cooljeanius
Member
Someone started a trade with me, and they wouldn't give me anything for 7 of my crates. Not even a lousy piece of scrap metal...BloodySinner said:
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Team Fortress 2 |OT2| Free 2 Play Forever
- Thread starter EviLore
- Start date
- Status
You can trade for keys, but since they cost real money their relative value is pretty high. If you don't want to open crates either use them as sweetners when trading or just delete them.
[Edit] Just so you know: weapons, hats and misc. items (crates, duels, paint) each work on separate drop systems, so getting a crate drop doesn't affect how many weapons you get or your chances of finding a hat.
[Edit] Just so you know: weapons, hats and misc. items (crates, duels, paint) each work on separate drop systems, so getting a crate drop doesn't affect how many weapons you get or your chances of finding a hat.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So my brother finally got TF2 for himself after the Orange Box sale...
....he got a hat drop within three hours...
....he got a hat drop within three hours...
Bought this game on the Steam Sale, and I'm so confused. I went through the tutorial, and hopped into a game finally/somehow, and was really only able to kick a lot of butt as a Heavy.
I haven't played a FPS on PC since like Doom/Quake era. I really like what I've been playing so far though, because even though I was getting pooped on I was having a blast.
Anywhere I should look at to just get the 4-1-1 if you are total noob? Like this equipment stuff, how to play your class well, what I should be searching for when I look for games, etc.
I haven't played a FPS on PC since like Doom/Quake era. I really like what I've been playing so far though, because even though I was getting pooped on I was having a blast.
Anywhere I should look at to just get the 4-1-1 if you are total noob? Like this equipment stuff, how to play your class well, what I should be searching for when I look for games, etc.
Azure Dream
Member
zlatko said:
For starters, just about every class plays differently, but with some experimentation and practice, you can enjoy a lot of different playstyles. The key thing is to learn what each class excels at, and work around that. From there learn the maps, and pay attention to where people seem to catch you off-guard from. Those spots come in handy for building Sentry Guns, hiding as Spy, and so on.
You can play on an Instant Respawn 32 Person server to get some basic practice in, but ideally you'll want to play on 16-24 person servers with regular respawn times, since that's what the game is balanced for. Respawn times are dynamic based on the situation, they're not just there to delay you from playing. On 32 players some of the maps and choke points can get a little messy and spam-friendly, and anything less than 10 and the game is going to feel very empty.
The equipment isn't going to be that important to you early on, most of it just offers an alternate way of playing a class, not necessarily a superior way. Except the Ubersaw for the Medic, if you get one of those, find out how to equip it immediately. The rest of it's based on what your playstyle is like, so the Huntsman bow is for Snipers who like to play closer to the battlefront, the Eyelander sword is for Demomen who like to get up in the enemy's face and melee, the Ambassador handgun is for Spies who've stabbed so many Snipers they can't stop pretending to be one, and so on.
And remember this rule: There is always a Spy behind you. At all times. No matter how impossible it may seem.
Wolf Akela
Member
zlatko said:
When you look for servers, avoid these:
- Instaspawn - No spawn time means it's harder to push forward, teaches bad habits since you'll just keep on getting yourself killed. "It's okay to die, I'll revive ASAP anyway!"
- 24/7 2fort (or just 2fort) - 2fort is simply a bad map, and very frequently devolves to engie fests and sniper wars.
- 100% crits - Encourages spam.
- 25+ players - Game is designed for 24 players at max. More than that, game becomes spamfest.
Try to avoid custom maps for now. Stick with official maps. These ones are either usually used in competitive games, or are the best in their map types, or just plain fun and balanced.
- Gravel Pit
- Badlands
- Hightower
- Viaduct
- Badwater
- Coldfront
- Granary
- Doublecross
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
You are one of us now. Welcome...to the Brotherhood of Hatszlatko said:
balladofwindfishes
Member
Large-ish paint patch coming tonight. The guy who made the Frenchman's Baret and Vita-Saw (Daimo?) made a fix for paint and it got accepted. Painted items no longer look like plastic, and most have a much richer color. They now also gain the original texture, so painted Kabuto keeps all the textured knicks and damage to it, instead of just being a solid color.
Also makes a few new hats paintable, including the long awaited Camera Beard!
Some things to note
- Stovetop now paints just the stripe. In a bizarre turn of events, the Gibus and Stovetop switch painted methods.
- Hats are not shiny anymore (neither will be Natasha, but Rocket Launcher/Jumper will still be since Valve stated they actually liked the improved shinyness of the Rocket Launcher)
- Killer's Kabuto is no longer black when painted black (for some reason). It's now a very deep brown, almost wood tone. I don't know why this is the only hat that does this, it'll probably be fixed in the future.
- Troublemaker's Tossel is now solid painted, no more stripe (which is sad, I liked the stripe)
- Napper's Respite is now (finally) back to being the backpack colors. To get the old(new) look back, it will have to be painted team colored. Ones painted orange are now pretty useless
- Lowers the amount of memory needed to render paint, but increases the file sizes of every hat. Also destroys hats in Garry's Mod
- It's rumored this update will also add community made kill icons for the rest of the weapons
Also makes a few new hats paintable, including the long awaited Camera Beard!
Some things to note
- Stovetop now paints just the stripe. In a bizarre turn of events, the Gibus and Stovetop switch painted methods.
- Hats are not shiny anymore (neither will be Natasha, but Rocket Launcher/Jumper will still be since Valve stated they actually liked the improved shinyness of the Rocket Launcher)
- Killer's Kabuto is no longer black when painted black (for some reason). It's now a very deep brown, almost wood tone. I don't know why this is the only hat that does this, it'll probably be fixed in the future.
- Troublemaker's Tossel is now solid painted, no more stripe (which is sad, I liked the stripe)
- Napper's Respite is now (finally) back to being the backpack colors. To get the old(new) look back, it will have to be painted team colored. Ones painted orange are now pretty useless
- Lowers the amount of memory needed to render paint, but increases the file sizes of every hat. Also destroys hats in Garry's Mod
- It's rumored this update will also add community made kill icons for the rest of the weapons
Wolf Akela
Member
Paintable beards? Hmm
Wolf Akela
Member
MrMister said:
It's not uncommon for 2fort matches to devolve to that. The map simply has many bad design choices.
1. All paths to the intel can be covered in one area which is right next to the spawn. Engies can instantly get a Lv3 sentry. Manage to take it down? Expect to see it back moments later, maybe even more of them.
2. If you fall down the bridge, you're screwed unless you're really good at wall RJs while in the water. You'll have to take a long ass walk around the sewers.
3. Very tight corridors. Scouts are practically useless on a well-populated server.
4. Snipers. Where else can they snipe but at the balcony? Your base is way too small; enemies will already be at melee range before you can react. Around the doors by the bridge? Yeah, really open, extremely prone to enemies on the bridge + snipers on the balcony. Sewers? Enjoy waiting a minutes for an enemy, because no one wants to go through there unless they had to (see #2 for an example), and chances are, that's route that Spies would take.
If you happen to be in an instaspawn 2fort server, just give up any idea of winning or losing. The game is deadlocked unless the map timer runs out.
2Fort is basically a dicking around map. Most of the time people aren't trying to win, but instead have sniper battles, trying to rack up sentry kills due to the tight corridors, grenade spamming with demo etc. Everyone wants to do their own thing, so it's impossible to get everyone to work together to get the intel, which is vital since the map is so designed to fuck you over that you really need to organize a group in order to push through the narrow ass corridors with sentries on every corner.
I've had some good moments on the map though, like running a scout on the roof of the bridge, blowing away a sniper with my scattergun in mid air, and then capturing the intel pretty much by myself before the other team even noticed. Another time I was a spy in the sewers near the staircase up to the base. I was using cloak and dagger, and I think it ran out for a split second, causing a nearby pyro to see me. I hid in that little area before the stairs, and the pyro came right down and looked straight at me. I thought I was fucked, but for some reason, the pyro switched from his flamethrower to his shotgun, and tried to do the hadoken taunt right at me. I moved, decloaked, and backstabbed him while he was doing the taunt.
I've had some good moments on the map though, like running a scout on the roof of the bridge, blowing away a sniper with my scattergun in mid air, and then capturing the intel pretty much by myself before the other team even noticed. Another time I was a spy in the sewers near the staircase up to the base. I was using cloak and dagger, and I think it ran out for a split second, causing a nearby pyro to see me. I hid in that little area before the stairs, and the pyro came right down and looked straight at me. I thought I was fucked, but for some reason, the pyro switched from his flamethrower to his shotgun, and tried to do the hadoken taunt right at me. I moved, decloaked, and backstabbed him while he was doing the taunt.
balladofwindfishes
Member
http://www.daimao.org/gallery/
preview of some of the new paintable hats and some of the changes
I was wrong about the Kabuto. It's a deep black, but some of the rust from the original texture makes it look a little odd.
Ushanka looks way, way better. Probably the biggest improvement.
preview of some of the new paintable hats and some of the changes
I was wrong about the Kabuto. It's a deep black, but some of the rust from the original texture makes it look a little odd.
Ushanka looks way, way better. Probably the biggest improvement.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
:lolForkball said:
Guy wanted to do a taunt kill...
Speakimg of which, do taunt kills go through DF spies?
Azure Dream
Member
balladofwindfishes said:
It always bugged me how plasticky the Sergeant's Drill Hat looked, I'm glad they're fixing that. This is all a bit strange on reflection, though...
2008: "We're changing a bunch of aspects of gameplay and adding new abilities!" "FUCK YEAH!"
2010: "We're changing how hats look when painted and adding paintable beards!" "FUCK YEAH!"
This game has definitely taken a weird turn over the years. :lol
Hey guys, traded my Circling Peace Sign Unusual Engineer's Cap and a nonvintage Baseball Bill's Sports Shine for:
Vintage Master's Yellow Belt
Vintage Brain Slug
Vintage Brigade Helm
Vintage Backbiter's Billycock
Familiar Fez
Grenadier's Softcap
Stout Shako
Did I do good? I don't give a fuck about unusuals and there will keep being more of them, while vintages will retain their value, I guess. Plus these are some pretty good vintages. Probably going to try to dump the Polycount Hats now while they're still worth a lot.
Vintage Master's Yellow Belt
Vintage Brain Slug
Vintage Brigade Helm
Vintage Backbiter's Billycock
Familiar Fez
Grenadier's Softcap
Stout Shako
Did I do good? I don't give a fuck about unusuals and there will keep being more of them, while vintages will retain their value, I guess. Plus these are some pretty good vintages. Probably going to try to dump the Polycount Hats now while they're still worth a lot.
balladofwindfishes
Member
All the classes have 4+ weapons and 30+ achievements. At this point, there isn't much new dramatic abilities Valve could change in the same respect that a class update did.Kulock said:
If you're going to just dump the Polycount Hats, would you trade your Fez for a Milkman? It's a polycount hat for polycount hatcorn_fest said:
Azure Dream
Member
balladofwindfishes said:
Oh, I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. It's just a funny contrast when you think about it.
balladofwindfishes
Member
http://steamcommunity.com/id/balladcorn_fest said:
Thanks, I'll probably be on for another hour or so
Yeah, I'll be on for tonight, just not seeing you online right now.balladofwindfishes said:
balladofwindfishes
Member
Sorry, I was on the community tab, I didn't know it didn't auto-refreshcorn_fest said:
Thanks again. I'm done trading hats now. I have every hat I want
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Global Renovation by Neutralizationballadofwindfishes said:
Believe
ZombieSupaStar
Member
why don't sappers take metal?
sooperkool
Member
Just got TF2, where do I learn how to play well?
Cloudius12
Member
I got Orange Box during the sale and was wondering if I could filter it so only official maps/game settings shows?
balladofwindfishes
Member
The patch I mentioned would come late yesterday was delayed to some time later this week so Valve could put in a bug fix they're having a tough time fixing.
Whatever that could be, nobody knows. Maybe it's the LOD model fix they promised, so the Ambassador Camera-Beard Backbiter Spy is not 4x as large a file size as just vanilla Spy.
Whatever that could be, nobody knows. Maybe it's the LOD model fix they promised, so the Ambassador Camera-Beard Backbiter Spy is not 4x as large a file size as just vanilla Spy.
- Status