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TF2 scout update!

I am enjoying the faster backstab though. It's the way it should've been in the first place.
 
Started playing for the first time tonight. Great fun.

Played as a soldier and racked up plenty of kills. Best so far 3 kills.

Love the art style and anarchic gameplay. Bit baffled by what was going on at first but the blues prevailed
 
spicey said:
Started playing for the first time tonight. Great fun.

Played as a soldier and racked up plenty of kills. Best so far 3 kills.

Love the art style and anarchic gameplay. Bit baffled by what was going on at first but the blues prevailed
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Great starter class. Soldier, Heavy, and Medic are the best classes to play if you're a TF2 n00b . From there, you can venture into the less "traditional" classes. Better to introduce yourself gradually, or else you'll become overwhelmed by some of the complexities of TF2 gameplay.

Oh, and you'll learn virtually nothing about the game if you camp and play Sniper the entire time. ;)
 
You might get good at sniping though!

I loved the scout (haven't played after the update). I didn't score a whole lot of kills, but captures are just as worthwhile.
 
spicey said:
Started playing for the first time tonight. Great fun.

Played as a soldier and racked up plenty of kills. Best so far 3 kills.

Love the art style and anarchic gameplay. Bit baffled by what was going on at first but the blues prevailed
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3 kills? Three kills? For what a round or a life or what?
 
SixtyWattMan said:
It's possible to take out sentries without an uber, I do it all the time no problem.
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He's not saying it's not impossible to take down a sentry without an uber but is saying that you need an uber to take down multiple senty's if they're located in the same area.
 
Gott said:
He's not saying it's not impossible to take down a sentry without an uber but is saying that you need an uber to take down multiple senty's if they're located in the same area.
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depends on the area
 
spicey said:
Started playing for the first time tonight. Great fun.

Played as a soldier and racked up plenty of kills. Best so far 3 kills.

Love the art style and anarchic gameplay. Bit baffled by what was going on at first but the blues prevailed
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You can rack up many kills with a soldier or demoman as those two seem to be the most powerful classes.
 
TheCommander said:
You can rack up many kills with a soldier or demoman as those two seem to be the most powerful classes.
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A soldier with a medic kritskreig is pretty amazing. The servers I play on, it's kind of rare to find a medic who uses it, though.
 
Gott said:
A soldier with a medic kritskreig is pretty amazing. The servers I play on, it's kind of rare to find a medic who uses it, though.
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Kritzkrieg has its place for sure, on offense, a solider with kritz can wipe out all kinds of people in a short time.

Ive been playing alot lately with heavy on D with natascha, with a kritzkrieg when they rush, just mow em down
 
Monkey God said:
Kritzkrieg has its place for sure, on offense, a solider with kritz can wipe out all kinds of people in a short time.

Ive been playing alot lately with heavy on D with natascha, with a kritzkrieg when they rush, just mow em down
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Natascha is bugged and doesn't slow since the scout update FYI
 
That stun from the scouts bat is annoying. How is that a scout can now kill anybody solo with that thing. Also, there aren't many medics these days and that ability to stun ubers gives less motivation to play medic.
 
I haven't found the update to be that bad. I kinda like playing scout, but I haven't since the update. I will wait for the mad rush of scouts to die down. Plus there are now a bunch of scouts running around just waiting for me to blow them up. :D The stun only seems really effective when you are solo. If the scout stuns someone in a group, he is still gonna get murdered by the rest of the group unless he is lucky (or skilled).

I actually noticed more impact from the update to the spy that allows him to hold any weapon from the class he is impersonating. Is makes spy checks a bit harder to do. You gotta be a bit more careful now, and judiciously apply the shotgun-to-the-face spy checking approach on everyone. ;)
 
TheCommander said:
That stun from the scouts bat is annoying. How is that a scout can now kill anybody solo with that thing. Also, there aren't many medics these days and that ability to stun ubers gives less motivation to play medic.
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+1, I don't normally want to play medic, I'm trying to learn other classes, but every map I go to I normally end up being a medic, because there won't be any, or there will be 5 heavies and 1 medic. People need to start spreading out. That's pretty lame it stuns a uber, saw it happen twice yesterday.
 
JaYp146 said:
Great starter class. Soldier, Heavy, and Medic are the best classes to play if you're a TF2 n00b . From there, you can venture into the less "traditional" classes. Better to introduce yourself gradually, or else you'll become overwhelmed by some of the complexities of TF2 gameplay.

Oh, and you'll learn virtually nothing about the game if you camp and play Sniper the entire time. ;)
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Yeah, a Soldier seems to be a good starter class, gives you a quick idea of the game dynamics. Snipers are a pain, I learnt to my cost. Rushing out of the gates blindly like an idiot!

Dallows said:
3 kills? Three kills? For what a round or a life or what?
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3 kills for a single life, up to 5 now. So got my first achievement - Hard to Kill. As a noob I was quite proud of that! I've only played an hour so far

TheCommander said:
You can rack up many kills with a soldier or demoman as those two seem to be the most powerful classes.
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Cool, I'll try the Demoman next along with the Medic as JaYp146 suggested

The 'payload' games are a right laugh, it seems to be harder to be on the offensive team, (as in pushing the nuke)
 
spicey said:
Yeah, a Soldier seems to be a good starter class, gives you a quick idea of the game dynamics.



3 kills for a single life, up to 5 now. So got my first achievement - Hard to Kill. As a noob I was quite proud of that



Cool, I'll try the Demoman next along with the medic as JaYp146 suggested

The 'payload' games are a right laugh, it seems to be harder to be on the offensive team, as it pushing the nuke.
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Payload is my 2nd favorite type of game! after arena. Payload is great for all classes. It's great fun playing sniper on a payload game, because there's always 2 or 3 snipers on each team, so you get to play counter-sniper, and get long stretches to shoot in.
 
Gott said:
He's not saying it's not impossible to take down a sentry without an uber but is saying that you need an uber to take down multiple senty's if they're located in the same area.
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I do that too, it's very easy.
 
It's tough to take out all the sentries on one life tho. DANG I hate that scout update, that's ruined my uber about 10 times tonight.
 
Judging from the crying am seeing on TF2's forums, and Valves predisposition to cave to the whiners there, the scout will prolly get nerfed at some point in the next few months. Just like the Pyro back burner +50 health boost did. Not that it would be a bad thing mind you. They mucked up balance pretty badly with this one, just like they did with the Pyro. The Heavy and Medic updates altered the game some, but did not change the games balance to such a large extent.
Enjoy it while you can if you like playing Scout.
 
i think just taking away the stun for ubers is all this scout update really needs.....

other than that, i can still beat the shit outta 9/10 scouts that cross my path
 
dinosuar said:
hah i love stunning the medic then the guy that he ubered turns around like wtf :D
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Exactly! I played medic all night (because nobody plays medic anymore) and we'd charge into 12 people, then I'd get stunned and my hwg is like wtf is goin on. Or I'd get hit with something that would shoot me 200 feet into the air:confused: It's actually hilarious to watch.
 
brucedeluxe169 said:
i think just taking away the stun for ubers is all this scout update really needs.....

other than that, i can still beat the shit outta 9/10 scouts that cross my path
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+1
stunning ubers is a contradiction in terms and really messes things up...
the power drink is a novelty and from what people tell me the new shotgun isn't really an upgrade

if they take away uber stun I think it will be fine
 
Monkey God said:
+1
stunning ubers is a contradiction in terms and really messes things up...
the power drink is a novelty and from what people tell me the new shotgun isn't really an upgrade

if they take away uber stun I think it will be fine
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The energy drink makes you INVULERNABLE. For example, you can rush past sentries to the second point virtually unnoticed (if you're crafty enough), and can then try for a ninja cap. At the very least, you can harass their spawn (destroy teleporters or kill enemies fresh out of spawn) and help weaken their defense at the first point.

Spies can do the same thing, yes, but they don't have the ability to KO classes for a few seconds, nor have the Scout's agility and speed, nor the scattergun/FAN ...
 
Just thinking out loud, but does anyone actually earn the achievements for real any more? As in, not on an achievement server or begging people on a pub to let them do this or that?

The day after the scout update came out, I hit a server and there were like 20 scouts that all had every upgrade. I can see MAYBE one or two people having played enough in 24 hours to actually accomplish everything, but seriously... What is the fun in hitting an achievement server, unlocking all your achievements in an hour with no skill required just to get the upgrades. It was the same thing with the medic update, and the pyro...

It really saps my will to play the game.
 
its a fps game, it shouldn't even have achievement tied to unlock weapons in the first place
 
Don't really need an achievement server, just join an empty server with a friend....in a half hour you've got all the unlocks.
 
i think the stun is too long from short range. as a heavy, i got stunned from a few feet away, then he closed and shotgunned me to death from full health. Kind of sucks spending all that time running just to be stunlocked.

--edit- oh, i'm working on heavy unlocks, its taken about 3 hrs and i have 9 of them done.
 
JaYp146 said:
The energy drink makes you INVULERNABLE. For example, you can rush past sentries to the second point virtually unnoticed (if you're crafty enough), and can then try for a ninja cap. At the very least, you can harass their spawn (destroy teleporters or kill enemies fresh out of spawn) and help weaken their defense at the first point.

Spies can do the same thing, yes, but they don't have the ability to KO classes for a few seconds, nor have the Scout's agility and speed, nor the scattergun/FAN ...
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sorry, I dont see it as being very useful except perhaps when attacking on the last dustbowl map.
 
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