The C&D really isn't that great for "permanent" invisibility because 1) you are easily seen through when it's at 0 power and 2) you can't move very far at all while cloaked. It's very good for avoiding being spy checked and sneaking past enemy lines but spy is so risk/reward that they don't need any more nerfs. Also Dead Ringer puts out the initial fire, but if you seriously keep firing for 10ms or so after you hit a DR spy, he'll still be burning while cloaked and easy to chase down. DR is just good for dealing with spy checks and that's about it, plus it completely gives you away when your cloak runs out unless you can retreat far enough that nobody hears you (good luck with that on all but the biggest of maps).
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Team Fortress 2 Official PC Thread. SO. WORTH. IT.
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Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
So I just played this for the first time since the Heavy pack was released. I'm missing so much stuff it's annoying. I wish I could get all the stuff for free...or at least make the achievements easier. 
BigKaboom2
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Depending on which class you're doing, there's usually enough farmable achievements to get to the third milestone real fast, as long as you can get some chump to help you out (or more preferably someone who doesn't have them already).NameGenerated said:So I just played this for the first time since the Heavy pack was released. I'm missing so much stuff it's annoying. I wish I could get all the stuff for free...or at least make the achievements easier.
Scout/Spy/Sniper achievements are pretty easy, in the sense that you can get them by playing the class naturally. All 3 really do just require you to learn to play the classes/be good at them for most of the achievements. The others can be more specific and annoying, like I had to purposely empty my minigun as a heavy to get the "kill a guy with your shotgun when your minigun is out of ammo" achievement.NameGenerated said:So I just played this for the first time since the Heavy pack was released. I'm missing so much stuff it's annoying. I wish I could get all the stuff for free...or at least make the achievements easier.
[-]September 2, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Fixed "not on camera object" particle effects appearing while spectating in-eyes, and not appearing when in thirdperson
Fixed inventory bug that caused some item pickups not to be shown
Added support for client explanations of backend inventory manipulation
derp derp
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Team Fortress 2
Fixed "not on camera object" particle effects appearing while spectating in-eyes, and not appearing when in thirdperson
Fixed inventory bug that caused some item pickups not to be shown
Added support for client explanations of backend inventory manipulation
derp derp
Anti - idling rules coming in, free hats for the worthy!
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2787
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2787
I'm finally gonna get a hat!
to the crafting duplicate items into desirable items. I don't get very many drops, but I did a purge the other day since all my items were default level and I thought maybe I'd increase my percentages if I cleaned some junk out.
Who am I kidding. Even at my lowly drop rate, I'll be full before that ever happens.
EDIT: I hope they give you a hat for your most played class. I won't feel special if I'm wearing the "Goodie Two Shoes" hat like the other 95%.
Better yet, let us pick one. Cause otherwise, I'm sensing a sniper hat in my future:lol
to the crafting duplicate items into desirable items. I don't get very many drops, but I did a purge the other day since all my items were default level and I thought maybe I'd increase my percentages if I cleaned some junk out.Who am I kidding. Even at my lowly drop rate, I'll be full before that ever happens.
EDIT: I hope they give you a hat for your most played class. I won't feel special if I'm wearing the "Goodie Two Shoes" hat like the other 95%.
Better yet, let us pick one. Cause otherwise, I'm sensing a sniper hat in my future:lol
PillowKnight
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Hey a hat! Maybe this'll get me to turn on tf2 for the first time in forever.
PS: The people who say snipers aren't a credit to team are dead wrong.
PSS: Snipers are scum and should be taken out of the game.
PS: The people who say snipers aren't a credit to team are dead wrong.
PSS: Snipers are scum and should be taken out of the game.
PillowKnight
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It's a Halo! Looks like any class can use it. I'll post pics if i can get tf2 to finish loading before my l4d match.
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7712/haor.jpg
this is supposedly the hat non-idlers get. now we can call those people halo fans.
this is supposedly the hat non-idlers get. now we can call those people halo fans.
Confidence Man
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Bah! I only used it one day to try it out. Maybe if all the items found were immediately deleted they won't be able to track it?
BigKaboom2
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You can get the halo right now if you just go into your loadout menu. I equipped it for every class.
Azure Dream
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Yup, flagged for "cheating the inventory system." They took away... a second can of Bonk. And for some reason, a KGB that wouldn't ever stay in the slot I'd put it in. No halo for me. :lol
Should have just opened the program, gone to an idle server, and done the exact same thing. Well, who knows what retroactive "cheating" punishment they'll think up for that.
Should have just opened the program, gone to an idle server, and done the exact same thing. Well, who knows what retroactive "cheating" punishment they'll think up for that.
So 3 of my 4 hats are gone, Im left with my least favourite hate (the demo fro), but worst of all almost all my weapons have been deleted.
I have earned all the new weapons legitimately through the achievements and real play time but ended up deleting the originals well clearing out by backpack or keeping higher level versions of them during that item level glitch period. So now I have to wait to get my weapons back as I can no longer get them through achievements since I have already completed the milestone achievements.
Well back to idling in real servers for the time being to get my shit back, Thanks Valve.
I have earned all the new weapons legitimately through the achievements and real play time but ended up deleting the originals well clearing out by backpack or keeping higher level versions of them during that item level glitch period. So now I have to wait to get my weapons back as I can no longer get them through achievements since I have already completed the milestone achievements.
Well back to idling in real servers for the time being to get my shit back, Thanks Valve.
benjipwns
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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=954948pilonv1 said:
There's a few guys declaring they will stop buying Valve games and just pirate them from now on due to this. (Or this plus L4D2.)
fallengorn
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Well, I guess it was a good thing that all the times I've idled all I got were dupes.
BigKaboom2
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If you want epic meltdowns just go to the steampowerd forums. Well i looking through some of the hilarious threads I found this:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=955086
I to agree with some of the guys points, aside from the whole rethinking of buying any Valve game from now on just cause Im not that crazy and petty.
Again Im not pissed about the hats, its the weapons. Valve can see through my achievements that I have completed all the milestone achievements so they know I have earned all the weapons in a way that they would be happy with, but they still deleted them from my backpack since I must have deleted the originals.
All I wanted from Valve was for them to look and see if I had legitimately earned any of the items I had in my backpack before mass deleting them and let me keep one of every item I had earned through achievements or real play time.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=955086
I to agree with some of the guys points, aside from the whole rethinking of buying any Valve game from now on just cause Im not that crazy and petty.
Again Im not pissed about the hats, its the weapons. Valve can see through my achievements that I have completed all the milestone achievements so they know I have earned all the weapons in a way that they would be happy with, but they still deleted them from my backpack since I must have deleted the originals.
All I wanted from Valve was for them to look and see if I had legitimately earned any of the items I had in my backpack before mass deleting them and let me keep one of every item I had earned through achievements or real play time.
Yessss, this is how I like it!BigKaboom2 said:
I think it was bullshit to accuse me of cheating (I still stand by everything I said on the last page!) but I'm not upset about it. I am entertained by those upset, though. Teehee.
(I might be upset if the "non-cheater" hat was something I wanted. Like the soldier medal. ;_
Glad to hear they increased the drop rate, though! I wonder how "significant" it really is though. O:
I'm curious of this too. I used the program for at most four hours and all I got were duplicates which I immediately deleted. Haven't used it since (and this was a week ago god dammit, if I'd just been a little more patient). I haven't gotten any message either.Confidence Man said:
Yeah thats exactly what I did. I think Vlave just didnt understand how impossible it was to tell your original weapon from those you got through idling. Before the level glitch they had the same level so you cant tell them apart from that, and often I would check my backpack to find up to five of the same item so the chances of accidental deletion were high.Botolf said:
SmashBrosAwesome
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Sweet, got a halo! My laziness/apathy was rewarded!
I deleted all but one of my extras too, but I didn't lose anything I had unlocked before. I guess because I mostly deleted stuff I got duplicates of playing the game before the idler, and had the idler set to delete any other duplicates, and never got higher level stuff that way either. So I guess if I really want the KGB/Razorback I can just go play those crappy classes to get their final milestones, but since I don't like either class, no thanks!
Still kind of bored of the regular game... I don't know, I think I'm just burned out. If I wanted to devote my whole life to playing it I would probably have more "fun" because I could beat more people, but it honestly feels like playing TF2 is as bad of a grind as playing some MMOs sometimes.
Still kind of bored of the regular game... I don't know, I think I'm just burned out. If I wanted to devote my whole life to playing it I would probably have more "fun" because I could beat more people, but it honestly feels like playing TF2 is as bad of a grind as playing some MMOs sometimes.
Reno7728 said:
Man this is so bullshit!
It's not like it changed the gameplay for a competitive advantage, I just wanted the hats really badly!
It's their fault also for not setting a decent hat rate in the first place, I've played a decent amount of hours and I've yet to earn one hat the right way.
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