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Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I just thought of buying into the campaign thing as being like buying map stamps, a way of throwing money at community mappers. And then ironically it ended up being other people subsidizing my throwing money at mappers by selling the first case I got for like 7 dollars in the week after the campaign started.
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Booted up tuftoo for the first time in a while, actually had a ton of fun and success doing my sniper contract on Badwater. Went on several streaks where I got like 5 headshots in 10 seconds, which I almost never do, so that was fun.
Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
grinding heal points is slow as hell and medic-ing valve pubs isn't fun
Map contracts are the worst. By the time I hit 100 points I've played at least 2 rounds. Then I have to WIN 3 more. The chances of winning 3/3 in a pub is slim.
Map contracts are the worst. By the time I hit 100 points I've played at least 2 rounds. Then I have to WIN 3 more. The chances of winning 3/3 in a pub is slim.
I've found the easiest way to do this is to initiate a map change vote immediately after the map changes away from the map you want to play. That is when you've just left 'Waiting for Players' and when it will pass uncontested.
Most people trying to fill their map contract will have left. Other people who don't want to play the same map twice will also leave. And then you just gave to win quickly against a team of like 2 or 3.
Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
grinding heal points is slow as hell and medic-ing valve pubs isn't fun
I've always found the heals + extinguishes + assists builds points faster than playing yourself.
Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
grinding heal points is slow as hell and medic-ing valve pubs isn't fun
Basically this.
But medic contracts also pigeon hole you way more than the other classes.
All the advance objectives require you to uber the target, which means you have to use the stock medigun. They also require you to uber certain targets (heavy or demoman, or just demoman) and to destroy buildings with an uber. So if you can't find a team with competent people playing those classes or an enemy team with engineers you're stuck slowly grinding heals for points.
OR you can do what I did and say fuck it and murder people with a blutsager, because even with the medics shitty weapons I can get kills faster than any pub I'd heal.
Another medic contract that takes an hour, another fucking ulcer. And my reward is a battle scarred minigun you can barely tell is even painted.
Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
grinding heal points is slow as hell and medic-ing valve pubs isn't fun
Basically this.
But medic contracts also pigeon hole you way more than the other classes.
All the advance objectives require you to uber the target, which means you have to use the stock medigun. They also require you to uber certain targets (heavy or demoman, or just demoman) and to destroy buildings with an uber. So if you can't find a team with competent people playing those classes or an enemy team with engineers you're stuck slowly grinding heals for points.
OR you can do what I did and say fuck it and murder people with a blutsager, because even with the medics shitty weapons I can get kills faster than any pub I'd heal.
I'm pretty sure I was able to get uber points with the kritzkrieg and possibly the quickfix. It was still a pain in the ass though, I remember trying to get uber demo points and swapping through multiple servers without any demos on them.
I think I may have to go Engineer for my Open Contract.
10 points in one life for the advanced?
Sounds like a job for teleporters and sentries.
On Borneo, put a sentry in the right side shack facing Blu spawn. Set it at the back right corner so it can look down that alleyway. I got 10 kills per life easily right there. People just keeping walking into it.
.... that... that almost looks like your telefragging (or being telefragged). I think that's the message as well. Choke/Loss, weird interp, update, cmd, or rate? Are you getting a sudden lag spike immediately before or after?
e: nope, telefragging actually gives a "killed by telefrag" console output
.... that... that almost looks like your telefragging (or being telefragged). I think that's the message as well. Choke/Loss, weird interp, update, cmd, or rate? Are you getting a sudden lag spike immediately before or after?
e: nope, telefragging actually gives a "killed by telefrag" console output
I didn't notice any weird lag, but also the two shots I put into him wouldn't have killed a full health medic in the first place, so I'm doubting whether lag is the issue here.
This was on ctf_well on a Valve server btw.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Added Collection Trade-Ups!
Check out the blog post for more information
Added Map Stamps and Strange Filters for the featured maps in the Gun Mettle Campaign
Added the Gun Mettle Cosmetic Case which contains new community cosmetic items
Gun Mettle Cosmetic Case can only be found by players with a campaign coin
Cosmetics in a collection can be listed on the Steam Community Market
All Strange items now have a visible icon in backpack panels
Added an option button to display paints and/or styles options for items in the Mann Co. Store preview page and the Steam Workshop item import tool
Added the OWL 14 tournament medals
Added a Steam Community Profile option to the player right-click context menu in the scoreboard
Fixed a buffer overflow exploit (thanks to Didrole for this report)
Fixed a Mann vs. Machine exploit related to purchasing upgrades while not at an upgrade station
Fixed a Mann vs. Machine exploit related to the Medigun shield
Fixed the Gun Mettle Coin not displaying its proper level in the Steam Community view
Fixed the Enforcer getting a damage bonus as the Spy was disguising and not fully disguised
Fixed the cvarlist command truncating some cvar/command descriptions
Fixed hitting 'Enter' while in the backpack menu triggering buttons in the main menu
Fixed invalid map names in nextlevel convar or the map cycle causing the server to fail to change level after displaying the score panel
Fixed the Engineer losing revenge crits and picked-up weapons after using The Eureka Effect to teleport back to base
The Dalokohs Bar can now accept Ally Healing Done strange parts
Updated several HUD elements to include the name of the weapon's owner when a player is carrying a weapon they picked-up
Updated the materials for the Stickybomb Launcher
Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
Updated the localization files
PASS Time update
Fixed scoring in your own goal if you change teams while the jack is in flight
Fixed disguised and cloaked enemy Spies having a shield drawn for them in the HUD
Fixed players sometimes not being able to throw the jack
Fixed another case where players could teleport the jack with The Eureka Effect
Fixed The Dead Ringer making it impossible to throw the jack or deactivate the Dead Ringer
All global special abilities that are activated with alt-fire are now available while carrying the jack, unless you're actively aiming the jack
Unlocked console variables for community servers to experiment with without requiring sv_cheats
Fixed Scouts being able to pick up the jack while drinking
Fixed disguised Spies being able to carry the jack in some situations
Made weapon switch faster after throwing the jack
Fixed not getting a speed boost if you score and then get the jack after it respawns
Fixed a crash if mp_tournament was enabled and someone scored during pre-game
Improved the way blocking works
Fixed being able to cancel enemy taunts by hitting them with the ball
Fixed seeing a phantom jack in your hand if you threw the jack and couldn't switch back to your previous weapon (jars, cleavers, etc.)
Updated pass_warehouse
Fixed issue with jack getting stuck behind props
Fixed exploit of jack getting stuck in dropper
Fixed issue with unbalanced ammo and health kits
Moved resupply closets further from the doors
Added plank walkway to central warehouses on top of the containers
Server Browser
Fixed the history tab of the server browser failing to record servers
Fixed the spectate tab of the server browser not working at all
Fixed the game info dialog for SourceTV master servers improperly showing the server as not responding
Fixed connecting to SourceTV servers via the Favorites tab in the server browser
Fixed SourceTV relay servers not properly registering on the server list in some situations
Fixed the game info dialog for SourceTV relay servers not allowing connection despite open slots
Fixed SourceTV relay servers appearing to have negative max players
Maps Workshop Beta
Fixed map cycle files specified before the initial map load not properly tracking workshop maps
Fixed game servers using registered accounts via sv_setsteamaccount being unable to access workshop content
Fixed servers getting stuck in a loop when the nextlevel convar contains a un-loadable workshop map
turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
Well shit.
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turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
edited August 2015
The trade-up thing is a 10 for 1 deal, fuck that.
I guess Muselk will be happy he can do something with all those SMGs at least.
edit: the items all have to be of the same rarity level (civilian gradde, commando grade, etc.)as well, so it's really only useful for crazy people that are going to go buy out the entire market to try and craft a decent weapon.
turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
Halloween restrictions have been bullshit since forever.
I have a crossbow with Christmas lights wrapped around it, has a bell on it, and fires candy canes and I can use it all year round.
I'm pretty sure the only reason Halloween restriction is still a thing is because the Halloween stuff are the only cosmetics you might reasonably get for free.
Fucking hate the fact I could make soldier look like a power ranger and fire energy bolts LIKE IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO, but it's a halloween set.
Oh well, here's a bunch of people looking cool while they kill me
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Yeah I aint buying into the next campaign.
So you can't delete stupid scoot contracts anymore.
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I just thought of buying into the campaign thing as being like buying map stamps, a way of throwing money at community mappers. And then ironically it ended up being other people subsidizing my throwing money at mappers by selling the first case I got for like 7 dollars in the week after the campaign started.
I'm not sure what the problem is with Medic contracts.
Even if your team is brain dead, it's still the easiest class to get points with, if you stay behind everyone and grind heals. Just you might not be able to get past 100/130. So if you're just looking for the contract reward, you can stop then.
grinding heal points is slow as hell and medic-ing valve pubs isn't fun
Most people trying to fill their map contract will have left. Other people who don't want to play the same map twice will also leave. And then you just gave to win quickly against a team of like 2 or 3.
I've always found the heals + extinguishes + assists builds points faster than playing yourself.
Basically this.
But medic contracts also pigeon hole you way more than the other classes.
All the advance objectives require you to uber the target, which means you have to use the stock medigun. They also require you to uber certain targets (heavy or demoman, or just demoman) and to destroy buildings with an uber. So if you can't find a team with competent people playing those classes or an enemy team with engineers you're stuck slowly grinding heals for points.
OR you can do what I did and say fuck it and murder people with a blutsager, because even with the medics shitty weapons I can get kills faster than any pub I'd heal.
10 points in one life for the advanced?
Sounds like a job for teleporters and sentries.
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I'm pretty sure I was able to get uber points with the kritzkrieg and possibly the quickfix. It was still a pain in the ass though, I remember trying to get uber demo points and swapping through multiple servers without any demos on them.
On Borneo, put a sentry in the right side shack facing Blu spawn. Set it at the back right corner so it can look down that alleyway. I got 10 kills per life easily right there. People just keeping walking into it.
This time to a Medic who I hadn't put near enough damage into to kill.
He ragdolled mid-jump in front of me, so no exploding this time.
e: nope, telefragging actually gives a "killed by telefrag" console output
I didn't notice any weird lag, but also the two shots I put into him wouldn't have killed a full health medic in the first place, so I'm doubting whether lag is the issue here.
This was on ctf_well on a Valve server btw.
Glitchy fall damage maybe?
This is one of the hats they added to the game:
I guess Muselk will be happy he can do something with all those SMGs at least.
edit: the items all have to be of the same rarity level (civilian gradde, commando grade, etc.)as well, so it's really only useful for crazy people that are going to go buy out the entire market to try and craft a decent weapon.
Halloween Restricted:
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Hardium_Helm
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Rugged_Respirator
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Burny's_Boney_Bonnet
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Intangible_Ascot
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I have a crossbow with Christmas lights wrapped around it, has a bell on it, and fires candy canes and I can use it all year round.
I'm pretty sure the only reason Halloween restriction is still a thing is because the Halloween stuff are the only cosmetics you might reasonably get for free.
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Bullshit that the Magical Merc is holiday-restricted and the banana isn't.
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edit: it's working HoNC HoNC folks!
Oh well, here's a bunch of people looking cool while they kill me
Powerlord ascends.
Kosmonaut Headless
And a random scout from another time...