Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
scrimpeh wrote:
People still play TF2?
I used to absolutely love that game, played it since early 2008 with an accumulated 584 hours. Then of course, Valve proceeds to gradually ruin it over time. The game had a good run for me, but I rarely ever play it these days.
The updates since around that time are of the "love it or hate it" variety.
edit: since everybody's posting their favorite weapons. Of course it sort of depends on the situation...
Scout: Soda Popper, Atomic Punch, Candy Cane
Soldier: Liberty Launcher, Gunboats, Escape Plan (split off from Equalizer)
Pyro: Degreaser, Flare Gun, Axtinguisher
Demoman: Grenade Launcher, Splendid Screen, Persian Persuader
Heavy: The Brass Beast, Sandvich, Gloves of Running Urgently
Engineer: Frontier Justice, Wrangler, Southern Hospitality
Medic: Crusader's Crossbow, Quick-fix, Übersaw
Sniper: Machina, Jarate, Tribalman's Shiv
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Scout, Scatter (so long as the server has No Spread)
Soldier, Original. Quake FTW!
Pyro, Backburner
Demo, stock
Heavy, Don't play
Engineer, Frontier Justice, V. Lugermorph, Gunslinger
Medic, Blutslaguer
Sniper, Stock
Spy, Cloak and Dagger
When TAS does Quake 1, SDA will declare war.
The Prince doth arrive he doth please.
Scout, Scatter (so long as the server has No Spread)
Soldier, Original. Quake FTW!
Pyro, Backburner
Demo, stock
Heavy, Don't play
Engineer, Frontier Justice, V. Lugermorph, Gunslinger
Medic, Blutslaguer
Sniper, Stock
Spy, Cloak and Dagger
Scout: Mostly stock, though haven't played enough to have a favourite setup
Soldier: Black Box or Liberty Launcher, normal shotgun and Equalizer before the update at least.
Pyro: Degreaser, Flare Gun or normal shotgun, Axtinguisher
Demoman: Stock
Heavy: Stock Minigun, Sandwich and Fists of Steel
Engineer: Widowmaker or stock Shotgun, Pistol and Southern Hospitality
Medic: Mix between the three mediguns depending on the situation, Crusaders Crossbow and the Vita-Saw. I had the Ubersaw at first, but after reading some interesting arguments I switched over to the Vita-Saw.
Sniper: Stock Sniper Rifle, Jarate and Bushwacka
Spy: Never play spy so I have no preferred setup.
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The first strange I ever got was a Direct Hit from a friend a few months back, he couldn't sell any of his strange's so I bought it for 2 scraps, and later bought his Boston Basher for another 2 scraps. Traded the S. Bashes for an S. Rocket Launcher. Later bought a Half Zatochi and Jarate. Recently sold the Direct Hit for 2 rec, currently buying a S. Knife for 1 ref. As for Load outs
Scattergun, Lugermorph, Fish
S Rocketlauncher, Gunboats, S Half Zatochi/Disciplinary Action
Degreaser, Shotgun, Postal Pummeler
ali baba's wee booties, Splendid Screen, S Half Zatochi; Grenade Launcher, Sticky Jumper, Eyelander; Stock
Iron Curtain, Sandvich, Fists
Widowmaker, Lugermorph, Gunslinger
Crusader's Crossbow, Medigun, Ubersaw
Revolver, Dead Ringer, Knife
Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I got mine from a trading server because I specifically wanted the weapon I use the most. Hope they'll add a Strange Tomislav to the game sometime, I use that one a lot too lately.
Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Might be interesting to post records/stats. Here's mine. My damage record is 10,936 (60 kills) as Engineer. Not that great, but at least it was achieved on a regular server (on ctf_sawmill with a Wrangled Lv. 3 Sentry at the center point) rather than an idle/achievement one.
I'm still a f2p n00b. I've played the game for only 4 months. Soon as I get to premium I'll buy a key and achieve myself a crate.
Why would you pay money for that? Why would anyone pay money for that?
You've been playing the game since before it was f2p, so ironically I've spent less money on it than you.
I am perfectly fine with paying money for a game. In the end, it provided me with several hundred hours of entertainment, so I can say it was a good deal. Purchasing a key for a crate however nets you a virtual item for a mostly secluded economy. In most cases, you will also be able to obtain it by finding or trading the item without paying any real money, and hats, misc. items, paint and all the other useless pish they've added over the years are only cosmetic to begin with.
As far as I am concerned, it's a confusing mess, and the less I'm involved with it, the better.
I'm still a f2p n00b. I've played the game for only 4 months. Soon as I get to premium I'll buy a key and achieve myself a crate.
Why would you pay money for that? Why would anyone pay money for that?
You've been playing the game since before it was f2p, so ironically I've spent less money on it than you.
I am perfectly fine with paying money for a game. In the end, it provided me with several hundred hours of entertainment, so I can say it was a good deal. Purchasing a key for a crate however nets you a virtual item for a mostly secluded economy. In most cases, you will also be able to obtain it by finding or trading the item without paying any real money, and hats, misc. items, paint and all the other useless pish they've added over the years are only cosmetic to begin with.
As far as I am concerned, it's a confusing mess, and the less I'm involved with it, the better.
In the words of Bisqwit, "...too long, didn't read, lol."
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YoungJ1997lol wrote:
In the words of Bisqwit, "...too long, didn't read, lol."
You must have a very poor standard for "too long" if four lines of text is "too long" to read.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
scrimpeh wrote:
I am perfectly fine with paying money for a game. In the end, it provided me with several hundred hours of entertainment, so I can say it was a good deal. Purchasing a key for a crate however nets you a virtual item for a mostly secluded economy. In most cases, you will also be able to obtain it by finding or trading the item without paying any real money, and hats, misc. items, paint and all the other useless pish they've added over the years are only cosmetic to begin with.
As far as I am concerned, it's a confusing mess, and the less I'm involved with it, the better.
I actually agree with a lot of what you said, a lot of the stuff they added is just cosmetic and there's little point in spending money on that sort of thing. Thankfully there are only a rare few actual tactical effects associated with those cosmetic changes.
However, that's just one part of what they added to the game over the years. They also added a ton of new weapons, and they're really interesting and can make for interesting tactical decisions based on play style.
The only reason I spent any money on tf2 is because I wanted the extended backpack that comes with your first purchase (you get like 10x more storage space for items that you randomly obtain over time) and so I could get a few weapons I wanted without having to find a trader.
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YoungJ1997lol wrote:
In the words of Bisqwit, "...too long, didn't read, lol."
