Exactly. I protect the medic who’s on me, checking for danger, moving as to avoid ambush, and not get my medic splash damaged horribly.
That said, I do hate when medics get impatient and run ahead of me, only to get blasted. If we’re in a hot zone, I’m moving between cover, and you should too. Let me take the point, at least if I die, you can go back and give all that ubercharge to someone else. When you die, I’m fucked.
Yeh, I’m often calling over voice for my medic to run back and get themselves healed. Leave me to die while I hold them off, tell my wife I love her, etc.
I won’t lie, I’m not opposed to leaving a player who’s running in stupidly and going to get me killed. I heal from safeish spots at least. If you just run in and think I’m following you into the melee, you’re wrong. I’m not chasing you into the turret crossfire unless I’m ubering you.
I’ve said this in game, but as a pyro, I am going to make suicide runs. As a pyro, it’s what I do. I fully expect my medic to turn tail and run when I get behind enemy lines. Following me is just going to get you killed too and maybe get me one more kill. It’s not worth it.
My continuing effort to unlock any unlock-able weapon continues.
I played almost every evening for a couple hours. Yesterday I played for 5 hours straight, and then left the idler on for the rest of the night.
This time my reward was nothing with nonexistence sauce.
Maybe I forgot to check ‘Enable getting random weapons while playing’ in the options menu?
Just go on an achievement server and spare yourself the fustration. It took me 30 minutes to get the spy and the sniper achievements. Then you can concentrate on the game.
No thanks. I have better things to do then spend my time on an achievement farm.
Kurina
3348
Joining an idle server is nothing different than actually joining a normal server, other than everyone is just standing around while they take care of other things away from the computer. You are still following Valve’s criteria for earning weapons and not screwing with stats or achievements.
The system is annoying I know. That was my biggest concern, that casual players such as myself would not really benefit. I never joined achievement servers before this, but afterwards I will gladly join an idle server. I don’t have hours upon hours to dedicate to the game hoping to unlock some fun toys.
Jakub
3349
I think he’s objecting to joining an achievement server, and grinding those out in artificial circumstances.
From the sounds of his post he already does, and hasn’t got anything.
Are you signed into the Steam Friends network? I’ve heard it’s necessary to find unlocks, and if so, it certainly explains some long dry periods of mine. Sometimes when I log on to Steam I’m signed out of friends by default and have to manually set it to ‘Online’.
That’s right. I am using it. Also right about the achievements. I enjoy TF2. If I wanted to grind I’d renew my LOTRO sub.
Apparently I did have ‘Enable getting fun unlocks’ disabled. Thanks.
Oh oh I got the Kritzkrieg.
I’ve received the KGB, Huntsman, Backburner and a second Blutsauger so far through playing an hour or so a night for the past few days. I really want Natascha, I just love the way that gun sounds. But as a fairly light player I’m ok with the drop rates I’ve had so far.
My only complaints lately are my perchance for finding the shittiest teams possible, or finally getting onto a good team then getting autobalanced onto the other side just as we’re pushing towards the last cap. Even with that, TF2 is still the only PvP I’ve ever enjoyed.
I confess that I like getting autobalanced at the last minute. It’s a great challenge, especially when I’m autobalanced to defense on the last map in dustbowl. A backburner attack can do wonders on that last point.
I can see that, but to spend an hour getting steamrolled then deciding to switch servers and finding a good team, just to get auto balanced and get steamrolled again, not much fun.
it’s so amusingly annoying. my favorites are when i just finish upgrading a fellow engineer’s impregnable array of teles, dispensers, and sentries.
Kirian
3358
My least favourite things in Team Fortress 2: teams heavy on demomen.
Teams heavy on pyros.
Pyros that just sit in their spawn until they’ve got an uber-charge and use that to top the leader-board by doing it repeatedly.
Heavies that assume that I must stick by them as a medic.
Things I like: scouts are now essential for a defending team. The Sandman has made a good scout the best uber-counter.
Kritzkrieg used on a soldier.
“Sandvich and me going to beat your ass!”
Everything else.
My favourite moment so far- I was set on fire as a soldier on hoodoo part 2, in the tunnel. Came running back down the corridor with a flaming heavy, shouting. A sniper came running around the corner, jar ready, and soaked us both. I couldn’t help smiling, not just that he knew and was aware enough to help us, but at the whole situation. Plus I had just decimated an enemy team from behind. I love stupid pyros as a soldier.
i also have been stung by autobalance. Some good examples: I take out the enemies sentries, die, and switch to that team. “where the hell are our sentries!?! stupid engies” or in CTF maps where I’ve just captured a point…
This is my bragging. I know I’m a good heavy. I’m not very good against demomen, sentries, actually capitalizing on an uber, or aiming. What I do know is after I play for a few minutes, any pyro that sees me gives up and just runs away. I am your friendly pyro-denial comrade.
