Major Update Speculation: V8: Rise of the Machines! - Games

Well, now that Valve doesn't appear to be too enthralled with the concept of adding new weapons, I guess we can stop getting excited; this thread will become obsolete. In its place will be [B]Hat & Misc Speculation: Revenge of the Reskins[/B].

Am I the only one honestly not expecting any more balance changes outside of MvM? We haven't really tested anything in the beta at all, and theres still a LOT of room for weapons to be fixed and tweaked, but the 10 poor interns stuck working on TF2 don't seem to care about balance at this point.

[QUOTE=Shinx;37827893]Am I the only one honestly not expecting any more balance changes outside of MvM? We haven't really tested anything in the beta at all, and theres still a LOT of room for weapons to be fixed and tweaked, but the 10 poor interns stuck working on TF2 don't seem to care about balance at this point.[/QUOTE] I actually think it's MvM that won't get any changes, even though MANY unlocks are lacking potential ability-related upgrades.

Am I the only one who thinks of Julius Ceaser when they see Demo's new cape? I mean, maybe it's just the [URL="http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/0/06/King_of_Scotland_Cape.png"]image[/URL] the wiki uses, or maybe it has something to do with Total War Rome being in the pack, but that's the vibe I get more than say, English kings or whatever.

[QUOTE=Shinx;37827893]Am I the only one honestly not expecting any more balance changes outside of MvM? We haven't really tested anything in the beta at all, and theres still a LOT of room for weapons to be fixed and tweaked, but the 10 poor interns stuck working on TF2 don't seem to care about balance at this point.[/QUOTE] They don't seem to care about anything other than C/Ping hats from the Workshop.

[QUOTE=Croshi;37826517]Heavy Update 2, featuring a new short about the Heavy detailing his job before becoming a mercenary[/QUOTE] Wrong, featuring a short on a Sandvich production facility. Which then gets attacked by robots.

[QUOTE=Archimedes;37828038]Am I the only one who thinks of Julius Ceaser when they see Demo's new cape? I mean, maybe it's just the [URL="http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/0/06/King_of_Scotland_Cape.png"]image[/URL] the wiki uses, or maybe it has something to do with Total War Rome being in the pack, but that's the vibe I get more than say, English kings or whatever.[/QUOTE] The style's similiar, but technically it's the kind of cape a member of royalty or nobility would wear in the age of monarchy. Though i guess if you added a toga i can see the resemblance. Hell, you could even add a Laurel if you wanted.

[QUOTE=Goodwell;37828248]The style's similiar, but technically it's the kind of cape a member of royalty or nobility would wear in the age of monarchy. Though i guess if you added a toga i can see the resemblance. Hell, you could even add a Laurel if you wanted.[/QUOTE] I think it's just the little pin that's pinging it in my mind, and maybe that expression of pure smugness Demo is wearing.

[QUOTE=Archimedes;37828497]I think it's just the little pin that's pinging it in my mind, and maybe that expression of pure smugness Demo is wearing.[/QUOTE] Either way it'll be fitting when he gets stabbed in the back.

They also seem to be all set up for paint but they all are unpaintable according to the Wiki... Aww man... Unless Valve changes it's mind before shipping them... They're still amazing nonetheless!

Class Updates were very cool, but do we really want future updates that focus on one or two specific classes? If they picked up again, they'd just be relatively miniscule updates offering only a smattering of weapons for one or two classes. And now that we have variety to offer everyone, that's a very bad thing. Now that you can avoid it, you don't want TF2 to be 80% pyros for a month and a half, right? Edit: Oh man, by the way, the twilight zone items in the workshop are raddd I guess maybe it's indirectly because of the art style/time period that it fits so well?

[QUOTE=alpha00zero;37828666]They also seem to be all set up for paint but they all are unpaintable according to the Wiki... Aww man... Unless Valve changes it's mind before shipping them... They're still amazing nonetheless![/QUOTE] Told you.

[QUOTE=igotopinions;37828691]Class Updates were very cool, but do we really want future updates that focus on one or two specific classes? If they picked up again, they'd just be relatively miniscule updates offering only a smattering of weapons for one or two classes. And now that we have variety to offer everyone, that's a very bad thing. Now that you can avoid it, you don't want TF2 to be 80% pyros for a month and a half, right? Edit: Oh man, by the way, the twilight zone items in the workshop are raddd I guess maybe it's indirectly because of the art style/time period that it fits so well?[/QUOTE] One of the main reasons they did updates that spanned multiple classes was so that they could spread out the distribution of players playing as a specific class. Do you really think that people wanted servers to be filled with even more Snipers than ever? The Spy snuck his way into the update as a way to feed a community desire to see a Spy do so, and it happened. For similar reasons, this is one of the intentions behind the drop system. In order to get weapons, you no longer had to grind for achievements as that specific class in order to get weapon X. However, they didn't have milestones because they didn't want people grinding. People got mad about the lack of milestones and they added milestones so people have a reliable way to get the items instead of waiting for the luck of the draw.

Über update and pyromania update. We're already living it.

why do people still use idling servers? you can simply create a listenserver yourself and leave it overnight...

[QUOTE=Hell-met;37829602]why do people still use idling servers? you can simply create a listenserver yourself and leave it overnight...[/QUOTE] I know several people who think this will get them banned somehow.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;37829602]why do people still use idling servers? you can simply create a listenserver yourself and leave it overnight...[/QUOTE] Idle servers are a good way for people to farm kills. So, yeah, they'll stick around for a bit.

I want another Engineer update. I'd especially enjoy seeing the Mini-dispenser and the Laser Turrets in the Workshop.

I wish the Execution taunt kill was associated to other flare guns, besides the Scorch Shot.

[QUOTE=Zannabluke;37830228]I wish the Execution taunt kill was associated to other flare guns, besides the Scorch Shot.[/QUOTE] The Manmelter could use it, the others not so much.

[QUOTE=01271;37828613]Either way it'll be fitting when he gets stabbed in the back.[/QUOTE] Caesar was facestabbed.

[QUOTE=maxumym;37830345]Caesar was facestabbed.[/QUOTE] Et tu, Lag?

[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/102r1gk.png[/IMG] Psycopath we need to talk

I havent gotten my Total war stuff yet :( Did get the Dishonored stuff though (Pre ordered before items were added), and it really sucks that the mask/hood clips with fucking everything

there's really no reason it's a misc at all. No idea what they were thinking, it's just a wasted slot now because not many people at all will want to wear it with a hat. Most will probably just opt not to wear the item at all.

If people who got total war: gold get their hats in 11 minutes then we'll have a schedule for the entire pack drops. Otherwise it'll all just be October 1 probably.

[QUOTE=Simski;37830102]I want another Engineer update. I'd especially enjoy seeing the Mini-dispenser and the Laser Turrets in the Workshop.[/QUOTE] Engi needs another secondary weapon

I really hope this year's halloween special doesn't have the gift system again but its too likely. Not to mention gift-hungry Scouts.

Any bear hats drop yet? We've just switched promotions from Rome: total war - gold to napoleon and empire. If the heavy bear hat doesn't get distributed soon then it's coming october 1 in that case.

Does anyone else feel that the Spy and Medic coats should have been for Napoleon instead of Empire, and that Empire should have the Sniper's Shako?