possible TF2 update tomorrow, Out now

[KeithTalent]

Are those TN servers open to anybody? I haven't played since early or mid 2008 because I got discouraged and I want to start playing again pretty badly.

Yep, all of them are open to everyone, except for the one private one.

KT

 

[Praxis1452]

almost all the updates are quite overpowered. The Direct hit is ok, but tbh, the damage increase is only ok. It doesn't work well with kritz, and it's more situational than good all around.

Targe resistances are waaay overpowered. You take the targe, then you just use the bottle, and you charge in and rape people. No need for eyelander imo. The fact that you can crit with the bottle makes it better. You charge in and crit, and you get a good % chance of critting afterwards.

Scottish resistance needs ot be changed. Way to hard to activate stickies. Also, trying to sticky jump sucks. You have to look backward fucking up your aim. Also You need to look directly at them making it a huge pain. Also, the more accurately you want to activate stickies, the more of a pain it is to look directly at them. They need to allow you to select a group of stickies you want to put them in. Ex. hitting 5, is a group, and every sticky fired thereafter is associated with that group. Right click and if you still have that group highlighted all the stickies in that group go off, no matter if you're looking at them or not.

Eyelander, its ok, but I feel that the 0% chance of critting without the targe and health penalty to be not worth it. If you can rack up kills though, the speed bonus is very nice.

Equalizer: OP as shit. 25hp, moves faster than a scout, very high chance to crit = epic win. Also, I might add that it seems to just flat out kill me sometimes, without even critting me. I've been at like 120 I think and boom, insta-death from 1 hit. It didn't show a critical.

Buff Banner: Minicrits for your team in a large-medium area. Probably the best upgrade overall. Kill a few people or just damage them. Then activate it and everyone gets minicrits .

 

[marmasatt]

This sucks. I've played for a good 3 hours since this damn update. I've gotten now a half dozen or so achievements and not a single weapon drop...

 

[ivan2]

yeah i dont think weapon drop is the way to go for weapon yet, achievement and crafting is.

p.s. DOES ANYONE KNOW A GOOD ACHIEVEMENT SERVER?

 

[Dorkenstein]

Ugh, so nervous. I haven't played in too long. What are the current no-no's on most servers? I don't want to find a nice server and get banned from it. Not that I think I will, but I'd rather be safe.

 

[marmasatt]

Ugh, so nervous. I haven't played in too long. What are the current no-no's on most servers? I don't want to find a nice server and get banned from it. Not that I think I will, but I'd rather be safe.

You're worrying too much my friend. Stay away from the mic spamming, the racist or rude comments and you'll be fine. That's not too much to ask, is it?

 

[Dorkenstein]

No, it isn't. I never do those things anyway. I was more talking about people booting me for being an utter noob and not playing their way.

 

[Praxis1452]

No, it isn't. I never do those things anyway. I was more talking about people booting me for being an utter noob and not playing their way.

has this happened before? I mean, sucking isn't something you really get booted for in tf2.

Ever since I've started playing, I've never been banned ever. When dead ringer first came out I got kicked a couple times for building tele's into spawn, so you could tele a dead ringer spy into spawn, which would the proceed to kill everyone, "die" and repeat. It was pretty funny, but I stopped it after a day or so.

 

[crownjules]

almost all the updates are quite overpowered. The Direct hit is ok, but tbh, the damage increase is only ok. It doesn't work well with kritz, and it's more situational than good all around.

I should have the DH, but for some reason I never got it for the 2nd milestone achievement. Regardless, it seems pretty powerful to me if you can aim it well.

Targe resistances are waaay overpowered. You take the targe, then you just use the bottle, and you charge in and rape people. No need for eyelander imo. The fact that you can crit with the bottle makes it better. You charge in and crit, and you get a good % chance of critting afterwards.

This is mostly because people are thick-headed and can't understand they need to switch to their shotgun to kill a Targe-equipped demo. Not pump rockets/pipes/flame furiously at him which are only doing 35% of their regular damage. And if you have the Eyelander and get a few heads, a demo's effective HP can get as high as 700-800 with it equipped.

Equalizer: OP as shit. 25hp, moves faster than a scout, very high chance to crit = epic win. Also, I might add that it seems to just flat out kill me sometimes, without even critting me. I've been at like 120 I think and boom, insta-death from 1 hit. It didn't show a critical.

I don't believe the Equalizer has any component to increase crit rate. It just increase move speed and attack damage. I don't think it's too bad because if you get it to the OP state, you're a hair away from death. Soldier deserves the kills if he can get behind a few players unseen in that state. I'm finding it tough to get more than a couple kills before you're tracked down.

Buff Banner: Minicrits for your team in a large-medium area. Probably the best upgrade overall. Kill a few people or just damage them. Then activate it and everyone gets minicrits .

Love the Buff Banner. It's great for cart pushes where 4-5 of your teammates are gathered around. On Pipeline, I had two heavies, another soldier, a medic, and a pyro with me and we just steamrolled. The great part is that as your Buff Banner is active, you're already gaining damage towards your next bugle sounding! By the time the first was over, I had a second one ready to go.

 

[coldmeat]

I didn't get anything for me second milestone either.

 

[Praxis1452]

I should have the DH, but for some reason I never got it for the 2nd milestone achievement. Regardless, it seems pretty powerful to me if you can aim it well.



This is mostly because people are thick-headed and can't understand they need to switch to their shotgun to kill a Targe-equipped demo. Not pump rockets/pipes/flame furiously at him which are only doing 35% of their regular damage. And if you have the Eyelander and get a few heads, a demo's effective HP can get as high as 700-800 with it equipped.



I don't believe the Equalizer has any component to increase crit rate. It just increase move speed and attack damage. I don't think it's too bad because if you get it to the OP state, you're a hair away from death. Soldier deserves the kills if he can get behind a few players unseen in that state. I'm finding it tough to get more than a couple kills before you're tracked down.



Love the Buff Banner. It's great for cart pushes where 4-5 of your teammates are gathered around. On Pipeline, I had two heavies, another soldier, a medic, and a pyro with me and we just steamrolled. The great part is that as your Buff Banner is active, you're already gaining damage towards your next bugle sounding! By the time the first was over, I had a second one ready to go.

you're right that you need to switch, but I think it's more that the amount of demo's and soldiers right now, make many fewer heavies. In this way, it's just rape. Still think they are a bit too high. I think more fire damage resistance(as burning goes through effective hp), and say 50% instead of I thiink 65% blast damage reduction would be better. The charge allows you to run away just as it does get close.

Equalizer: maybe it just increases attack damage, but I've been 1 hit at like 120 health when the soldier is at half. When the soldier is in the red, I swear I've been 1 hit at like 175 or like full health demo => instagibbed. It's not good to kill people repeatedly, but say, in a small room, man, you can just go crazy.

 

[JTsyo]

I didn't get anything for me second milestone either.

The Steam server was probably down when you got the milestone. I've heard on the Steam forums that Valve will run some program at some point that checks to see which milestones you have and gives you the unlocks. So hang in there.

 

[spittledip]

That rushing thing and the shield I find are way over powered. Anyone else think so? The shield absorbs so much damage...

It also looks stupid and doesn't really seem to fit in well with the game.

 

[ivan2]

here's how to defeat the sword/shield, i have them and this is how i will die:

pyro: puff, can't do shit if you can't get close
soldier: shotgun/go melee on me
demo: run backwards and fire pipes at me, with the same running speed there's no way i can chase you down.

for all classes, dodge the charge.

 

[flashbacck]

I got the targe last night... although powerful, it is somewhat compensated by the loss of the sticky launcher and the fact that the grenade launcher only holds 20 grenades. I still think the resistances need to be lowered a bit and either the charge speed reduced or the recharge time increased. As it is now, the charge recharge is pretty short.

I got the buff banner as well. It feels overpowered, but then again I was having a good night so my banner was getting recharged fairly quickly.

btw, is the only way to get the gunboats by random drop?

 

[zerocool84]

Gah I only got one day on the update. I just bought Dragon Age. No TF2 for a while but I like the direct hit rocket launcher.

 

[ivan2]

my soldier 2nd milestone is broken, no rocket for me =(

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Steam servers have been up and down all weekend. Loadout / crafting has been pretty broken. A lot of people are complaining about milestones not granting a weapon. Frustrating. The new stuff is fun, though. The targe is insane and bound to get nerfed.

 

[ivan2]

so i just got the direct hit, against ppl i think it has trade offs comparing to the old, but against sentries it's insanely powerful since now 3 shots will kill them. i am expecting a nerf of it.