TF2 New Updates

Anybody having fun hunting down foes with the new Bow for the Sniper?

I think I want to check it out but I am so far behind on achievements on that game its going to take forever.


Also the new spy protection, can the spy see it on your guy? If so I dont think they would be dumb enough to back stab you

 

The updates haven't been released yet - they make an announcement when they're fully launched.
Meantimes, Valve pulled a fast one on us.
http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/

 

Spy update makes me want to try being a spy again~
Definitely wasn't expecting an update this soon though~
GJ Valve~ (")b

 

I love reading the descriptions for the new updates, they're funny and clever

 

Ahh I thought they were updating 1 at a time as I saw Day 1, Day2, I guess they are just slowly teasing us and giving them all in one go?

LOL just saw its a hidden spy update, sucks I like the sniper a lot.
But it was a good idea

 

Hmmm sounds like a good time to pick things up again. Sniper is my best class so it'll be great fun picking off all the newb snipers.

 

lol I was going to mention you Jlbrightbill, your avatar was just made for this update.

 

ohh hell ya, gonna have to re d/l the game

 

I enjoy a good round of Spying now and then.

Killing Engineers and Medics is so much fun, the newb Spies go for snipers.

 

I hope that it stays the Spy Update...my Backburner's waiting to scorch some suits.

 

hahaha you had me check my TF2 to see if it was updated as I thought it wasn't. You got me all excited...

 

The update gets released on monday, and it's a simultaneous sniper/spy update. Valve already announced this yesterday.

I bet on monday we're going to see more pyro spam than snipers and spys put together. There's already more people on the steam forums saying they're going to stick to pyro and wait a week to get the updates.

I personally don't plan on changing a thing how I play, just like the other updates. I'll pin the achievements to my screen so I can track my progress when I'm using that class, and legitimately get them while still playing classes I feel are necessary based on what the other team is using. So it'll probably take me a few weeks or a month to get all of the new weapons/utilities.

 

The spy update looks good but it inevitably makes me feel that the challenge posed by playing the spy is being striped somehow. I mean I liked playing the spy because it is just that much more rewarding when you actually stabbed bunch of people in the back. With the new update and the recent fixes alot of new people can just randomly sneak up on you and get that easy one hit kill.

 

ill be ready to join you guys soon got this game and a couple others with my 4870

 

Gentlemen?

 

That was the best "Meet the ___" video so far!

 

I think the game's really fun to play, but for whatever reason I just massively suck at it. It really is unreal how badly I suck at this game. I'm talking about dead last every game I've played, type of suck. The type of suck where my teammates feel the need to orally tell me how much I suck. I really don't know why. I'm pretty good at the other shooters I play, but not so much with this game.

 

That video was amazing. Valve has outdone itself (pretty hard considering the others were awesome as well). Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only class we didn't 'meet' is the medic?

 

we havn't met the pyro as well

 

That's what drew me to TF2 in the first place - I was never any good with FPS games, but here I can stink to high heaven and my team can still do well.
You just need to find a class that fits your play style and run with it.
(60 hours as Pyro, 40 as Engie)

 

I need to play this game more. When I first got OB I tried it out but it never stuck with me. Just redownloaded it last night, time to get crackin'

 

That was so awesome, I got goosebumps. :О

BTW: Here's another thread about the updates:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=381183

 

Meet the Spy is the Citizen Kane of the
"Meet the" videos. I can't stop watching it!

 

Yay, Valve officially anonced the "Meet the Spy" vid as well as the new achievement icons for the spy! HD anyone?
http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/english.htm

PS: Look at the last "Corporate Achievement", lol.

 

I was shocked and pleased with the new movie. Go Valve!

 

The new movie was good but just didnt seem as funny as some of the old ones to me, it was more serious and more adult.

I think for humor the engineer movie is still number one on my list.

 

Latest update is up and this time it's for the sniper: http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/

 

lol a jar of urine... how original (or is it?)

 

It was hinted at in an April Fool's Update - we just didn't expect them to actually follow THROUGH with it!

 

The update is released - good luck everyone! ;P

 

Finally! Time to start playing

 

I don't know if anyone noticed the update log, but Valve really buffered/fixed Spy this time around. Looks like Valve added all the things that players wanted to see in the spy all together in this one. Whew.

And there's the 3 updates as well.

 

Problem is now the weapons aren't unlockable with achievements. It looks like it randomly picks the lucky recipient of a new weapon - after 3-4 hours play in a server I got only the Jarate. I've unlocked 22/35 achievements with the sniper already and still nothing. Oh yeah, and a friend in the same server won the same weapon TWICE for just about the same time I was playing!! Jesus Christ, Valve - never thought you would fail so badly with my fave game.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a HUGE snit online about the unlocking system (otherwise known as "monkeys flinging darts").

 

Go take a look at the steam TF2 forum. Like 10 threads created every hour complaining about the unlock system.

I personally don't like it either... Played a couple hours last night and saw some random people join, get all the weapons (well, maybe not all of them but quite a few), then use them. All because they were lucky... Games like this shouldn't be about luck in my opinion and I don't see how this is better than the milestones.

The new payload race map will probably be a lot more fun when everyone gets over the sniper/spy craze... I hate updates for that. I usually play spy/sniper/heavy/scout, but right now I'm limited to scout. Can't play spy because everyone is looking for them. Can't play heavy because.. well he's a sitting duck out there. Can't play sniper because there are like 8 per team already.

I also dislike the crosshair for the sniper rifle.. What's that about?
1) It bugs me when I'm aiming with the scope up
2) attacking a sniper head on is nearly impossible now... snipers can best a scout now with like two(?) shots... (Might also be because there are like 4 snipers shooting you at once, not sure.)

I know they had the custom crosshair thing before, but I don't think many people knew about it. I still don't think sniper rifles should have crosshairs, and at the very least it should dissapear when you want to zoom in.

Valve just keeps making the game more noob friendly with each update for some reason. I guess there is a business side to that since people will buy the game if it's easy, but it really makes the game a lot less fun for those who that already have it...

I still don't understand why they keep makign spy easier for people, it was more fun when it was challenging (ie. before the metal update).

I guess it's probably because:
noob friendly = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
challenging = $
That's what the world comes down to....

I was hoping that wouldn't turn into a rant but I guess it did. Sorry

 

OK, after playing 6-7 hours TF2 today I got the Ambassador, Jarate and the Razorback. I have a theory why some people got the same weapons twice - those weapons can be seen in the Character Loadout as many time as they have been collected. In the Character Loadout there are also some blank places. In my opinion Valve is cooking us a trade system. Think about it - it makes sense, people can trade the weapons, which they have collected for weapons they don't have. If this is the case Valve won't change it back, which is going to suck.

Ambassador - really powerful weapon if you're accurate enough to shoot people only in the head. Strange thing though is that it doesn't take any damage to sentries, dispensers ot teleports. Also it doesn't work well with buttons - you can't even use it to go in your base in duel_store_3. -.-

Jarate - amazing stuff, lol. It's really the best SMG replacement yet, imo.

Razorback - ain't worth it, imo. It does really protect you against A SINGLE stab. The next time you'll be able to use it is when you spawn again after you die, which kinda sucks.

 

I played for about 4 hours last night and didn't get a single weapon. Meanwhile, I got several of the spy and sniper achievements. I don't like how the new unlocking system works.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of since you can now delete weapons, they are not lost forever. You can just find it again at a later date and use it then.

I don't think there are enough weapons to have a full blown trading system, and when you pick them up so frequently there's no point. (well.. other than me (and crash), I played last night for a couple hours and didn't get anything :|)

I have a feeling they are slowly releasiing some kind of weapon collection method, first it was the ability to delete weapons and now the ability to pick any weapon up. It doesn't seem very good now, but hopefully they have something in store for us... if not, then.. well.. it sucks

 

If so then what should I do if I get, let's say 2 duplicates of the same weapon? What's the point of having them? In a trade system I can trade them with weapons, I don't already own. Yeah, let's just hope Valve know what they're doing.

 

Nothing.. If you have two of the same weapon then sore luck? I don't know. I just think it would make sense since people can delete weapons and know they wont lose them forever.

Trading weapons just doesn't make sense since in a week everyone will have everything if things keep up the way they are.

I don't have much faith in these updates since most of the recent ones (ie. scout update and spy+metal update) have been disapointing to me, but I can't see valve not having a plan for this.

 

We should now call them "items", btw. A dude in the same server I was playing at found a demoman afro-wig (where was my mind - why DIDN'T I make a screenshot :/ I should probably get in touch with him, so that ya'll can see it xD). Looks like Valve's aiming for cosmetic changes as well. Imagine how many items can be made, and being used in a trading system, if it isn't just limited to weaponry.

 

Haha, that sounds neat! I want a new headgear so bad already. I could care less about the weapons (other than the bow and the new watch that lets you stand still, I want those pretty bad). I just wanna get a goofy headgear lol.

Maybe a trading system isn't such a bad idea if you put all that kind of stuff in there as well. Good thought, hope you're right.

 

So...does it even matter how many achievements you get to receive items now?

 

No, the new sniper+spy weapons are completely unrelated to the achievements you receive for them. Ironic because the achievements were built for unlocking the weapons back in TF2's younger days. .

Anyways, I'm not very happy about this unlock system. It's so out of one's control. I received the Jarate after a few hours of plays, but other than that I'm empty.

Can't even play spy right with a million spies and snipers on each team .

 

Yeah, I'm seeing this as an issue as well...played for a few hour and nothing.

 

i recieved the razorback and the boxing gloves for the heavy. i played mostly demo and sniper for about an hour,didnt even use the heavy.

 

Yea, i WAS a big fan of TF2.. and im a career spy. So this update was like THE update for me...

TOO BAD they SCREWed us... i've played so many hours, probably adding to about 12 hours since the update... i know its alot... (it'll stop soon, MCAT classes >_<)
I received the flare gun TWICE, sandman, and like two other things I had already, while being MVP of servers, playing for hours. meanwhile some idiot has like 5 of the 6 new weapons... its complete and utter BULL...

they know its bugged at least, so i'm hoping for a fix tomorrow... but its the weekend, and they probably won't be working... I'm not playing till its fixed cause its just angering me soo much... god i hate valve...

 

Doodles, not only that, but even spectators have a decent chance to find a new item. Yesterday some guy found a new weapon, while he was spectating us. LOL, I still remember what he said in the chat after that "yay, I'm outta here".
So I'm like what, should I just enter spectator in a random server and wait 'till I get all the items/weapons?

 

When there was all the talk and rumour about Valve introducing the new system I didn't really mind it, I figured they knew what they were doing but now it's actually here and being put in practice I hate it. I enjoyed knowing that if I reached the achievement milestones i'd be rewarded, now, i've played 7 hours and not received even so much as a sandvich.

It makes me sad

 

"Valve Explains TF2’s New Item Drop System, Promises Upgrades and Fixes"
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ne..._item_drop_system_promises_upgrades_and_fixes