The Pyro in TF2

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Ichigo

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I hope the Pyro gets ungimped. =D

Definitely one of the most underpowered classes, along with the spy. The fact is, he (or she O_O) can get the drop on certain classes like the Heavy, Soldier, or even Medic and get beaten anyway.

I hope the Pyro's abilities get buffed to meet its personality. =D
 

TraumaRN

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Originally posted by: andylawcc
good catch tenshodo13.

and I second the motion that it would be a naplam bomber that does splash damage with a few second duration.

Yea, some sort of flare/naplam grenade launcher.

Perhaps finally something to reach out and touch people with so to speak. You can see it quite well in the HD version.
 

andylawcc

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and why is he looking in the left rearview mirror when making a right turn in the beginning?

also, anyone notice the billboard in the beginning and shown at the end? it said FOAD Year Round Camping Fun.
 

Czar

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a guess from the link

"1. Arsonist - Destroy X engineer buildings
2. Attention Getter - Burn 100 people to death with the flare-gun
3. Baptism by Fire - Something to do with spawn camping?
4. Barbequed - ?
5. Burn Ward - Burn a medic that is currently healing someone
6. Camp Fire - ?
7. Clear Cutter - Axe 6 enemies in one life
8. Combined Fire - Work with another pyro to kill an enemy with shotgun/axe
9. Controlled Burn - Defend a control point from X enemies in one life
10. Cooking the Books - Burn someone carrying the intelligence and kill them with DoT
11. Dance Dance Immolation - death-cam taunt with flamethrower
12. Dead Heat - ?
13. Fire and Forget - Kill X amount of people from fire DoT
14. Fire Chief - Catch 1000 people on fire
15. Firefighter - Catch 500 people on fire
16. Firewall - Protect a sentry gun from an enemy spy
17. Firewatch - Kill an enemy sniper after he snipes you
18. Freezer Burn - death-cam taunt with axe
19. Got a Light? - Kill a spy while he is disguising
20. Hot on Your Heels - ?
21. Hot Potato - probably has to do with the unlockables and a new pyro ability, I think, some kind of projectile reflection.
22. Hotshot - destroy/stop X flying rockets with said new ability?
23. I Fry - Kill X disguised spies
24. Lumberjack - Axe 3 people in one life
25. Makin' Bacon - something to do with the engineer
26. Next of Kindling - Kill a soldier while a medic is healing him
27. OMGWTFBBQ - death-cam shotgun taunt over someone
28. Pilot Light - burn a soldier as he rocket jumps
29. Plan B - axe/shotgun X enemies under water
30. Pyromancer - Cause 1,000,000 points of damage with the flamethrower
31. Pyrotechnics - Use the Axtinguisher to kill X people
32. Second Degree Burn - ?
33. Spontaneous Combustion - Burn a cloaked spy
34. Trailblazer - ?
35. Weenie Roast - ?"
 
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New Info from Steam

http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview

The first Pyro unlockable is The Flare Gun, which replaces the shotgun. It allows the Pyro to ignite an enemy at long range, but does require careful aim on their part. It?s particularly useful for causing havoc on Snipers and Engineers who want to keep their distance.

I was right about the flare gun.

The second Pyro unlockable is The Backburner. This flamethrower is built for the Pyro who likes to ambush their opponents. It removes the compression blast capability, instead guaranteeing critical hits whenever it?s used on an opponent from behind. To aid insurvivability, it grants the Pyro an extra fifty health.

This makes it alot better for use on those pesky heavies.

And also

In addition to the three unlockable Pyro weapons, we've made a significant addition to the base Pyro flamethrower. By hitting the alt-fire key, the Pyro is able to produce a blast of compressed air that knocks enemies away, and redirects enemy projectiles. It?s a highly versatile tool, allowing Pyros to get away from nearby enemies after igniting them, to kill enemy soldiers with their own rockets, or to separate enemy Medics from their healing targets. In particular, it allows a skilled Pyro to contain an enemy invulnerability push, and even to separate the Medic completely if the surrounding terrain supports it.

Wow...thats awesome

2 more maps too

Fastlane and Turbine


Achievements

Hot on Your Heels: Kill 50 enemies with your flamethrower, from behind.

Next of Kindling: Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him.

Second Degree Burn: Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro.

Weenie Roast: Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.

Baptism by Fire: Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water.

Fire and Forget: Kill 15 players while you're dead.

I Fry: Ignite 10 disguised Spies.

OMGWTFBBQ: Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Got A Light?: Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.

BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server.

Dance Dance Immolation: Kill 3 enemies while they're taunting.

Hotshot: Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket.

Firefighter: Kill 500 enemies.

Fire Chief: Kill 1000 enemies

Attention Getter: Ignite 100 enemies with the flare gun.

Pyromancer: Do 1 million points of total fire damage.

Hot Potato: Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.



Combined Fire: Use your shotgun to finish off 20 players you've ignited.

Firewall: Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building.

Cooking the Books: Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence.

Spontaneous Combustion: Ignite 10 cloaked Spies.

Trailblazer: Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter.

Camp Fire: Kill 3 enemies in a row, all within the same area.

Lumberjack: Kill 3 people with your axe in one life.

Clearcutter: Kill 6 people with your axe in one life.

Firewatch: Ignite 10 snipers while they are zoomed in.

Burn Ward: Ignite 3 medics that are ready to deploy an Uber-charge.

Makin' Bacon: Kill 50 Heavies with your flamethrower.

Plan B: Kill 10 enemies while you're both underwater.

Pyrotechnics: Kill 3 enemies in a single uber-charge.

Arsonist: Destroy 50 Engineer buildings.

Controlled Burn: Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points.

Dead Heat: Kill an enemy in the same second that he kills you.

Pilot Light: Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.

Freezer Burn: Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts.
 

BlueAcolyte

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if we have already fulfilled some requirements, do we get some achievements from the start?
 

KeithTalent

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Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
if we have already fulfilled some requirements, do we get some achievements from the start?

Yes.

I already had significantly >1 million healng with Medic when those achievements came out, so I got that one and a bunch of others right away.

KT
 

mb

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Jun 27, 2004
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OMG I can't wait!

I think it seems like the compression blast will also allow the pyro to make big jumps. That should prove very useful as well :evil:

I wonder how long they've been stat tracking for all of these new achievements because I know I should have at least like 1/3 of them already.
 

40Hands

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Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
if we have already fulfilled some requirements, do we get some achievements from the start?

Yes.

I already had significantly >1 million healng with Medic when those achievements came out, so I got that one and a bunch of others right away.

KT

Yep, me too.

The only ones that might not come over are the ones that are so specific that they wouldn't have been recorded by the stats system. Like the medics, release 3 ubercharges with 2 other medics in succession, etc.
 

WT

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BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server.

Whoa .... !? Huh ?? Seriously ?? That might make me play defense instead of being a crazy bullet meat shield to save our Med/Heavies behind me. I am quite psyched for this update.
 

imported_Imp

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Wow. Just saw the new maps, weapons and achievements. Not bad.

I've played both maps, and have to say that Fastlane kinda sucks. Turbine is amazing. The weapon changed look cool, but do they make the pyro too good? Probably not. My kill-ratio is usually 1.5 at best, and hovers around 1.0 most of the time. It's not my best class, but the help is pretty welcome.

The achievements seem a lot more doable than the medic ones. I may have even accomplished a lot of them already. Can't wait.
 

ivan2

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i really hope that compress air will allow pyro to jump to higher places, that will definately help in gaining the suprise factor he needs much. As for rocket deflecting, I am not so sure how useful will that be when everyone is aiming for the feet...
 

KeithTalent

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Originally posted by: Imp
Wow. Just saw the new maps, weapons and achievements. Not bad.

I've played both maps, and have to say that Fastlane kinda sucks. Turbine is amazing.

I didn't realize new maps were coming out.

I've never played Fastlane, but you're right about Turbine being amazing.

I can hardly wait for this to come out, it's going to be great.

KT
 

Daverino

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I believe the most awesome part of this update is that the Pyro hadouken taunt will now do some sort of damage. There's an achievement for killing an enemy using the taunt.

I've said that from day one, that I wished I could kill someone with this fireball.
 
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Originally posted by: mundane
That compression blast is going to change the game significantly.

For the better I think. It's probably a liiiiiiittle too easy on some maps to get a base established, build up three or four ubers, and go take a cap point. This may hamper that slightly enough to further balance things.

I play demo about 50% of the time, and I use tactics like this if I know the other team has an entrenched forward base and we can't get a counter uber up to take it out. When they rush, I'll lay down all eight stickies in their path and they don't care cause they're ubered. Then I detonate and the ubered player goes flying so far that they lose the uber charge and the medic stands there confused as shit with his uber dying down. I've literally won maps with that tactic repelling last minute rushes especially at the end of dustbowl on the bridge. Kablooooey!
 

videogames101

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Originally posted by: Daverino
I believe the most awesome part of this update is that the Pyro hadouken taunt will now do some sort of damage. There's an achievement for killing an enemy using the taunt.

I've said that from day one, that I wished I could kill someone with this fireball.

uh, it's a running joke. you get a friend to type explode into the console when you do the taunt.

aka, it does no dmg =)
 

Born2bwire

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Originally posted by: WT
BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server.

Whoa .... !? Huh ?? Seriously ?? That might make me play defense instead of being a crazy bullet meat shield to save our Med/Heavies behind me. I am quite psyched for this update.

I love the new achievements.

Fire and Forget: Kill 15 players while you're dead.

Dance Dance Immolation: Kill 3 enemies while they're taunting.
 

Gibson486

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Aug 9, 2000
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what do you have todo to unlock the new weapons?

Also, those are not new maps, they are community created maps. I played Turbone months ago, it was a great map. the other map they featured is alright.
 

andylawcc

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Mar 9, 2000
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omg, the compression blow gun thing will change the game significantly

I can foresee a bunch of achievement-whores in each server and blowing back all Rockets and stickies.
 
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More News

http://www.csnation.net/articles.php/interview_244/
CS-Nation: (From: various) What is the next class set to receive new unlocks and achievements?

CS-Nation: (From: various) What is the next class set to receive new unlocks and achievements?

Walker: The Pyro is the focus on the next pack. We're making some significant changes to the base Pyro class & weaponry, in addition to the three unlockables and thirty-five achievements. We've never been terribly happy with the Pyro, in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes. We really want highly skilled Pyros to be visibly more effective than the average Pyro, and the new features are designed to address that.

We've never been terribly happy with the Pyro, in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes.


in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes.


:Q

Granted I already expected this, but its always nice to have suspicions confirmed
 

andylawcc

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Originally posted by: tenshodo13
More News

http://www.csnation.net/articles.php/interview_244/
CS-Nation: (From: various) What is the next class set to receive new unlocks and achievements?

CS-Nation: (From: various) What is the next class set to receive new unlocks and achievements?

Walker: The Pyro is the focus on the next pack. We're making some significant changes to the base Pyro class & weaponry, in addition to the three unlockables and thirty-five achievements. We've never been terribly happy with the Pyro, in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes. We really want highly skilled Pyros to be visibly more effective than the average Pyro, and the new features are designed to address that.

We've never been terribly happy with the Pyro, in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes.


in particular with her shallower skill curve than other combat classes.


:Q

Granted I already expected this, but its always nice to have suspicions confirmed




lol, great presentation skills.
 

WT

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OK, its Thursday ... where's my Pyro update !??!!? Grrrr ....
 
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