http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=30147
BALANCE CHANGES ARE OUT
HOLY SHIT
>>381254036
>http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=30147
OMG
MADMEN
Mantreads
The second least-used item in the game. The aerial stomp mini-game is difficult, and The Gunboats are superior in most scenarios.
Changes:
+75% push-force reduction now includes airblast
Added: +200% air control when blast jumping
FINAL
ISSUE
FUCKING
WHEN
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee~
>>381254036
YER buff.
Time to main spy guys
>they killed the panic attack
Prediction:
>nerfed every class but Soldier
>buffed Soldier
>again
Let's see how right I am.
>Dead Ringer
>Feign death is an interesting effect, but a good Spy can use it extremely frequently making it frustrating to play against and reducing the risk of using it nearly constantly
>Goal: Rather than make it less interesting, let's make it more predictable to fight against by removing methods by which Spies can reduce its cool-down. This should create more of a rhythm to fighting against a Spy using this and introduce a little more risk to player using it.
>Changes:
>Ammo kits and dispensers no longer refill the Spy's cloak meter
>All Miniguns
>Changes:
>The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
>Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
YES!!!!!
>Rescue Ranger
>The ability to repair buildings safely from range without using metal is powerful. Combine this with the ability to instantly teleport buildings from far away - which by itself is interesting and useful enough in many circumstances - and you end up with a package that is very strong.
>Changes:
>Ranged repairs now consume metal (at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio, e.g. repairing 60 damage costs 15 metal)
NO!!!!
>New panic attack stats
>neutral about the ambassador stuff
>dead ringer stats YES
>eternal reward disguises now consume cloak
>scout stuff YES
Im especially happy about the minigun changes and the GRU.
These changes are great, did they re staff the TF2 team?
>>381254036
Kek Spies got nerfed HARD.
Good thing I play a set for Soy that got literally no downgrades.
>>381254036
>nerf the stupid amby spies' fun
wow this is worse than the fucking bison change
>>381254773
With the increase in pellets and faster switch speed it will do more damage up front yet have a wider spread.
You could still do sneak attacks but its now better at defense.
>>381255171
it's just the family business now
Were the soldier buffs really necessary? Fuck.
At least Scout got things changed a bit.
>>381255362
All they did to soldier was buff the mantreads to make them more than a meme weapon
>>381255304
The family buisness doesnt have more pellets. Besides this thing is for telling scouts to fuck off.
>Sandman is now useless
Shit
>>381254834
Was absolutely correct
Thank god I uninstalled this game years ago
>still no word on unfucking the bison
valve
please. I know you're not done yet, but please, someone look at what they've done to the bison and realize your horrible horrible mistake.
>>381254036
>still no new weapons because valve moved 90% of the people working on tf2 to cs:go
Feels bad man.
>>381255592
>buffing Soldier further
>in a patch where he's the only one to get anything resembling a buff
Fuck off, youtube warrior. Your class has been pandered to for years.
Valve really killed the Sandman/Guillotine combo. My go to loadout for 85% of the time because people complained about dying in an FPS. I don't know how to feel about this.
>The Atomizer
Triple-jump is now only possible while the bat is deployed
Removed: Self-inflicted damage when triple-jumping
Removed: Attack speed penalty
Added: Melee attacks done while airborne mini-crit
Added: 50% deploy time penalty (to prevent quick-switch by-pass)
Reduced damage penalty vs players to -15% (from -20%)
>Added: Melee attacks done while airborne mini-crit
This is going to be fun
>>381254036
>everything nerfed into uselessness
gee thanks
I'm glad I quit years ago
>>381255718
The Bison was the weapon of choice for actual serious Soldiers, fuck you.
>>381255662
To be fair, there's like 50 weapons in this game that suck dick and could be redone to be not shit.
>>381255718
I don't know what you're memeing about but the Bison never deserved that nerf, stop playing as Spy and Pyro.
primeval warrior here, is it worth getting back into it?
how is the balance?
did demo get gutted?
>>381255806
Nerfs aren't an inherently bad thing.
They can be good.
what is valve doing.
Also the vitasaw is useless now gg. Might as well use the ubersaw
>lets kill the tiny remaining smidgens of fun the game has left: the patch
it's finally time to uninstall I think
>>381254036
>made your eternal reward lame
>made bonk shit
>made crit-a-cola shit
>made atomizer LAME
>made base jumper SHIT
>unnecessary razorback buff
>made vita-saw nothing but a shitty ubersaw (while not changing ubersaw)
>instead of diversifying they made eviction notice GRU lite again
>implying that a fist of steel heavy on the point was ever a big fucking deal
>made rescue ranger shit
Wow this was absolutely awful, mantreads and danger shield were literally the only cool changes.
>>381255974
oh I forgot
>made sandman lame AND shit
>>381255974
The pocket pistol looks like it's gonna get better, and guillotine is getting a buff
>Dead Ringer
>Ammo kits and dispensers no longer refill the Spy's cloak meter
Are you fucking serious.
>>381255846
I guess... but they said they were making new weapons with the pyro update that I doubt will ever happen.
>>381255924
It's pretty much the usual TF2. I noticed SLIGHTLY less f2p scrubs compared to two years ago.
>>381255535
Except not everyone besides soldier got nerfed, and Soldier got buff on a gun that was least used due how undereffective it was
Stop shitposting
>Dead ringer can no longer be filled by dispensers and kits
>Darwins removed the bullet invincibility for fire resistance and afterburn immunity
>Razorback regenerates after 30 seconds and gives you less overheal
>Ranged repairs now consume metal (at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio, e.g. repairing 60 damage costs 15 metal)
FALL IN MEN, ITS HAPPENING
>>381256162
finally i can try something else that is not the RR
>>381256104
Get fucked, learn to play with a good cloack.
>they killed the sandman cleaver combo
Why even use cleaver at all now
>nerfing the amby
what is even the point of playing spy any more?
They didn't have the change these weapons really. They were perfectly fine aside from the Darwing Shield
>tfw Scout no longer has a good weapon synergy now
>>381256302
>>381256289
t. shitter players
time for you to learn stock and stop sucking cock
>>381256302
The point is to be a close range class, not a fucking sniper or an attack class.
Fuck you niggers, those changes are great, except maybe Bonk, and the Fists of Steel one was pointless, but who gives a shit.
The scout and spy nerfs are way too much, I feel like an angry soldier player made these changes.
Rescue Ranger change is justified.
>all these butthurt spies
Glorious!
>Mantreads
Holy fuck, what is the air control gonna be like?
>Ambassador
Unnecessary nerf IMO. It was a long range revolver by design
>Dead Ringer
Thank god it's nerfed, but i fear all DR spies will run it with the Big Earner, forcing a specific loadout
Vita-Saw
Oh boy, i want to use this one
>>381256350
>They were perfectly fine
No. The Spy nerfs were long due. I saw too many spies playing carelessly. Spies are supposed to be fragile, sneaky and silent, not a one man army.
>nerfing scout
>making DDD and Razorback more balanced
>Nerfing GRU
>Buffing Mantreads and the Pocket Pistol
>Make YET actually useful
>MINIGUN DAMAGE AND ACCURACY RAMPUP STARTS GONIG AWAY WHEN THE MINIGUN IS SPINNING AND NOT FIRING, AND WILL NOT NEED RAMPUP UNTIL THE MINIGUN STOPS SPINNING
ARE WE SURE THIS IS VALVE
>>381256394
>Only play stock because Comp plays it! It's the best!
I want to have options nigga, but Valve seems adamant in making it otherwise.
Ambassador
>First-shots are no longer perfectly accurate. Bullet-spread is instead reduced by 50%. This makes head shots less reliable at long range, while still very viable at close and medium-range.
>>381256350
if you'll notice, most of these are "muh comp" changes when all of 20 people give a shit about that gamemode
>>381254773
another one bites the dust
>>381256497
Scout didn't get nerfed for shit.
>>381256350
>tfw Scout no longer has a good weapon synergy now
>Not using Force, Cleaver, and Wrap for max mobility and bloody bloodlust
>>381256584
I've never been headshotted by an Amby so I wouldn't know. Maybe this Amby nerf is good too then.
>>381256302
>adding rng spread to the first shot
lads, looks like CSGO is leaking into the game again
>>381256612
you dont have to only play stock, there are still like 4 other spy and scunt items you can use that are reliable.
>>381256289
They killed both individually as well. There's no reward to getting a sandman hit. If it also showed firing speed or your aiming speed of the hit player then I'd understand the change, but there's no reason to go in on someone hit with the ball as it stands now.
>This is not the complete list of changes. Some items (and classes) are still being worked on, and are not ready for review.
t-there's still hope, right?
>>381256738
I would rather finish someone directly rather than doing DoT, and also keep the normal melee damage.
>>381254036
>Dead game
>>381255534
hehehe , g-good joke anon
>waited 6 months for this
>>381256857
I just want my laser pistol back. Maybe do something interesting with the Pomson too
>>381256979
>11 months
>>381256857
as much as i would love for the bison to have its piercing damage back again, its probably not gonna.heres to hoping they balance out the other soldier shit and pyro
Reminder the Dead Ringer's entire purpose was to say fuck you to crits.
Anyone who thinks Spy was a worthwhile class to play with crits is fucking ridiculous.
>>381256929
Y-yeah, I know r-right ?
>NERF SANDMAN AND FLYING GULLOTINE BECAUSE OF SHITTERS
I'm livid
>>381254036
SCOUT
>already useless joke weapon nerfed
>already useless joke weapon nerfed
>already useless joke weapon nerfed
>crit-a-cola totally reworked, now makes every attack mark for death instead doing increased damage directly
yeah this is definitely an improvement, right? better to have the entire team minicrit instead of just the scout. YOU FUCKING RETARDS.
>atomizer nerfed
fuck you. fuck you. this is why nobody respects you
>already useless joke weapon nerfed
literally the only thing that keeps scout viable at all is winger+atomizer. nerfing atomizer is literally PURELY to coddle soldier main scumbags who want to go back to being the Agility master-class as well as Sustain-DPS and Tank. fuck you.
>Vita Saw is now just a weaker Ubersaw
>Sandman/Cleaver combo is now nonexistant
>Pyro indirectly nerfed yet again with the new Darwin's Danger Shield
Be grateful that Valve's talking about these changes now, otherwise there'd be plenty of salt once the update came out
>>381256607
They might've done what comp players suggested after what happened with Beat Your Meat
>every balance change is somewhat reasonable
have they moved entire Dota2 staff to make the TF2 update?
D-did they change the dev team?
>That fucking Pocket Pistol Buff
THIS IS GLORIOUS!
Can't wait for all those youtube Spy mains to start crying.
>>381256983
Man, the Pomson was the shit when it was just released. Them tears. Of course they had to kill the battle engi, bastards.
>>381254036
Hey it only took them 7-8 years to finally kneecap the Sandman.
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR CRUTCHES FAGGOTS
>those spy nerfs
CRY MORE FAGGOTSthank you for the Eternal Reward buff too
>>381257039
THIS IS ALL A DREAM AND I WILL WOKE UP AAAAAAAAANY SECOND NOW
>>381257059
>better to have the entire team minicrit instead of just the scout.
this is good though, scout can do offensive support to the faggots he shoots to help push/defend
>atomizer
you have to have the bat out to triple jump, big whoop
>>381257059
Dumbass, it means that when the scout fires he is marked for death, it still makes him deal minicrits
>>381257059
>atomizer nerfed
A shit weapon, now actually useful.
>>381257079
>Complaining about the huge nerf the Danger Shield of all things
>>381257059
>yeah this is definitely an improvement, right? better to have the entire team minicrit instead of just the scout. YOU FUCKING RETARDS.
Nigger, you can hit people you marked with the gun as well.
>>381256857
they would kill the bison
>no longer penetrates
>has ammo count
>hit enemies to collect balls. When 7 balls are collected press rightbutton to increase movement speed by 25% for 3 seconds
Holy shit the Spy got fucking holocausted by this update.
>>381257142
If they swapped the Dota and TF2 teams I'd be so sadbut it would explain so much
>Rescue Ranger
>Ranged repairs now consume metal (at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio, e.g. repairing 60 damage costs 15 metal)
As an engie main who uses RR as his primary shotgun, I can admit that this was a needed and balanced change
>razorback regens
what the fuck
Thank god BASE jumper is nerfed a little bit, soldier casuals can fuck off.
>don't mention pyro
>make changes to nerf him more
>Sandman nerfed because <1000 hours scum can't use it
ienvythedead.jpg
>>381254036
>my favorite weapon is still nerfed
until they give me back my bfb im not playing that shit ever again
>everyone gets fucking nerfed into hell aside from the Soldier
Really makes me think
>>381257439
>Implying Spies deserve anything but hard nerf hammers to the face
Literally one man armies right now.
>LMAOBOX doesn't work anymore
Sucks, I enjoyed playing on my other steam account to mess with people
>>381257059
>scouts mains right now
>>381257503
They're holding back the Pyro changes for now because he's the focus of the update which has all of these changes.
>>381257586
>i didnt read the top and dont know that this isnt the full balance notes: the post
>>381257059
>literally the only thing that keeps scout viable at all is winger+atomizer.
hoo boy
Sandman was a meme weapon, how about you guys learn to shoot with your shotgun fast targets?
>>381257551
>That glorious cancer that was the BFB on release
I can still taste (my) tears.
>no changes to Demoman
What did they mean by this?
>all these scout and sniper tears
>>381257676
But I read it. For now it's looks like this though
fucking hell some people already think the new vitasaw is op
>>381255534
>waah players hate being stunned dea its toxic and anti-fun?
it affects ONE player below 50% uptime and is effectively unlandable on anyone watching their surroundings
why would you remove that
my dota player inside me is triggered
>>381257759
Demoman takes skill.
>People still play TF2
>>381257806
Things to keep in mind:
This is not the complete list of changes. Some items (and classes) are still being worked on, and are not ready for review.
We're going a little deeper on some classes this time (e.g. Scout) and not as deep on others (e.g. Demoman)
This is a work-in-progress; items may change prior to release.
REAL QUESTION IS
Are you reinstalling?
>>381257759
>We're going a little deeper on some classes this time (e.g. Scout) and not as deep on others (e.g. Demoman)
>>381257878
I never uninstalled.
Also the changes aren't live.
Cool, 1 out of the 2 yearly updates finally got released. Can't wait for the next one to come out in December.
The please stop pubstomping shit pubbers update
WHY IS THE AMBY NERFED HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY NERFING RAW AIM
>soldier buffed again
i quit
Do you think they're gonna change the phlog at all? I feel like they might do something about the invincibility during taunting
>>381257878
Never uninstalled, always kept my hope.
Still playing.
Holy fuck muffins, their commentary is so on-point
If they understand they fucking broken aspects of this game, why does it take literal years to change these things?
The fucking Sandman has been broken longer than some /v/ goers have been alive
>>381258010
>why can't I sit on the other side of the map and snipe bawww
>Frontier Justice is still safe for now
>>381258010
Aimbotters
>>381257590
Spies are and have always been a retard filter class.
If you ever have significant trouble with a Spy player who doesn't have aimbot-tier accuracy with the Ambassador then you're fucking terrible at the game.
The amby change is a big nerf toamby aimbot
>>381254036
Ammo kits and dispensers no longer refill the Spy's cloak meter. This kills the spy.
>>381257878
I reinstalled it a month ago, I couldn't lie to myself, I missed this mess of a game.
Hopefully I won't fail in the cosmetic trap again.
>that massive atomizer nerf
Yeah because soldier isn't already powerful enough
>>381258151
for the dead ringer, you dumbo
>>381258151
Only on the dead ringer
>>381258210
The atomizer had no downsides at all
>Widowmaker hasn't been touched yet
Thank christ, I was worried they were gonna nerf that shit to the ground. It's such an underrated weapon for offensive engineers.
>>381257878
I never uninstalled but I'll stay fucking assmad if they keep the Scout changes
>>381258092
Anon my grandchild works for VALVe and told me this,Frontier only grants crits for regular sentriesMini sentries grant Mini-"howdies"
which are mini critsif you have the Gunslinegr equiped,
the Frontier Justice is able to get random crits.
if you have anything else, its not
>>381258210
>massive
>now mini-crits whilst airborne
>>381256681
>valve wants people to play the game seriously instead of sharing sandwiches as heavy
>bad thing
>>381258270
why would it be? widowmaker isn't that great.
>>381257051
this
what the FUCK was the issue with that sandman+guillotine
it was just a fun little variation in how the scout played. now it's FUCKING DEAD
>>381258270
Nerfing the widowmaker equals to make it useless. They can't touch it.
>>381258105
The point is that a decent spy can destroy any class with ease.
>Amba can easily dispatch classes and any range (Out snipe a sniper)
>Dead Ringer (Who even used anything else) is just a get out of jail free card, since most maps have easy access to ammo it's not hard to refill it, get a stab, get shot, repeat
Half these changes are beyond fucking stupid. Glad I haven't launched TF2 in over a year and a half.
>>381258092
>While crits are active, clip size drops to 2 (or 1)
Would this work?
>>381258303
Wouldn't even be mad about crits being "normal" sentry exclusive.
The best part of balance changes is reading /v/'s reactions. Having a good LOL reading this thread.
The DDS seems very situational nowbut it's for the best, fuck that thing
>>381257878
No but this is fun to see at least.
>Ambassador nerfed
>Sandman nerfed
>Crit-A-Cola nerfed
>Dead Ringer nerfed
>Miniguns buffed
>Eviction Notice buffed
>GRU and Fists of Steel aren't too drastic
It's good day to be giant man
>>381258253
>damage isn't a downside
>>381258308
>using melee weapons
You some kind of retard? It was good because of the triple jump
>>381257142
who would willingly want to work on the wretched wreck that is tf2 when valves work ethic of a hippie commune is half the appeal of working in the company
>>381258454
>Clip size reduced depending on crits stored
>Reload speed increased depending on crits stored
Probably
>use default loadouts except for a few melee weapons
>it's a balance patch
>DR nerfed into the fucking ground
>Ambassador nerfed
RIP Spy
>>381258438
>no please valve not my crutches!
>Darwin nerf
>Spy gets absolutely obliterated
No reason to ever play this class now.
>>381258092
>Balanced weapon safe for now
This update is great and the shitters crying about nerfs aren't looking at it objectively.
>Sandman
Literally all it means is that they are just as an easy target as they were before, so you can use your new Pocket Pistol to get health back and damage them, or throw two cleavers at them for an easy kill (Long range reduces cooldown by 1.5 seconds which is pretty much the whole thing)
The only change I'd be against is Bonk getting the downside since pushing past sentries, etc (what it's actually useful for) is already difficult. One balancing feature to that would be to make him immune to knockback a la Quick Fix uber.
>haven't done anything to DH
Thank fuck. I still have another few months at least of obliterating pubs.
I dread the day when DH gets nerfed.
>>381258581
>>damage isn't a downside
Why the fuck would you melee someone when you could do a 100 damage meatshot, the downside practically didn't exist.
Also, either you take 10 damage or you take the full damage of the rocket coming at you.
>>381258567
>Miniguns buffed
???
>>381258436
Using DR also gets rid of normal cloaking and if you're getting backstabbed by a Spy who can't manually cloak and makes a loud noise when uncloaking with DR then you're terrible at the game.
Like I said, retard filter class. Spy is worthless against anyone with a hint of awareness, but most pub players never bother turning around or reacting to load uncloak noises, so they think Spies are overpowered.
>>381254036
>interesting shotgun gets turned into yet another boring basic weapon with slightly tweaked stats
Granted the thing was useless but it's just gonna be boring now.
>spy gets even more nerfs
Just kill him already, he's already dead for god's sake.
>nerfs nerfs and more nerfs for scout, heavy, sniper and solly
Jesus fuck Valve, did fun rape you or something? Because you really seem to hate it.
>medic and engie get kind of okay changes I guess
Jesus fuck who are these changes even for? It's not like the game still has a competitive scene, just let it at least be kind of fun for the remainder of its lifespan. All these changes are going to do is make the items even more confusing and arbitrary than they already are. Seriously, half these weapons require their own set of patch notes and need tutorials just to wrap your head around the mechanics, whatever happened to keeping it simple?
>>381258660
Most deserved nerf in this list. Learn to aim if you want to win sniper battles you shitter.
>>381258438
This, what the fuck valve
>>381257616
I haven't played the game in a while, but the default loadout hasn't been touched so it's still as strong as before, the FaN is still a fun gimmick, and there's still no reason not to equip the atomizer (but they should have nerfed the liberty launcher or whichever Soldier weapon it is that evened out the triple jump). The Sandman was aids and I'm glad it's gone.
The Bonk changes are questionable since 65% speed reduction just means you'll be picked off right after you go through the chokepoint
>>381257878
Nah. The matchmaking update made it miserable for me to find games whether through matchmaking or the server browser and that hasn't been fixed.
>>381258715
>All Miniguns
>Changes:
>The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
>Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
it's not a big one, but it's a nice one
>>381257463
so fucking what
are you expecting a spy to stab you, then fuck off and then try to stab you again after 30 seconds
I'm a bit sad about the guillotine / sandman combo but eh whatever.Fix the Axtinguisher please, just do something with it for fucks sake.
>>381254036
Questions/opinions I have about some of the buffs
>Ambassador change
Does this mean that there's no "cooldown" anymore, and headshots are instead related to the firing speed?
>YER change
Is that an instant disguise for a full cloak meter? I mean disguise is already really fast but I guess it's a fair trade off for silent and harder to notice backstabs.
>Panic Attack Overhaul
This is weird, because it makes it do the same damage as the shotgun if all pellets hit, but with a much faster swap speed and a worse spread.
>Miniguns change
Don't know why it happened in the first place, but at least you don't get penalized for not firing 24/7 anymore.
>>381254869
my crutch has been broken
How can i even play this game anymore
>>381258791
>The Bonk changes are questionable since 65% speed reduction just means you'll be picked off right after you go through the chokepoint
That's the point, bonk was made for countering sentries not flanking behind the enemy team for free.
>>381258438
>I have not played this game in one and a half years
>but I'm absolutely competent at judging if patch notes are good or not
>half of /v/ says that something is a nerf, the other says that the same thing is a buff
I guess it's a sign of a balanced game.
>>381255534
Stuns literally never belonged in this game
They made spy even more useless...
>>381258892
>for free
bro everyone and their mom is going to be looking at you by the time that shit ends.
>all those "Least used weapon in the game" lines
>no mention of volcano fragment
Okay
>>381258850
>Does this mean that there's no "cooldown" anymore, and headshots are instead related to the firing speed?
It means that damage spread applies to every shot equally and he can't snipe anymore.
>>381258850
Ambassador gets less damage after the first shot, so if you miss, your headshot damage wont be as much.
NERF EVERYTHING
>>381258705
t. soldier main
It was literally the only weapon that kept scouts from being obliterated by rockets
>People saying Spy is dead
No, srub Spies are dead. All spies that played the class like it should will keep blasting your ass.
I never touched the DR. It's too predictable. My task is to never being seen, not to jump in the mess to fake my death.
>>381259013
oh no everyone knows where you are as the fastest class in the game, how will you ever get away?
>really liked panic attack
>the new one is pointless
>tfw actually like these changes
I-is there actually hope for /ourgirl/ to get a GOOD update?
>>381254036
>soldier buff
>spy nerf
>>381258723
You literal spastic.
>Notice spy with DR
>Shoot and notice it's an obvious DR
>Now the spy is invisible AND has a huge speed boost
>Could go any direction and refill ammo
>If i turn around and notice hes sneaking up on me again (Because a good spy doesn't fucking decloak the DR behind someone) and shoot him he'll just run away at sanic speed again
>If i DO manage to corner him i also have to have the fight of my life what with the Ambassador and trick stabs
You're just a butthead, plain and simple.
>>381259034There's still more changes that they're working on and haven't posted yet
>>381259034
Volcano Fragment is a pyro weapon, and since the update is about him they're not giving out too many teasers for him
>>381259034
cant change it because of legal reasons, i believe. same reason why there is no strange variants
>>381256282
>>381256394
Except even stock Spy is progessivly getting more and more useless with every patch. Either he's getting some kind of nerf or some other class is getting a new anti-spy weapon. It's not so much a problem that Amby and DR are getting nerfed, those weapons ar certified cancer, it's that Spy in general has already been nerfed into irrelevancy and he's STILL getting nerfs to this day.
>>381259085
>t. soldier main
There was never any reason to use the stock bat over the atomizer
>>381259160
>legal reasons
>>381259116
Why do people keep saying soldier buff, the mantreads only give you more air control
it's fucking nothing unless you're using rocket jumper + Market Gardener
>they fixed your ethernal reward
>scout second pistol is actualy fucking good now
YES
YES
YES
>Darwin’s Danger Shield is shit now
NO
NO
NO
NO
>>381255592
As long as MvM exists, the bison and pomson will never get fixed
>>381258086
>punishing someone for being able to aim
>>381255974
>razorback buff
Are you retarded?
You can't overheal AT ALL
>>381258684
The fact that the Sandman's only use is now a fucking slowdown makes me mad, since the enemy can still fire their shit at you. The Guillotine change can be decent I guess. I only wonder why the fuck they wanted to add a slow effect on the fucking Bonk of all things.
>>381256282
I have literally never used anything but the stock loadout. Now I have even less of a reason to use the DR.
>>381259298
you can still headshot that hasn't been taken away, you just can't do it so far away you can't be punished for it.
>people laughing about scout mains being assblasted
>tfw I'm a scout main and pretty much nothing changes for me other than I can't cheese as hard with crit a cola and sandman
Scatter + Pistol + Atomizer was always the best, I guess now Scatter + Pistol + Boston Basher is now the best.
>>381259284
>>Darwin’s Danger Shield is shit now
And it's beautiful
>>381259160
>legal reasons
>Ambassador
Okay
>Dead Ringer
Good
>Your Eternal Reward
Decent, maybe tone back on cloak drain rate to like 25% or something
>Sandman + Cleaver
Least favorite one from the changes, honestly I'd want it changed back
>Bonk
might be good, idk
>Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol
Good, but maybe add a increased damage taken while active to add a bit more of a risk/reward playstyle
>Crit-A-Cola
Good, seems much more balanced
>Atomizer
MUCH better
>B.A.S.E Jumper
Wasn't very powerful, but an ok change nonetheless
>mantreads
seems overpowered, not really going to be able to tell until it's released
>Darwin’s Danger Shield
seems like one of those "situational" weapons now, but I'm glad for it that shit was OP
>Razorback
Seems like a pointless nerf
>Vita-Saw
Seems just like a shittier Ubersaw
>Crusader's Crossbow
I don't build uber with it ever but it seems like a good change
>All Miniguns
Good change
>Gloves of Running Urgently
Might be good, might be shit
>Eviction Notice
Same as GRU
>Fist of Steel
Seems god
>Rescue Ranger
Very good change
Seems like a decent patch aside from a few weapons.
>>381254036
>all those sidegrades that are being tossed into the trash
>>381259284
-143hp NEVER EVER
>these changes
I was expected more but if most of the work is looking like that, it's really positive.
>>381259284
>Having to use a broken unlock to be a competitive sniper
All it ended up doing was making it so that a Sniper using the danger shield forced the other Sniper to use it unless you could charge shot the other one with ease.
FINAL ISSUE FUCKING WHEN?
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>>381259261
but anon, I'm using the jumper and market gardener.
>>381259160
Oh yeah, and the sun on a stick pretty much gets the same treatment and they're both from the same pack. Is Rift even alive? Who will sue them? Why would they care?
>>381259284
>ever using the DDS
DR SPIES GOT KEKED
>>381259254
>>381259396
Well if i remember right, the VOlcano fragment and that Flaming Scout stick were promotional items for Rift or some irrelevant game and the Dev didnt want tf2 to have strange variants and any changes too it.
>>381259479
Well then you aren't making a huge impact on the match so it wont matter.
It's nothing
>eviction notice
ATATATATATATATATATATATATA
>>381259470
Yeah they buffed him slightly to somewhat counteract a nerf, woohoo.
>>381259284
>Not having to run jarate when there's a flare happy pyro
>Still benefiting from the bonus health
how baby tier of a brain do you need to keep playing this garbage in the year of our lord 2017?
>didnt make smg more useful
>demoman doesnt exsist again
>soldier buffed AGAIN
>>381259193
>stock Spy is progessivly getting more and more useless
They gave him a speed boost and made his cloak have damage resistance since Gun Mettle (or was it Tough Break? I don't remember)
>>381259578
Stop talking out of your ass, they made balance changes to those weapons before. They're revealing the pyro changes for the pyro update obviously.
I didn't even know Crossbow built Uber, I just used it for quick or clutch heals.
>>381259628
There's no game to fill its void.
Don't say Overwatch. They're not the same in the way that I want.
Why is going Demopan the fucking best?
>>381259442
i dont play sniper because every server has fucking 33 snipers on each team, i just paid a fucking arm and a leg to get the piss sniper kit, and its fucking usuless now,
>>381259236
Yeah this. Having a third jump is massive even if it cost a little bit of hp, and the downsides only applied while using the bat to attack other players and why the fuck are you doing that on scout.
>>381259096
At -65% speed you sure as hell aren't.
People who pick scout on dustbowl & goldrush deserve this nerf though.
>>381259698
STOUT SHAKO
for TWO re-fined
>>381259639
not the full patch notes. just wait nigga
>>381259541
Honestly, if this was the nerf on to the old dead ringer, it would have been fair, but now with the new DR and this change, it's becoming a really pointless unlock.
>>381259628
t. shitwatch player
>>381258662
Do you think that will ever stop the new shits that always pick sniper or spy because those are the "cool" classes?
>>381259720
>At -65% speed you sure as hell aren't.
That's the point dumbass, so you CAN'T get away like you could before. Now it's strictly for drawing sentry fire as intended.
>>381259125
>trick stabs
lul, those are only good for garbage pubs and fragvideos. Anyone with a hint of thought doesn't get hit by those.
I don't even play Spy but the Ambassador nerf was pretty excessive
>>381258662
A-at least he's still good for sapping building, r-right ?
>no bison buff
RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Welp, time to amby bot while I still can...
>>381259579
>Well then you aren't making a huge impact on the match so it wont matter.
It's your opinion man
>>381259781
they're "cool" because their main gimmicks are about instakills, simple as that. balance changes aren't going to sway new players
>>381259854
>*destroys the building before you can sap it*
>"BONVOYAGE CROUTON!"
>*rocket jumps away*
>>381259753
DEMO DEMO P-
>>381258684
I just don't feel like a slow is enough reward for a max range ball. I agree with the stun and no way to defend yourself being removed, but now there's no reason for me to get close to someone I stunned for an easy kill (which is what I would do even after the the cleaver was added).
>>381259904
Don't get me wrong, that's fun and I don't mind people doing it, but you aren't doing as much as soldier using stock or some other class.
It really won't be big deal at all
>snipers now have to rely on skill rather than crutches to remain viable
Most people are just celebrating over the Dead Ringer nerf, but this shit right here has gotten my inner joy up. Maybe now that whole "5 snipers on my team" scenario will finally fucking die.
>>381259952
B-BUT what about the s-sentries ?
>>381259806
>Now it's strictly for drawing sentry fire as intended.
>as intended
Learn to read dude, it's intended to allow the scout to pierce chokepoints, not to tank sentry fire while your teammates destroy it.
>people bitching about the ambassador nerf
spy isn't supposed to be long range
>>381259924
No they just sould cool. That is enough for all the ten year olds to pick them. There would be a shitton more soldiers if they would rename him Operator or something
>>381257878
>still F2P
nah
>>381260079
Maybe now I can finally learn to play sniper without feeling guilty for being the 12th one on the team.
>>381255946
Just say you're a cuckold and move on.
>>381260095
>what is a good demoman
Oh no, the amby got nerfed, how will I headshot from long range now? Can any other class fill the void for me?
>>381255795
good luck trying to pull it out in time when you do decide to hit someone in the fucking air
>>381259839
Spy player here, nah, it was needed. I'm supposed ti stab snipers, not headshotting them from my spawn entrance.
GET FUCKED, DARWIN USERS
>>381258662
Where did it get obliterated? DR has a faster regen rate by default, it encourages smarter play and the amby chance just means actually use it for stealthy guaranteed crits rather than a sniper with a free get out of jail watch.
>>381260057
I mean, we don't know the extent of the slow. The way the patch notes are written it could still keep them being able to aim but unable to move, similar to how they're stunned right now.
>valve will never fix the grenade launcher by giving its rollers a fixed path and predictable pill hitbox
i just want to stop using the iron bomber, the firing sound is so awful
Daily reminder that Valve is releasing the balance changes before they're actually put into the game. If you have a complaint with them, how about you actually report your complaints and suggestions to the valve team
>damage and accuracy ramp-up is almost dead
Finally I can start playing Heavy again and not feel like I'm pelting enemies with wads of tissue paper.
>>381260095
>rolls pills and stickies around the sentries and explodes it before you sap it
>"DIDNT YA SEE DA BLOODY BOMBS??"
>*stickie jumps away*
>>381260293
Just turn sound off
>28.88 fucking ref
>>381260189
How is nerfing an overpowered weapon a bad thing? Not all nerfs are bad.
>>381260293
>hating the Iron Bomber firing sound
>>381258789
>saving the thumbnail
>>381260293
>hits the floor behind you
>>381259386
t. b4nny
>>381260293
>hating the iron bomber sound
found the engineer
>>381260424
>*destroy your bombs*
>*runs out of metal*
N-Nothing personnel p-partner
>>381260636
This shit is so funny when a demo is spawncamping
>>381260070
>but you aren't doing as much as soldier using stock or some other class.
Well, I think eliminating a fully charged medic (or medics) from above can change the game pretty fast.
>>381260406
>500 dps
>wahhh UP
If you use the liberty launcher I want to rip out your heart
>>381260636
>that guy who soloed a soldier with only a short circuit and actually killed himseriously this thing fucking hurts
nerfing engi is weird. they seem to be basing it off of the most used weapons but the RR was the only thing that made wrench engi even semi viable in skilled play
amby needed a ranged nerf but RNG isn't the way to go just make it mini crit at certain range
all other changes are great
>>381260424
Well fuck you got me. No reason to play Spy anymore r-right ?
>>381260636
This weapon makes me remember how brokenly op D.va's defense matrix is.
If they're going to keep nerfing engi, while heavy, sniper, spy, demo and soldier got buffs against him, could they atleast give us 300 metal (not with gunslinger) / reduce sentry ammo cost / something to compensate?
>>381254036
I haven't played the game in a long time, but these seem pretty reasonable. The problem with most of the weapons is that they're too situational, overpowered or underpowered for that specific situation, and/or just plain boring to use. I'd probably start playing again just to see the changes in action.
>>381260636
>flare jumps on a sentry
>runs around in circles on top of it while destroying it
>"Hudda hudda hu"
>writes /kill in console
>>381260816
The RR nerf would be fine if hitting your upgraded sentry while its being build actually repaired or sped up the damn thing
>>381258850
For YER, if you want to disguise normally, it costs full cloak
If you do regular YER backstabbing with no disguise it costs nothing
>>381260875
>engie is underpowered!
only retards believe this
>those DR and Ambassador nerfs
It's as if a million edgy spy mains suddenly cried out in autistic rage, and were suddenly silenced.
>>381260097
spy being close range is garbage if anyone has a semblance of awarness
>>381260851
you could still run a cloak and dagger set, play the waiting game and become a flat wall.
Or you could use the new YER that you can now disguise with at the cost of a faster cloak drain
>scout nerfed really bad
>>381260776
>That short time when the short circuit was so OP that hordes of engies would roam every map
>>381260965
>/kill
>not /explode
>>381254036
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I literally have zero complaints. They hit a fucking home run.
>useless weapons finally useful
>OP weapons nerfed reasonably
>rescue ranger nerf
>>381261023
If you're not a retard, he is.
>>381260737
All that DPS sure is great when one out of five bullets hit your target while you've got the minigun stuffed up their butt.
>>381261058
b4nny doesn't use any of those weapons though, why would he care
>>381261094
>that time the short circuit used to remove TEAM projectiles
>>381261054
You forgot that disguising while YER is equipped empties your cloak bar
>DDS nerf
This is so relieving for someone who's been autistically playing sniper non-stop and not an ass enough to use DDS
i dont have to read the thread to know spy mains are salty af right now
>>381261023
>engie is overpowered!
only bad players believe this
do you know how fucking easy it is to fuck up a nest with a lone soldier or demo, probably not, you have to shoot from the corner, not in the sights of the sentry you noob.
>>381254036
>Bonk! gets a 5s movement penalty, that ranges from 25% to 65% based on how much damage they took while in Bonk! mode
LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK
that defeats the entire point of using it
>>381261058
When will this cuck quit TF2 and stop influencing balance patches?
>>381261178
he said he would use bonk 100% of time if it was whitelisted
>>381261135
Honestly the only problem I have with this update. I dont even really use the RR, I always prefer offensive Jag or Gunslinger, but I never thought it was OP. I know it gives the engie a stupid amount of versatility with defensive setups, but I never thought it was broken
>>381254036
Wait, are these changes only for competitive or the whole fucking game, because they are messing with some core fucking TF2 shit here.
>>381260965
>>381261105
>not having /kill and /explode already on binds
most popular binds before that lenny cancer arrived
>>381261206
wait so if i understand this right
>while YER is equiped, you cloak bar is drained completely, upon disguising
>upon killing somebody you cloak meter fills up
>quick disguise is still available upon backstab
DR made useless. Ambassador too. Rip frenchy. Oh but hey they figured out new and slightly obscure ways to buff soldier yet again.
>>381261368
Valve very rarely buffs/nerfs shit for specific game modes. Only one I can recall is the Holiday Punch receiving an exclusive nerf for MvM.
>>381261026
>DR nerf
Sure
>amby nerf
was i not supposed to be good at aiming?
>>381261391
>have kill and explode bound to end and delete
I think I'm clever sometimes
>>381261391
I have both bound, most of the time I like using explode when people hi five me.
>>381261368
Whole game. If you're not happy with some of this shit, let Valve know before the update releases.
>>381259414
this
most of the changes are good
>>381259685
hahahahhaha
that's fucken hillarious mate.
>>381261448
at least soldier has counterplay
amby spy just happens to you and the DR is aggravating as fuck
>>381261417
>>upon killing somebody you cloak meter fills up
No, it doesn't say that
>>381261368
>core tf2 shit
Like?
VOLVO PLEASE
>>381260875
>metal reserve upgraded to 300
>buildings' metal cost reduced by 30%
>sentries can now take crit damage and are more vulnerable to damage
>>381254036
>those ambassador changes.
I better be able to headshot niggas multiple times now then because its sounds like they completely made that gun fucking useless.
2011
>The Weapon
>+X stat boost
>-Y stat penalty
2017
>The Weapon
>33% faster switch-to speed, 75% slower switch-from speed
>On hit: build faggot meter. Activate while airborne to mark all enemies in the area for death.
>-10% damage, -5% rate of fire
>Alt-fire: drink a glass of water, restoring 10 HP
>tfw ambush tomislavs will be brutally effective with the changes
>>381258105
youve never played against a good spy i guess
>nerfing the heavy even more
it's obvious they are reducing the skill ceiling for all the new braindead hue players
>>381261604
ah so if you disguise without backstab, cloak is gone
But if you disguise via backstab your cloak is still there
and cloak drains 50% faster with YER equipped
>>381261257
>I don't remember the original BONK!
>>381261756
>nerfing heavy
they buffed him tho?
>>381261667
>>381259685
>>381261602
>every team in overwatch needs a healer because heathpacks barely heal you + there are so few of them
>only 4 healers so every team comp feels the same
>netcode and hitboxes make aiming so easy you can hit enemies before you even see them
>game becomes almost entirely about managing one resource (cooldowns)
>every character in OW plays exactly the same way every game, regardless of map or team comp
>no techniques that allow good players to accel over bad ones (ex: rocket/sticky jumping)
Overwatch is so simple compared to TF2. It's almost insulting to think Blizzard flat out took mechanics from TF2 without any real thought onto why those things make TF2 an interesting game.
>>381261756
All of his miniguns got buffed
>>381261756
>nerfing heavy
Dude the changes to damage rampup on miniguns is a massive buff to heavy
>>381261238
>only bad players believe this
lol okay champ post your hours
>do you know how fucking easy it is to fuck up a nest with a lone soldier or demo
I have a shitload of hours in soldier, demo, and engie. I've been on both ends, for how little effort it takes to play engie he is very effective. 1 engie is fine but once you start getting to 3 or 4 he becomes a fucking nuisance.
It's good that they nerfed the Vita-saw, but they just made it a worse Ubersaw.
>>381260965
>*teleports sentry*
>*runs away*
G-Gotcha, mumbles
>>381259125
This times a fucking million. I'm not the best player, but I've played since launch and the DR fuckery even pisses me off. Even as Pyro, that speed boost and fire immunity makes it god damn brutal to track that nigger down and do him in for good. Even if I track him down to the ammo box he just sanic'd over to, kill him again, and then kill him for real, this nigger has eaten up so much time and attention that it's fucking criminally bullshit. I'm so happy to see DR/amb nerfs like this and at the same time see YER go from a meme knife to a new play style.
I don't know who the fuck is working on the TF2 team now, but it sure as shit isn't the old team with changes that make this much sense.
>>381261778
Yes, that's how it's gonna work
>>381261673
Great news, friend. There's already a class which can score headshots with perfect accuracy from across the map, and it outclasses Spy in every way.
>>381261692
I especially love when the weapon has a trait based around the 3D design of it, and they change a stat that makes it make no sense anymore
>>381261860
how is this a nerf?
The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
>tfw play with mathacks
>Never will get vac banned
Fun stuff
>>381254036
Really not fond of changes like this where they went like "we didn't like the feeling of randomness," The mechanics are clearly explained on weapons and if someone gets critted by guillotine or stunned for longer by the Sandman, it's clear how or why if they understand the game's mechanics. It's also a stupid excuse when the game literally has random crits by default.
>>381254036
>Ambassador, guillotine, and bonk nerf
>still no sticky nerf
y
>>381261694
>>381261756
everyone seems to be completely ignoring the FoS
criminally underrated pub weapon, just switching to them and charging is both hilarious and surprisingly effective. it's so hard for most classes to put out the damage needed to drop you before they fuck up their backpedal, get stuck and you just beat them to death
the ONLY counter for non heavies/pyros/good demos was to melee you back, and that's gone now
>>381261895
they made it more skill based instead of Free uber on death for doing nothing.
Now you HAVE to hit these fuckers and only get percent uber at 60% on death
>>381261956
alright thanks for clearing that up, seemed a little confusing at first
>>381261949
You sound like an awful player.
>>381255795
What are you so happy about, this ruins the atomizer
>>381261667
>bring back the absurd damage it inflicts
>now recharges after a set time
Why are 75% of the changes just really fucking weird. Where they haven't thought about it all the way through, like what was the intention of certain weapons.
>Darwin Danger, nerfing it is good, but why is it a flare counter? Now they removed Pyro's only counter to Snipers.
>Nerfing Rescue Ranger means engies are 24/7 turtles again, can't move anywhere or a Loch'n'Load or Direct Hit soldier will two-shot your shit.
>GRU CHANGED BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL STATE
FUCK YES
>>381261172
no one wants a infinite range hitscan class with flamethrower tier damage at all ranges
>>381262086
And you sound like a nigger. Would you care to elaborate a bit, darkie?
>>381262114
Strictly buffed from its original state actually.
>Can't pretend to be a Sniper as Spy anymore for shits and giggles
>>381261962
ill play sni-
>dies to a 200% air control RJing soldier doing 1080s
oh
>>381262021
that's implying that random crits will exist after this update, with the competitive direction it's trying to go, I fucking doubt it will stay,
>>381261667
>you will never be able to one-shot snipers, scouts, medics, engineers, spies, and the occasional pyro ever again
>you will never experience what its like to stealth in the air, drop on a fool, and oneshot him before he suspects like the fucking Batman ever again
>you will never charge onto the point yelling on the mic ALLAHU ACKBAR with a 3-for-1 on your kill feed ever again
>>381261946
huehuehue
>>381262178
original grus were better than the mentioned today, you could farm uber, bunnyhop and jump higher, which lead to the retarded GRUs jump tomislav combo which was strong as fuck.
At least they won't let you farm uber faster this time
>>381262027
demoman ain't ready yet
>>381262195
>People still using a dumb gif you made from three years ago.
>>381262021
It was very spammable with such a short cooldown at 6s, you could afford to miss.
Does as much damage as a crit flare, so every 6s you get a free 90 damage by throwing it into a crowd of people.
Sandman was nerfed simply because stuns don't fucking belong in TF2 period.
>>381262285
>*steals your ammo pack*
>"OH HEY! YOU. SUCK."
>>381262345
It's a fucking great gif Wario friend
>>381262381
>Sandman was nerfed simply because stuns don't fucking belong in TF2 period.
Correction: Stuns don't belong in any FPS
that razorback change actually shows they are aware of what good players say. a good sniper with the razorback being kept topped up by the med at all times is absolutely cancer to go against. just ask the highlander aka "which sniper gets a pick first: the format" players :^)
also that mantreads change looks fun as hell. i hope it just lets people airstrafe more and better if they know what they're doing as opposed to taking all skill out of aerial movement
>game has random crits
>valve removes random elements out of certain weapons
Fuckin Valve
>>381260236
I think it says it mini crits while the scout is airborne, not the target.
>>381261257
lol
>>381262381
It wasn't a stun because you could still move.
where is he
>>381261994
I'll never not be mad about that change. Fuck them for doing that to the LnL, there's no point in using it anymore and there's no real pill launcher that rewards direct hits anymore other than just the stock.
>>381262457
Wario deserves only the best.
>>381261864
>once you start getting to 3 or 4 he becomes a fucking nuisance.
fucking this.
this slows the game down to a crawl, doubly so if they start using heavy on defence as well.
The dead ringer has been dogshit for years. It only works on the absolute most scrub tier retard.
Might as well have just patched it out if you don't want it to do the thing it's designed to do.
I don't fucking get it; why do they hate very weapon that's not stock? I understand some of the nerfs like the Danger Shield, the GRU, the Dead Ringer, that's fine, but who the FUCK thought Bonk Atomic Punch was due for a nerf? The Atomizer, the Razorback, the fucking Eviction Notice? I almost NEVER see any of these items compared to stock.
>>381262390
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling Pyros !
>>381262027
>still complaining about stickies in 2017
>>381262514
yeah at revved heavy speed.
>>381262560
>a defensive character slows the game down
STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES
IT'S AS IF IT'S HIS JOB TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK
>Razorback buffed
>Darwin buffed AND fixed
>Please continue to send us your feedback through the Contact Form on the right taskbar (under "Contact Us"). Hearing from you helps us prioritize our work and influences the direction the game moves in.
>Contact us is nowhere to be seen
VOLVO
i misread the heavy stuff. seemed like it was nerfing it at first because I don't really understand the current stats
>>381262285
>>381262579
I fucked up, wrong post
>>381261417
The most important part of the change is that you can start your YER life with a disguise instead of needing to CnD ambush a retarded heavy for your first one before you can play your class as intended.
>>381254443
>Added: +200% air control when blast jumping
SCREAMING
EAGLES
>>381262490
>game has random crits
>valve adds stealth stats to weapons that others sleep ongive me back my bison
>>381262692
they said this isn't all the balances
>>381262165
Sure why not. If you are a Pyro you can airblast the spy as he dies limiting his movement. You can also puff with fire in between to damage. You also generally know that the spy will likely go to places with few people and health/ammo, and spies can be easily cornered becaude of thise locations. The only thing this now does is if a spy somehow gets away from your retard team, he's just going to wait in some abandoned area until he can dr again. Not really fun for anyone.
>nerf Vita-saw
>don't nerf ubersaw
>>381262676
your retarded
why is TF2 the only online game where i lag like fuck?
>>381262813
as long as they add the pierce back and/or a small, SMALL speed boast to the projectile i will be happy
>>381254036
>only thing Pyro related is giving Snipers the ability to just ignore flares
>>381262879
Oh fuck I'm blind
>>381258092
>>381258303
>>381258454
No, no, NO ! Leave my Frontier Justice alone !
>>381262390
>*slaps you with mailbox
>>381259414
Just want to chime in that the razorback overheal nerf is pretty much to make the competetive overheal sniper standing behind his team touchable so it doesnt really do much in the pub environment. I really welcome the razorback recharging though, that was sorely needed.
>>381258892
>That's the point, bonk was made for countering sentries not flanking behind the enemy team for free.
>not flanking behind the enemy team for free
What the fuck? What do you think the goal of getting past their sentry for free IS?
>>381262676
>http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=30147
?????
>>381263029
I welcome any sniper nerfs
I quite literally don't understand the nerf to the sandman and guillotine
>>381262959
oh you want MORE changes?you are marked for death if you have over 7 crits
>>381263005
>that guy who spammed scorch shot down hallways to set the entire team on fire
>>381258715
Whatsdamatter you freakin' stupid?
>>381262109
This is a Pyro update. Changes to him as a whole to perhaps make him more ambush related rather than poking 2fort snipers with a scorch shot.
>Being mad at the Rescue Ranger nerf
15 metal per shot, sentry at level 3 has 216 health. This trade off means that it's more efficient to use your wrench at close range and rescue ranger at long, which is the clear weapon design. Being able to heal 240 damage without spending any metal or reload time, isn't balanced.
>>381259236
-dmg on bat was never a drawback, and the -10 hp for triple jump usually meant dodging one more -60 hp rocket or sticky. So glad they finally did something about this weapon.
>>381262563
Because you're bad and play against bad players.
Scout is already one of the strongest classes in the game and with atomizer he's nearly unkillable, 10 health is always going to be better than eating a 100 damage rocket/grenade.
Sniper always has teammates around protecting and overhealing him so razorback made it impossible for spies to kill him without dying in the process.
Eviction notice change is actually a buff, current eviction notice lowers your effective health by 20%. 60 health at 300 and 90 health at 450. Eviction notice now takes 12-18 seconds to reduce your health by the same amount.
>Sandman Nerfed to shit
>All because of the guillotine memers
>Scout still has 110 health
Fucking kids ruin everything.
>Pyro still fucked
>Soldier gets a slap on the wrist
>No unfucking of the fun weapons who have been wrongly nerfed
meh
>>381263149
Sandman was unfun to fight against, stuns don't belong in an fps game
Cleaver was because the combo doesn't work anymore and they needed to change it
>>381263198
>you are marked for death if you have over 7 crits
STOP IT FOR FUCK SAKE !
>>381263149
Shitters who can't aim probably complained about it being too OP, and Valve nerfed that shit.
>>381263312
The way I see it, the Scout could have been nerfed because of you Sandman shitters so I'm happy with that.
>>381263149
Stuns in an FPS are not fun. It's bad design.
>>381254443
I'm going to love the new mantreads.
>Can turn on a dime in the air now
>Pyros can't do anything to me
>>381254036
YOU LOCK THE DOOR AND THROW AWAY THE KEYY
AND THERE IS SOMEONE IN MY HEAD BUT IT'S NOT ME
>>381263379
>>381263440
Have you triednot getting hit with the baseball?
>>381259414
>Good, but maybe add a increased damage taken while active to add a bit more of a risk/reward playstyle
That was part of the original stats, retard. You didn't even read any of the notes.
>>381260096
Except people always used it to draw off enemy fire since day one of scout update (day two actually, on day one no one played any other class).
Also
>believing TF2 Team stuff after Bison was """fixed"""
>>381263316
Pyro changes aren't here yet.
>>381263496
Sandman baseball is the fastest projectile in the game.
>>381263496
sure man let me not get hit by rockets, pipes or bullets while I'm at it
>ugh why didn't this get nerfed
>ugh why did they nerf this
>UGH UGH WOW WHY ISN'T THIS BUFFED
Why can't you faggots read? It literally says at the top this is a preliminary thing, there's more shit to come, and that if you have any problems you can get in contact with them.
>>381263241
If they are going to mess with the Rescue Ranger they should fix the thing first, picking it up from a long range doesn't work most of the time.
>>381263496
I'll just apply this logic to everything in the game. Wow, now I've never been hit with anything. Medics are now useless because I have full health all the time.
It's okay. I didn't want changes or anything anyway.
>>381263402
Frontier justice now gains speed depending on the amount of crits you have, caps at 10
FJ now has lower maximum ammo
>>381263493
ah yes need to make the long range classe stronger against the melee class
>Nerfing the B.A.S.E. Jumper
Why, exactly? How was this OP to anyone but the shittiest of F2P snipers?
>>381263241
The engie is somewhere safe then, so it's not a 1v1 situation, but team play. Their side should be rewarded for it, and team play should be used against it. It still can't remove unsap, it still can't magically remove stickies. It still can't stand four direct hit rockets.
I think I was playing with a valve employee 5 months or so ago because he was talking about how valve was going to nerf the DR hard while I was playing DR spy. He wouldn't tell me who the source was so I'm guessing it was himself.
>>381263496
>lmao just don't get hit
>lmao just don't die
why do morons like this still exist?
Better get your last home runs with the Sandman while you can before they bury it, boys.
>>381263660
people could just rocket jump, and fluff the parachute in an out to strafe and quick descent
>>381263631
>Things to keep in mind:
>This is not the complete list of changes. Some items (and classes) are still being worked on, and are not ready for review.
We're going a little deeper on some classes this time (e.g. Scout) and not as deep on others (e.g. Demoman)
This is a work-in-progress; items may change prior to release.
>Please continue to send us your feedback through the Contact Form on the right taskbar (under "Contact Us"). Hearing from you helps us prioritize our work and influences the direction the game moves in.
wow really made me think
>no Pyro notes
Not sure if this is a good sign or a terrible one.
>>381263631
Pyro won the vote as to who the next major update would be devoted to. They're obviously going to be basically overhauling Pyro.
>>381263754
Pyro update. They won't want to spoil things too early or people will lose hype.
>>381263754
pyro is literally getting an entire update focusing on him you goon
also >>381263747
>>381262843
See, that breaks down when you forget to mention he can't be set on fire for a few seconds and can just run away at mach 5, also saying nothing of the possibility he further could pack a spy-cicle to extend his afterburn immunity to practically his entire cloak duration. Even if you get an airblast off after his fake death, he'll just land and run away, something that's pretty easy to do now that airblast victims can airstrafe and good luck guessing which way an invisible Spy moved without flicker or afterburn.
Even if you know where he's going (quite clearly the nearest ammo), he's going to reach it before you (speed boost + faster base move speed) and if it's a full ammo crate, he can do this all over again. Regardless, even if I actually catch, trap, and kill him, the increased time it took to finish him because of this durability took much more effort than any other Spy watch, netting his team the benefit of fighting one less guy.
It deserves to be hit this hard and now the Spy must wait for the recharge time, leaving him actually vulnerable for a period of time like the other watches.
>bullying engis by stealing their metal at the start of the round
>baiting medics into the enemy and then jumping away
>ubering snipers at the start of the round and watching them spaz out with the SMG when they don't know what to do
>C6 spam on engi
>building your shit right next to another engi and following him every time he moves
>push a demo into sentry while holding uber then just leaving him
>teleporting people back to 1st
>spamming any voice lines as demo
>bullying friendly snipers with the pan
>>381263660
This
it's pretty much a target standing still slowly falling down
I am now convinced at the fact the tf2 team has like 100 hours on the game
>usually only play instant respawn 2fort as scout
>sandman balls deal more damage and has cooldown reduced
I can live with this.
>>381263660
>Why, exactly?
If you knew how to wall jump you could sit at the skybox and be untouchable.
Spamming it in midair made your movement really unpredictable.
It was really broken in 6s, soldiers could use it to get a bunch of free damage and there's no way to counter it.
>>381261489
Sure, but when you're better at sniping than the class called "Sniper" then something needs doing. I love the Amby, don't get me wrong, but as soon as you unlock the power of good aim you basically become an unstoppable death merchant.
>I HURT MYSELF TODAY
>>381263873
Person of Color
>>381263830
>>381263842
I know, what I mean is that I'm not sure if they're just keeping some cool shit under wraps or if they've still no idea what to do with the fucker.
>>381263642
Take this shit out:
>caps at 10
FJ now has lower maximum ammo
and we are good
>>381263557
>>381263558
>>381263619
>>381263675
>whoopsie just a baseball flying at me
>time to walk right into it!
>valve please nerf, this is vewy hawd!
git gud
>cancerous DR/Ambassador Spies mad as fuck
I'm so glad this retarded gameplay will be gone soon
>>381263873
>not spamming X2 to make Engies paranoid
>>381263613
That's more the minimum range being janky than anything, I've found.
>>381263663
If your sentry is getting peppered and you can't risk teleporting it, you shoot it for some healing. If it's taking too much sustained damage and you can get out, you teleport and relocate. Rather than making the Engineer a solo wall, it's encouraging team play and defence of his buildings, which does arguably make things harder in pubs but you should just run combat support texan there anyways.
>>381264017
>HURR DURR IM DUMB POOTIS
hey look I can strawman too
>>381264021
now they will play sniper instead and be melee machines
>>381264097
>strawman
it's not a strawman if it's the truth anon, it's not hard at all to avoid a sandman scunt
>>381255171
70% * 150% only amounts to 105% damage, boyo. Dealing 5% more damage on your first shot is a pathetic damage bonus.
To put that into perspective, the Scattergun has damage rampup that allows it to reach 175% of its base damage at point blank range.
Shotguns and all other weapons can only reach 150% damage rampup.
This thing is going to be worse than the Scattergun for panicked fighting, it's going to be worse for prolonged fights due to your spread getting even wider.
They made it worse, somehow, by getting rid of the gimmick playstyle that kinda works on Pyro and Engineer.
What would be the most effective set of changes to make the Pyro into a viable, offensive-oriented class?
>all these "fuck you" nerfs
It's like they're trying to kill the game instead of giving us the pyro update.
>>381263997
They're still reviewing stuff so they might just be mulling over Pyro right now. Who knows how long it will take for this update to come out?
>>381264009
would you be satisfied with faster weapon switch for it or no?i wouldn't
>>381264017
Enjoy your nerfs scout main, because I sure will.
Yea im sure that reved up heavy is an easy kill when he is moving 60% slower and can still shoot you
valve is autistic
>>381264183
Give him a 12-inch penis and a fat set of titties
>>381263985
AND IF THE CLOUDS BURST THUNDER IN YOUR EAR
YOU SHOUT AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HEAR
AND IF THE BAND YOU'RE IN STARTS PLAYING DIFFERENT TUNES
I'LL SEE YOU ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
>>381264017
Thank God you exist with your perfect logic. Thanks to you, I've never been hit by any projectile ever again. All I had to do was move out of the way. There's no such thing as move speed or projectile speeds. Now I hear Demo and Soldier are getting removed from the game because people just walk out of their projectiles. Wow, you really fucked this game up.
>>381264183
airblast jump
>>381264183
replace the flamethrower with this
>>381254036
>they think the sandman and guillotine is based on luck and randomness
Fuck them I had so many perfectly led shots with those
>They didn't touch the Cloak and Dagger
Thank god, my Spy crutch is safe.
>>381264221
You forgot something.
>>381264201
>being bad at tf2
it's okay sweetie, I bet you're asking for pyro to be nerfed more
>>381261667
If they wanted to stop this from being used as a Medic pickoff wep, why didn't they just reduce the explosion damage to 125 or so, and make it so it cannot crit ever? That way it would still be used for its sniper trolling purpose but it cannot be used to kill a med even if the demo has the shield charge
>>381263873
>teleporting people back to 1st
I've been kicked more than once for this. The salt was great.
>>381264210
>waaahh, I can no longer taunt kill stunned heavies
Get good.
>>381264183
mobility similar to jumping for ambushes likepropane propelling
fix flamethrower hitbox
>>381261962
I never used the Ambassador in that way honestly unless I had to fucking kill a stupid goddamn engineer surrounded by his team and sentry. Now I wont be able to do that and the engineer gets to keep holding my team back.
Looks like I'am going back to the regular revolver theres no point in using The Ambassador anymore.
>>381264268
>airblast jump
that would change nothing, though
>Engineers, look out for that Sentry Buster!
>>381264247
i agree, we should remove soldier and demoman, their projectiles are much too fast and overpowered! after all, it's ridiculous to have explosives in a first person SHOOTER
>>381261603
>at least soldier has counterplay
Yeah, by playing soldier.
>>381264191
Nah, the weapon switch speed is ok
>>381264283
It's a perfectly well balanced watch, no reason to touch it
>>381264201
>implying this will do anything to Scout when he'll still be able to kite you and kill you in 3 shots
>>381254036
Good, now remove matchmaking
>>381264183
Gas tank secondary item: increases his max flame ammo by 100
>>381264308
>says the guy complaining about nerfs to crutch: the weapon
Ok
>>381258092
>Widowmaker is untouched
>>381264375
Yes you will be able to do that, dumbfuck. It's just bad at long range, midrange is fine
Is it bad that I am mostly okay with these changes?
>>381264423
>what is scout and heavy
>>381264423
>*airblasts your rocket back at you and shoots you with the reserve shooter*
>"Hudduh hudduh huh!"
>>381264523
>crutch
>>381264183
MORE HATS !
>>381264283
>no more cloak charge from ammo boxes
>+10% damage vulnerability on wearer
>Hoovy damage decrease on rev is gone
IS GOOD DAY TO BE GIANT MAN
>>381263873
>teleporting people back to 1st
Better yet;
>teleporting people off a cliff while you Rancho Relaxo at the side
>>381264563
No, it just means you're a sane individual who enjoys having fun.
>AND YOU COULD HAVE IT ALL, MY EMPIRE OF DIRT
>>381264563
it means you're not a shitter.
>>381264324
>do this
>another engi builds his entrance there so it loops back to the front
people actually carried on using it
>>381264563
most of these changes are alright, some are great and interesting plus these are not all final. you can message them with complaints too
>>381264423
soldier can be countered by every other class
git gud
>>381262091
>babby scout can't play without his welfare triple jump
>>381264641
Only on Dead Ringer.
>>381261667
Why did this even need nerfing in the first place?
>>381264283
>while having CaD equiped, take 15% more damage
>when hit, visible for 1 second longer
>slightly faster speed while cloaked
>>381264807
But the Dead Ringer will already be nerfed. It's more fun trying to imagine changes for more weapons
>Spy gets dumpstered just in time for the Pyro update
>>381254036
>first ambassador shot no longer 100% accurate
fucking rip
>>381264716
>he HONESTLY thinks that soldier doesn't have the advantage in every encounter
You're the one that needs to git gud, you dull, basic bitch.
I mean, all we need is the Reserve Shooter for Pyro nerfed and we've got ourselves a half decent update.
more nerfs for scout i guess
>>381257051
>NERF SANDMAN AND FLYING GULLOTINE BECAUSE OF SHITTERS
Seriously. What killed me was the "feeling of randomness" part. How is it random for a weapon to hit what it was aimed at? Do they really think people can't aim projectiles?
>DDS NO LONGER ALLOWS YOU TO TANK A HEADSHOT FROM ANOTHER SNIPER
YEEEEEEEEEES
>>381261832
I wasn't implying OverRated, ya wankah.
Play my fucking game ya fuck.
>>381265016
>using anything other than stock
they need to nerf phlog. I play him often and it even makes experienced players salty as fuck because I do kamikaze crit runs.
>>381265006
>You're the one that needs to git gud
I said CAN BE you fucking retard.
>>381264917
"Free kills" just by smacking the thing on the ground while near low health enemies.
>>381264556
>Mid range
>implying I'd be able to realistically do anything with it at mid range when the fucking sentry is there.
Quit being dumb around mid range is around the sentries range quit trying to convince me otherwise.
Dropped.
I don't really get the Ambassador nerf. It's not like I've ever really been upset at a spy using the gun. If anything, it was nice to see them actually able to think outside the box and get engie shit down by sniping him. I just pray that maybe Demoknight and the loose canon get some love.
>>381265052
now mlg players will be truly unstoppable
>WHEN YOU TRY YOUR BEST BUT YOU DONT SUCCEED
>>381256162
>less overheal
try NO overheal
>>381264917
you could suicide bomb scouts
>>381254869
This shit will kill 90% of spy mains
>>381265051
because moonshot distance (115 feet) isn't something you're going to hit consistently.
yeah the plog needs more damage to start its 8 seconds of crits im thinking of something like how long it takes for banners to build
Guys, what if in the Pyro update instead of reworking the Pyro they just fucking obliterate the Spy into nonexistance?
>>381264917
2fort snipers got butthurt because of suicide bombing sticky jumper Demos. What Valve doesn't realize is that Demo can 2 shot with his nade launcher anyway, at least with Caber he loses most of his HP if he doesn't just outright die.
>>381265193
>WHEN YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT BUT NOT WHAT YOU NEED
>>381265134
Sentries can't peek, dude. You can. You're literally doing what a Spy is supposed to do. Sniping isn't that.
>>381258092
>cow mangler safe
You've been for a wild ride, but at least you're no longer gimped, old friend
>>381254036
confirmed by the 99th time that valve doesnt play their own games
thank god i stopped playing years ago and moved on to ow
>>381265193
>>381265357
>rarely ever get this combo used on me
>i didn't really have a problem getting killed by it
are people so bad at this game they get angry at this?
>>381265295
Then there will be no need to pick pyro.
>>381256857
>"balence"
New thread when?
>I HEAR YOUR FEELING DOWN
Good answer, sir.
Is it just me or are all of these changes really arbitrary, half-assed "fixes" to community's general complaints about the state of the game? The problem is there's too many weird gimmicky weapons that are either too good in any situation (escape plan, uber saw, etc.), completely worthless (sun on a stick, fan o war, kunai, etc.), or some weird middle-ground that is hard to balance and annoying to play against (natascha, sandman, etc.). All they can do is continue to weirdly nerf or buff these things every now and then to keep things interesting.
>>381265373
>implying that peeking matters when there's an engie there
>implying moonshots weren't the only way to really tip the spy vs engy issue to a more middle ground.
>>381265439
>t. has never played heavy
>>381265193
There's no point in slowing down someone when they can just shoot you if you get close, if they really want to remove the stun they should add increased random spread or damage given.
>panic attack no longer fun
>sandman and cleaver ruined
>GRU needlessly nerfed
>VITA SAW TURNED INTO GARBAGE
>>381265590
>>381265590
>>381265590
migrate here
>DREAMIN
>DONT GIVE IT UP, VOLVO
>Nerf every viable weapon
>Dont buff any of the actual garbage weapons like the buffalo steak or holiday punch
Welp back to stock.
>>381265528
>WELL I CAN EASE YOUR PAIN TO GET YOU ON YOUR FEET AGAIN
>>381262543
DOUBLE DONKING
>nerfed sandman when scout basically dies in 1 hit while having it equipped
>>381265550
>kunai
>useless
Literally git gud
>>381265550
you know we're getting new weapons next update right?
some of these changes are interesting too.
>pbpp might actually be a good sidegrade now
>mantreads air control is completely new
>vitasaw now something you need to actively use
>minigun is now more consistent
>>381255949
That was my take away from the whole thing.
>Now you can collect organs with the vitasaw! Hit 4 times to get 60% charge after you die!
Yeah or hit 4 times with the übersaw and get 100% charge right then. Idiots.
>>381265173
it was kinda fucked that, at maximum skill, a spy could kill a combat class head on
that is, when vs a soldier, demo, pyro, scout, if a spy hits both his shots, he wins, or at least secures the kill whilst dying himself. this barely ever happens, but still cannot be allowed to be possible
a support class vs a combat class, it's on the combat class to win, not the support. if the combat class fucks up, the support can win, but cannot be allowed to have a 100% chance of getting the kill in a head on fight even if the combat class hits all of their shots. it fucks everything up
also sniping with it was just far too obnoxious. cloaking on to the badwater roof and killing people coming out of spawn was not hard and could only be countered with a heavy investment of your own time, especially so if they also had the DR
>>381265572
i never encountered when playing heavy either
>>381265064
>implying to not use your pan as melee
>>381265784
>Yeah or hit 4 times with the übersaw and get 100% charge right then. Idiots.
yeah except you can't save yourself with that uber if you don't have stock medigun.
for kritz, vaccinator, and even quickfix vitasaw could be better.
>>381265641
>RELAX I NEED SOME INFORMATION FIRST JUST THE BASIC FACTS! CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE IT HURTS?
>>381265664
This
Anything with health reduction is garbage
>>381254036
>instead of making new weapons, just redo the existing ones
I knew they were lazy, but...
>>381265991
It ain't full patch info, boyo.
can we talk about how the panic attack will probably be used for what its name implies
>>381265991
>let's not address these problems the community has been complaining about for years
Nice bait, here's your (You). Also, it's not even the full patch.
>>381265007
there is nothing wrong with the RS
>>381265940
Maybe but the majority of the time 1) you will be using the stock medigun and 2) you're going to be hitting spies, flankers or people getting caught out of position and so don't need an escape plan.
>>381266286
The RS is completely broken.
>>381254036
>They nerfed the rescue ranger
>>381266650
git gud