Major Update Speculation Thread v12: Layoffs Edition - Games

[QUOTE=Barobax;39637157]I wish there was a highlander MVM mode with 9 players each picking a different class[/QUOTE] Yeah I wish that was the direction Valve went with MVM, make it 23 bots at a time vs 9 humans highlander style for the humans instead of 26 bots vs 6 humans who can pick any class. Of course if Valve had gone that route they would of had to make the robots a bit stronger and likely of had to have some kind of scaling to make the robots weaker if only a few human players are playing, which of course would require more work. [QUOTE=Hell-met;39640064]also you know valve reached a new level when they're too lazy or unwilling to make new [I]crates[/I][/QUOTE] Anyone want to make any bets if we get series 61 before we get series 50?

I'm willing to place bets on the items in 50, actually. Hitman's Heatmaker Red Tape Recorder Eureka Effect Dalokohs Bar Vaccinator Two excellent items, two gimmick items, and something unexpected. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/tick.png[/img] or [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/cross.png[/img] ?

[QUOTE=Everything;39641693]I'm willing to place bets on the items in 50, actually. Hitman's Heatmaker Red Tape Recorder Eureka Effect Dalokohs Bar Vaccinator Two excellent items, two gimmick items, and something unexpected. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/tick.png[/img] or [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/cross.png[/img] ?[/QUOTE] I bet Valve will get to series 60 and then retire 40 and make a series 60, forgetting that they never made series 50. A bunch of people will email them and they'll just shrug their shoulders and say "Opps, sorry. Enjoy series 60". Maybe we'll get a funny blog post about it.

If the Vaccinator is in a salvaged crate my jimmies will be thoroughly rustled. I still resent the days of the Strange Kritzkrieg being out of my reach.

I'm a bit worried about what items will be in Crate 50. I don't know why but if a weapon has a strange variant that I don't own, I usually use a sub-par strange that I do own. For example, I use the Loch n Load over the superior Grenade Launcher just because I have a strange Loch n Load and not a strange Grenade Launcher. I know it sounds stupid but I figure that if I'm getting kills, I would rather it be on something that tracks it.

[QUOTE=1Eevee1;39640232]Crate 50 Buffalo Steak Sandvich [/QUOTE] Oh goodness yes.

[QUOTE=Grazony;39641850]If the Vaccinator is in a salvaged crate my jimmies will be thoroughly rustled. I still resent the days of the Strange Kritzkrieg being out of my reach.[/QUOTE] Im hoping Kritzkrieg becomes available again. Already done it (sort of) to the Huntsman, which was a highly wanted OLD weapon.

I will keep dreaming of Botkiller Kritzkerig. Or hoping, anyway.

[QUOTE=1Eevee1;39642086]I will keep dreaming of Botkiller Kritzkerig. Or hoping, anyway.[/QUOTE] I'm sure they'll do Botkiller versions of other weapons eventually once sales of Tour of Duty tickets slow down to an unacceptable level.

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;39640991]If it was, people would complain about another all class melee. You just can't win with some people.[/QUOTE] You do understand the reason people resent reskins, right? They represent an acute lack of effort on Valve's part to produce meaningful content with any degree of regularity. Likewise, they clutter the game with visually distinctive--yet functionally identical--items. After a while this practice breeds confusion among new players and wastes hard drive space with white noise. I can't tell you how many times I've heard new players ask what my Iron Curtain does; each and every time I have to tell them it's just a useless reskin.

My main complaint about all-class melee reskins is that somehow, all-class means "Not spy or engineer". I mean, we've got, what, 5 at the moment? Of those, 1 is useable by spy and engy, and to get it, all you gotta do is high-five a Medic on 2fort.

[QUOTE=1Eevee1;39642288]My main complaint about all-class melee reskins is that somehow, all-class means "Not spy or engineer". I mean, we've got, what, 5 at the moment? Of those, 1 is useable by spy and engy, and to get it, all you gotta do is high-five a Medic on 2fort.[/QUOTE] Who was it who showed the Objector and Freedom Staff using Saxxy animations on Engie/Spy? It didn't look half bad actually. Sure backstabbing looks extremely awkward, but what doesn't in TF2 these days what with all the multicolored beards and general lack of decency in favor of ~le quirky pinkhoovy~ or ~olol limespy~

[QUOTE=Everything;39642344]Who was it who showed the Objector and Freedom Staff using Saxxy animations on Engie/Spy? It didn't look half bad actually. Sure backstabbing looks extremely awkward, but what doesn't in TF2 these days what with all the multicolored beards and general lack of decency in favor of ~le quirky pinkhoovy~ or ~olol limespy~[/QUOTE] Ever tried looking for a Doublecross Comm on Outpost? They're all pink and asking 7 keys. It's ridiculous. Anyway, my mistake, we actually have 6 'all-class' melees. Pan, Saxxy, Objector, Staff, Bat, Memory Maker.

and olny one of these is actually all-class.

Well, they fucked up the sound on the Shred Alert. Notice how the classes are playing the guitar before the "guitar" part in the sound even begins. Either that or I don't understand shit about guitars

[QUOTE=KandyMan;39642684]Well, they fucked up the sound on the Shred Alert. Notice how the classes are playing the guitar before the "guitar" part in the sound even begins. Either that or I don't understand shit about guitars[/QUOTE] The guitar is not plugged in either! HOW COULD THEY FORGET ABOUT THIS 0/10

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;39642691]The guitar is not plugged in either! HOW COULD THEY FORGET ABOUT THIS 0/10[/QUOTE] OMG SOMETHING UNREALISTIC IN TEAM FORTRESS 2. HOW COULD THEY DO THIS

The shred alert is untradeable? FUCK

[quote]particles/bl_[b]killtaunt[/b].pcf[/quote] We dodged a bullet and someone at Valve had a very smart idea late in development of the taunt

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;39643120]We dodged a bullet and someone at Valve had a very smart idea late in development of the taunt[/QUOTE] it would have been very exploitable since i don't think servers can strip you of action items, would have probably broken a few custom gamemodes that rely on the absence of any offensive capabilities

[QUOTE=Cosa8888;39643046]The shred alert is untradeable? FUCK[/QUOTE] Every promo ever released had a grace period before it was tradeable. [sp]Except Cockfighter[/sp]

the new taunt's effects are badass that lighning explosion at the end its really awesome [editline]19th February 2013[/editline] I guess the tauntkill would have been similar to the rainblowers tauntkill,an alert and then an explosion

[QUOTE=Spot of Tea;39643146]Every promo ever released had a grace period before it was tradeable. [sp]Except Cockfighter[/sp][/QUOTE] Valve just delayed it to match european release, and now it looks like they forgot it. We should spam them about it

Action items shouldn't really have the ability to taunt kill. Custom modes could easily get messed with due to actions being whitelisted for the most part. It's still a really nice taunt, though. Love using it on my Scout.

Those animations are pretty good when we take into consideration nobody made them :v:

[QUOTE=KandyMan;39642684]Well, they fucked up the sound on the Shred Alert. Notice how the classes are playing the guitar before the "guitar" part in the sound even begins. Either that or I don't understand shit about guitars[/QUOTE] Darn it, I thought my speakers weren't loud enough when listening to the videos :/

To be fair I can see the tf2 animators being fired due to lack of productiveness, one of the main complaints about tf2 I've seen is that we never got animation fixes or new animations any more, maybe we're going to see more decent animation like this in the future [sp]and a lochnload animation fix[/sp]

so just to be straight guys i have till the 26th to preorder the game? amirite? it suprises my how quickly sales of the game exploded after the promo relase

[QUOTE=Zesty McLime;39643732][sp]and a lochnload animation fix[/sp][/QUOTE] Hah, nice try! Spoiler tags won't save you from ALL THE RAINBOWS!

As soon as I used my taunt for the first time, everyone on the server stopped and went over to see me play a concert. Was pretty awesome.