Brushfire Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I keep trying to launch TF2 but the game's unavailable. Probably too many people trying to play at once. Steam is down on the stat tracking sites, so steam is down everywhere.
Top Gun Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Holy crap, they actually went and made it free. And my update's downloading now. Sweet.
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Btw, new players start out with a Basic account. Basic accounts have limits: Only 50 backpack slots No hat drops. Can't trade items to people, but can receive items from others. Can't craft all recipes. They have to buy any item from the Mann Co. store to upgrade to a "Premium" account which is what everyone who already owned the game before today's update has. Oh, and free hat for all of us who already owned the game. Edit: The restrictions on free accounts are split between those to make it inconvenient to continue that way forever and those to make it so you can't create free accounts to farm for items.
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Just buy a single dueling Minigame for 99 cents. Sure, if you use Paypal. If you use a Credit Card, Steam Wallet has a $5 minimum.
Cinderwild Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I don't get it. Are you talking about hte Mann Co. cap? That's been there forever.
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I don't get it. Are you talking about hte Mann Co. cap? That's been there forever. No, there's a new Proof of Purchase hat (may not be its actual name). Seriously, this is mentioned on the tf2.com freetoplay FAQ. P.S. Server updater sucks monkey balls and hasn't even started updating files yet.
Brushfire Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 No it is a different hat. One that is a "Proof of Purchase" hat. If you owned the game before today.
Cinderwild Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 There's a full list of the crafting recipes in game now. These are going to be kind of hard to fulfill.
Brushfire Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 What are they, cause I got items out the ass ready to be crafted!
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I'm going to wait until my drops for the week are done before crafting. Also, server updater is maybe 75% finished.
Cinderwild Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I'm going to wait until my drops for the week are done before crafting.Also, server updater is maybe 75% finished. Probably a good idea. I'll admit, I'm kind of dumb. How many drops do you get per week? Also Brush whenever you get home we can try and coordinate some shit or somethin'. Here's my backpack http://www.tf2items.com/id/cinderwild
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Probably a good idea. I'll admit, I'm kind of dumb. How many drops do you get per week? 6-8 usually. I doubt they'll do another Double Drop week, though. Also, they appear to have introduced the new crafting system to the final game. I see the GUI files for it downloading one by one in the server update console.
Super-Duper Sombrero Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 The hat that everyone gets is called "The Proof of Purchase"; it's an old World War 1 era hat. Also two new equippable taunts, "The Schadenfreude" - your character bursts out laughing, and "The Meet the Medic" - medic taunt where you strike up an heroic pose and apparently angels sing and divine light shines down.
Brushfire Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 The hat that everyone gets is called "The Proof of Purchase"; it's an old World War 1 era hat.Also two new equippable taunts, "The Schadenfreude" - your character bursts out laughing, and "The Meet the Medic" - medic taunt where you strike up an heroic pose and apparently angels sing and divine light shines down. That second one is the best thing ever!!
Cinderwild Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Also lol at the new scout pistol being a short stop and a refined. For a WEAKER pistol. Let me repeat that, it is LESS GOOD than the default. Also the Reserver Shooter is going to be a pain in the ass as a Scout because almost certainly it will be triggered by scout jumps.
Super-Duper Sombrero Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 God yes, the medic taunt is heroic as hell. Totally worth it.
Brushfire Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Probably a good idea. I'll admit, I'm kind of dumb. How many drops do you get per week?Also Brush whenever you get home we can try and coordinate some shit or somethin'. Here's my backpack http://www.tf2items.com/id/cinderwild I do need a Fan-O-War.
Top Gun Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Also lol at the new scout pistol being a short stop and a refined. For a WEAKER pistol. Let me repeat that, it is LESS GOOD than the default. A Refined. For one gun. Fuck crafting stuff, then.
Cinderwild Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Apparently there's a new weapon quality called 'Strange', displayed in orangeish yellow. there also appears to be Craft #'s on the new items. I crafted the demo sword but don't see one on it.
Sir Prize Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I'm getting the update right now... I can't wait to try out all this new stuff. Most notably, I want to try out the new Solly boots with Rocket Jumper. Fun goomba times~ The rest of them I'll try as I get them. I... don't see myself changing up my Sniper loadout, though. I'm rather attached to what I'm using.
Powerlord Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 BLU is now up and running, but SourceMod had to be disabled as it was crashing on startup. RED will follow soon.
Super-Duper Sombrero Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Bah, can't get in to the servers. Apparently you have the first servers up in the world or something, they filled up in less than a minute.
Recommended Posts