Ryan
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join:2001-03-03
Attleboro, MA
| Dont know how I feel about TF2 Achievements
Okay so I love the new gold rush map its a lot of fun, but I am not sure I am liking this achievement thing. Maybe my gripe isnt with the achievements themselves maybe its the fact that they released it for one class. I went to at least 5 servers where half the team was medics. It was ridiculous and not only were they medics it seemed like they were more busy trying to receive their achievements then play the actual game. Finally I got to a server that had a good medic ratio, but i just dont know how i feel about it. My opinion is if i wanted to play an rpg game where I level up I would play one..
So how are you guys/gals liking the new update? |
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Vathral
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New York, NY
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| It'll be all over in a week. It's fun to see the spike in players logging in trying out the achievement.
OMG is it fun being a spy for now :P In that small tunnel towards the last point, took out 6 medics in a few seconds with backstabs. That was fun!
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Ryan
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join:2001-03-03
Attleboro, MA
| haha, what really makes me nervous is when the pyro achievements hit  What I can say is at least the weapon achievements are not completely different and only offer minor advantages yet can be used skillfully if done correctly. |
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GCoop
join:2004-12-08
Charlottesville, VA
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I agree with Vanthral. It will all die down soon enough.
There was a HUGE amount of backend work that had to be done to support this. In an interview Robin Walker stated that new achievements for other clases will come much quicker and regularly. But we are talking about VALVE here..... so who knows.
As far as how I like it.. Well I can say I really do. New content for free and anything to keep the game fresh/ interesting is always welcomed in my book. I got 5 achievements in the first 30 min without even trying. I think most of them will come with normal gameplay. I think its fun when you acheive something you didnt even know bout. You are like 'what just happened what did I do????' And then you look up the achievement and say 'oh yeah I did do that'. |
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Clipper
join:2002-05-23
Stoney Creek, ON
| I played on one server last night that had a team of 6 medics standing in the spawn doing nothing but farming achievements.
I like the achievements, it gives you something to aim for.
What I really dislike is how they've released only 1 class. I think it would have been better to wait until half the classes we're ready and done them all at once. It's pretty stupid sometimes seeing an entire area full of medics trying to bonesaw each other.
I know it will be over in a week or so, but it's pretty annoying right now.
Spy was super fun last night... many many backstab kills. |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON | reply to Ryan
Just be a heavy and have unlimited HP. |
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icp1
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join:2000-10-13
Saint Louis, MO
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yah not great so far, need a couple other classes asap so people spread out in class a bit... |
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Somnambul33t
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join:2002-12-05
Mullica Hill, NJ
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| reply to Ryan
they released medic only b/c they wanted to get 1 release out to ensure the backend system works as intended and get all the bugs fixed.
havent gotten the ubersaw yet but the kritzkrieg is awesome!
btw you can double uber+krieg 1 target for an unstoppable force. works awesome with pyro/demo/soldier
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TigerLord
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join:2002-06-09
Montreal
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I was playing 2Fort this afternoon, 12vs12 and there were 3 German medics humping each other in the spawn room trying to get the various group heal achievements.
I had them kicked after some bitching, the assholes weren't helping the team at all and 3 less players on a 12 men team shows.
F*** the achievements! |
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Pyrion
Liquid Metal Nanomorph
join:2001-12-01
Poway, CA
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2 edits | said by TigerLord  :I was playing 2Fort this afternoon ...and the server was full of noobs, right.
Don't really see how this is the fault of the achievements, as 2fort pubs tend to be noob magnets.
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Pyrion
Liquid Metal Nanomorph
join:2001-12-01
Poway, CA
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said by The Flash :Just be a heavy and have unlimited HP. This.
Especially if crits are disabled.
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NightLinks
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join:2001-06-04
Bronx, NY
·Optimum Online
1 edit | reply to Pyrion
Before the update you were lucky if your team had 1 or 2 medics. Today i was playing and the team i was playing in had 5 medics  and they were all healing each other without healing anyone else. 
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Liet
join:2001-03-27
Elmhurst, NY | reply to Ryan
I strongly dislike having the new guns tied to the achievements. TF2 was great because you could get right into it... I don't want to have to grind for gear like in WoW. |
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Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
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join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL
| reply to Ryan
I played some yesterday and I either ended up with a really awesome team that even when they were trying for acheivments, they were also trying to help the team win. Or I ended up with a team where a few guys were just trying for acheivments and we'd get our asses handed to us because they were only concerned with acheivments.
Hell, I saw one medic running into every single firefight trying to bonesaw all the other medics instead of, I dunno, healing his heavy next to him that was getting hammered on.
I cant wait for the novelty to wear off so I can get on a team that cares about winning again.
The sad thing is, some of them arent that hard to get. I got 2 of them (and the "Impenetrable Defense" w00t) last night on the same round without trying for achievments. I almost had the triage one, but dude took a crit bomb to the face a split second before I ubered him, so well, it didnt work out. Most of them you can get through just normal play and some luck. |
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Ryan
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join:2001-03-03
Attleboro, MA
1 edit | reply to Ryan
Well I have stopped doing my quick games like I used to. Too many servers have people more concentrated in getting achievements then playing the actual game and it takes to long to bounce to different servers to find a good one. I dont understand why people feel the need to get every single achievements especially where most of these people barely ever touch the medic class. I am hoping that if they release all the classes it would be more diverse, but have a feeling that many of the people instead of cooperating with their team to win will be more concentrated in getting all the achievements. What a great way to ruin a great game.
I did see a great post in the steam forums suggesting that achievements should be less ridiculous and more team oriented. He said like to save someone from being backstabed by ubering him. Or heal 50 soldiers as they rocket jump. |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON | Check out Teamfortress2Fort server, they're pretty good.
»www.teamfortress2fort.com/default.aspx
»tf2fort2.hlstatsx.com/ |
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Iron Chef
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join:2001-05-28
Alpharetta, GA
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said by Ryan :Okay so I love the new gold rush map its a lot of fun, but I am not sure I am liking this achievement thing. Maybe my gripe isnt with the achievements themselves maybe its the fact that they released it for one class. I went to at least 5 servers where half the team was medics. It was ridiculous and not only were they medics it seemed like they were more busy trying to receive their achievements then play the actual game. Finally I got to a server that had a good medic ratio, but i just dont know how i feel about it. My opinion is if i wanted to play an rpg game where I level up I would play one.. So how are you guys/gals liking the new update? Anymore details on this? I havent loaded up TF2 in like a month. |
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Bagnon
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join:2000-11-19
St Catharines, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| reply to Ryan
Even with the new shit I still play Demoman exclusively. I may jump to medic some time but I'll wait until the medic whoring is over.
The gold rush map is pretty fun. Bad lands isn't that great. It's been changed to much. It's all over the place. Hard to find your way around.
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Somnambul33t
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join:2002-12-05
Mullica Hill, NJ
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| reply to Ryan
i dont like getting the achievements but the unlocks are (were awesome). all my achievements were lost yesterday after a PC reboot and logging back into steam. there's thousands of people who's achievements also got lost. had like 30 med achievements, logged in and had 0. all the numers achievements were greyed out but had 50/50 medics bonesawed, 1m healing, 7k healing in a rd, etc. once i swapped to med and then changed class (w/o even doing anything) i instantly got like 5 achievements back.
have since got my gun back but still missing kritzkrieg...
pretty sure it's tied to a bug or something with an internal community/steam login b/c the character loadout screen kept telling me i wasnt logged into steam even tho i was talking on friends while playing on a server.
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