BF2S Forums [TF2] The Sniper/Spy Update

Flecco wrote:

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

I always just assumed it was a joke. Having 'dracula' randomly appear on their warning board. It was funny.

This is valve m8... There's no such thing as a coincidence. Ever.

Thats because they keep adapting old jokes into items at a later date, not because they had anything planned at the time.

TopHat01 wrote:

I've just been rackin' up points by building sentries and dispensers, love the Engineer class, and the Sentry's aim is spot on.  

Thanks for the tips, though.  I'll have have to branch out eventually because the Engineer doesn't have any unlocks. (yet? )

You get points for teleports too. Build them, your team will love you.

Last edited by Peter (2009-05-26 07:33:31)

Zukabazuka wrote:

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

Zukabazuka wrote:

You will see spies who can take an identity of your teammate, but they often have half HP and can't attack or switch weapon while in disguise.

You must be kidding.

When they disguise as your teammate, once they attack they lose cover and every sentry nearby will fill the spy with bullets. That is you wont see the character switch weapon or being able to use the weapon your disguise have. Also if you are pyro, just flame away anyone coming near you. If they catch fire, just hunt them down.

So basicly any character that run around with one weapon and half the hp and doesn't fire back when you shoot at is quite often a spy. Ofcourse you can change weapon yourself as in spy form and the only weapon you can use while in disguise is sappers without losing your cover. Any other weapon is getting your cover blowns

Did you even see what I highlighted?

You CAN SWITCH WEAPONS WHILE IN A DISGUISE - While disguised, select your weapon (Main, 2ndary, Melee) and press 'b'. It will change the weapon you're holding to the disguises equivalent (Sappers are exception to this).

Don't tell me you didn't know that Flecco? D:

Yeah the Spy's hand has been appearing everywhere.

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Flecco wrote:

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

I always just assumed it was a joke. Having 'dracula' randomly appear on their warning board. It was funny.

This is valve m8... There's no such thing as a coincidence. Ever.

Thats because they keep adapting old jokes into items at a later date, not because they had anything planned at the time.

dracula seems purposely done though.  the pyro speculation surely turned into the real thing just because they want to please their fan base.  same with jarate.  but dracula wasn't suggested by anyone, and wasn't an april fool's joke, it was created by valve themselves.

/facepalm

Last edited by Mutantbear (2009-05-26 12:35:16)

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

Zukabazuka wrote:

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

You must be kidding.

When they disguise as your teammate, once they attack they lose cover and every sentry nearby will fill the spy with bullets. That is you wont see the character switch weapon or being able to use the weapon your disguise have. Also if you are pyro, just flame away anyone coming near you. If they catch fire, just hunt them down.

So basicly any character that run around with one weapon and half the hp and doesn't fire back when you shoot at is quite often a spy. Ofcourse you can change weapon yourself as in spy form and the only weapon you can use while in disguise is sappers without losing your cover. Any other weapon is getting your cover blowns

Did you even see what I highlighted?

You CAN SWITCH WEAPONS WHILE IN A DISGUISE - While disguised, select your weapon (Main, 2ndary, Melee) and press 'b'. It will change the weapon you're holding to the disguises equivalent (Sappers are exception to this).

Don't tell me you didn't know that Flecco? D:

I have non-'stock' controls.

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:


Team Fortress 2

    * The Ambassador now does full critical hits on headshots, instead of mini crits
    * The Dead Ringer now fully drains the cloak meter, even if the Spy leaves cloak early
    * Fixed Spy disguise menu not being visible in HUD minimal mode

Server log improvements:

    * Added "player_extinguish" event for servers to log when a Pyro extinguishes flame with the airburst
    * Fixed kill descriptions for Force-A-Nature & Sandman, so server logs can distinguish them
    * Identified feign deaths in the events sent to server logs
    * Fixed server crash related to the Jarate


Ambassador kicks major ass now.

Last edited by Bevo (2009-05-26 17:32:19)

haffeysucks wrote:

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Flecco wrote:

This is valve m8... There's no such thing as a coincidence. Ever.

Thats because they keep adapting old jokes into items at a later date, not because they had anything planned at the time.

dracula seems purposely done though.  the pyro speculation surely turned into the real thing just because they want to please their fan base.  same with jarate.  but dracula wasn't suggested by anyone, and wasn't an april fool's joke, it was created by valve themselves.

I thought the pyro's handbag thingy had been there for ages.......

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Sounds like it's time to re-equip the Ambassador.

It is. One headshot isn't QUITE enough to take out a sniper, but its 1 HS+1 more. 1 HS + 2 shots for a pyro.

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Anyone want my third? Lol. I'm really racking up the damn things.

Me.

Okay, fair's fair, drain the Dead Ringer fully each time, how about you also allow it to collect ammo like the usual watch. In my opinion that's a fair trade.