. Connect to the ip, get on your assigned team, and wait for everyone else to get ready


The Game
So as we know, the standard class make up is as follows:
2 Scouts
2 Soldiers
1 Demo
1 Medic

Demo and medic are limited to 1 per team, and everything else is limited to 2, but you won't see much deviation from this. The most common change is one scout switching to sniper on maps like badlands, gravelpit, or well. Heavies and engies are rare but still appear when some last ditch defense is needed
on gravelpit or badlands, typically when you're down to your last point. Pyros and spies are sometimes used to try and kill the opposing team's medic quickly in a clutch play situation.

The maps you will be playing on mostly are:
cp_badlands
cp_granary
cp_follower
cp_well
cp_gravelpit
sometimes cp_yukon

These are the maps that have just been found to be the most balanced and enjoyable, offering some great back and forth play over the center and second to last points. cp_follower is a custom map that combines the spawn areas of granary with a middle area similar to badlands. It is very fun and worth having in your maps folder.

In terms of gameplay, no matter what class you are, conservation is the key. The only outright battles you'll be fighting are in the opening minutes on the middle point and in pushes (either uber, counter, or when opposing team's medic is down). With everything else, you should be holding back, building uber, sticking with teammates and trying to pick off a few members of the enemy team. Never try to engage alone unless you're a decent scout. Attempting to jump into a group of opposing players alone will only get you killed again and again.

Hit and run strategies are never frowned upon, and knowing when to fight and when to fall back is a key skill you'll need to learn quickly.

As well, the opening moments of the game, where each team are heading to the middle, are critical. You'll soon pick up on the paths each class takes for each map, but generally scouts and demos should arrive first, with soldiers and medic not far behind, with medic sitting at about 50-60% uber. As a soldier/demo, you really should only be walking the last few bits of the map towards the center, the rest should consist of rocket/sticky jumping. The medic will heal you as you go down.

The following are some general strategies and expectations from the standard classes:

Scout
-Typically, unless stated otherwise, the two scouts are supposed to act as 'roamers': They move away from the rest of the team and work in tandem to try and take out the enemy medic or pick off fleeing soldiers/demos.
-They also play a crucial role in the opening of the game, as they will, along with the demo, be the first people to get to the middle point, where they will engage the opposing scouts/demo for about ten to twenty seconds. Any kills or damage that can be done during this time is integral for your team's position post-mid-fight.
-Do not try to engage a combo (soldier + medic) alone
-Engage demo + medic combos, try to get into close and try to take out the medic or jump around him and peck off the medic if you can
-When all else fails, just kill the medic. You are expected to die much more than anyone else, but if you get this one job done, it is worth it in spades.

Soldier
-You and the other soldier are the blunt force of the team. You deal the damage, jump the jumps, and protect the medic.
-The soldiers are typically designated as pocket and roamer.
-Pocket soldier stays with the medic and protects him from everybody. He is not expected to go rocket jumping onto points or pushing the objective (unless the medic has an uber)
-The Roamer is exactly that, he has some leeway to rocket jump onto points and push without a medic, but typically, unless he wants to get screwed over, he will stay close to the pocket combo or the team demo
-Pockets should always use the normal rocket launcher and shotgun as it is the best to counter to scouts
-Roamers can use the DH if they're good but it's not expected.
-You should know how to rocket jump everywhere. This takes practice.
-Airshots are balla and will look nice in your frag videos

Demo
-You got to know the sticky jumps. For pretty much all the maps listed above, you must be able to sticky jump decently enough to get to the middle point at the same time the scouts would, or just behind them. This is particularly critical on badlands and granary, where a good few stickies set up at where the enemy team are coming out could decide who gets mid.
-You're a bigger damage dealer than the soldiers, and can fire more indirect. But you're all alone, so you dieing is kind of a big deal. Hang back and spam pipes into the middle point, and sticky up essential choke-points.
-This pretty much applies for both attack and defense.
-Stickying up choke-points is particularly essential when you're getting pushed back. A sticky trap on the gates on cp_well can practically turn the game to your favor.
-Personally not a big demo, so can't say much either way, but you have to be fairly competent in sticky usage and knowing when and where to fight, but also how to use your regular pipes to smack down scouts and soldiers

Medic
-You're the key to a lot of what goes on. Your uber and kritz are essential, and your death means your team is unsupported and will probably get pushed in on.
-That said, hang back. Stick with your pocket soldier at all times, don't try to advance ahead of him
-Scream ungodly sounds into the mic when being attacked
-Don't pull out your needlegun or saw unless you are completely and utterly alone and there is nowhere to run to. You will have people defending you, your job is to keep them up and to build the uber/kritz
-Jump a lot
-You can pop your uber if you're in trouble, no one will blame you, just stay alive.


That just about covers the basics of it.

GotFrag has a great page that goes a little more in depth not just into general strategy, but particular strategies for specific maps and such

Click here for GotFrag's Tips & Tricks section

Of particular interest should be Jaeger's general tips and tricks videos. There's only 5 so far, but they look at some specifics that are definitely worth knowing if you're looking to pursue this type of game-play a bit further

Tips & Tricks Volume 1 - Scout Energy Drink
- A few points about the Bonk, although the recent Valve fix made the first-person tip impossible :(
Tips & Tricks Volume 2 - Soldier Jumps on cp_gravelpit, point C
- Examples of how to quickly get up the C tower on cp_gravelpit out the left and ride side of spawn.
Tips & Tricks Volume 3 - Spamming Through Doors on cp_freight
- This is technically a glitch, and is not allowed by ESEA.
Tips & Tricks Volume 4 - Pre-firing Rockets
- Some safety tips for soldiers about spamming around corners.
Tips & Tricks Volume 5 - Medic Healing
- A little love for our healers as guest star creepin outlines the basic healing order, and why.


Now it's time for....


!!!PRO VIDEOS!!!


Post with any questions for clarifications.

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  • JaltosJaltos Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Edit: -autoconfig in the launchbar fixes problems! My resolution T_T...

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  • JakorianJakorian Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I can't believe my complaining about the invisibility being broken turned out to be true. I thought that I was just playing terribly like I always do.

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    My medal is the shiniest

    SithDrummer on
  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Once I get my new computer put together I will see just how shiny my medal is.

    Tamin on
  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I haven't been able to play for 3 days. Curse you VAC servers!

    BlueDestiny on
  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If you aren't a Grizzled Veteran you might just as well cry yourself to sleep.

    davincie on
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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    davincie wrote: »
    If you aren't a Grizzled Veteran you might just as well cry yourself to sleep.

    I do that anyway, so I'm going to go cry myself to nap.

    Thanks a lot, davincie!

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  • TracerBulletTracerBullet Spaceman Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    davincie wrote: »
    If you aren't a Grizzled Veteran you might just as well cry yourself to sleep.

    I am a grizzled veteran and I do that anyways

    Oh the horror, the scout-based horror!

    Dammit, ebo beat me.

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  • gunwarriorgunwarrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I was sorta pissed when I realized I didn't get a gold medal, then I realized I played on the 360 at launch.


    Guess I kinda deserve that Bronze huh.

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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    davincie wrote: »
    If you aren't a Grizzled Veteran you might just as well cry yourself to sleep.

    I am a grizzled veteran and I do that anyways

    Oh the horror, the scout-based horror!

    Dammit, ebo beat me.

    It's okay, we can...cry together?

    ebotastic on
    Please, call me ebo.
  • HunteraHuntera Rude Boy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I've gotten over 700 hours of playtime in this game, and I'm a Mercenary.

    Never gonna wear dat medal.

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  • JaltosJaltos Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I finally went in! I got the silver medal, and I quickly equiped it on every dudes.

    By the way, Hyperbolic drama chamber is borken. Anyone wanna play on night of the sniping server?

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Maybe add something to OP about medals?

    Bethryn on
    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The title has it.

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Nah medals are stupid.

    And the OP is perfection.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Fuck this game.

    Goose! on
  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Any particular reason why, Goose?

    ... I still need to see how the change affects the way it all pans out. Maybe using the Backburner won't be an instant "mock me" sign? Maybe Heavy will actually be fun? (My greatest points-per-life is Heavy, yet he's my second lowest played, only beating out Spy. Is bizarre.)

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  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Did they recently add some new launch music?

    With sax/ trumpet solos and badassery...

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    me and lustre have the silver medal

    triple dot silver medal is best medal

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  • Squidget0Squidget0 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I just want it noted for the record that the time I headshot Jakorian while he was cloaked yesterday, he was not shimmering even a little bit.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I just want to start my Huntsman zealotry early in this thread.

    Fuck the rifle.

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    Real strong, facetious.

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Looking at the OP, I was all, "Hey, why's that Heavy laughing at the jailed Goom...oh."

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Looking at the OP, I was all, "Hey, why's that Heavy laughing at the jailed Goom...oh."

    I got it right away and the joy it filled me with was almost palpable.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    It seems to me that there are some start menu songs that play less often than the others. I know there's at least one that I've only ever heard once.

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  • InfestedGnomeInfestedGnome Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So whats this about medals?

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    facetious wrote: »
    I just want to start my Huntsman zealotry early in this thread.

    Fuck the rifle.

    Fuck snipers.

    xzzy on
  • savooipeerdsavooipeerd Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If the rubber glove didn't immediately tip you off you are a scrub (much like people with silver or bronze badges)

    savooipeerd on
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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    i can never get rid of the association of rubber glove -> goomba

    never forget

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Peewi needs to die in a fire. He killed me more than once while in Heavy vs Heavy when I either started shooting him first (and I had a minigun, not natachsa) or when I was being HEALED and shooting him.

    And I'm talking about him killing me in like a second or less in that last case. It's like he's doing double damage or something. I can't figure out what was going on.

    EDIT: ALso, I discovered pain trains can be melted with Soldier weapons. I dunno about Demoman weapons.

    EDIT2: I tried it with some of my keeper weapons and it said it recognized the recipe, but I didn't want to lose the weapons so I don't know for sure.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Is everyone who buys TF2 from now on getting a bronze medal, or do only people who didn't qualify for a silver and bought the game before the update get one?

    Nerdgasmic on
  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Team fortress 2 is a cutetacular experiences, but I want a new meet the video :<

    surrealitycheck on
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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I hope I can still pick up the medal when my computer is working again.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm betting we'll get Meet the Medic with the Engineer patch.

    And then a trailer for the full-length animated motion picture "Meet the Pyro" coming to theaters December 23rd 2012.

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  • SuMa.LustreSuMa.Lustre Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    hahah oh god that picture is amazing

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I love the huntsman so much.

    Its so satisfying to snap-headshot bouncy fucking scouts with an arrow.

    Buttcleft on
  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    rifles are for pussies

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  • The Fourth EstateThe Fourth Estate Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    I hate the huntsman so much.

    Its so infuriating to be snap-headshotted with an arrow by a sniper who is firing wildly.

    Also, silver medal.

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  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    What the fuck, why does everyone love the huntsman now!? I enjoyed using a weapon everyone was like "heh, huntsman sniper, what a loser."

    Daammn yyoouu buuffff!!!

    Although not being able to fire mid air has fucked me quite a few times now. I didn't realize how many times I drop off a ledge and fire a shot.

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  • JaltosJaltos Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    To be fair, Someone was using it in Demobowl today, and for vengeance I switched to it and blindshotted 3 dudes in the head.

    Then everyone and their mothers were either "FUCK snipers" or "I'm a sniper o.O"

    Jaltos on
  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The only thing that really annoys me about the new Huntsman is that if you try to fire but aren't allowed to, it fires when you're allowed to again. So, for example, trying to fire when you're in water results in a shot the moment your feet touch solid ground again.

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    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
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