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Fojar38 posted:Try teaching a noob how to rocket jump in a way that doesn't make them want to rage quit. As far as 'learning the game and getting a few kills' is concerned, rocket jumping isn't really that high of a priority. You can just kind of walk around shooting dudes with your rocket launcher and shotgun and do pretty well.
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A shrubbery! posted:^^^ Taunt after every kill, the best ones are where your victim gets a killcam of you taunting while his backup closes in behind you. My one virtue in TF2 is never being mad when I get killed during a taunt. Though I have developed a stupid habit of all caps typing chat after, or when I obviously see it coming "HUBRIS!" and "Taunt addiction is my second greatest weakness. Or "The vicious circle of taunt death" if I did it to someone else first. Other weaknesses from most to least severe are- My terrible Aim. Enemies who can Aim. Complete explosive jumping incompetence. Skillhose Crits, the only Random Crits I'm Mad At Videogames about. Super Demoman Bottle Taunt addiction 2 Hyper Fighting. Yes I know we're trying to stop a capture but I just got a bottle kill and I can stop whenever I want.
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Playing demoman with Loch-n-Load and Sticky Jumper almost feels like cheating, but it's so much fun.  
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Jan 30, 2014 02:00
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Honestly, just playing through jump_beef helped my soldier game so well it's scary. I suddenly understand how to launch my self across maps and it's great.
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You don't even really need to learn how to do anything particularly fancy with rocket jumping, which I think a lot of folks assume you HAVE to do in order to be competent at Soldier in any capacity. As long as you can figure out how to launch yourself in the direction you want most of the time, and can air strafe, that should be good enough. But I think a lot of folks see those jump videos with crazy rollouts and assume that, if you can't do that, you shouldn't even bother with the class, so they get discouraged and go back to Sniper I guess. I believe that, more important than "trick jumps" or whatever, is knowing where to jump on the map to get height advantage, to get through certain paths quicker, to get to medkits/ammo crates faster, and to dive bomb Medics. Mercury Crusader fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 30, 2014 |
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Jan 30, 2014 02:15
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If you're not playing competitively (and in some occasions even then) you can get away with your rollout being "whip teammates".
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Jan 30, 2014 02:22
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Mercury Crusader posted:and go back to Sniper I guess you say that as if it's a bad thing
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kaleidoscopic posted:you say that as if it's a bad thing Guess how many headshots were made? 1, by a BLU Sniper against one of them, the rest got gibbed by Soldiers. Mercury Crusader fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Jan 30, 2014 |
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Jan 30, 2014 02:42
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Is that a Team Spirit painted Gibus? Do people really paint those?
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Jan 30, 2014 02:46
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They wear the gibus ironically, but still want to stand out.
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Jan 30, 2014 02:50
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Yellow painted gibuses (gibii?) seem fairly common for some dumb reason.
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Fiend Computer posted:Is that a Team Spirit painted Gibus? Do people really paint those? Yes, they do. Case in point: 
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Mercury Crusader posted:Yes, they do. Case in point: January 29, 2014 still the best TF2 killcam shot.
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Jan 30, 2014 02:52
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Man, I miss the 2fort2furious all crit mario kart server. Then I remember that one guy who'd rocket jump onto the roof of the middle building and just spam rockets at the enemies spawn for 4 to 5 hours a day. 
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Jan 30, 2014 02:59
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Painted gibus? I guess I know what to do with that can of paint I've been sitting on since that only time I made the mistake of opening a crate.
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I have a Muskelmannbraun Gibus because the paint dropped and it looks very hobo-ish
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nerdbot posted:I kind of detest the whole "Pybro" idea because it gets frustrating to see Engineers who rely on the existence of a nanny to survive, and it's even worse to see Pyros just sitting in front of a dispenser in the middle of nowhere holding down M1, but at the end of the day it's still Team Fortress and helping is always better than not helping. Sometimes you see a Spy who's really good outclassing an Engineer who's trying their best but just can't deal and you wanna give em what-for. I like being a Pyro Friend whenever I'm playing with my buddy because he enjoys going Engineer and being able to wander around a little. Degreaser/Reserve Shooter/Homewrecker is a fun loadout because I like to patrol the area a little instead of just camping the dispenser. Reserve Shooter lets me take care of anything that's not a heavy relatively easily, and the Homewrecker is just in case a spy does manage to sap the sentry.
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Fire then Ax then Shotgun or Flare is faster than two melee hits. edit: This was a reply to a convo pages ago, whoops!!
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strangemusic posted:More people need to play Fat Scout. That is all. I've been thinking that with Valve retooling useless old items into new and interesting items, they should take the opportunity to completely rework the Dalokov's Bar into a Primary replacement that, when eaten, gives you buffs to your shotgun. Something like faster reload speed or tighter spread. One idea I had for a Shotgun-Heavy orientated buff would be minicrits on headshot. I mean, if the Demoman can replace his weapons to become a completely different kind of subclass, I don't see why they can't go in that direction for the Heavy.
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Anyone else having ping issues with servers in L.A. tonight?
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Constable Lemon posted:I've been thinking that with Valve retooling useless old items into new and interesting items, they should take the opportunity to completely rework the Dalokov's Bar into a Primary replacement that, when eaten, gives you buffs to your shotgun. Something like faster reload speed or tighter spread. One idea I had for a Shotgun-Heavy orientated buff would be minicrits on headshot. I mean, if the Demoman can replace his weapons to become a completely different kind of subclass, I don't see why they can't go in that direction for the Heavy. But Demoknight was a stupid idea that they never should have done. Like I don't get it honestly, every time I play Demoknight it just feels so non-conducive to fun.
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nerdbot posted:But Demoknight was a stupid idea that they never should have done. Well that is you because I love gearing up in my Stormin' Norman and chopping heads off and doing nothing but that and running around a cart sometimes. Or a point or nothing that stuff is just fun.
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Next time you play MvM, consider giving demoknight a try. It's actually surprisingly effective once you're upgraded. You can get a charge once every ~2 seconds, 4 seconds of crits after every kill and are able to swing your melee so fast that you can often pretty easily out damage everyone else on the map. It takes a bit of money to actually get up to being that effective but you can just roll the grenade launcher for a couple of waves and then swap out to the booties when you've got enough credits.
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nerdbot posted:But Demoknight was a stupid idea that they never should have done. Demoknights are rubbish in open spaces but in indoor areas and the like, I've had a lot of fun playing one. It's an ambush class: if the other player can see you coming, you're not playing it right.
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I've taken to using the needlegun after having used the crossbow for ages, so I'm having to retrain myself to hit with the needlegun. I know I need to lead to account for their movement and needle travel time, but which direction do I need to compensate in to cover the effect of their latency and my latency? i.e. do increase the lead distance or decrease it?
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Constable Lemon posted:I've been thinking that with Valve retooling useless old items into new and interesting items, they should take the opportunity to completely rework the Dalokov's Bar into a Primary replacement that, when eaten, gives you buffs to your shotgun. Something like faster reload speed or tighter spread. One idea I had for a Shotgun-Heavy orientated buff would be minicrits on headshot. I mean, if the Demoman can replace his weapons to become a completely different kind of subclass, I don't see why they can't go in that direction for the Heavy. I also think that not carrying a minigun whould give the heavy a speed boost, perhaps to soldier level or almost that. I think that'd be a pretty sweet way to do it though. I'd love to see him get some big powerful revolvers or just borrow the snipers smgs for primary. Or just a second shotgun for less reload times! He can fill a rage bar and use both at once.
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Golem II posted:Anyone else having ping issues with servers in L.A. tonight? I wasn't but every server I joined had most players at over 200 ping for some reason. I have no idea why that would be. I was under 70 but I usually get around 20-30 if I join West Coast servers. Something is up.
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Mercury Crusader posted:I just noticed that the BLU Soldier and Heavy are available now. How long ago was that?
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I'm not sure if I've toggled something or something's changed in the update but I can't seem to change loadout now when walking in to resupply cabinet. I just sticks to whatever loadout I spawn as.
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Could be the server lost connection to steam after you connected, seems to happen quite often.
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Happened to me last night as well. Had to crush people with the sticky launcher instead of sticky jumping/caber.  Oddly enough it let me change once, Then got stuck.
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Team Fortress 2 in snowball fight form. I'm kind of upset that the last idea wasn't a festive reskin, but there you go.
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Magypsy posted:Team Fortress 2 in snowball fight form. I'm kind of upset that the last idea wasn't a festive reskin, but there you go. They were actually pretty creative with weapon "creation" too.. all of them except the maybe the demo were somewhat plausible!
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I've been wondering why my aim has felt ok but inconsistent since I reinstalled, and I realized last night that I've been playing with mouse accel on :/
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Ha, I had the same a few days ago, it felt like my aim was way off. Found I had accidentally pressed that stupid button on my mouse that changes its resolution.
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Whip teammates isn't bad for competitive highlander.
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QwertySanchez posted:I also think that not carrying a minigun whould give the heavy a speed boost, perhaps to soldier level or almost that. I think that'd be a pretty sweet way to do it though. I'd love to see him get some big powerful revolvers or just borrow the snipers smgs for primary. Or just a second shotgun for less reload times! He can fill a rage bar and use both at once. It's really annoying how useless the shotgun is for a regular Heavy. "Here's a gun that is a worse version of your main gun except you don't slow down" vs "You can heal yourself to full at any time". I can't even remember the last time I ran out of ammo with a regular minigun since you're always wading through dead players, and you can GRU-sprint over to an ammo pack anyways.
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BlueDestiny posted:It's really annoying how useless the shotgun is for a regular Heavy. "Here's a gun that is a worse version of your main gun except you don't slow down" vs "You can heal yourself to full at any time". Originally (as in, the days before teleporters could be upgraded) the shotgun was super important for defense when running to the front lines. If a threat showed up it was the fastest way to inflict some damage. But now that there's the GRU and fast teleporters it's become less important. Spies don't seem to make their living lurking around near spawn areas like they did once upon a time either.
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Magypsy posted:Team Fortress 2 in snowball fight form. I'm kind of upset that the last idea wasn't a festive reskin, but there you go. I see this was made right after the tamislav was added 
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