http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57257 Pentadact Sat, 23 May 2009 00:23:38 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57257 Without, in most cases, the unlocks - or any notion they'll ever earn the one they want. If it were me, I'd let players pick an unlock to work towards, and tell them how many points they have to score to earn it - 500 for the Huntsman, say. Then there'd be a little toggleable bar on the HUD showing their cumulative progress towards achieving it.
If it were me, I'd let players pick an unlock to work towards, and tell them how many points they have to score to earn it - 500 for the Huntsman, say. Then there'd be a little toggleable bar on the HUD showing their cumulative progress towards achieving it.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57237 roBurky Fri, 22 May 2009 23:06:31 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57237 I think the weapon drop system is fantastic. Almost as good as just giving them out for free. People aren't playing a class they don't like just in order to get the unlocks. The servers aren't completely full of a single class. Nobody is trying to get achievements just because they feel they have to. People are just playing the game. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57230 Nonomu198 Fri, 22 May 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57230 Well, the update is great, the weapons are great (Ambassador seems OP though. Needs some tweaking?), the maps are great, the graphic bugs are awesome/horrifying (spies disguised as randomly ubered people is awesome, invisable map objects and pee that makes me 100% blind is not), and the new weapon drop system is horrible. The idea itself might woek in a different way, it seems broken and crappy the way it is now. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57204 DoctorDisaster Fri, 22 May 2009 21:31:21 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57204 Last night I was busy and didn't hear about the update. Tonight I have friends coming in from out of town. I'm trying to master the impulse to say "screw 'em" and stay in playing TF2. I might be a terrible person.
I might be a terrible person.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57164 Simpunzle Fri, 22 May 2009 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57164 The Ambassador isn't nearly as slow as I thought it would be... I don't have it but I've had it used against me. Seems to be just a bit slower then the regular pistol. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57148 Lack_26 Fri, 22 May 2009 18:23:00 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57148 That anon. comment was me by the way. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57139 Anonymous Fri, 22 May 2009 17:55:06 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57139 I’ve been playing for a few hours now, one drop, which I already have. I was a bit annoyed, then I realised that I was really having a lot of fun, far more than normal. I was cutting swathes through the enemy teams as a no-scope assault sniper (heh, I know. But it works so well). The achievements are fun, the new weapons are fun to play against and in general, a really good update.
The achievements are fun, the new weapons are fun to play against and in general, a really good update.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-57117 MrUnimport Fri, 22 May 2009 16:28:10 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-57117 It fits perfectly with the existing ads as well. I particularly love the Force-A-Nature, with its condemnation of shotguns that hold TOO MANY SHELLS and reload TOO QUICKLY. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56859 Mm. Petomaine Thu, 21 May 2009 22:18:08 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56859 I thought the old-school comic advertising the jarate was THE GREATEST THING VALVE HAS EVER MADE. It was sublime. It was the final evolution and perfect expression of comedy. Any miniscule alterations jarate may make to the actual gameplay PALE in comparison with the shining beacon of lulz that is the jarate comic. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56850 MrUnimport Thu, 21 May 2009 21:40:36 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56850 Thanks, DoctorDisaster. It's better when you put it that way. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56845 DoctorDisaster Thu, 21 May 2009 21:18:37 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56845 As a medic, I don't feel terribly threatened by a jar of piss. It doesn't actually heal you, y'know. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56836 Nonomu198 Thu, 21 May 2009 20:42:21 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56836 @MartinJ Heck, maybe there is. Heck, maybe there is.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56835 Chris R Thu, 21 May 2009 20:41:53 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56835 Oh please, do you think every single sniper is going to stop attacking to pull out his jar and put out teammates? Not a chance. He MAY help out a burning teammate if he just happens to have the jar out, but it won't be something that they actively do. Medics are still super useful. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56821 MartinJ Thu, 21 May 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56821 There should be an achievement simillar to BarBequeQ'd in Pyro achievements: "Hit an enemy with the Jarate, making them disconnect over losing their dignity." "Hit an enemy with the Jarate, making them disconnect over losing their dignity."]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56813 MrUnimport Thu, 21 May 2009 19:25:43 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56813 As a Medic, I must protest Jarate. We already have dispensers that can heal at the rate of a Medic, and multiple people at that. Now that Snipers can extinguish teammates, the Medic is being stripped of his special abilities. Pretty soon, we will only be valued for our ubercharges. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56764 Simpunzle Thu, 21 May 2009 16:24:13 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56764 Most of the time I've played, when your team is on fire they run to the nearest health pack or back to their team/medic. The sniper will always be behind the front lines even with the Huntsman in a very good position to put out fires. It could be very effective. the effectiveness of the 35% increased damage depends on the range and splash. If you can only ever hit one target it won't be all that interesting unless you hit a heavy with a medic or 2 on him. +35% damage will take him down fast no matter how many medics are healing. If there is a splash and you can hit an entire group coming out of a doorway or tunnel your team can devastate them all very quickly. It will be very interesting to see how it works.
the effectiveness of the 35% increased damage depends on the range and splash. If you can only ever hit one target it won't be all that interesting unless you hit a heavy with a medic or 2 on him. +35% damage will take him down fast no matter how many medics are healing.

If there is a splash and you can hit an entire group coming out of a doorway or tunnel your team can devastate them all very quickly.

It will be very interesting to see how it works.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56745 PD102 Thu, 21 May 2009 14:49:33 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56745 F*** guess i was wrong. http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56735 Plumberduck Thu, 21 May 2009 13:52:11 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56735 I agree that the update is built around moving the sniper forward to the point where he's useful standing at the back of a fight, instead of in a tower far away. The Huntsman seems perfect for this... Presumably it'll still be a big source of one-shot damage, with the benefit of being fast enough to charge that it'll be useful at that range. Jarate is there for when things go wrong and the enemies get too close. PS: It is also there so that you can throw pee on people. HEE!
PS: It is also there so that you can throw pee on people. HEE!]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56711 DoctorDisaster Thu, 21 May 2009 12:11:02 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56711 But that's the whole point, Nonomu. In gameplay terms, the sniper is the single worst class in TF2 -- for all the reasons you named. He's a loner who spends all his time staring down a scope and ignoring the rest of the team. Hell, most of the time he's ignoring the rest of the OTHER team in favor of a sniper duel, which nullifies his impact on the game objectives entirely. I'm glad they're giving him unlocks that are entirely cooperative in nature because it's going to force him to recognize the first word in the game's title. Stuff like the Razorback, which only provides a specific benefit for his usual boring battlements-camping, I find much less interesting. I'm still waiting for the spy to get spraypaint, though.
I'm glad they're giving him unlocks that are entirely cooperative in nature because it's going to force him to recognize the first word in the game's title. Stuff like the Razorback, which only provides a specific benefit for his usual boring battlements-camping, I find much less interesting.

I'm still waiting for the spy to get spraypaint, though.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2009-05-19-red-pyro-lost-dracula-is-fired/#comment-56703 Palmsy Thu, 21 May 2009 11:45:37 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=799#comment-56703 I can't wait to throw urine at people. Honestly. I'm like that.