yuppers.
It comes out same day as the Orange Box, which is October 10th.
I'm so hooked on this. Insanely fun playing with you guys last night. Had a good time. Though I had to medic-nurture Rorshach for a bit - he seemed to be getting his bearings on the game
fuck. I can't play more than a minute at a time now. as opposed to 30-45 min yesterday. CS:S and other games run flawlessly, however.
I'm starting to think it's a sound card issue... though it is odd that my computer isn't making super mega loud noises anymore like yesterday.. but other games run great..
Damn I wish I had time to play this. As a huge TF classic player, I've got a few questions for you guys currently playing.
1. Do scouts still have concussion grenades, and does concussion grenade launching still work?
2. Does Pyro still have alt fire flame rockets?
Pyro was the weakest class in the original. But the flames used to totally blind snipers and heavy weapons guys. I used to frequently be the only pyro playing (had mastered all the other classes). As a pyro, I could completely neutralize enemy snipers via flame rockets, and had a nice little tactic to defeat HW guys. (Run around them in circles roasting them at close range, they can't turn fast enough to keep up.)
1) No concussion grenades, about the only classes that can "rocket jump" are the demo, and soldier.
2) No more flame rockets, pyro comes equiped with a fire axe, a shotgun, and flamethrower. None of which have an alt fire. But once you set something on fire it stays on fire for a good long while, making it nice to finish them off with the shotty. They don't move as fast as they used to, but they can still run a pretty tight circle around a heavy but you don't want to cross the heavies firing arch when you're that close.
Anyone else having trouble playing today? The game will play for a few seconds, then freeze for a few, then eventually play smoothly again for a bit, then freeze. Eventually gameplay completely freezes, so I can look around, but can't move and nothing updates. Even with decent pings I've been getting this on every server I've connected to.
I was playing after a crash I guess and before the password was set up, so I didn't know until later... for a while it was just 2 on 2 because nodody else was able to get onto the server. Needless to say it got boring (and my enemies kept pwning me). I imagine the password was set up by accident or the info will be post soon for all true polycounters to see.
I encountered my first issue with the game last night and will send off a bug report for valve to sus out. But if I have XFire open while playing TF2, it completely cracks the shits and runs really framey, the sound doubles up/loops and just makes it impossible to play. As soon as I closed it down, it ran perfectly fine.
Spent most of last night's session trying some of the other classes (Demoman, Pyro). Wasn't really a fan of either of the two, Demoman is probably my least favourite class overall.
I love the demoman, for making traps and close combat he is actually good. love holding chokepoints!
but I can only play for 5 minutes or less, restarted about 6 times yesterday...
sometimes im running around alone and it will crash, last time when i were doing a taunt, and sometimes when in battle. Yeh i tried the resolution thing if anyone is wondering all settings to lowest ):
I need to join in on the fun! :P
So far this game does nothing for me except crash at the loading screen. Apparently its a common unresolved issue. Hopefully I'll be able to join in on the fun soon!
My BIOS Flash chip decided to die today. I have a new one on order, but for now I'm having to use a friends backup computer with only a geforce 2mx 32mb.
The time Im all back you guys will know all the tricks, and be bored of it.
I love being a demoman because its such an awesome class, and also cos the taunt is the best Kabooooom! ;D
HAHAH so many nice touchs like the facial expressions when you do something, so incredible!
i gotta say, the stuff they added with Steam is really fucking slick. Being able to quickly access your friends and join the server they're on is awesome.
Sniper rocks. Best implementation of a scoped weapon I've seen in this type of shooter. You have to have patience and a knack for using the scope so it can power up your shot, which makes you more of a target. None of this CS run and gun hopping madness that allows you to killshot when you hit a dude's toe. Headshots count and they are trickier to get in such a fast paced game. That said, you can still run and gun it if you want to sacrifice the power of the rifle when fully charged. I even got a no scope kill the other day (pure luck - the guy was obviously hurt already).
Oh yeah he uses a little automatic pistol so you can do alright in close up fights. I think he uses a Ghurka knife for melee. I've done some close range snap shots with the rifle when mixing it up with enemies and then finish them off with the pistol, Sniper class can hold it's own up close too.
I believe that the longer you are remaining scoped on an enemy target the more powerful your shot will be.. Very clever dynamic... Someone correct me if i am wrong.
there's a little electric bar thingy in your scope.. the longer you are scoped, the more it charges, the more powerful the shot will be. Also, the laser sight will grow while this happens. Takes maybe 8 seconds to fully charge it?
So far every class I have played I love. I'm slowly working my way thru each class each night if I can. I haven't seen a game this well balanced in a long time. For every strength in any given class it has an Achilles heel. Most of the people that complain about imbalance haven't figured out what that weakness is or they like crying just to hear the sound of their own whinny voice.
I swear I've seen the laser dot flash on my screen like its part of the health HUD, when I'm being targeted, kind of like a "hey dumbass you're about to be sniped". I could be wrong, or seeing things... it happens pretty fast...
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yeah man, it's awesome, and sometimes it's hard to choose what to play! though I usually pick based on what I think the team could use. They are all so fun!!
I partial to the pyro myself. Not a good class to play on large, open maps but great fun in close quarters. Gotta' love sneaking around that distracted heavy and setting the medic on fire.
There was a TF2 update today, make sure you restart Steam so the update is applied. Most of the maps weren't effected but a few where so if you get an error telling you your map is different than the server, you either need the update or the server does.
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It comes out same day as the Orange Box, which is October 10th.
I'm so hooked on this. Insanely fun playing with you guys last night. Had a good time. Though I had to medic-nurture Rorshach for a bit - he seemed to be getting his bearings on the game
I'm starting to think it's a sound card issue... though it is odd that my computer isn't making super mega loud noises anymore like yesterday.. but other games run great..
1. Do scouts still have concussion grenades, and does concussion grenade launching still work?
2. Does Pyro still have alt fire flame rockets?
Pyro was the weakest class in the original. But the flames used to totally blind snipers and heavy weapons guys. I used to frequently be the only pyro playing (had mastered all the other classes). As a pyro, I could completely neutralize enemy snipers via flame rockets, and had a nice little tactic to defeat HW guys. (Run around them in circles roasting them at close range, they can't turn fast enough to keep up.)
2) No more flame rockets, pyro comes equiped with a fire axe, a shotgun, and flamethrower. None of which have an alt fire. But once you set something on fire it stays on fire for a good long while, making it nice to finish them off with the shotty. They don't move as fast as they used to, but they can still run a pretty tight circle around a heavy but you don't want to cross the heavies firing arch when you're that close.
Anyways, finally caved in and bought it!
Spent most of last night's session trying some of the other classes (Demoman, Pyro). Wasn't really a fan of either of the two, Demoman is probably my least favourite class overall.
-caseyjones
Well the wait was certainly worth it its damn polished, cept for the damn pesky hardcore crash/bugs ;(
Whats p-word for the server?
thanks for all the fun guys !!!
I really have to get a new mic, or take some time to configure the one I have. I'm starting to like the medic more and more.
but I can only play for 5 minutes or less, restarted about 6 times yesterday...
sometimes im running around alone and it will crash, last time when i were doing a taunt, and sometimes when in battle. Yeh i tried the resolution thing if anyone is wondering all settings to lowest ):
I need to join in on the fun! :P
it'll be scary to see what clans do with them.
My BIOS Flash chip decided to die today. I have a new one on order, but for now I'm having to use a friends backup computer with only a geforce 2mx 32mb.
The time Im all back you guys will know all the tricks, and be bored of it.
GODDAMMIT!
(Head explodes)
For server password information ;D
the game session was great guys, I'll have to get a new mic sometime as well when this thing goes live fo reals or whatever
HAHAH so many nice touchs like the facial expressions when you do something, so incredible!
...Suxors...
Now can someone please tell me about the sniper class, I'm really curious to hear some hands on opinions.
Fun Fun, I will be on later. YES
I swear I've seen the laser dot flash on my screen like its part of the health HUD, when I'm being targeted, kind of like a "hey dumbass you're about to be sniped". I could be wrong, or seeing things... it happens pretty fast...
I was going to write up my thoughts on each class but this captured it pretty well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_fortress_2#Classes
So far every class I have played I love.
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yeah man, it's awesome, and sometimes it's hard to choose what to play! though I usually pick based on what I think the team could use. They are all so fun!!
to kub: could you adjust the server to 3 rounds per map instead of god knows how many rounds per map?