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I found one of these things the other day. Beats getting yet another Dead Ringer. Other than finding one, what's the easiest way to get a B.A.S.E. Jumper?
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LLCoolJD posted:Other than finding one, what's the easiest way to get a B.A.S.E. Jumper? http://backpack.tf/classifieds/?item=B.A.S.E.%20Jumper&quality=6&tradable=1&craftable=1
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LLCoolJD posted:I found one of these things the other day. Beats getting yet another Dead Ringer. Asking always works! You got a spare Unique weapon to trade? I'll give you mine if you do. http://steamcommunity.com/id/AnExpendableFiringSquad edit:Oh whoops, beaten simosimo posted:Do they take up inventory space or can they accumulate infinitely? If this stuff only involves maybe getting a hat - i'm not fussed. I'd like to maybe get some fast-tracked unlocks like the medic crossbow but i'm slowly unlocking them randomly as I play. The other guy seems taken care of but I can trade you one if you want. I've got like all of the weapons now and a few spares of a couple. RareAcumen fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Dec 19, 2014 00:14
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Thanks for the replies.
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Dec 19, 2014 00:22
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Red Bones posted:But yeah, the sticky launcher is by far the best offensive weapon in the game but you can't nerf it without causing a huge loving uproar. If you halved the clip on it, it'd probably be level with the rocket launcher and the scattergun, but as it is, it's better than both. Yes and it needs to be the best offensive weapon because the Demoman sucks without it. He's slow and has lovely HP, if he didn't make up for that with something there'd be no reason to play him instead of Soldier(the class that's good at everything). Basically the issue with balancing the game which is that Valve will never nerf Soldier and so every other class needs some kind of overpowered thing so that you can go "that's why I would play that class instead of the really easy class that's good at everything and has loads of HP".
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Dec 19, 2014 01:06
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UGC have opened a poll asking for people's thoughts on the future of Competitive TF2. It's worth having a look at!
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Dec 19, 2014 01:36
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Magypsy posted:UGC have opened a poll asking for people's thoughts on the future of Competitive TF2. It's worth having a look at! Only for registered players so I guess my suggestion of "9 on 9 pyros only" will go unseen.
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Dec 19, 2014 01:49
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Magypsy posted:UGC have opened a poll asking for people's thoughts on the future of Competitive TF2. It's worth having a look at! Vote yes on Phlog.
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Dec 19, 2014 01:50
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Peanut President posted:Only for registered players so I guess my suggestion of "9 on 9 pyros only" will go unseen. I want this same thing but spies only
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Dec 19, 2014 01:50
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There's a server mod called Class Wars and it makes it where both teams can only play one class, spy versus spy is incredible.
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Dec 19, 2014 01:57
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9v9 spy only sounds legit interesting to watch Is there any videos of semi-competent people doing this
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Dec 19, 2014 02:01
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cock hero flux posted:Basically the issue with balancing the game which is that Valve will never nerf Soldier and so every other class needs some kind of overpowered thing so that you can go "that's why I would play that class instead of the really easy class that's good at everything and has loads of HP". The other problem is the sentrygun. If there's going to be a place to turtle up, there needs to be a class that breaks the stalemate. In L4D, for example, you have shelter spots and tanks to flush survivors out. In TF2, you have a light-ish class that focuses on burst damage, at the expense of overall sustainability (both stickylauncher and GL have the highest first-shot-reload-time penalties in the game). The overall DPS when a demo is reloading one shot at a time is pitiful Complaining that a Demoman at midrange with full clips does too much damage is like complaining that a spun-up heavy at point blank kills you before you can even react, or that a sniper can one-shot you from a distance while you can't even return fire. It's a feature, not a bug. Don't 1v1 someone who has a tactical advantage. Instead, keep applying gentle pressure, wait for the demo to get nearly-empty clips and then push in. Or, attack from somewhere you can't get stickies to land, like from the top of the containers on Granary mid or something. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Dec 19, 2014 02:02
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Since when am I not allowed to complain about features
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Dec 19, 2014 02:09
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I just realized that a Strange HUntsman is Super rare and cost like  I've been going server to server looking like a fool when I ask if anyone has a S. Huntsman 
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Dec 19, 2014 03:11
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Real spies have class:
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Dec 19, 2014 05:05
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Hihohe posted:I just realized that a Strange HUntsman is Super rare and cost like You do look like a fool. Going for a strange hunstman instead of the superior strange festive hunstman.
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Dec 19, 2014 06:11
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Festive weapons look like poo poo unfortunately so I think he made the right choice.
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Dec 19, 2014 06:35
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Dr. Dos posted:Vote yes on Phlog. And Short Circuit. edit: I'm not joking. mabels big day fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Dec 19, 2014 06:50
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cock hero flux posted:Yes and it needs to be the best offensive weapon because the Demoman sucks without it. He's slow and has lovely HP, if he didn't make up for that with something there'd be no reason to play him instead of Soldier(the class that's good at everything).
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Dec 19, 2014 07:57
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So - no chance of getting TF2 items for crafting the badge in the holiday sale this year. Bit lame? Perhaps the TF2 smissmas update will make up for it...
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Dec 19, 2014 08:01
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Can you still get/make festive items or do you have to buy them?
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Dec 19, 2014 08:25
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FishMist posted:So - no chance of getting TF2 items for crafting the badge in the holiday sale this year. Bit lame? This is the first year they've phased out TF2 items from that holiday sale thing. That's interesting.
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Dec 19, 2014 08:50
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CJacobs posted:Festive weapons look like poo poo unfortunately so I think he made the right choice.  That is cooler than hell.
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Dec 19, 2014 08:56
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You should be able to take the name tags off of the arrows from people wielding those things that you kill. Give me a festive weapon journal, screw the ducks.
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Dec 19, 2014 08:58
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CoolCab posted:Stickies lose their falloff after eight seconds, grenades never have them. This means you're the best class at short, medium and also long range. This is also called "balance". I don't know if this is a comedy post, but I'd argue that snipers are better at long range, and soldiers, heavies and scouts are better at close range. Peanut President posted:Only for registered players so I guess my suggestion of "9 on 9 pyros only" will go unseen. The first poll is for everyone.
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Dec 19, 2014 09:01
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There needs to be extremely powerful combat classes because without them absolutely nothing can be accomplished. Try playing on offense on a team with no Demos, Soldiers, or Heavies. Whole lotta nothing, eh?
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Dec 19, 2014 09:22
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Unless the other team has no engies, and your scouts run wild and free. Almost never happens but I've been in those games once or twice.
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Dec 19, 2014 09:25
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Is there a "9 Engineers vs. 9 Engineers Gunslinger Banned" option?
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Dec 19, 2014 09:28
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Big thanks to the M2 + shoot stickies info. Battlements storming soldiers are no longer a problem, I even had people calling BULLSHIT too which is a rarity for me. Great for offense but it's a shame when you shoot a perfect sticky, and in that millisecond when you get killed is 'daaaaaaamnit' inspiring.
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Dec 19, 2014 09:49
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Doctor Reynolds posted:There needs to be extremely powerful combat classes because without them absolutely nothing can be accomplished. Try playing on offense on a team with no Demos, Soldiers, or Heavies. Whole lotta nothing, eh? Conversely, the game becomes extremely death-matchy when there are no engineers. Medic-pairs rule the wastes, and noobs run scared. Fortunately we have nine classes, but that doesn't mean that they're all balanced perfectly. Demo could probably well afford having his sticky launcher clip reduced by two, most people probably wouldn't even realize that it had been nerfed. Also, totally separately, recently I've had one of those lovely moments where a class really clicks for you. The last time it was Sniper, and this time it is as a Direct Hit soldier. It's been wonderful seeing the killfeed fill up with so many bullshit kills. And its speed and bonus to airshots mean that I'm going for them quite a bit more. So much fun. I've tried picking up the Buff Banner as well, but I immediately miss having the Shotgun to clean up the guys that manage to survive a close encounter with the Direct Hit. I miss the ability of the Rocket Launcher to knock whole groups around, but generally if I toss three or four Direct Hit rockets into a group they'll scatter anyway. Kaal fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Kaal posted:Conversely, the game becomes extremely death-matchy when there are no engineers. Medic-pairs rule the wastes, and noobs run scared. Fortunately we have nine classes, but that doesn't mean that they're all balanced perfectly. Demo could probably well afford having his sticky launcher clip reduced by two, most people probably wouldn't even realize that it had been nerfed. Unless you correspondingly reduce the defensive capabilities of the defensive classes by 25% you're just making the game even more defensive than it already is.
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pisshead posted:Unless you correspondingly reduce the defensive capabilities of the defensive classes by 25% you're just making the game even more defensive than it already is. You'll survive. The game shouldn't be balanced around having a single overpowered weapon. Not that reducing the sticky launcher clip by two would be the apocalyptic tragedy that you're suggesting at all. I've played far too many games as the dominating Demo (both on offense and defense) to think for a second that the game would break just because I had to reload a bit earlier. Kaal fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Dec 19, 2014 10:08
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pisshead posted:Unless you correspondingly reduce the defensive capabilities of the defensive classes by 25% you're just making the game even more defensive than it already is. Demo is one of the best classes for defense anyway and SL clip length isn't exactly key to blowing up sentry nests.
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Dec 19, 2014 10:10
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Imagine if the demo had to reload after every sticky bomb
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Dec 19, 2014 10:27
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bowmore posted:Imagine if the demo had to reload after detonating every sticky bomb
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CJacobs posted:Festive weapons look like poo poo unfortunately so I think he made the right choice.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The demo is faster than the soldier, can lay traps for area denial and can attack round corners and over obstacles. I think there's a reasonable niche for him without just making the sticky launcher better than rockets. "Not the slowest class" does not make him not slow and being able to kill idiots with sticky traps is not really something to build a whole class around. Why should rockets, the primary weapon of a class that is already good at everything, be the best weapon in the game? Why would you make a game with 8 unique classes that all fill their own niche, and then a ninth class that is just "oh and this guy can do all of those things but better, play him instead"?
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Dec 19, 2014 12:36
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Which is why 6v6 teams are always just 6 soldiers? And I'd say area denial and being able to fire on people before you can see them are pretty useful attributes even at the highest level.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Which is why 6v6 teams are always just 6 soldiers? The reason they are not is because there is a limit in the rules of 2 soldiers per team, and because the sticky launcher is currently the best weapon. With the sticky nerf in place and the class limit removed I think you might very well end up with something like 3-4 soldiers, a medic, and a utility.
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cock hero flux posted:"Not the slowest class" does not make him not slow and being able to kill idiots with sticky traps is not really something to build a whole class around. Why should rockets, the primary weapon of a class that is already good at everything, be the best weapon in the game? Why would you make a game with 8 unique classes that all fill their own niche, and then a ninth class that is just "oh and this guy can do all of those things but better, play him instead"? Soldier is okay at a lot of things, but unless you're on a fairly balanced team he's usually not the best class to be playing. That's the way TF2 works, because all the classes bar soldier are specialists, you need to have the classes that are made to counter the other team's specialists as well. Like on paper, yeah, he's a really strong class, but the way the game is designed means you're constantly running into situations every match where you're really hurting for someone to take out all the enemy sentries, or to stop spies from killing your medic, or to counter the five heavies the other team has. Also, the best festive in the game is the eyelander. 
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