Valve finally did it

[ultra laser]

Now that 80% of people on any given server is a pyro, the game has become unplayable. The only way for these intermittent achievement packages not to ruin the game is for them to be released all at once, so people will have a reason to play different classes. Otherwise we're stuck with 80% of the server playing the same class, which completely kills the game.

Thanks a lot, Valve. I won't be able to play TF2 for a good 2-3 weeks now.

 

[mb]

Cry more.

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: mb
Cry more.

No, he's right - there's just too much achievement-whoring now, instead of people actually playing the game. Annoying as heck.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: Mursilis

Originally posted by: mb
Cry more.

No, he's right - there's just too much achievement-whoring now, instead of people actually playing the game. Annoying as heck.

Hop on board.

 

[KeithTalent]

I seriously doubt they've ruined the game. If you go on a server with even semi-decent admins they will take charge and get the whores under control.

Besides, I take these times as opportunites to practice other classes. I just don't know what point there is to getting all worked up about it. /shrug

KT

 

[Red Storm]

I just played a 32 player game of Dustbowl with only 4 total pyros.

It'll be over soon enough, it's just a game.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: Red Storm
I just played a 32 player game of Dustbowl with only 4 total pyros.

It'll be over soon enough, it's just a game.

 

[PepePeru]

waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
cry some more.

and i disagree.
its a welcome change, keeps things lively.

 

[JSt0rm]

actually I play pyro almost exclusively and i agree. Giving the pyro 50 more health when they achieve he backburner is bs. I don't get to play that much so I won't hit those achievements and I now can't compete with some pyro who has that achievement. It is now impossible (or a serious disadvantage) for me to flame him to death. I actually turned the game off. I'm going back to css. With cs I know its skill only and don't have to worry about other players "leveling up"

 

[Lonyo]

You do realise it's also the free weekend?
If you look at it another way, yes, people are whoring pyro, but they are whoring pyro when the servers are all full of noobs anyway so the disruption is kept to only a single period rather than being spread.

You wouldn't get a really decent game at this time anyway when you consider there are probably a lot of people playing the free weekend.

But also, I was on a 12v12 server with about 8 players on each team, and my team had 0 Pyros. 0/8 players went pyro, and that was without any admin interference.

 

[FerraraZ]

WoW what a cry baby. This update is just like the previous one. The first few days everyone does pyro to get achievements and then it goes back to normal.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: FerraraZ
WoW what a cry baby. This update is just like the previous one. The first few days everyone does pyro to get achievements and then it goes back to normal.

qft, happened on the medic pack too.

cry some more </heavy weapons guy>

 

[Genx87]

I played the game on launch day. Never knew it wasnt ruined.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: mb

Originally posted by: Mursilis

Originally posted by: mb
Cry more.

No, he's right - there's just too much achievement-whoring now, instead of people actually playing the game. Annoying as heck.

Hop on board.

+1

What is even worse is the COD4 people complaining about my use of Martyrdom and 3x frags. Their whining about it is the main reason I still play with that kit.

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: mb

Originally posted by: Mursilis

Originally posted by: mb
Cry more.

No, he's right - there's just too much achievement-whoring now, instead of people actually playing the game. Annoying as heck.

Hop on board.

+1

What is even worse is the COD4 people complaining about my use of Martyrdom and 3x frags. Their whining about it is the main reason I still play with that kit.

Heh, you WOULD be that guy, wouldn't you?

 

[Schfifty Five]

OP, you realize that waiting for all classes to be finalized before coming out w/ patches would be worse than this right?

It will take a good solid year probably to hash out every class upgrade/achievement. Do you know how many people would be pissed if they didn't come out w/ any content updates for that long? Trust me, it would piss off way more people than the few who cry about team imbalance like yourself.

Go find another game to play for 2-3 weeks while you wait for this wave of pyros to die down. Or just deal with it.

 

[ultra laser]

Am I to infer that you guys enjoy games where 80% of people are pyros? If so, why? I'm just asking because I cannot relate, as I most certainly do not enjoy games where the majority of players are a single class.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Eh, it's not that it's lots of fun - though, it's certainly more fun then medic city was - but rather, it's a matter of "If the choice is 1-2 weeks of pyro whoring, then back to normal with the pyro class being made deeper, or waiting 5 years (this is valve, afterall) for all at once....we'll deal."

 

[ultra laser]

There are 9 classes and every time a class is updated the game becomes significantly worse for two weeks. That's 18 weeks of bad game play. I would much rather wait a long time than suffer 18 weeks of an unplayable game. But that's just my opinion.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: ultra laser
Am I to infer that you guys enjoy games where 80% of people are pyros? If so, why? I'm just asking because I cannot relate, as I most certainly do not enjoy games where the majority of players are a single class.

It was only like that yesterday. Today it's already back to normal.
If you join a server with mostly pyros, leave and find one that isn't like that. It's not hard. Or go play something else. Or read a book. I don't care.
Better yet, learn how to program, apply for a senior programming position at Valve, climb the ranks to CEO and make it so all achievements are released all at once. :thumbsup:

 

[Canai]

You know what I love about servers that are full of pyros? Three stickies kills five pyros. :laugh:

I've got 2x the playtime with Pyro than any other class, but I haven't played as one since the update because blowing up groups of Pyros is just soooooo much fun

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: ultra laser
There are 9 classes and every time a class is updated the game becomes significantly worse for two weeks. That's 18 weeks of bad game play. I would much rather wait a long time than suffer 18 weeks of an unplayable game. But that's just my opinion.

But you are forgetting that if they release a massive patch with all class updates, there are going to be tons of exploits/bugs/etc to hash out which would just ruin the game more than how they are doing it now?

At least by releasing 1 class at a time, they can find the bugs early and take care of them faster.

 

[imported_Imp]

Ok give me a break. People cry, bitch and moan (including me) everytime a patch comes out that does anything to alter a game from pre-patch conditions.

Two weeks or less later, everyone shuts up and forgets anything has ever happened. On my regular server, it's already starting to go back to normal. I've got the second milestone already from one day of playing, and got tired of it.

 

[narreth]

just go soldier and pwn the pyros

 

[Pollock]

I'm so tired of being set on fire.