TF2 update for December 20th, 2013 & New blog post: "it's beginning to look a lot like something" - Games

[url]http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=12146[/url] [IMG]http://media.steampowered.com/steam/news/12146/smissmaspyro.jpg[/IMG] [quote]Well, it's December again, assuming you adhere to the Gregorian Calendar, there's an etching of frost on the ol' window panes, unless you live somewhere temperate, and the lights are shining brightly on the ol' tree you may or may not have, depending on religious affiliation and stance on deforestation. That can only mean one thing: It's Smissmas, everybody! It's a holiday we invented that we'd love you to celebrate with us. We're of course shipping the usual Smissmas celebrations, including new festive weapons, new winter-themed community cosmetics, and a great big sale in the Mann Co. Store. And starting this year, we're also giving everyone who plays during the event a Stocking Stuffer full of goodies. Click here for a full list of changes, fixes, and new content. 2013's been a great year for Team Fortress 2, and next year's looking to be even better. We've got some truly big surprises planned for 2014, and since nobody wants them delayed until 2015, we'd better get back to work.[/quote] [B]Happy Smissmas 2013![/B] -All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift-Stuffed Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries. -Added community-contributed winter event items -Added the Giftapult, which can be used to launch gift items to randomly-chosen online players -Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store -Premium Players will receive a Secret Saxton to give to another player -Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving and the Winter Holiday noise maker) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants [B]Weapons[/B] Battalion's Backup Added +20 max HP passive for the wearer Concheror Added +2 health per second passive for the wearer Crit-a-Cola Reduced consumption penalty from +25% extra damage to +10% Diamondback Now also gains a critical attack on successful backstab kills Flying Guillotine Alt-Attack now also throws the Guillotine when active Short Circuit Attack sped up greatly Ammunition cost has been lowered to 5 metal per attack Players and Buildings are only targeted if in range and in front of attacking player Improved visual effects Soda Popper Hype no longer grants mini-crits Added Hypemode which grants up to 5 extra air jumps when active Hypemode is triggered by Alt-Attack when hype is full The Beggar's Bazooka has been updated to use the same taunt as The Direct Hit Professional Killstreak Mantreads, Splendid Screen and The Chargin' Targe now generate proper effects when on a killstreak. These effects do not stack if another killstreak effect weapon is active. [B]Cosmetics[/B] -"Head" and "Misc" slots for player loadouts have been converted to Cosmetic slots. All items that were previously Head- or Misc-slot-specific can now be equipped in any Cosmetic slot. -Unusual effect positioning can now be adjusted for all Cosmetic-slot items -Unusual Circling Effects have been given a new origin -Unusual effects for all Cosmetic-slot items are now visible in the loadout panel and character HUD -Fixed the Wiki Cap clipping with the Demoman's head [B]Mann vs. Machine[/B] -Fixed being able to inspect Blue-team bots -Fixed the mission victory screen not always showing the correct information for each player -Fixed some clipping issues with the stats in the scoreboard [B]General[/B] -Fixed an exploit where players could move around while using a taunt to attack enemies -Fixed an exploit related to the Rocket Jumper and the Soldier's grenade taunt -Fixed killstreaks attained via healing not being considered for round-end win panel -Fixed the killstreak hud indicator position in minmode -Fixed Taunt Kills strange scores not incrementing properly for the Strange Scorch Shot -Fixed strange scores on cosmetic items sometimes failing to increment -Fixed gift-wrapped items not showing their interior item to the wrapping player in some conditions -Fixed Steam Sale items granted from Snow Globe crafting not being listable on the Steam Community Market -Improved bot navigation in cp_gorge -Improved bot navigation in pl_upward -Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip -Updated the backpack to filter to automatically filter for valid items when using a tool

List of Changes: [QUOTE= TF2 Blog] An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Happy Smissmas 2013! All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift-Stuffed Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries. Added community-contributed winter event items Added the Giftapult, which can be used to launch gift items to randomly-chosen online players Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store Premium Players will receive a Secret Saxton to give to another player Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving and the Winter Holiday noise maker) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants Weapons Battalion's Backup Added +20 max HP passive for the wearer Concheror Added +2 health per second passive for the wearer Crit-a-Cola Reduced consumption penalty from +25% extra damage to +10% [B]Diamondback Now also gains a critical attack on successful backstab kills[/B] Flying Guillotine Alt-Attack now also throws the Guillotine when active [B]Short Circuit Attack sped up greatly Ammunition cost has been lowered to 5 metal per attack Players and Buildings are only targeted if in range and in front of attacking player[/B] Improved visual effects [B]Soda Popper Hype no longer grants mini-crits Added Hypemode which grants up to 5 extra air jumps when active Hypemode is triggered by Alt-Attack when hype is full[/B] The Beggar's Bazooka has been updated to use the same taunt as The Direct Hit Professional Killstreak Mantreads, Splendid Screen and The Chargin' Targe now generate proper effects when on a killstreak. These effects do not stack if another killstreak effect weapon is active. Cosmetics "Head" and "Misc" slots for player loadouts have been converted to Cosmetic slots. All items that were previously Head- or Misc-slot-specific can now be equipped in any Cosmetic slot. Unusual effect positioning can now be adjusted for all Cosmetic-slot items Unusual Circling Effects have been given a new origin Unusual effects for all Cosmetic-slot items are now visible in the loadout panel and character HUD Fixed the Wiki Cap clipping with the Demoman's head Mann vs. Machine Fixed being able to inspect Blue-team bots Fixed the mission victory screen not always showing the correct information for each player Fixed some clipping issues with the stats in the scoreboard General Fixed an exploit where players could move around while using a taunt to attack enemies Fixed an exploit related to the Rocket Jumper and the Soldier's grenade taunt Fixed killstreaks attained via healing not being considered for round-end win panel Fixed the killstreak hud indicator position in minmode Fixed Taunt Kills strange scores not incrementing properly for the Strange Scorch Shot Fixed strange scores on cosmetic items sometimes failing to increment Fixed gift-wrapped items not showing their interior item to the wrapping player in some conditions Fixed Steam Sale items granted from Snow Globe crafting not being listable on the Steam Community Market Improved bot navigation in cp_gorge Improved bot navigation in pl_upward Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip Updated the backpack to filter to automatically filter for valid items when using a tool[/QUOTE] Ninja'ed by a few seconds. ANYWAY, the Diamondback is incredebly sweet right now, the Soda Popper just got really fun instead of dirt cheap, and the Short Circuit got a well-needed buff. Nice to see the weapons get balanced more.

[quote][B]Soda Popper[/B] -Hype no longer grants mini-crits -Added Hypemode which grants up to 5 extra air jumps when active -Hypemode is triggered by Alt-Attack when hype is full[/quote] this is a good nerf this is a [I]great[/I] nerf

The time of the [B]Third misc slot[/B] has arrived, hallelujah!

Shouldn't the title be "It's beginning to look a lot like [I]nothing[/I]" instead? However, the weapon changes are nice though I have to admit.

welp year without a weapon still a pretty good year regardless but dang

HOLY SHIT MOTHER. FUCKING. WEAPON BALANCES. I gave up on Valve focusing on gameplay instead of cosmetics when Scream Fortress came out this year. There is hope for new weapons!

Holy cow those stockings are nice! I got a Giftapult, Description Tag, Name Tag, Backpack Expander, Tour of Duty Ticket, and a couple of free weapons!! <3 you too Valve

Slots slots slots

That Diamondback is gonna make one hell of a getaway weapon. Just backstab, someone notices you, give them a crit to the face. Also COSMETIC SLOTS AHOY.

happy full year without new weapons woo...

I'm happy with no new weapons

Is that it? Ugh jesus

"Yeah there were totally no new weapons". Come on guys these are practically new weapons in the game, fixing broken weapons is BETTER than introducing new ones.

I love that they fixed the wiki-cap. It's been bugging me for over a year now.

At least I know I wont have to spend any money on crates since its all cosmetic stuff

No new weapons or maps? They couldn't even buy another community map to thow in there and give us some game content? Disapointing.

So we dont even get an update page? I wanna know what the festives are

No update page? No signs of what are the new festive weapons? :(

i'm sorry but this update is pretty meh aside from the item reworks and the new speculation material in dustbowl. only 4-5 of the cosmetics are actually good. sorry if this is insulting to anyone.

In the nice side we have some weapons fixed and finally Valve turned Head/Misc/Misc into just cosmetics. On the naughty side with have even more cosmetics and no update page to know more exactly what is going on.

[QUOTE=Omninerd;43252218]No update page? No signs of what are the new festive weapons? :([/QUOTE] All I know is Force-a-Nature, Black Box, Flare Gun, Eyelander, G.R.U, Wrangler, Jarate and Sapper. No idea what the Medic's one is.

[QUOTE=Elcaro;43252281]All I know is Force-a-Nature, Black Box, Flare Gun, Eyelander, G.R.U, Wrangler, Jarate and Sapper. No idea what the Medic's one is.[/QUOTE] Medic's is the crossbow. There are images on trading sites and in MUS. They look fairly garish.

happy summer update part two guys

[quote]Short Circuit Attack sped up greatly Ammunition cost has been lowered to 5 metal per attack Players and Buildings are only targeted if in range and in front of attacking player Improved visual effects[/quote] Finally the Short Circuit gets a buff!

lol new collector recipes for the festives. Require 200 of the same festive

so this is new [IMG_thumb]http://i42.tinypic.com/so26i8.png[/IMG_thumb] [IMG_thumb]http://i43.tinypic.com/300dsu0.png[/IMG_thumb]

The lack of an update page seems weird.

It's bit disappointing that you have to give up wearing a hat to get a 3rd misc.

the excitement cannot be contained inside me