Powerlord Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Given that they said they were introducing another Payload map, I'm not surprised either. Mmm, I must have missed that announcement... or skimmed over it. I do that sometimes.
Bahamut Posted August 14, 2008 Author Posted August 14, 2008 Mmm, I must have missed that announcement... or skimmed over it. I do that sometimes. http://www.teamfortress.com - they announced that in their blog.
EdgeCrusher Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Im glad theres a map with more open areas than goldrush. Its too easy to ambush people on it.
zircon Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Yeah, as fun as Goldrush is, the chokepoints heavily weight it towards Red.
Powerlord Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Yeah, as fun as Goldrush is, the chokepoints heavily weight it towards Red. Yeah... Valve's stats even show that Red wins Gold Rush approx 85% of the time
Bleck Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 gold rush and gravel pit are the most heavily unbalanced maps imo most of the nonsymmetrical maps are unbalanced but not to any noticeable degree
Dhsu Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Yeah... Valve's stats even show that Red wins Gold Rush approx 85% of the time Wow, I'm surprised to see Red with the advantage on Dustbowl. They win maybe a third of the time when I play.
Bleck Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 I bet half the players of TF2 on the internet haven't even played any map but Dustbowl
EdgeCrusher Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Dustbowl, Gravelpit, and Goldrush. Id rather be a medic on a 24/7 2fort server than play those maps again.
Bahamut Posted August 15, 2008 Author Posted August 15, 2008 Every few days I've been requesting suggestions for a map rotation, and nobody really gave any other than claiming that the current rotation is good enough. I'm going to reiterate it right now: cp_dustbowl cp_badlands pl_goldrush ctf_2fort tc_hydro cp_dustbowl ctf_turbine cp_gravelpit cp_well
Dhsu Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Well, with rtv it doesn't seem like rotation is as important as it was. I like it though, good variety and distribution of the different game types. Maybe have Gravel Pit a little earlier to not have the offense/defense maps so close to each other. I also might be up for replacing the second dustbowl with pl_dustbowl or pl_cave_b6 just to have another pl in there.
Zephyr Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 It'll all change once we get the update anyways, then we'll be able to officially put steel in and badwater as well.
Powerlord Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 The new heavy minigun looks interesting... does 25% less damage, but slows whomever it hits. Which makes the minigun much more useful against ranged Pyros in addition to the classes Valve listed, I'd think.
Bleck Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 I dunno about the rest of you but sasha does a fine job of killing scouts and medics for me
Xerol Oplan Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Acheivement details got posted: Spyalectical Materialism: Kill or assist in killing 10 cloaked spies.Permanent Revolution: Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun Heavy Industry: Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life. Communist Mani-Fisto: Kill an enemy with a critical punch. Redistribution of Health: Heal 1000 damage with med-kits in a single life. Rationing: Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo. Vanguard Party: Be the first on your team to start capturing a control point in a round. Pushkin the Kart: Get 50 caps on payload maps. Marxman: Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun. Gorky Parked: Kill 25 enemies while you're standing on a control point you own. Purge: Kill 15 enemies capturing a control point you own. Lenin A Hand: Help 5 teammates get revenge on their nemeses. Five Second Plan: Kill an enemy in the first 5 seconds after you exit a teleporter. Photostroika: Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting while invulnerable. Konspicuous Konsumption: Eat 100 sandviches. Don't Touch Sandvich: Kill 50 scouts using Natascha. Borscht Belt: Kill 10 heavies with The K.G.B. Iron Kurtain: Take 1000 points of damage in a single life. Party Loyalty: Kill 50 enemies within 3 seconds of them attacking your Medic. Division of Labor: Kill 20 enemies with a Medic assisting you, where neither of you die. Red Oktoberfest: Earn a domination for a Medic who's healing you. Show Trial: Kill an enemy with a taunt. Crime and Punishment: Kill 10 enemies carrying your intelligence." Class Struggle: Work with a friendly Medic to kill an enemy Heavy & Medic pair. Soviet Block : While invulnerable and on defense, block an invulnerable enemy Heavy's movement. Stalin the Kart: Block the enemy from moving the payload cart 25 times. Supreme Soviet: Get ubered 50 times. Factory Worker: Kill 20 enemies while being recharged by a dispenser. Soviet Union: Get 25 enemy kills where you either assist or are assisted by another Heavy. Own the Means of Production: Remove 20 stickybombs by killing the Demomen who produced them Krazy Ivan: Kill 100 enemies while both you and your victim are underwater. Rasputin: In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage. Icing on the Cake: Get 20 kills on players that you're dominating. Crock Block: Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket. Kollectivization: Get 1000 assists.
Sporknight Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Acheivement details got posted: I kinda like 'em, I think. All of them seem to be focused on doing what Heavies do best - eating damage, helping medics, killing things. It doesn't seem like you'd have to go as out of your way to get some achievements as with the Medic and Pyro ones.
DarkeSword Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 I kinda like 'em, I think. All of them seem to be focused on doing what Heavies do best - eating damage, helping medics, killing things. It doesn't seem like you'd have to go as out of your way to get some achievements as with the Medic and Pyro ones. Pyro ones you didn't have to go out of your way to do either. I got pretty much all of them during the course of normal gameplay, except maybe the axe ones which I got during some melee only sessions when there were like 5 people on the server.
Powerlord Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 I'm also interested in what the new game mode is and what the 5 arenas for it look like. Maybe we'll see on Monday.
Filodemo Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Konspicuous Konsumption: Eat 100 sandviches. Cool, Heavy solo HP regeneration.
Effef Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 IHATE TURBINE lol finally someone agrees with me i didn't like it when it was a custom map and i don't like it now
Tensei Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Turbine is often ruined by turtling engineers, but overall I think it's still a fun map, especially with the huge slaughterfests that happen in the big central room.
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