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

[QUOTE=MarcusSmith;51532477]Let's hope there's no buff of a cancerous weapon instead.[/QUOTE] Don't jinx it.

[QUOTE=Fluury;51532063]Well, it's not like there is a big timeframe. It's either today, or next week.[/QUOTE] [quote]Guys, did you know the Australians celebrate Christmas in summer? That's why we've decided to release this year's Smissmas update in June![/quote]

[QUOTE=Contra132;51528541]That's fair. On-topic, what would you like to see out of this update? [/QUOTE] Honestly, I want them to keep their fucking promises. I want a real competitive mode that rewards the player for climbing higher and higher, maybe even give free items for winning a lot. I've heard they don't want to do this because of the economy, but honestly the economy deserves to be fucked, it should bow to the game and not the other way around. I want a system where you actively don't want to lose or you lose a good chunk of rank, or you go higher and get better rewards. Something you can sink a lot of time into. Overwatch does this really well by locking their golden weapon skins behind 300 competitive wins. I know tf2 has the australliums, but frankly those suck. Most people are never going to own anything like that, because they're locked behing pay2play RNG of an insane degree. I want them to seriously listen to community feedback in terms of how to make TF2 a proper esport and define a definitive format for it, instead of teetering behind not 100% committing to 6s and then balance the ever loving hell out of every single aspect of the game. The MyM balance changes were some of the absolute worst I've seen made for this game and it just shows how little valve knows or cares about their game. I don't want contracts, or weapon skins,or Workshop asset flips, fuck I'm the kind of player who barely gives a shit about hats as it is. I want an update with legitimate effort put into it, and not "fixed a bug where the righteous bison hit multiple times". Basically If I don't see something like that I'm going to keep pretending the game died in July, regarldess of what steam stats say.

[QUOTE=Oizen;51532836] The MyM balance changes were some of the absolute worst I've seen made for this game and it just shows how little valve knows or cares about their game. [/QUOTE] I think pretty much all the core class balance changes in MyM were good. It's hard to ever imagine teleporters being 125 metal anymore or as medic not being the same speed as the scout you're healing. The extra speed for spy is also very useful for that class. I do agree that a lot of the weapon changes were lackluster compared to Gun Mettle and Tough Break though.

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51532853]I think pretty much all the core class balance changes in MyM were good. It's hard to ever imagine teleporters being 125 metal anymore or as medic not being the same speed as the scout you're healing. The extra speed for spy is also very useful for that class. I do agree that a lot of the weapon changes were lackluster compared to Gun Mettle and Tough Break though.[/QUOTE] Just curious about the medic healing giving the same speed as the person when healing. If you heal a heavy, can you go slower as medic? because didn't they say any person you heal that you will have the same speed as them. just curious still because i never seen a medic go slow as a heavy if they heal a heavy :v:

In a realistic way, the chance of it happening tonight is rather slim. I heavily expect them to launch a 2 day Update, however today only allows for a one day Update. Or maybe they'll pull a tough break and just put both days on one day. We'll see soon enough, stay tuned.

remember when the Administrator herself would do blog posts? when was the last time that happened? the halo shit?

[QUOTE=Oizen;51532836] I've heard they don't want to do this because of the economy, but honestly the economy deserves to be fucked, it should bow to the game and not the other way around. [/QUOTE] Sadly the core playerbase has cared more about fucking hat trading than playing. The meme is now the games reality and has been for a long time now. I don't think valve would ever dare do anything to disrupt it.

I don't know if to be optimistic. I mean they linked that website with pyro's issues before, so they've sort of put themselves in a corner by showing they know what the issues are. If they don't address the issues in that site's rant, why did they link it and wtf have they been doing? This leads me to be a tad optimistic tbh.

It annoys me how they recognised how little they communicate, made one or two posts before going right back to radio silence.

valve should make every cosmetic disappear from your inventory for a week as a prank tbh

[QUOTE=Riorio;51533175]valve should make every cosmetic disappear from your inventory for a week as a prank tbh[/QUOTE] Are you trying to start a nuclear war you behemoth

[QUOTE=NotTheBestGuy;51532939]Just curious about the medic healing giving the same speed as the person when healing. If you heal a heavy, can you go slower as medic? because didn't they say any person you heal that you will have the same speed as them. just curious still because i never seen a medic go slow as a heavy if they heal a heavy :v:[/QUOTE] It can only increase your speed not decrease it, so if you say spawn with a scout you can heal them and run with them at their speed to the front lines.

Just popping my head in here to ask if today's the day Agree = Yes Disagree = No - Large updates don't usually come on Friday ever - Pretty much never Saturday and Sunday - Next week?

dont get your hopes up. its a bit too early

[QUOTE=testinglol;51533444]dont get your hopes up. its a bit too early[/QUOTE] They did release they Halloween update a week earlier then Normal So, who knows when it will come?

What does everyone think of valves decision to change proposal update system?

[QUOTE=testinglol;51533444]dont get your hopes up. its a bit too early[/QUOTE] Is it? Afaik Tough Break launched the week before Christmas, not only that, but thinking it's a large Update they could probably use that extra week for ironing out bugs before going on Holiday.

[QUOTE=TomatoGuy;51533516]They did release they Halloween update a week earlier then Normal So, who knows when it will come?[/QUOTE] because Halloween was nearly if not all community content, and therefore didn't require nearly as much last minute adjusting to ship Smissmas is always the biggest patch of the year and after an abysmal matchmaking release and halloween skip they damn well better use that extra time wisely

Im just waiting for a 2nd "What we're up to" blog post to drop

[QUOTE=Hell-met;51533025]remember when the Administrator herself would do blog posts? when was the last time that happened? the halo shit?[/QUOTE] The last ones I remember were the one complaining about gift farming in 2011 and the other announcing the three oversized top hats in 2012. [url]http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=6679[/url] [url]http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=7655[/url]

[QUOTE=testinglol;51533444]dont get your hopes up. its a bit too early[/QUOTE] Yeah, wouldn't want that update to drop sometime in 2016 or anything. I wonder if another Valve-made property had its update release before now...

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;51533925]Yeah, wouldn't want that update to drop sometime in 2016 or anything. I wonder if another Valve-made property had its update release before now...[/QUOTE] If you're talking about Dota it wasn't even winter related And smissmass usually happens around the 20th

There's no guarantee this year's Smissmas will be winter related either, in case the Mecha Update or Tough Break happened to slip your mind.

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;51534385]There's no guarantee this year's Smissmas will be winter related either, in case the Mecha Update or Tough Break happened to slip your mind.[/QUOTE] I thought we kind of expected those 2 to not be Smissmas related though coming up to their release? The only other thing I can think of is the Pyro getting its update but I don't expect it to be this soon so idk, if we do get the Pyro update I'd be pleasantly suprised.

Well as always, dont expect anything tonight. You can be confident next thursday, today would just be a neat surprise. Afterall, [I]this[/I] could always happen [IMG]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/thumb/d/d9/Smissmaspyro-smissmas13.jpg/290px-Smissmaspyro-smissmas13.jpg?t=20131225180256[/IMG]

Little do you know they use that image for the Pyro update blog post

Where's the new update?

I'd expect update on the 22nd of the current month and additional update is possible still on the 23rd. I dont think nothing comes this week. However i dont think it's the pyro update.

What was the time when the update email arrives? It was 5 EST, right? If it is, then it will probably be aaaaany second now.