Countblanc posted:

nerdbot posted:

Pyro Reserve Shooter no longer minicrits airblasted enemies, but minicrits enemies knocked around by the Thermal Thruster, which is equipped to the same slot as the Reserve Shooter... Uhhhhh. I guess they're going for team shenanigans but it reads like one of the dumbest things on this list. That doesn't really balance this.

Broken Cog posted:

The new flamethrower seems incredibly strong, but it might be because people aren't used to it yet. It kills so fast.

Broken Cog posted:

Heh, the Ambassador is absolutely garbage now. 52 damage crits at medium range.
Never actually used it often, since I prefer stock or Diamondback, but still, this nerf seems a bit too harsh. They should at least have buffed it in some other area to make up for it.

I guess you can still use it to 2-shot unaware snipers using the Razorback at least.

Jippa posted:

I've only skimmed those notes but the flame thrower changes seem great. In practice is it working out when you play (you don't die really quickly if a pyro just tickles you)?

QwertySanchez posted:

I remember someone buying Carpet Johnson an account. turned out the whole "lol get wrecked human being" thing in his videos wasn't entirely ironic and he didn't last long.. I think.

JB50 posted:

They cant even stop cheating in TF2 you expect them to be thought police too.

LOL Volvo pls fix.

Wugga posted:

I've been votekicked off servers for calling people racist cunts.

I guess that's where the player base draws the line.

edit: To avoid confusion, I should add I've said that to people who have used racial slurs.

ChaseSP posted:

Ban anyone using a textbind in valve servers. Easy.

quote:

I am not the only one having this issue, believe me. All you have to do is google "tf2 valve servers failed" or just see the occasional post here.

To be blunt, one day magically out of nowhere, I am no longer able to connect to any Luxembourg (and I assume other European) Valve servers because MY IP IS BLOCKED BY THEM FOR NO REASON. It endlessly connects, and then I get "Connection failed after 4 retries."

I do not have a VAC ban, I have not cheated, nor am I using any mods that may cause this issue. This issue randomly appeared out of nowhere. Because of this, I am no longer able to play tf2 through matchmaking at all. Only community servers work.

This has been confirmed by other people with the same issue. Contacting Steam Support will have you ignored, and any solutions you try to use blatantly do not work.

Here is a list of redundant things you can try (that don't work)

- Connecting via "Connect (IP)" in Developer Console (because of the way matchmaking works I don't think you're able to do this anyway)
- Setting a particular port in your Steam Launch Options
- Restarting your computer and router
- Verifying your game cache
- Reinstalling TF2
- Etc


THIS ISSUE WAS FIXED BY PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR IP. Then they are able to connect. There is NO other way to fix this, as Valve will do nothing to help you. I do not know why this occurs but it's absolutely atrocious. Again, because of this, I am no longer able to play through casual matchmaking and therefore do any contracts and other things. I might as well not play at all. The only servers that DO work for me are American-based, such as Virginia, etc. European servers do not work at all.

What I'd like to know is why is my IP blocked by the servers in the first place? Why did this randomly occur out of nowhere, and how do I stop this? I should not have to change my entire IP to play one game. Any other Source Engine game works fine. This is just TF2.


TL;DR: IP magically blocked by Valve European servers for no reason. Unable to play casual matchmaking TF2 because of this. American Servers still work. No way to fix client-side. Server based issue. Only actual fix is changing IP. Stupid.

Butt Detective posted:

On the flip side I keep being put into Virginia servers despite living in the UK, which is entirely unhelpful. I always spend a minute wondering why things are delayed and why half my shots aren’t connecting until I realise.

Peanut President posted:

Sterling, USA is Virginia

Warpy posted:

5cp/ctf is not really a great experience in 12v12 and I think that's reflected in the queues. (turbine and 2fort are the exception.. people really like those two ctf maps for some weird reason)

Really though it's all about cp_dustbowl + most of the pl maps + ping limit set to auto = getting placed into a server within minute

Baron von Eevl posted:

My man have you tried Banana Bay? It's like Hightower but better.

Butt Detective posted:

I can tolerate Process and to an extent Snakewater, but for the most part I just really do not enjoy 5CP as a gamemode, at least not in pubs. Half the maps aren't designed to have 7 engineers turtling on last and games are either a steamroll or a never-ending-back-and-forth slog.

Video Graves posted:

Not going to lie but 5CP and Koth are my favouritest game types. cp_Badlands is a perfect map.

Ariong posted:

That�s a novel idea, but you can�t really have a TF2 map without a clearly defined victory state. Maybe one where you have to push it around the circular track three times to win?

Ariong posted:

Oh, so it�s a Payload Race map? Are the two tracks directly adjacent to one another? Do the carts move in the same direction, or does one move clockwise and the other counterclockwise?

1-800-DOCTORB posted:

pl_snaketemple

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The game type of snake temple features 2 carts on the same track. The goal is for each to catch the cart of the other team by pushing their cart faster. To help you, your cart has a special uber speed gauge you can trigger by blocking the hostile cart.