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

[QUOTE=chandlerj333;51496703]Not only does the dead ringer drop a teammate corpse, it currently drops a functional version of the disguise's weapon, meaning a spy can use environmental damage to become a dispenser for his team. Possibly even better than a dispenser because you just have to grab the weapon instead of waiting for the dispenser to fill up your ammo. Not that it's very practical, just something silly to do.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;uXh6XXr0F24]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXh6XXr0F24[/video] Probably the best use for it.

[QUOTE=Dreamscape;51493624]Valve did have a system, besides the tutorials, to help new players learn how to play. It was called coaching and Valve decided to completely break it by removing quickplay. If they were interested in helping players learn the game they would either have not removed quickplay or update coaching to be compatible with casual, which they choose to not do. I really doubt we will see new tutorials any time soon as teaching new players how to play is not one of the TF teams priorities.[/QUOTE] It's kinda weird that Valve hasn't updated coaching to work with matchmaking, since I'm guessing technically you could do it on matchmaking servers without taking up a player slot due to all Valve servers supporting up to 32 players since the MyM update (unless there's some restriction on players over 24 only being bots).

[QUOTE=Contra132;51495420]It'd still be the worst knife in the game by a large margin, imo, and Spy already has 4 weapon slots to juggle- a 5th could be a real issue, especially for plebians who still use the mousewheel (#numberkeysmasterrace).[/QUOTE] 6600 hours strong and i still use the mouse wheel to switch [sp]my numbers are bound to miscellaneous binds and voice responses[/sp]

Is the mouse wheel that bad? The only time it fucks me up is when I play medic, because I can't switch to melee all the time with precision, and the crossbow being weapon slot 1 instead of 2 fucks with my brain.

[QUOTE=Ace_Rimmer;51498059]Is the mouse wheel that bad? The only time it fucks me up is when I play medic, because I can't switch to melee all the time with precision, and the crossbow being weapon slot 1 instead of 2 fucks with my brain.[/QUOTE] It's not bad by itself, but when you get more serious, being in the habit of using numbers is far more reliable in the heat of the moment. Scroll wheel takes a bit longer and leaves room for mistakes.

[QUOTE=Blade Rx69;51498097]It's not bad by itself, but when you get more serious, being in the habit of using numbers is far more reliable in the heat of the moment. Scroll wheel takes a bit longer and leaves room for mistakes.[/QUOTE] I just can't use numbers. It's like I have never used a keyboard before; I have to sometimes even look at the keyboard. It feels odd because I like my fingers to be over wasd at all times.

[QUOTE=Ace_Rimmer;51498109]I just can't use numbers. It's like I have never used a keyboard before; I have to sometimes even look at the keyboard. It feels odd because I like my fingers to be over wasd at all times.[/QUOTE] If you have a mouse with extra buttons you could always bind it to those. Switching weapons more precisely is really good, though.

the biggest issue with mousewheel is when you have a terrible mouse and each wheel movement randomly registers as two instances instead of just 1 or even none speaking from experience :v:

[QUOTE=Hell-met;51498185]the biggest issue with mousewheel is when you have a terrible mouse and each wheel movement randomly registers as two instances instead of just 1 or even none speaking from experience :v:[/QUOTE] I had to unbind my mousewheel weapon switches because my mouse wheel is such a feather trigger and I would randomly switch to my pda in the midst of battle and because I use 1234 to switch weps, I would try to build a sentry instead or something

I usually just disable my mouse wheel because it was super sensetive when it came to swapping weapons and getting me killed in the process in every game lol. I kept accidentally changing out weapons when I didn't mean too.

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[QUOTE=Kitt Stargaze;51498330]I usually just disable my mouse wheel because it was super sensetive when it came to swapping weapons and getting me killed in the process in every game lol. I kept accidentally changing out weapons when I didn't mean too.[/QUOTE] i've always bound both mousewheel directions to jump so i can bunnyhop if i need or want to

That's an awfully high amount of people thinking it wont be the smissmas update, any reasons why?

[QUOTE=Hell-met;51498185]the biggest issue with mousewheel is when you have a terrible mouse and each wheel movement randomly registers as two instances instead of just 1 or even none speaking from experience :v:[/QUOTE] I use a corsair katar which has a fantastic mousewheel but no extra buttons if i had a mouse with two side buttons id bind those to weapon switch and then use mousewheel for jump gimmicks or whatever

The sheer horror of being a medic and having a spy dance round you for the kill, while you frantically scroll past your melee weapon multiple times. I am bad.

If we do get the Pyro update for Christmas I hope we get a small update soon that adds burning props to the background of maps, similar to UFOs for Invasion or MVM tanks for the MVM update. What all do people think we'll see for Christmas? The following is pretty much confirmed by the what we're up to blog post: New campaign New community maps Upgrades to comp mode Rebalance update The following seems likely: Pyro weapon pack/rebalance New festives or festivisers New taunts CELT codec being added to Valve servers (unless it happens before the major update, but I could see it being update page worthy) Something that requires new lines (Nathan Vetterlein recorded new lines in September and there weren't new lines in Scream Fortress) [IMG]https://facepunch.com/fp/ratings/rainbow.png[/IMG] Cactus Canyon and Asteroid going official A new comic (either for the update or the ongoing series Anyone have any more ideas for what we'll see? Edit: 2 other recent CSGO features I had forgotten about but seem like a possibility for the winter update: [URL="http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/10/16246/"]Valve/community created sprays that work in Valve servers.[/URL] [URL="http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/steam-group-lobbies/"]Being able to make parties with people in Steam groups. [/URL]

[QUOTE=Contra132;51498646]IT'S 23[B]RD[/B] YOU MONSTER[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] for the 22th[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51500405] [URL="http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/10/16246/"]Valve/community created sprays that work in Valve servers.[/URL] [/QUOTE] Did Valve disable sprays on their TF2 servers? If so when did that happen? (I have had sprays turned off for years so I would not have noticed their removal.)

[QUOTE=Dreamscape;51501432]Did Valve disable sprays on their TF2 servers? If so when did that happen? (I have had sprays turned off for years so I would not have noticed their removal.)[/QUOTE] No idea when, but it's been this way for a pretty long time. You can see sprays already downloaded into your spray folder, but it won't download any new ones sprayed on official servers.

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51500405]If we do get the Pyro update for Christmas I hope we get a small update soon that adds burning props to the background of maps, similar to UFOs for Invasion or MVM tanks for the MVM update. What all do people think we'll see for Christmas? The following is pretty much confirmed by the what we're up to blog post: New campaign New community maps Upgrades to comp mode Rebalance update The following seems likely: Pyro weapon pack/rebalance New festives or festivisers New taunts CELT codec being added to Valve servers (unless it happens before the major update, but I could see it being update page worthy) Something that requires new lines (Nathan Vetterlein recorded new lines in September and there weren't new lines in Scream Fortress) [IMG]https://facepunch.com/fp/ratings/rainbow.png[/IMG] Cactus Canyon and Asteroid going official A new comic (either for the update or the ongoing series Anyone have any more ideas for what we'll see? Edit: 2 other recent CSGO features I had forgotten about but seem like a possibility for the winter update: [URL="http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/10/16246/"]Valve/community created sprays that work in Valve servers.[/URL] [URL="http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/steam-group-lobbies/"]Being able to make parties with people in Steam groups. [/URL][/QUOTE] I am unsure about the "rebalance" part. Have past Class Updates changed other classes?

All I want is for casual to be removed in the pyro update

[QUOTE=Fluury;51501924]I am unsure about the "rebalance" part. Have past Class Updates changed other classes?[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=23536"][QUOTE]a brand new class pack, featuring new weapons, new cosmetics and rebalances[/QUOTE][/URL] Edit: I see you mean other classes, if this is the Christmas update there's no reason to think they wouldn't include the typical rebalance update as well.

Dear Santa Hale. All i want for smismass is the pyro update to fix the reserve shooter. Jokes aside though i really wish something would be done to it with the rebalances.

[QUOTE=Fluury;51501924]I am unsure about the "rebalance" part. Have past Class Updates changed other classes?[/QUOTE] They'd better rebalance classes besides the Pyro. We only get rebalances twice a year and I don't want to wait another ~7 months for them to fix some of the crap they added to the MyM update.

[QUOTE=Magypsy;51502633]They'd better rebalance classes besides the Pyro. We only get rebalances twice a year and I don't want to wait another ~7 months for them to fix some of the crap they added to the MyM update.[/QUOTE] Maybe they'll rebalance every class *except* the pyro by nerfing all of them, effectively making pyro stronger?

i wonder if heavy will get nerfed when his update comes out

They don't need to wait for a special update to nerf Heavy silly, it's a biannual ritual by now.

Speaking of which, I've been having this bug as heavy where I can actually kill people. Hopefully they fix that again as they've done ten times over before

[QUOTE=Blade Rx69;51498097]It's not bad by itself, but when you get more serious, being in the habit of using numbers is far more reliable in the heat of the moment. Scroll wheel takes a bit longer and leaves room for mistakes.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Ace_Rimmer;51498109]I just can't use numbers. It's like I have never used a keyboard before; I have to sometimes even look at the keyboard. It feels odd because I like my fingers to be over wasd at all times.[/QUOTE] To add to the mouse wheel talk. I roll with these and I think it pretty comfortable? [code] bind MWHEELUP slot1 bind MWHEELDOWN slot2 bind f slot3 [/code] This way when you scroll you can't miss your weapon. And for the Spy: [code] bind MWHEELUP slot1 bind MWHEELDOWN slot3 bind mouse3 slot4 bind f lastdisguise [/code] Three of your most used items are on your mouse, sapper is on numbers (or side buttons if you have them). Anyway, play around with it. I'm sure you'll find the setup that's the best for you.