Major Update Speculation V35 - A Distinctive Lack of Communication - Games

"So are they just going to leave Contracts broken for the entire weekend?" Valve are quite the lazy motherfuckers, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were left broken.

I'm still having out of memory crashes, boo fucking hoo.

[QUOTE=Demo-the-man;51244718]Contracts? Yeah, those are bugged. [I]Better fuckin' finish them in one life BEFORE THE ROUND ENDS if you want your haaaat. [/I] FOR FUCK'S SAKE. oh fuck you mean the servers They did, actually. I sat on one for a while when gifts were around. bite me i found pootis funny back then[/QUOTE] Whhaaaaaa? So this is intentional? You have to finish the contracts in one life, before the round ends? Am I hearing this right? Why Valve Why.

yea they'll probably leave them broken till the 9th of November. Are you spooked yet?

[QUOTE=Oizen;51244779]I think in actuality giving out anything for free isn't profitable for them so they stopped.[/QUOTE] Meh. Have they stopped giving away those free Christmas Stocking things for Smissmas? IIRC they gave away free backpack expanders and a free name tag, etc

[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;51244584]First they destroy hat drops and then halloween gifts go too? Are they trying to hurt any item incentive to just play? It's an enjoyable game to play but it was a lot more fun knowing that the time I was wasting playing the same thing again and again might randomly pay off.[/QUOTE] I've seen at least 3 hats drop today, and I've only played 2 matches. *Left the page up while I went to go do stuff after the match and replied from that, sorry*

I've just come back to TF2 after nearly 6 months of not playing - didn't really play after MyM, was burnt out on the game and had so many other games to play in the meantime. The thing that's starting to aggravate me is how slow Casual matchmaking seems to be whenever you search for a single or only few specific maps. I'm trying to find a Helltower game, and while I'm aware searching for a single map should take longer in some cases, we're talking about one of the most popular Halloween maps during a Scream Fortress event. The search lobby states that there's 200-400+ compatible players in my region looking for a game at any time, that's hundreds of EU players looking for a Helltower game... [B]Why is it taking upwards of [I]5 minutes [/I]to put me in a server?[/B] In Europe? I thought they improved and sped up up the matchmaking process considerably? Back in SF 2015, you could find and join a populated game going on on any of the event maps, old and new, at any moment, literally instantly. And the teams still seem as random as ever in terms of balance and the ratio of newbies and veterans on each team. I was one of the people arguing that the old Quickplay Valve servers were deeply flawed and Valve needed to do something about trying to match different skill/experience levels into different ranks/tiers of pubs, but I never really imagined they would remove the convenient, quick and effective aspect of ''drop in and out at any moment'' Valve servers. Forcing a slow-ass matchmaking and server-searching process on the pub/casual aspect of the game has huge drawbacks. Is it normal for Casual MM to take 3-5 minutes to place me into a server even after I've ticked both Helltower and 3 of the new maps? The search screen says there's hundreds of compatible players and thousands of empty servers waiting nearby, why does it take many long minutes to put us into a game? It's not like i'm searching for Snowplow only with 5 other people across the globe. I'm really not used to waiting this long between individual rounds in TF2 pubbing. I don't like the overall shift to matchmaking systems that multiplayer shooters have done in the past decade, and for me anything above a minute or two in a region with lots of players is unacceptable...

Yes that is so frustrating, I wish we could complete contracts on Community servers.

[QUOTE=gaben's nut;51244868]Yes that is so frustrating, I wish we could complete contracts on Community servers.[/QUOTE] it would get farmed 100% and it would be worse than hitler according to valve

[QUOTE=Trumpatriach;51244844]Meh. Have they stopped giving away those free Christmas Stocking things for Smissmas? IIRC they gave away free backpack expanders and a free name tag, etc[/QUOTE] They replaced MvM ticket with paint can last year iirc.

You'd figure after this many years of the same server issues over and over and over and over they'd try to implement even some sort of safety net to the issue :v: One would assume the game churns enough profits to at LEAST warrant that

[QUOTE=GlobalS;51244887]They replaced MvM ticket with paint can last year iirc.[/QUOTE] Oh. But that actually sounds pretty swaggy, thank you Valve. And thank you for telling me, btw. But still, that's giving away free stuff, as I believe you can buy Paint on the Store.

Despite all this naysaying tf2 is actually doing quite well at the moment: [url]http://steamcharts.com/app/440#1y[/url]

[QUOTE=Trumpatriach;51244909]Oh. But that actually sounds pretty swaggy, thank you Valve. And thank you for telling me, btw. But still, that's giving away free stuff, as I believe you can buy Paint on the Store.[/QUOTE] Not all paint cans cannot be bought in the store though. They might've been giving out the ones you could rarely get via drops. EDIT: You can buy every paint can. I was thinking of not being able to Uncrate all paints.

[QUOTE=Capt. Tin;51244930]Not all paint cans cannot be bought in the store though. They might've been giving out the ones you could rarely get via drops.[/QUOTE] Ah, okay. I had no idea. What paint can you not buy? I'm curious.

[QUOTE=Shirt.;51244919]Despite all this naysaying tf2 is actually doing quite well at the moment: [url]http://steamcharts.com/app/440#1y[/url][/QUOTE] Yub. This is by theory the best Update of 2016.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;51244884]it would get farmed 100% and it would be worse than hitler according to valve[/QUOTE] Is Valve really a pussy as everyone says? :o

[QUOTE=Kitt Stargaze;51244376]I see they still haven't changed any of the troll ways in ghost fort... 1. Tickle heavies still can be used on truced players 2. Can't run through teammates, allowing you to troll around the big medkit or block spawn doors 3. Spies can sap any and all engineer buildings during the truce, engineers cannot remove sappers 4. Jarate can be used on enemies if that applies mini crits on all of the bosses attacks [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/242458830520453831/069385BBB326B27E3521DB784AB1EBCB901EFA50/[/t] Guy went spy and kept sapping all our teleporters and dispenser during a match so I went tickle heavy and kept him laughing the entire time till he got mad hah...[/QUOTE] The Loose canon can move people during truce. You can use it to clear up spawn doors, or push people into a pit. I do more of the latter really

[QUOTE=Fluury;51244961]Yub. This is by theory the best Update of 2016.[/QUOTE] Considering there have only been two (so far) updates, that's not saying much.

I'm glad that the only hat I really want is Commando-grade and not Elite.

by my standards this has been the best update ever

[QUOTE=ikes;51245186]by my standards this has been the best update ever[/QUOTE] Well I'm glad at least one person's enjoying it.

[QUOTE=ikes;51245186]by my standards this has been the best update ever[/QUOTE] It'd be the best update for me too if I got 5 self-mades in it.

[QUOTE=Skunky;51245165]Considering there have only been two (so far) updates, that's not saying much.[/QUOTE]:overyourhead:woosh

To be fair, their Servers are probably on fire right now.

[QUOTE=Fluury;51245213]To be fair, their Servers are probably on fire right now.[/QUOTE] To be fair, they have more than enough money to deal with server issues. Or maybe I am wrong? Gee, I don't know, since this has been an issue literally since the game's release I guess there really is no way to deal with it.

It's been a day now and the contracts are still broke. 24 hours later and not a single penny has been earned from this update due to no cases arriving. What are Valve's priorities?

[QUOTE=GuntMyFries;51245250]It's been a day now and the contracts are still broke. 24 hours later and not a single penny has been earned from this update due to no cases arriving. What are Valve's priorities?[/QUOTE] Testing beta brances for CSGO?

[QUOTE=ikes;51245186]by my standards this has been the best update ever[/QUOTE] will we see the check this year too?

I've gotten to the point where I actually dread updates. This year has been nothing but disappointment, and I can only fear what fresh hell awaits in the next Major update. And from what I can tell the disappointment isn't limited to TF2, DOTA and CSGO are also having some shitfits. I'm not trying to be a cynic, but I have to ask; how much does Valve actually care?