Team Fortress 2 - Pryro updates and Meet the Sniper

[mat64]

June 16th 2008

Valve today announced a set of new releases for Team Fortress 2 (http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=440), the title named Multiplayer Game of the Year by PC Gamer and Gamespy.com.

The main event of the week is the Pyro Update, which will be made available this Thursday and contains three unlockable new weapons for the Pyro plus 35 new achievements. In addition, two user-created maps are included to highlight the great work being done in the community and distribute those works to all TF2 players..

Meanwhile as folks wait for the Pyro Update to be released, the latest in the "Meet the Team" (http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=find&adv=0&term=meet+the) video shorts, "Meet the Sniper," will be made available tomorrow (Tuesday, June 17) at 11 am PDT along with a web site dedicated to the Pyro update.

Finally, to give everyone a chance to try the new weapons and community maps, Valve will hold another Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend via Steam beginning this Friday at 11 am PDT.

June 17th 2008

The short film, Meet the Sniper (http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=5051) is now available on Steam.

In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don't have to rely on other people if you never miss.

I look forward to Friday.

[Stevehere]

Yes pyro my second favourite class <3333333333

Can't wait until everyone starts farming in loads of servers :rolleyes:

[mat64]

Possible sneak peak of one of the new Pyro weapons in the Meet the Sniper video.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8899/pyro1cu6.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3140/pyro3cd7.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3117/pyro2vt6.jpg
The speculation is that it is a flare gun or another variant. Medium range flame attacks?

[mat64]

A preview of the new achievements - I think the second achievement confirms a flare gun in my opinion.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/pyroachive.jpg

The Pyro update site is also live - http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview

[Stevehere]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/steve-ere/tf2weapons.jpg

[mat64]

This looks to be a very good update. The weapons introduced are much better than those for the medic imo.

[Stevehere]

Anybody who doesn't know already the tf2 pyro update is now :)

[-Evilpenguin-]

Let the pyro farming begin :D

I love the update as it gets me loads more kills as i only play engie, sniper and pyro but then again i do feel that the backburner is TOO good at time, i meen today i was hitting 20 deaths to 80 kills almost everyone map (except well :P), which is uberly scary.

Cant wait for the sniper update i specualte perhaps a wider or mutli zoom scope?

[efq]

the game looks like a anime cartoon shootin game :s rubbish

[-Evilpenguin-]

the game looks like a anime cartoon shootin game :s rubbish

Have you played the game? Well it depends what you are in my view call of duty was an amazing game but got bored of it in a month. This has kept me going for about 3-4.

[Stevehere]

the game looks like a anime cartoon shootin game :s rubbish

If you haven't even played it then you can't judge it. You must not even know what it is about and the type of gameplay you play.

If you had downloaded it this weekend for free then you would be able to see if its rubbish.

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And... larger scope = material haxxxxx lol undetectable because its material and you get a bonus because it has no scope lol

Also I can't wait for engie and spy update.. I was thinking for engineer 2 trip wires.. you build them on a door and if someone comes through the door it alerts the engie


Spy I'm hoping for a decoy thing where if your somewhere and an enemy is with you you can shoot and it mirrors you so the enemy has to choose which ones the real spy..

[mat64]

the game looks like a anime cartoon shootin game :s rubbishThat sort of claim is ridiculous, Team Fortress 2 is one of the best first person shooter experiences available at the moment and there is no aruging that fact. It is a very unique game and VALVe have done very well in improving and changing what once was Team Fortress. It's not absolute realism but that's beside the point because the gameplay of this game is simply amazing. You do not deserve to judge this game in such a way, you have no idea what is it and how it plays. There is a reason this game has a such high reputation about it and if you cant see past what makes TF2 stand out above in the crowd for the very well balanced and amazing gameplay, well then I feel sorry for you my friend. Return to this forum when you have a more open mind about gaming.

And... larger scope = material haxxxxx lol undetectable because its material and you get a bonus because it has no scope lolI would have thought such hack would be blocked by sv_pure 1 really.

[Stevehere]

Yeah they are blocked by sv_pure

About 4/5 out of 10 servers use sv_pure though so its good on the ones I always go on