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Yeah their servers are gonna need to be upgraded before DotA 2. This is their test run before they launch that as a free to play methinks.

Surprised how many people still don't own Team Fortress 2.
 
I got a computer that can actually play games yesterday (previous machines were mac mini, iBook G4) so this is pretty cool beans for me.

7 & 1/2 hours until it finishes downloading
 
medics should not shoot their weapons, the only time where i want to see a medic shooting a weapon is when he's burst healing someone who was recently damaged with the crossbow or when his entire team is dead and he's running from a scout. there is NO incentive to learn good syringe/crossbow aim if your team is any good, and if you're talking about pub, well, who the hell plays medic in pub anyway

also i am sick to death with all these demoknights in pub, though the new blutsauger glitch is hilarious for stopping them

Did you ever get around to trolling pub with the glitch? I was going to join off you to see you do it BUT YOU WENT TO BED WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.
 
Did you ever get around to trolling pub with the glitch? I was going to join off you to see you do it BUT YOU WENT TO BED WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.
i trolled badwater this morning, it only works on gamearena servers

and i told sarge i was going to bed and i told both of you in irc
 
I played TF2 before, but I never bought it due to wanting so many other games. Just found out today that it's free, so I downloaded it. Very nice.
 
medics should not shoot their weapons, the only time where i want to see a medic shooting a weapon is when he's burst healing someone who was recently damaged with the crossbow or when his entire team is dead and he's running from a scout. there is NO incentive to learn good syringe/crossbow aim if your team is any good, and if you're talking about pub, well, who the hell plays medic in pub anyway

also i am sick to death with all these demoknights in pub, though the new blutsauger glitch is hilarious for stopping them



And needling as a last resort still has the ability to save games. If the opportunity to needle kill arises, you have to take it, just like with Ubersaw defenses. I agree that Medic damaging his opponents is rare, and a safety feature like the one you see in the Overdose would easily be preferred over it. But stepping away from rockets all day and keeping your distance can get boring, and a base 107% speed is already perfect for Medic.



I'm intrigued about that Blutsauger glitch. I found a recharge glitch with the Targe/Screen myself, it made BL rollout feel like 8 seconds long and there wasn't even any health penalty. It looks like the Soda Popper is glitched too because it only has 150% maximum rampup.
 
I decided to download this.

I'm not an FPS newbie, but I know nothing about TF2. I've been reading the wiki, but is there anything really important that I need to know before I start playing? If it matters, I typically play sniper/recon roles in FPS games.
tf2 does have a sniper. it also has a scout, but he really should be renamed "the assassin" since he does very little scouting and much more two-shotting-with-scattergun.
 
Why does the download take so long?
Because of this:
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So... it would seem the Detonator is bugged and doesn't factor in the +25% self blast damage, which makes the current flare jump only go marginally higher than when you just jump regularly.

So as of right now the Detonator is just a big smelly turd until Valve fixes it. Unless they intended it to be this way...
 
Since it's the only pyro weapon in this update and considering how much valve hates the class I wouldn't doubt it.

I tried it out a bit, and used it in the beta but I could never consistently get the jump right, I wish valve made another way for the pyro to be faster that doesn't just make everyone kill you faster.
 
now they need to fix the dumb hitboxes and other stupidity
they hate pyro so much spys can now 3 hit them with new pistol, and soldier gets a 40% faster splashnub gun... o and the overpowered insta spin up (nearly) gun for heavy
 
It's a shame really - the Detonator was so fun in Beta, you could jump from the ground to the battlements in 2fort with ease, and even larger heights were a trifle once you got the technique down.

Now it's atrocious both as a jumper and a weapon. Worse than the Flare Gun, and far worse than the Shotgun. If it could at least give the Pyro some jump ability it would be useful... but for now it's worthless.
 
I'd be happy to run any new US (ping) players here through the loops :)

Has anyone else gotten the Tomislav? The spindown is just as fast and then gun sounds are also the quietest out of any Minigun. As it is now you can jumprev, fire, and spin down before you even touch the ground. Even with the constant spinning and re-spinning the gun far out damages the shotgun while moving at full Heavy walk speed.


Tomislav + Sandvich + GRU = God tier Heavy
 
I'll agree with you Minwu on the utility of the tommy, it works well for those ambush moments, but I have only used to sparingly when I knew it would be useful, I've been sticking to the vanilla minigun.

I was just playing on a valve server as Heavy, and the influx of new players is just astounding, it was 8 vs 8 on gravelpit and I had minigun, sandvich and GRU. In my last round I just didn't die, I ended with 86 points and dominating 7/8 players. The spur of my minigun was like a warning to them that I was near. I defended point A and just demolished them.

Too many of them were spy too, and just horrible at it, coming right at me, being quite obvious. I'm not very good at spy either, but if you're new don't play spy, it can be fun but you need to know the map and how to use his tools really well.
 
On the note of spies, if you're a new player, do not stand directly next to a member of your team while cloaked as an enemy, and do not run directly head-on towards the enemy while disguised, you will die. Flank.
 
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