[TF2] Robin Walker Interview at IGN - Some New Info

2008-03-25 17:03:59

#1

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6526

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/861/861991p1.html

Here are some highlights:

We're almost done

- That counts as a highlight, right?

the unlockable medigun we're play testing right now switches out the 10 second invulnerability effect for 10 seconds of 100% chance of critical hits.

- Wow. Sounds pretty incredible.

So you unlock the first Medic unlockable when you complete 12 of the 36 Medic achievements, the second at 24, and the third at 36.

-So there are 3 now .

The cart moves faster the more Blu players are near it, and contains a handy dispenser to heal and resupply them as they escort it.

- A dispenser you say..?

Goldrush is also the first map where we've used the cinematic physics technology from Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in a multiplayer environment, and we're really happy with the results.

- Sounds interesting. Maybe the RED base will explode at the end. A lot.

Last edited by Spidery_Yoda (2008-03-25 17:07:06)

2008-03-25 17:14:35

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David.P: Banned; +649|6530

Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!

2008-03-25 17:21:48

#3

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6526

I don't miss any of those things. Except the uber pausing.

2008-03-25 17:40:37

#4

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7013|Argentina

Sounds good.

2008-03-26 06:28:00

#5

ShowMeTheMonkey: Member; +125|6958

I say adapt to the game or die.

2008-03-26 06:47:58

#6

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6724

David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!

Me too, but these updates do look really nice.

2008-03-26 12:44:18

#7

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6412|Vancouver | Canada

Sounds awesome.

IGN: Will the console versions ever see these updates? If not, why? If so, when?

Robin Walker: We're still trying to figure that out. Right now we're working on a map pack that we hope will contain Goldrush and the rest of the maps we've shipped to the PC customers so far.

2008-03-26 18:17:36

#8

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6724

Oh yeah, almost done in Valve time is two months, just remember that.

2008-03-27 02:07:10

#9

Fenix14: scout rush kekeke ^___^; +116|6813|Brisbane, Aus

spy sappin my minecart! can't wait.

2008-03-27 02:13:12

#10

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6749|N. Ireland

I'll definetely be trying out Goldrush then! Sounds fun.

2008-03-27 04:26:51

#11

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6526

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Oh yeah, almost done in Valve time is two months, just remember that.

Well apparently, it's more like 1 month, according to this. If it can be trusted.

2008-03-27 04:50:49

#12

weasel_thingo: Member; +74|6582

the unlockable medigun we're play testing right now switches out the 10 second invulnerability effect for 10 seconds of 100% chance of critical hits.

sounds fucking awful, 8 crit sticky bombs (or maybe more if you give it to 2 demomen), also that will making capping fun (having 5 people capping and one soldier GOING HURR HURR HURR CRIT ROCKETS)
the fact they even have crits in the game makes it so it doesnt suprise me when they add in more stupid shit
also david, you are an idiot
the soldiers and demoman had way more shit than they needed, which allowed them to constantly spam (any other class randomly spamming will run out of ammo, why is it such a nerf if its the same for the soldier and demoman?)
soldiers only need two rockets to kill someone(most of the classes), and they get 8 rockets for killing someone (also dispensers, and ammo boxes, and other people dying)

2008-03-27 14:01:55

#13

Fat_Swinub: jaff; +125|6691

100% crits? Doesn't the soldier get those anyway? I guess it could be useful for trying to clear out a chokepoint with a few classes like demoman but useless for rushing (like pyros on sentries)

David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!

You know, if the game released as it is right now and they changed everything to the "un nerf" stage you like, you'd be complaining everything was too powerful.

2008-03-27 14:06:24

#14

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6725

weasel_thingo wrote:
the unlockable medigun we're play testing right now switches out the 10 second invulnerability effect for 10 seconds of 100% chance of critical hits.
sounds fucking awful, 8 crit sticky bombs (or maybe more if you give it to 2 demomen), also that will making capping fun (having 5 people capping and one soldier GOING HURR HURR HURR CRIT ROCKETS)
the fact they even have crits in the game makes it so it doesnt suprise me when they add in more stupid shit
also david, you are an idiot
the soldiers and demoman had way more shit than they needed, which allowed them to constantly spam (any other class randomly spamming will run out of ammo, why is it such a nerf if its the same for the soldier and demoman?)
soldiers only need two rockets to kill someone(most of the classes), and they get 8 rockets for killing someone (also dispensers, and ammo boxes, and other people dying)

Well at least you know to expect them when the medic uses the uber thing. Normal crits always hit me at the worst times.

2008-03-27 17:33:06

#15

Tetn1s: Member; +59|6898|Los Angeles

uber=Sentry Pwnage
100% crit=Player Pwnage

They both are used to clear out chokepoints. I say keep it, the ideas is 10x better than the overhealer.

2008-03-27 17:36:28

#16

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6793|Long Island, New York

David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!

Are you kidding me? Valve is probably one of the ONLY gaming devs out there that LISTENS to their community.

2008-03-27 17:37:23

#17

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6745|Gogledd Cymru

Poseidon wrote:
David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!
Are you kidding me? Valve is probably one of the ONLY gaming devs out there that LISTENS to their community.

Just ignore the tool, al he goes on about is how shit games are, how much he wants to kill certain people, how he pretends to be big and shit, he's like 15.

2008-03-29 04:13:35

#18

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6823|NYC / Hamburg

sounds fun

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2008-03-29 08:10:25

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David.P: Banned; +649|6530

Poseidon wrote:
David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!
Are you kidding me? Valve is probably one of the ONLY gaming devs out there that LISTENS to their community.

Really? Tell me is forcing people to play the game how they want it to be played really listening to the community? Or just those that whine the fucken loudest? What ever the fuck happened to Keeping the Balance Valve? Not turning every single goddamn official map into a Scout, Sniper, and Engy fest! Look at Well, Granary and 2fort!

The Sheriff wrote:
Just ignore the tool, al he goes on about is how shit games are, how much he wants to kill certain people, how he pretends to be big and shit, he's like 15.

Sheriff I praised this game non stop when i first played it, I fucken loved it! Everything was perfect! Then they starting the Nerfs and look where we are now.

Under equipped soldiers and demos with overbuffed crits.

Weak as hell spies who cant sap anymore without being critted by a goddamn wrench, And who's backstabs miss 90% of the time.

No quickswitch that prevents stab and sap and barrage and blast. Fuck! What i miss the most was uberpausing and medic boosting.

Good job valve for taking the best game i had played up the point, That was better then Bf2. And turning it into a watered down version of TFC!

2008-03-29 11:26:05

#20

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6526

David.P wrote:
Weak as hell spies who cant sap anymore without being critted by a goddamn wrench, And who's backstabs miss 90% of the time.

Oh, this is a new issue is it? What about the fact that they haven't made any changes to crits and the wrench since the game came out? The sappers take slightly longer to destroy buildings, but that has nothing to do with being critted by a wrench. All the melee weapons have a 20% chance of a crit. It's just something you have to deal with.

David.P wrote:
And who's backstabs miss 90% of the time.

No quickswitch that prevents stab and sap and barrage and blast. Fuck! What i miss the most was uberpausing and medic boosting.

Good job valve for taking the best game i had played up the point, That was better then Bf2. And turning it into a watered down version of TFC!

Seriously?

I can sap + stab all the time. You have time to do it even with level 3 sentries.

Also, this 'backstabs miss 90% of the time' is just a lie. I've been playing as the spy a lot recently and i've had a grand total of 1 backstab that didn't register so far.

The Demoman + Soldier ammo 'nerf' isn't an issue if you actually kill people with your rockets. I play Demoman all the time, and I never run out of ammo.

People keep whining about how the game has been nerfed, but it just hasn't.

Last edited by Spidery_Yoda (2008-03-29 11:50:46)

2008-03-29 12:53:36

#21

SamTheMan:D: Banned; +856|6230|England

so if a pyro/soldier/heavy has 2 medics, one with uber, one with 100% crits, hes like totally fuckin awsm raping machine ?

2008-03-29 13:04:33

#22

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6793|Long Island, New York

David.P wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
David.P wrote:
Maybe they should un nerf the spy, Bring back the demo's stickies and pipes, Give the soldier back his rockets, Bring back quickswitch, Uber Pausing, Medic Boosting, And stop begin such fascist nazi's when it comes to letting the community play the game they want!
Are you kidding me? Valve is probably one of the ONLY gaming devs out there that LISTENS to their community.
Really? Tell me is forcing people to play the game how they want it to be played really listening to the community? Or just those that whine the fucken loudest? What ever the fuck happened to Keeping the Balance Valve? Not turning every single goddamn official map into a Scout, Sniper, and Engy fest! Look at Well, Granary and 2fort!

The Sheriff wrote:
Just ignore the tool, al he goes on about is how shit games are, how much he wants to kill certain people, how he pretends to be big and shit, he's like 15.
Sheriff I praised this game non stop when i first played it, I fucken loved it! Everything was perfect! Then they starting the Nerfs and look where we are now.

Under equipped soldiers and demos with overbuffed crits.

Weak as hell spies who cant sap anymore without being critted by a goddamn wrench, And who's backstabs miss 90% of the time.

No quickswitch that prevents stab and sap and barrage and blast. Fuck! What i miss the most was uberpausing and medic boosting.

Good job valve for taking the best game i had played up the point, That was better then Bf2. And turning it into a watered down version of TFC!

The nerfs are to KEEP THE GAME BALANCED. The same thing you're fucking bitching about.

2008-03-29 13:08:02

#23

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6909

Let's just ignore David P. altogether

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2008-03-29 13:17:36

#24

David.P: Banned; +649|6530

Poseidon wrote:
The nerfs are to KEEP THE GAME BALANCED. The same thing you're fucking bitching about.

What Fucken Balance? For Engies to camp away all day? Then yes! I suppose you could say it's balanced in the engies favor! Now what about the rest of the classes? Or has this game officially become by Valve's Blessing "Engineer Campfest 2?"

Pulling this kind of shit gives your company a bad rep! Dont change the fucken gameplay around every goddamn patch! It gets really fucken annoying!

2008-03-29 13:39:34

#25

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6526

So what gameplay have they been changing?

As far as I can tell the gameplay is exactly the same as it was. Aside from people getting better at it of course.

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