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Team Fortress 2 |OT2| Free 2 Play Forever
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dragonlife
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Made myself the Quick-Fix. No overheal is a bitter pill to swallow, but it's a good trade-off for the increased UberCharge. I tested it out on an offline practice server and I got some weird graphical effects. When using The Amputator, it and the Medigun would be out at the same time, clipping. It actually looked pretty cool. For the needle gun and quick-fix, it'd be in super first-person mode, with some black borders. I took pics but the they didn't show up for me to upload after I quit the game for some reason =/
I guess the game is buggy as hell for the time being. Had loadout issues when playing a pl map, too.
I guess the game is buggy as hell for the time being. Had loadout issues when playing a pl map, too.
Item server keeps going up and down so I can't craft anything still...
Except I managed to craft a soda popper. I like it a lot more than the force-a-nature, but it'll take some getting used to before I can declare it better than the scattergun. As long as you have it out it builds hype when you're moving around then immediately when your hype meter fills you get mini-crits for all of your weapons. It works great with the pistol. Get your hype meter just shy of filling, swap to pistol wait until you're right on someone, switch to soda popper and take them out. If you don't get them in the two shots, quick switch back over to your pistol with awesome minicrit damage and you're sure to finish them.
Except I managed to craft a soda popper. I like it a lot more than the force-a-nature, but it'll take some getting used to before I can declare it better than the scattergun. As long as you have it out it builds hype when you're moving around then immediately when your hype meter fills you get mini-crits for all of your weapons. It works great with the pistol. Get your hype meter just shy of filling, swap to pistol wait until you're right on someone, switch to soda popper and take them out. If you don't get them in the two shots, quick switch back over to your pistol with awesome minicrit damage and you're sure to finish them.
dragonlife
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Meet the Medic gets better every time I watch it. I was a little underwhelmed when I first saw it, but with repeated viewings I appreciate it all the more.
The book the Pyro seems to want to burn looks like a Saxton Hale comic. Well, to me it does. I also love the Scout's expression at the end.
The book the Pyro seems to want to burn looks like a Saxton Hale comic. Well, to me it does. I also love the Scout's expression at the end.
DiscoShark
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There are no downsides to using the Enforcer with the Dead Ringer. It is a Spy Cannon.
GruntOfAction
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Got my first offical hat drop today. Soldier's hat with card and cigerette. Nothing new sadly but I wasn't expecting that. Still waiting on the hat for purchasing TF2...
MatthewB92
Member
Tried to get in the gaf server last night but after 3 times of connecting and getting a server full message I gave up. Was it as laggy as every other server last night? No matter what server I went to lag was crazy even with low ping.
GruntOfAction
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Baha said:
Just noticed on the TF2 Backpack website that it was added without any kind of message.
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of the kritz. If the kritz person knows how to stay alive and doesn't run out like crazy it's MUCH more effective than an uber, especially if used on a decent soldier/demo/heavy. For me ubers are only useful for a sentry nest. Kritz are usually less suceptible to the pyro's air blast since they have less time to see it coming. I can't count the number of times that I'ved been stopped by one when using an uber. I really like the new medi gun. It works well on non sentry choke points where lots of players are taking damage. The accelerated healing also affects the medic withh and without the uber, minimizing the bluts health regen penalty. At 300% healing you are almost as protected as an uber unless headshotted or stabbed.Proven said:
Kuro Madoushi
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Depends on the situation, but 99% of the time, don't listen to people complain unless they really know what they're talking about. Most people pn pubs don't. Medic is especially hard to give good advice for. Though people like rar/pet know what they're talking aboutThnikkaman said:
I was a comp medic and heard a lot of people claim really stupid shit that got me killed or was just plain bad advice.
Popping early isn't too too bad since you can charge it up again. Krillin is right that the best skill a TF2 player can learn is how to survive.
MatthewB92
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I want a rocket one. I hope the aren't rareChinner said:
Just a heads-up, don't pay much for any of the strange weapons if you trade for them.
Basically crates 19-21 have a class theme. 19 is Demo, 20 is Soldier, 21 is Heavy. All of the stuff in 19 is Demo (except unusual chance probably), all of the stuff in 20 is Soldier, etc. The strange weapons are the most common drops out of these crates; they replace the weapon slots that were in the older crate series, basically.
Basically crates 19-21 have a class theme. 19 is Demo, 20 is Soldier, 21 is Heavy. All of the stuff in 19 is Demo (except unusual chance probably), all of the stuff in 20 is Soldier, etc. The strange weapons are the most common drops out of these crates; they replace the weapon slots that were in the older crate series, basically.
The Omega Man
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Yep, people are overpaying like crazy right now, just saw a guy trading his v. Fedora for a strange shootgun, lolWallach said:
Poor people
I can give you a tomislav (for free). Got a spare one from my idlers. I'll have a full list of what spares I have later tonight and hand them out to people on the server. Can we keep the server password protected tonight too?Blizzard said:
also, the new demoshield is broken as fuck. combined with the new +charge rate sword, you can jump, air charge, cancel midair, REPEAT and continually move at around 150% base rate. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9cg2lhKvg4&feature=player_detailpage#t=54s
MatthewB92
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I'll give you a natasha for free if you really want it.Blizzard said:
You're my hero, and I'll at least give you a name tag for it (or a couple of weapons if you prefer).yeoz said:
I'll have to watch the video later, but does cancelling a charge midair make your 6-second charge time stop at that point instead of discharging all the way? XD Can't wait to see this in use. I'm kind of surprised I didn't see it more last night with people getting the other new weapons.
I think that is what happens but I have not been able to try it myself yet. It definitely does get cut short (that is, it stops discharging) when stopped by a pyro airblast or things like that.Blizzard said:
I imagine pyro airblast -> aircharge -> dead pyro might be possible?..
Sgt.Pepper
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I idle this, and the onlt noteworthy thing I got was a Disciplinary Action.
That Valve guy on the SA forums said that one of the not listed changes in this update is that if your charge is cancelled for any reason (you slash, crash into someone, get airblasted), then the meter stops at that point instead of emptying all the way out. This works for both shields, but because the new boots give a six second charge time...Blizzard said:
They could fix this by adding a three or so second cooldown between charge uses, regardless of meter length.
yeoz, since you probably won't have an extra Hippocrates bust, I'd love it if you could save any of the new demo weapons for me. I'd prefer the boots, then the shield, then the sword.
I've got a spare shield. Haven't seen the boots yet though.Proven said:
edit: These are the spares I have so far. I'll be on the GAF server tonight to hand out stuff.
double edit: on second thought, no more requests please until we're actually playing tonight.
splendid screen (proven)
winger
(and quite a few pre-über-update items for people who need them specifically for crafting into new weapons)
cooljeanius
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TF2's stopped working for me... it just freezes on startup and then eventually crashes...
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