Next TF2 update: August 19th (Heavy unlocks/achievements, new game mode, 7 maps)

[Vizzys]

grabbing now

team fortress 2

[CajoleJuice]

I would be playing this right now, but I feel like shit and want to die so I'm gonna go pass out ok

[Joe Molotov]

It's a big heavy orgy! On a team of 16, there's at least 10 heavies and like 2 medics and everyone else is a pyro trying to get the Making Bacon achievement or a sniper. 

[Crushed]

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1760

We decided to create a new TF environment after sensing some desert-fatigue, both internally and externally. The new theme had to be a departure from the current look without being so different that the characters felt out of place in it. We also wanted to leverage some content from our existing environments, since crafting every asset from scratch would mean we'd be moving the release beyond Valve time and into the realm of geologic time. Given these goals and constraints, we settled on the Alpine theme for two reasons: Its green foliage and blue-gray rocks let us introduce a new, cooler color palette to the game, and the lumber mill / mining camp buildings fit our existing set of structures. For Arena Lumberyard, the goal was to establish a clear difference between the two sides of the map. One side climbs up toward a large mountain peak, and the other dips down into a vast valley. We're excited to have a new visual theme to play with, and we'll definitely be using it in future maps.

[Joe Molotov]

When the heavy eats the sandvich, he actually makes a NOM NOM NOM sound.

[Vizzys]

natascha sounds really cool

[MyNameIsMethodis]

So I just got done with like an hour of TF2 in Arena mode, the first time i've played it for more than 10 minutes since it came out and kinda fell in love with it. I killed 7 people! Thats a record for me (my old one was 1).

I was using the spy, but someone said I sucked and I started to cry so I started to use the demo man and got some decent kills.

I was playing Arena, which is fun for a noob like me because I don't have to rely on my class for jack shit.

Who wants to play with me sometime?

[CajoleJuice]

If you're gonna play arena, no thanks.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Well i'll play anything, I just don't know how to play.

[laesperanzapaz]

pyro is the best noob friendly class

of course, what class is best depends on situation/map/game mode

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I hate the pyro, I love the spy.

Why can't I be a good spy?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I played some kind of weird mode this morning for like two hours. I starting to love this game, fuck.

Oh and apparently I own as a demo man.

[Vizzys]

edit:nvm

[Vizzys]

ok yeah i have one and no it doesnt require an email, add me on steam, id is xerosoul

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I have one too I can give you once yours with Viz is done, add me id is BostonCollegeFan

[CajoleJuice]

Same here.

[laesperanzapaz]

My computer sucks shit and I'm buying this. My time with the free weekend has sold me.

bottom rock low settings

600X800 windowed mode

20-30 cranky framerate

are you man enough to handle that?

as i've been man enough to handle it?

to be fair: tf2 still looks good at low settings...as opposed to most modern games, which look like ass at low settings

[CajoleJuice]

That's how I played it for the first month it was out. Actually, I played it 640x480.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I just played for like 2 hours straight wit hPR and Viz.

I think i'm good, I dunno, I got second place in every round on heavy. How do you unlock the cool stuff?

[Joe Molotov]

I just played for like 2 hours straight wit hPR and Viz.

I think i'm good, I dunno, I got second place in every round on heavy. How do you unlock the cool stuff?

The Heavy, Pyro, and Medic are the only ones that have unlockable stuff yet. You get a new weapon for getting 10, 16, and 22 class achievements for each one. To see the achievements, go to the main menu, click on achievements, and then click the drop-down box to select the class achievements.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

damn the achievements are hard to get



stolen from gaf

[Crushed]

The packs are very different in difficulties. The Heavy pack is relatively easy, the Pyro pack requires some grinding, and the Medic pack is insane (it depends a lot on the skill of the person you're healing, rather than you).

[Vizzys]

just got the sandvich


done for today

[MyNameIsMethodis]

how did I do viz in teh short time i played wit u

[CajoleJuice]

I haven't unlocked any Heavy stuff yet.

I've actually been playing Medic a bunch lately due to all the Heavys.

[Vizzys]

how did I do viz in teh short time i played wit u

pretty good

I saw your name is second place with mine in third at least once

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Yeah you caught up really fast, but I kept fighting to take over first place from that nerd guy 

[Vizzys]

I was in epic pyro rape mode for a while there

ran into this room full of 8 people or so and got most of them

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Haha, thats my favorite about about playing heavy and pyro, you can rape twenty people in a room, and when you get like fifty crits in a row, it's as good as cumming.

[Joe Molotov]

[CajoleJuice]

Medic buddies! 

[Crushed]

Pyro

spoiler (click to show/hide)

wilde homo

[close]

[CajoleJuice]

seriously, he's played 900 hours and he's only at 102.9 points/hr? FAIL

[MyNameIsMethodis]

http://www.alabasterslim.com/make.php

[MyNameIsMethodis]

why are my points per hour so bad

[Vizzys]

PCI, not PCI express?

I buy all my pc parts from newegg.com, great site

[Vizzys]

yeah well, as far as I know if you dont have an agp slot in your motherboard at the very least id say you would be better off upgrading your whole computer at this poiint

I doubt you will find many good pci video cards

that and agp is dead pretty much now too

[chronovore]

Wait.  So this is for the 360 too or just PC?

http://kotaku.com/5040417/team-fortress-2-updates-coming-to-xbox-360-later-this-year

Owners of the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2 will be scarfing down sandviches and delivering payloads later this year, as Valve is finally bringing all the updates delivered via Steam to the Xbox Live Marketplace. That means new, class-specific Achievements, new unlockable weapons for the Pyro, Medic and Heavy, new gameplay modes and new maps, all on your Xbox 360.

Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi got that piece of business out of the way just before our latest Left 4 Dead demo, saying that the developer wanted to build up a massive update for Xbox 360 users before delivering. Given that Valve is being forced to charge for the update, they wanted to ensure that 360 owners were getting their money's worth.

So, how much? The price isn't final, but Valve is hoping to go as low as possible, aiming for a ten dollar price tag. Not too shabby. Sorry, PS3 owners, no word on when or if Valve will be giving you the same Team Fortress 2 updates.