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ArfJason posted:
on retrospect i might have placed gorge a/d higher than i should
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I also have very fond memories of Fast lane. My favorite good-bad map is when PL_Cashworks was in an early version. It wasn't a good map balance and even layout wise but drat if it wasn't fun.
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Aug 21, 2020 12:18
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oh btw ive been watching some of heavyisgps's balance mod videos. some really fuckin cool and spicy poo poo in there (vitasaw heals teammates on hit for quick burst, engie catapults/speedpads, natascha makes *you* faster on hit instead of slowing the enemy down)
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Aug 21, 2020 12:24
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ArfJason posted:oh btw ive been watching some of heavyisgps's balance mod videos. some really fuckin cool and spicy poo poo in there (vitasaw heals teammates on hit for quick burst, engie catapults/speedpads, natascha makes *you* faster on hit instead of slowing the enemy down) you can't make these provocative claims without linking it 
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Aug 21, 2020 12:28
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Paul MaudDib posted:you can't make these provocative claims without linking it e: https://www.balancemod.tf/ heres the release trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaUTMn8fdpQ dude has a billion videos covering each month's changelogs. one that isnt shown here is the Loose Cannon doing 50% less self damage, which lets you overcharge jump just like the beggars and can lead to some seriously cool demo jumps. also he made the sharpened volcano fragment explode on burning enemies so you can do sick AOE damage.
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Aug 21, 2020 12:35
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EDIT: ^^ That sounds amazing, I gotta check that out! This is my newer ranking. I moved a few around. Lost the luster for a few and gained a new appreciation for some others. TF2 after such a break always has more stuff to learn and come back to. Such a uniquely good game 
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Aug 21, 2020 12:39
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he also made it so the lunchbox items for heavy eat at different speeds, so for example, dalokohs bar is eaten fast and buffalo steak SUPER fast. it all sounds really cool and i should see if his creators.tf server wont kick me due to lag lol e: hightower really is one of the greatest hits of tf2 ArfJason fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Aug 21, 2020 |
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Aug 21, 2020 12:42
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Powerhouse is a great map, but it needs a forward spawn for whoever holds mid. Put a spawn room up high over that middle open area on each team's side (the one between mid and last, connecting to that flank at mid that goes across from the point. Since it'll make defending mid easier also make mid cap super fast.
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Aug 21, 2020 14:03
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i feel i shouldve placed powerhouse a bit higher but it does need some tweaking. its a pretty alright map
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Aug 21, 2020 14:12
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I enjoy 5cp, Koth, wide open A/D maps because that means I get to play Scout.
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There's actually one other issue I have with it, there are some hosed up textures on the stairs in the garage leading from mid to the sniper perch.
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Aug 21, 2020 17:41
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The game updated! Summer crates!"TF2 Update 8/21/20" posted:August 21, 2020 - TF2 Team I need to check this out, is it a memorial for his voice actor? e: yep, that's super sweet of them  
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Aug 22, 2020 00:38
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Wow, after like a year i play tf2 and 2 days later the game gets a (cosmetic) update. I should play tf2 more often, hopefully i rain dance a balance update
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Aug 22, 2020 00:47
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I love 2fort I'm sorry
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I hate Harvest, it's very unrewarding to play the objective and usually your team's not there to back you up. Viaduct is the perfect koth map.
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Ott_ posted:I hate Harvest, it's very unrewarding to play the objective and usually your team's not there to back you up. Viaduct is the perfect koth map. you misspelled nucleus
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Shinjobi posted:I love 2fort 2fort is the best map as measured by community servers
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Shinjobi posted:I love 2fort if I could only ever play one more map, it would be 2fort.
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Aug 22, 2020 03:40
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Way back in 2007 or whenever that trailer for TF2 first hit, I remember being tickled pink at the way 2fort had been updated to the new art style. It's fun, but it's also over a decade old now. I'm old. 
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Butt Detective posted:He COULD add those, but nobody ever votes for 5CP maps when the vote menu comes up, and on the rare occasion we DO end up on a 5CP map, half the server immediately tries to RTV. Most of the game's maps for either CP or CTF would be better off as KOTH instead, especially Powerhouse(especially since the middle section of the map is the fun part while the last points are a slog) and Doublecross ArfJason posted:e: https://www.balancemod.tf/ Neat VideoGames posted:EDIT: ^^ That sounds amazing, I gotta check that out! Honestly the only problem I have with Sujin is that it runs like poo poo, if it wasn't for that it would be much more highly rated in my opinion
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I may be an oddity but I actually do like playing some of the lesser played maps once a night or so. It gets old playing on an infinite loop of badwater/upward/dustbowl, hoodoo or Borneo or whatever breaks up the tedium a bit. What I always do is queue up for lots of maps and then take them off once they’re played.
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Aug 22, 2020 05:23
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this tier list maker sucks because it doesn't include Helltower, which is Actually the best map in the game
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Shere posted:The game updated! Summer crates! Granary is the ultimate soldier map. A fitting tribute.
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I just recently came back to the game, I haven't played in long enough that the only maps I really remember are 2fort and dustbowl. I mostly like payload maps though. They never seem one-sided enough to just be a stomp but they'll also eventually end without stalemating forever. Just queuing up for casual doesn't land me enough koth to really form an opinion on it as a mode yet though. drrockso20 posted:Most of the game's maps for either CP or CTF would be better off as KOTH instead This got me to imagine koth 2fort and the concept is kinda terrifying. Just the control point smack dab in the middle of the bridge.
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A real meatgrinder would be the courtyard with the point in the middle and the spawns wrapped around it.
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I haven't had a chance to play it since I started playing again, but I remember liking 5Gorge, and being the only person who seemed to like 5Gorge. Was I an idiot? Maybe I'll find out today! EDIT: Also, whoever was the last to name their map out of Batwater, Snakewater and Swiftwater was a jerk. I'm never 100% sure if I'm picturing the right map when reading the name Snakewater and Swiftwater. Ditocoaf fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Aug 22, 2020 |
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The easiest way to fix the bot problem would be to change tf2's price to be like, 50c or a dollar or w/e, but valve won't do it, or do anything about it honestly like it's really insulting to have them put out a crate while the game is being hosed to death by these bots and they've been here since january
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Aug 23, 2020 05:38
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ArfJason posted:on retrospect i might have placed gorge a/d higher than i should Steel gets such a bad rap when it's genuinely one of the more enjoyable maps in the game. it's definitely one that requires more attention to map rotation since it can land like a wet fart after a map like Frontier
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steel is good poo poo yeah. absolutely A tier
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Steel is interesting in concept, but breaks down in play, especially at a high level. There are a lot of cramped hallways and right angle corners. Only point B is good for explosive jumping (E you can get on it off the point and that’s it. The entrances are cramped so they are easy to spam and don’t always follow the 2 1/2 rule. It’s a cool concept executed averagely at best.
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i like it, i wish some of the points werent such a one and done thing that go by super fast due to cap times
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I'm gonna be honest 75% of my love for Steel is getting under the lower approach from E to C and laying stickies on the grate and gloating about people who don't know that explosions blow through
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Paul MaudDib posted:I'm gonna be honest 75% of my love for Steel is getting under the lower approach from E to C and laying stickies on the grate and gloating about people who don't know that explosions blow through Yuuuup. Also that pipe you can walk along and the little catwalk down there that you can build on. There are lots of fun little surprise spots like that with Steel.
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My favourite Steel strat is just throwing enough people at E at the start of the round that RED ends up having to split their defences, thus making A easier to cap. It's definitely a map that doesn't really work on casual servers though, since it can be confusing at first and there are so many players who have no idea what they're doing.
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I've played on steel like 10 times and I still think it's confusing
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I don't like steel because I don't like any of the indoor maps, so Steel to me is just a map that gets actively worse as it progresses. I like the map as a concept. Being able to attack E at any point but making it progressively easier to do so as you cap the forward points is pretty cool. I just dislike tiny corridors and rarely ever see a good fight on D, for instance. Solanumai fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Aug 23, 2020 |
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Confession: barnblitz is actually one of my favorite maps even though it's bad. Mostly because it's fun as hell to play scout in and harass spawns on if you're on the defending team Confession part 2 I actually haven't played tf2 in a stupidly long time and I really miss it, need to reinstall it and give casual queue another shot some time
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Since Marketplace.TF is going to stop letting you sell items in December, and since key are $1.81 right now. I decided to buy a bunch of keys (13), and I traded for an Unusual on Scrap.TF. (Not my name or description; that's how it was when I traded for it. It is my first Unusual, though.) It cost about ten keys. Wasn't the hat I was really aiming to get, though. I wanted the Berlin Brain Bowl to put together a Team Fortress Classic look. I also thought about the Halogen Headlamp or the Otolaryngologist's Mirror, since I wanted something I could wear with the Max's Severed Head. The Unusual effect is something I wanted (the Orbiting Planets). EDIT: Honestly, right now I'm thinking I might go on a trade server or something, and see if I can swap it for something else. Max Wilco fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Aug 24, 2020 |
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Aug 24, 2020 00:45
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So do we have any good alternatives to Marketplace.tf yet?
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drrockso20 posted:So do we have any good alternatives to Marketplace.tf yet? I was watching some random TF2 montage video this morning, and they said they were sponsored by this site: Mannco.Store. Dunno if they're legit or not, though. They seem to be. The site itself is verified by Cloudflare, and the link to sign in through Steam takes you to the legit Steam login page (verified by Valve Corp) That said, looking at the ad on that video (around the 1:20 mark), one of the payment options shown is G2A Pay, which is a red flag. There's also no option for PayPal, by the looks of it. Max Wilco fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Aug 24, 2020 |
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