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Team Fortress 2 Official PC Thread. SO. WORTH. IT.
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fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Definitely picking up L4D.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Man...the pyro's achievements were fun as hell to get. I've been working on getting the new gun for the heavy, and this shit seems to be more annoying than anything. Maybe it's because I don't play that class much, but, some of these achievements are fucking retarded. WTF would I want to waste an uber to taunt and take a snapshot of it?
I've got:
-Iron Kurtain
-Red Oktoberfest
-Rasputin
-Crock Block
-Heavy Industry
-Vanguard Party
-Marxman
I just want the new items, don't really give a fuck about the achievements. But geeze... I hope the other updates are a lot more fun than this shit. :|
I've got:
-Iron Kurtain
-Red Oktoberfest
-Rasputin
-Crock Block
-Heavy Industry
-Vanguard Party
-Marxman
I just want the new items, don't really give a fuck about the achievements. But geeze... I hope the other updates are a lot more fun than this shit. :|
It's like the Medic and Pyro achievements, you have to give someone a freezecam shot of you taunting. Just while uber. Do it after clearing the last guy off a CP you're defending or something.Oldschoolgamer said:
Anyway, just keep playing. If you're using the class right, you'll pick up everything in time, short of stuff like the taunt kill.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Orellio said:
I utterly refuse to use an achievement server. You don't get better by taking turns standing around shooting at each other.
Sciz said:
Guess so. I want to get proficient at them all, so I guess I need to put in work with the heavy. lol :/
I'd like to see Valve unlock all the weapons for the previously updated class whenever they release a new update. Like, don't give everyone the achievements, just the weapons. I like getting achievements, but I really hate having to get them in order to make the class I'm playing more useful. I've been playing the pyro quite a bit lately, but I'm nowhere near getting the backburner (not that I want it that badly, but it'd be fun to try out at least once).
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Ok, thanks! I ordered OB off of Amazon for 29.99 with free shipping. I may get it by Thursday or Friday but if I need the pass, I will let you know.Akia said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
What server are you guys using now regularly?
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Got the Sandvich. Haven't used it yet though. I don't feel as safe without the shotty by my side. lol. Kinda got the hang of him now, I should get the others in do time.
I saw the video, but, do you have to aim his gun taunt really close to the person? I can't get it to work right.
My bad during the arena matches. When I shot at Kak the first time the game froze and I had to restart by hitting the button my case. The next time I got kicked for some reason, and another time the shit just froze on me for like 6 seconds, and I died. :lol
I do a lot better in teams than in Arena. heh.
I saw the video, but, do you have to aim his gun taunt really close to the person? I can't get it to work right.
My bad during the arena matches. When I shot at Kak the first time the game froze and I had to restart by hitting the button my case. The next time I got kicked for some reason, and another time the shit just froze on me for like 6 seconds, and I died. :lol
I do a lot better in teams than in Arena. heh.
PillowKnight
Member
So, earlier today I pulled off the most insane shot, where I killed a sniper who was flying away without being able to see him. At which point I though to myself "Holy shit, I wish I had a video of this to show off."
What are the odds of valve adding in some after the fact video recording? At the very least an option to save a demo after a round, there are so many awesome moments that I wish I could go back and watch, it's terrible that all I have to show for them are a bunch of scoreboard screen shots.
What are the odds of valve adding in some after the fact video recording? At the very least an option to save a demo after a round, there are so many awesome moments that I wish I could go back and watch, it's terrible that all I have to show for them are a bunch of scoreboard screen shots.
Laurentius
Member
PillowKnight said:
Heh, you could just always be recording demos.
Although, I've found that when I do record I play horribly, and when I don't record I pull off something spectacular. Figures.
Except for the time where I got a backstab on an invisible spy. I was recording that night.
Also in slow-mo.
Oldschoolgamer said:
Your aiming reticule has to be dead on the person you're trying to get, but you can be a body length or two away and hit them.
Shortly after the heavy update 6 of us or so were goofing around on LMS doing only gun taunt kills for a half hour or so. Good times.
PillowKnight
Member
Just found this gem reading the TF2 forums :
"How Crits Work"
tl;dr version. How well a player is doing in a round is irrelevant to crit rate. What does affect crit rates are killing sprees. Basically, after a certain amount of damage(It seems to be 800)your crit rate increases by about 4 times it's normal value. This elevated crit rate then lasts a certain amount of time depending on which weapon is equipped(10 seconds for the rocket launcher). Dealing more damage does reset this timer, so the player can essentially create an infinite high crit rate assuming there are enough people to kill. Crit rates max out at 20%.
"How Crits Work"
tl;dr version. How well a player is doing in a round is irrelevant to crit rate. What does affect crit rates are killing sprees. Basically, after a certain amount of damage(It seems to be 800)your crit rate increases by about 4 times it's normal value. This elevated crit rate then lasts a certain amount of time depending on which weapon is equipped(10 seconds for the rocket launcher). Dealing more damage does reset this timer, so the player can essentially create an infinite high crit rate assuming there are enough people to kill. Crit rates max out at 20%.
Robin Walker said:
Ahh making it visible to the enemies was probably the reason why the rumored crit gauge wasn't released yet. I like the idea, but I always wondered how much it changes the game, if I'm the only person who knows that I'm now more dangerous.
Will be interesting to see with what they come up.
Will be interesting to see with what they come up.
PillowKnight said:
I've went on a couple of ragers (pretty sure other GAFers were there) as a heavy recently and these killing sprees seemed to operate in line with this design. It "felt" infinitely easy to mow down crowds of three or four enemies if you had a couple of kills immediately before hand.
It's harder to replicate this with other classes but I'm sure other Pyros/soldiers/demos have had similar experiences as well and can validate with their own experiences.
Hey now, don't forget the best ones:Orellio said:
2fort2furious (All maps + tons of great customs)
67.18.19.3:27015
2fort2furious3 (Arena, 5 official maps + 2 custom)
67.18.19.5:27015
2fort2furious2 is 24/7 Mario Kart, trust me if you haven't played that map - You don't want to. All three 2f2f servers feature a jukebox where you can upload music if you're registered on their forums (Micspamming gets you automuted so no need to worry about that), and you can Goomba stomp (Instant kill) enemies by jumping directly on top of them.
There's also Terrible Maps Tuesday or Thursday every week (On the main server), where they take 10+ of the absolute worst new maps on FPSBanana and make everyone suffer through them. Much hilarity ensues.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Woot Woot. Got the second unlock for the heavy. 
I'll get the gloves whenever. I don't do a lot of punching as is.
I'll get the gloves whenever. I don't do a lot of punching as is.DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Anyone have an extra 3-day pass? My new video card is in but Orange Box is still en route.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Capndrake said:As long as one of those is Watchtower
Watchtower is fun stuff. Plenty of places to sneak up on people.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
DenogginizerDavidion said:
Thanks!
Nog
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I am not sure how he did it, but MrBob was able to send me one via Steam without my email. I am in the GAF community on Steam. See if there is a way to do it that way. If not, I will PM you.Davidion said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Thanks. I will do it tonight when I get home.Javaman said:
StriKeVillain
Banned
I just got this game and I was able to play for a couple of days fine but now I get "Parsing Game Info" when I try to load a server and it just hangs there. I searched the web and found a bunch of people with different diagnosis' but can someone give me a definitive answer as to what to do? I opened up the ports required and tried putting my computer on DMZ then took it off when it didn't work.
PotatoeMasher
Member
Good games last night. I'm trying to get back into the habit of playing a bit. Never played Heavy before the update, but I'm starting to get the hang of it.
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