gaming [Gaming] The Team Fortress 2 Thread

[Ron Jeremy 2,032]

I decided to do a little figuring on what I'll need to craft the weapons (the ones with unique stats) that came out before I left, and I'm pretty sure I've got enough metal for the blueprints, all I need is the weapons for them. I dunno why, but I like to try to have at least one of every weapon with unique stats. Which reminds me, if anyone's got a Quick-fix they'd be willing to trade off for cheap (A scrap or two) then we'll try to arrange it. I can't believe they expect people to throw away a refined on crafting it. http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

 

Spy is best class

 

Entire spy is babies.

 

I kid, I kid.

 

@PSP: If only there were cross-platform support like there is with Portal 2.

[Street Comedy 327]

I wuv the Pyro, he's a cute little OP monster of destruction. I also like the Sniper, even though I suck at him. There's just something about that guy that screams "bad ass".

 

BTW, you can check my Steam in the friend exchange thread or whatever, though YOU must friend me first before I can friend you.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Street Comedy

[Aureity 3,055]

Just looked it up on wikipedia, looks like a good game

Where can I get it? How much is it?

[Ron Jeremy 2,032]

Just looked it up on wikipedia, looks like a good game

Where can I get it? How much is it?

 

It went "Free to play" over a year ago, and you can get it here. :3

[Aureity 3,055]

...

What's Steam? :L

[Zoop 8,384]

What's Steam? :L

Think of it as XBOX Live or PSN for your PC; it's a free service that acts as a storefront for buying games digitally online, though it also has a wide array of free to play games like Team Fortress 2 available as well. Like XBOX Live and PSN, it also has a lot of social aspects as well; MLP Forums has a Steam group that members here are welcome to join, for example.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MLPForums

 

We've currently got 53 members in it.

[Aureity 3,055]

Thanks, I guess I'll clear some space on my hard drive and get Steam.

If I'm lucky, I'll have TF2 up by tomorrow

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

My best classes and the rules that I use to play them:

 

Engineer:

• Buildings are buildings, humans are humans. If you can't save your sentry, ditch it. Better to flee and build another day than to die trying when you know you'll fail.
• Always keep 40 metal or so in reserve for repairs.
• An effective teleporter is extremely difficult and risky to set up if there is less than 1:30 seconds left on the clock. Consider switching classes if a teleporter was the mainstay of your usefulness to your team as an Engineer.
• 1 level 3 sentry is better than 3 level 1s. Help your fellow engineers build!

Heavy:

• Manage your placement. Heavy's movement is Strategic instead of Reactionary because of how slow he is, and his position is a relative indicator to teammates of the location of the front line.
• Fitting with the first, ensure you position yourself so that you can have clear sight-lines for your Medic, but also for him to stay in cover or relative protection. (Or at least a good way to defend himself if you die or something adverse happens.)
• Point-blank is fun to tank. Your most effective range is Medium or closer- avoid wide open spaces unless you're planning on covering a lot of ground.

Medic:

• COMMUNICATE! Use a mic in order to keep teammates informed. If you have the ability, sometimes throw in there some of the voice-commands to encourage your teammates, like "Good Shot!" (C7) or "Cheers" (C3). Using your mic, tell your medic-buddy where enemies are if you think he doesn't see them (like behind him). Occasionally, sometimes verbal cues for your ubercharge are helpful.
• Spies, spies everywhere. Say what kind they are when you see their indicators (Spy, Dead-Ringer, Eternal Reward, Eternal/Ringer) and give an indication as to where they are.
• Like engineers, retreating is a preferable option to death.

Also, I hate spies so much. They're the necessary evil that keeps the game fun, but that doesn't mean I have to like them.

 

Engineers: Strategically place your dispensers: It is possible to build a dispenser so that it can be easily seen for teammates to use, and this is good for making a rally point. It is also possible to build a dispenser so that it is used for area denial because enemies can't walk through them. Build them in doorways so that spies must either jump over or destroy them to get through- an early warning.

 

Heavies: The Brass Beast is the most specialized of all the custom weapons. Use it if you plan on not moving around at all, or if you want to just be pushed along by the bombcart in Payload.

 

Medics: Ubersaw is best melee weapon.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Blue

[Embers 14]

I've had so many different experiences with TF2 during its 4 years. I've played the classic game, been a trade addict and been a casual player as of recent.

 

Have to say my favourite class as of now is the Sniper, mainly because of how rewarding a headshot can be, especially one of your friends heads.

 

I really regret the amount of time I spent on trade servers instead of playing the actual game, 'cause at the end of the day, all you have is a bunch of virtual hats. Not sure what made me crave for more. I play the game for what is is now and I enjoy every bit of it!

 

Of course, I "tweaked" it slightly to my liking!

Edited January 15, 2012 by Ember

[FLARE 952]

also if you are new to the game you should read this

http://www.tf2.com/freetoplay/faq.php

it tells you the difference between being a paying customer (premium) or a free to player.

now if you are new be sure to read it, there isn't much difference, valve are like that, they are generous.

[ScottishUnicorn 284]

Awww yeah, this is my jam. I got a bit over 600 hours in this game (or so Steam says)

 

My favorite game type is king of the hill, my favorite map is probably harvest. I also really like cp_badlands, good fun. My main class is soldier, but I've also taken a liking to using the force of nature scout lately. Also if my team doesn't suck (it normally does) I like to play medic. Depending on how I'm doing I can often find myself usually in the top 3 at the end of the match.

My favorite hat I'd have to say is Killer's Kabuto, it's the hat that got me to start collecting soldier hats, and play the soldier class entirely.

 

Is there a steam group for the forum goers?

Edited January 15, 2012 by ScottishUnicorn

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

I knew that it wouldn't be long before someone did this.

[FLARE 952]

 

Is there a steam group for the forum goers?

 

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MLPForums

not restricted to tf2 though.

[Ron Jeremy 2,032]

@Auriety: I apologize for not elaborating that. I was kinda in a hurry to do something else. Oh well. Zoop, good job there. <3

 

@Ember: I never really succumbed to the collecting fever, thankfully. You put it perfectly, though. Also you must share that mod.

 

@Blue: Hahaha, I figured something like that existed by now.

 

I know I'm gonna get a lot of flak for this, but my least favorite map is probably 2fort. It just seems to be the exactly same thing every game. Sentries near the hayroom, snipers on the sniper deck near the bridge, scouts bonk-ing past it all and and spies camping the snipers.

 

cp_egypt is probably my favorite map, though I'm rather fond of pl_goldrush as well. I also remember there being a cp_kakariko custom map floating around that I loved.

 

I guess I'd say I main as engineer, soldier and heavy. I can play the rest of the classes, but not as well.

[Aureity 3,055]

Oh dear, this is a long estimated install time for TF2.

 

Anyone wanna add me on steam while I'm waiting?

[Embers 14]

@Ember: I never really succumbed to the collecting fever, thankfully. You put it perfectly, though. Also you must share that mod.

 

http://www.mlptf2mods.com/mods/ui

It's a combination of "Main Menu Ponies" and "Casual Pony Backgrounds" which will randomly choose both a location and one of the Mane 6 (and Spike) on start up. It's pretty nice.

 

I know I'm gonna get a lot of flak for this, but my least favorite map is probably 2fort. It just seems to be the exactly same thing every game. Sentries near the hayroom, snipers on the sniper deck near the bridge, scouts bonk-ing past it all and and spies camping the snipers.

 

Can't agree with you more.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36BXid7iQ0

Edited January 15, 2012 by Ember

[Vicke 3,189]

Since we got a few memebers now maybe we should get together some time and play a few games?

[Guest]

TF2 FTW!

 

Out of all the FPS multi-players out there it is definitely my favorite. I usually attempt to hold the front lines (and hopefully extend them forward) as a heavy, but occasionally I go spy or demoman. I enjoy nothing more fully in TF2 than a good uber-charged filled carnage fest as heavy, especially if it ends in a point capture! I don't really have a favorite map, but my favorite mode is control point.

 

I share my usual account with my brother, who sadly is not a fellow brony and would prefer the account to stay un-ponyfied. He uses it more than I do, and I figured since TF2 is free why not just make another account. I added my new steam page to my profile, so if I haven't already added you as a friend feel free stop on over and say hello!

 

I usually don't care too much about what hats I wear, but with this new account I will miss my lucky pink uschanka.

 

Edit: Just realized I can't add anyone as a friend without actually owning a payed for game. (Curses! http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png )

Does anypony have suggestions as to how to get around this, or am I stuck friendless?

Edited January 15, 2012 by Guest

[Vicke 3,189]

 

Edit: Just realized I can't add anyone as a friend without actually owning a payed for game. (Curses! http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png )

Does anypony have suggestions as to how to get around this, or am I stuck friendless?

 

I think we can add you.

[Guest]

I think we can add you.

 

I suppose, then it shouldn't really be a problem I guess.

[Kyreth 194]

I suppose, then it shouldn't really be a problem I guess.

 

It doesn't let you accept invites either unfortunately. You could just buy a really cheap game on steam.

[Ron Jeremy 2,032]

Edit: Just realized I can't add anyone as a friend without actually owning a payed for game. (Curses! http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png )

Does anypony have suggestions as to how to get around this, or am I stuck friendless?

 

You're just gonna have to buy a cheap game, like Kyreth said. But, buy something you actually want instead of buying something crappy.

 

Also, I went ahead and created a separate member group to keep us TF2 players organized and stuff, so we can easily see who all's on so they can be joined. :3 The link is here.

 

The name's a reference to a little in-joke on the chat, don't let it weird you out. Anyway, I thought there being a group specifically for TF2 players from the forums would be helpful, to let us create our own little network of sorts.

 

Anyway, got back from another many-hour-spanning TF2 session. Many a Klopp died today.

 

@Ember: I installed the menu mods, and they work fine, but whenever I join a server and leave, the menu background goes black, one of the default characters shows, and in the developer console there's a constant loading error loop. You get this too, or just me?

[Vicke 3,189]

 

 

This is what will happend after youvr playd on a server with 170Ping and then enter a server with 10 ping... Me like.

 

@KKP: No its just not you. Happening to me too.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Vicke

[Embers 14]

@Ember: I installed the menu mods, and they work fine, but whenever I join a server and leave, the menu background goes black, one of the default characters shows, and in the developer console there's a constant loading error loop. You get this too, or just me?

 

Some servers disallow any client mods, I'd recommend trying another server and see if you get the same error.

 

Just to make sure though, check the character replacements are in:

steamapps\username\team fortress 2\tf\materials\console\characters

and the background replacements are in:

steamapps\username\team fortress 2\tf\materials\console

After that, there shouldn't be a problem.

[Jozzeh 125]

Team Fortress 2 thread, count me in!

 

I've played Team Fortress 2 for over a year now as far as I can remember. Before I owned it, I had only seen and heard about it from youtube.

One of the best games I know fo'scho. ^.^

Favorite classes for me would be Scout, Heavy, Medic(especially since Meet the Medic!), Sniper and Spy.

 

Ember, that's a pretty sweet background to the main menu! Makes me have the "do want" feeling.

 

Also; bonkin' in heads with this lovley thing.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Jozzeh