The Department of Bad Ideas has beaten you to market with both of your ideas, Enlong.
:<
I mean, I know they're gimmicky ideas, but I guess I just wanted to see what people thought, maybe incite some discussion about them. I wasn't expecting such... pithiness.
Oh, no, you misunderstand. I'm the Department of Bad Ideas. I think if you do a search on that phrase in the boards you'll find dozens of my weird ideas. "A gun that fires a fake version of the weapon the Spy is spoofing" I posted under the name "Despised", and I'm pretty sure I had the same idea of a flamethrower that sticks a burning patch on the ground, too.
Which is a good thing! It means you have a creative mind! Continue to post your thoughts. (It beats people complaining about the maps.)
Oh! OK then! That was pretty much the exact opposite of what I thought was going on. Much better to know that we're thinking alike, instead of being opposed.
I'll need to look up some of your ideas.
In case anyone cares "Pistolet Rasa" is a play on "Tabula Rasa". Except instead of a blank slate, it's a blank gun.
In this case, I think I'll give another idea I had.
A flare gun variant whose shell doesn't set people on fire, but instead clatters to the ground and emits a slowly-damaging noxious cloud for about a half-minute. If anything hot or flaming (flare gun or detonator shells, flamethrower discharge, burning arrows, burning PEOPLE) enter the cloud, it explodes, dealing heavy damage to all within and around the cloud, and setting them on fire.
Seriously? Wow. I don't know if I should be encouraged to learn that someone else thought that was a good (bad?) idea, or discouraged since all my ideas have been preempted.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a game slowly become unmade quite like TF2.
You sure have a funny understanding of words.
I dunno; despite all the additions, the game feels less complete to me now than it had in the past. It runs worse, it's less stable, feels less balanced, and is the sole game on Steam that I own that now outright refuses to load on one of my computers, one that ran the game perfectly fine during the Halloween update.
That would be really powerful. I don't think dealing zero damage would be nearly enough drawback for this sort of thing.
Well, that's some contrast right there.
Someone on a different forum suggested a distinctive but subtle "wooden" (as I described the gun as a pistol that appears to be made of either wood or stone) sound each time you fire it. Quiet, but not inaudible, so you can recognize it if you're listening closely instead of just watching.
Well, I just had some fun today. Found a fun server, tore crap up with the Tomislav, experienced the rush of harrassing people as a Scout, and guess who got the Solemn Vow in a drop? No pee-hoarding for me!
I got whipped to death today. Almost as embarassing as a fish kill.
Fairly certain I saw a scout get three fish kills in about 10 seconds. I know he got atleast two, because I was the second one. I have to say as someone who has had the game for some time but played so so little, I love the new influx of players because you can tell a lot of people are just starting off and it kind of softens the blow of hopping on a PA server.
I got whipped to death today. Almost as embarassing as a fish kill.
Fairly certain I saw a scout get three fish kills in about 10 seconds. I know he got atleast two, because I was the second one. I have to say as someone who has had the game for some time but played so so little, I love the new influx of players because you can tell a lot of people are just starting off and it kind of softens the blow of hopping on a PA server.
No, it makes you feel worse.
"Oh hey, playin' since beta and I'm dead last except for people joining literally 5 minutes ago."
Granted, I rarely play engineer and it was my first time on Barnblitz, but it's probably a lot of people's first time on the new map. HONESTLY if we go by kills and deaths, I didn't do that terribly. But still. Ego is hurt so badly.
I never understood the fish thing. I mean, it's a scout. He's probably going to kill me no matter which weapon he uses, so the fish isn't all that more embarrassing.
But it's a fish, and the game records how many times he hits you with it, then screams "FISH KILL!"
So embarrassing.
All of the scouts that have killed me with a fish either do it when I'm at super low health or pop me with the scattergun before they hit me, so it's pretty much 1 fish hit always.
So is there still a limit on item drops? It seems like i've been consistently finding them for a while now..
I wish that was my case, I have found FOUR items in the last 14 hours of my play time since the patch and it's pissing me off. I have a friend who just started and he's found almost a quarter of the new items and 2 hats, as for me, 987 hours played and 3 hats to show for it. Now I'm all about having fun, though it ends when my buddies are jumping around with sweet shit and all I can do is drop my entire backpack on an attempt to get a fraction of what they found in almost 12 hours of gaming.
I've found 2 hats in my 75hours of playing and I keep getting crate after crate. I was more commenting on the fact that i think i remember their used to be a weekly limit on how many items you could find.
So I played last night for the first time since about a year ago. I've played a minute or two here and there since, but not more than a map. Thoughts:
It was fun! First time it was fun in about a year!
Some people still whine way too much, and Goose, I am looking at you but not only you. There were (hopefully?) some new guys on last night that were complaining that the other medic only followed one guy, or the demo only used his sword. Here's a tip: that means you need to change your own strategy if their single method is getting you every time.
I've found 2 hats in my 75hours of playing and I keep getting crate after crate. I was more commenting on the fact that i think i remember their used to be a weekly limit on how many items you could find.
I believe there still is, and I don't think crates count towards it. That's how it was explained to me, anyway.
I've been playing almost all day and I haven't found a single thing the entire time. Which is odd and pretty annoying
Speaking of which; does anybody have an extra Scrap Metal or Homewrecker that I could take off their hands? That's all I need to make the new Demoknight shield. Steam in sig
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the new sniper rifle makes a fun sound
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New heavy weapon: Not very good. I realized after using it that I don't really care about the spin-up that much. I usually jump-and-spin around corners and such. So, you're taking a 20% loss in damage for no reason. It sucks, too, seeing as how it's a great-looking, great-sounding gun.
I still think Natasha is the number one heavy weapon.
New spy weapon: Amazing. I love the sound it makes. Tons of extra damage. I loved having pistol fights with people in the back of their base.
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Seriously? Wow. I don't know if I should be encouraged to learn that someone else thought that was a good (bad?) idea, or discouraged since all my ideas have been preempted.
I was there; it was pretty shameful indeed.
Turns out I can't use that 1812 overture heavy sound mod for online play because it crashes the game!
Fantastic
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this is my official stance concerning heavies now
You sure have a funny understanding of words.
I dunno; despite all the additions, the game feels less complete to me now than it had in the past. It runs worse, it's less stable, feels less balanced, and is the sole game on Steam that I own that now outright refuses to load on one of my computers, one that ran the game perfectly fine during the Halloween update.
Just avoid posting ideas with the sole purpose of removing the classes downside!
Like the Tomisla...whoops!
throw it my way
gotta make my money work for me
The problem with this is, the top tiered class is also the most boring class to play.
just pick a top tier
What if my objectives are different from those that dictate that I should pick a top tier?
just
pick
a
top
tier
Possibly all-soldier BSDM parties in the spawn.
kritz others or be kritzed
I got whipped to death multiple times
super embarrasing
"Oh hey, playin' since beta and I'm dead last except for people joining literally 5 minutes ago."
Granted, I rarely play engineer and it was my first time on Barnblitz, but it's probably a lot of people's first time on the new map. HONESTLY if we go by kills and deaths, I didn't do that terribly. But still. Ego is hurt so badly.
So embarrassing.
All of the scouts that have killed me with a fish either do it when I'm at super low health or pop me with the scattergun before they hit me, so it's pretty much 1 fish hit always.
love
the
new
revolver
What's the deal with weapon/item drops? I found this shotgun but I don't know what to do with it.
I wish that was my case, I have found FOUR items in the last 14 hours of my play time since the patch and it's pissing me off. I have a friend who just started and he's found almost a quarter of the new items and 2 hats, as for me, 987 hours played and 3 hats to show for it. Now I'm all about having fun, though it ends when my buddies are jumping around with sweet shit and all I can do is drop my entire backpack on an attempt to get a fraction of what they found in almost 12 hours of gaming.
I just... baaaaaw
It was fun! First time it was fun in about a year!
Some people still whine way too much, and Goose, I am looking at you but not only you. There were (hopefully?) some new guys on last night that were complaining that the other medic only followed one guy, or the demo only used his sword. Here's a tip: that means you need to change your own strategy if their single method is getting you every time.
Anyway, I guess I might play again...
I believe there still is, and I don't think crates count towards it. That's how it was explained to me, anyway.
I've been playing almost all day and I haven't found a single thing the entire time. Which is odd and pretty annoying
Speaking of which; does anybody have an extra Scrap Metal or Homewrecker that I could take off their hands? That's all I need to make the new Demoknight shield. Steam in sig
I still think Natasha is the number one heavy weapon.
New spy weapon: Amazing. I love the sound it makes. Tons of extra damage. I loved having pistol fights with people in the back of their base.