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[discordance]

from one of the last blog posts as far as i can make out, valve has one dedicated pyro, and he plays airblast. Therefore I conclude hes a dick.

[Zarf]

Utterly ridiculous. Cutting off their nose to spite their face - They want less w+m1 Pyro's, but they are going to get no Pyros.

Meanwhilst they are probably planning their next solly/demo buffs until nobody plays anything else.

[discordance]

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3698&p=1

In particular, games made by other people don't have Pyros named Eric Smith, who makes our collective lives miserable on a daily basis in playtests. (If you ever wonder why features like "Pyro now gets assists for airblasting enemies into environmental hazards" keep getting added to the game, thank Eric. Not content with killing us by just holding down W+M1, he persists in finding bold new ways to get points by any means necessary.)

Ah so perhaps valve just hate him and are punishing all pyros .

[Hzza]

Can you post the whole entry disco, can't get on the blog at work?

<3@u in advance.

[discordance]

Its just the post about sam and max items. They sidetracked that to tell us how much they hate eric smith so yeah

Also Hzza put the blog rss feed in google reader, you should be able to read it there i'm guessing

[discordance]

missing from the update text last night altho people have mentioned the important ones already

Team Fortress 2
Added new community map cp_freight
Added missing physics models for several items
Added jiggle bones to the Sam & Max items, and The Buff Banner
Added Crit-a-Cola

[Hzza]

ZOMG!! BUNNYEAR JIGGLEBONES OP NERF PLS...

@disco, only have stupid IE at work, I've tried everything I can to get an RSS going but its blocked whatever I do .

[discordance]

http://www.google.co.uk/reader/

Add http://www.teamfortress.com/rss.xml

[Hzza]

I agree with Claws... better official maps and game modes are needed.. not the novelty sh*t.
Can someone explain the point about the axe and the pyro reacting quicker than a soldier can fire? Did I miss something here?

Missed this on first read, sorry mate.

What people were saying is that the only reliable way to kill someone now is to axti them as the flames do smeg-all damage. As for the solly thing, with the reduced cooldown between puffs, the pyro can now reflect rockets faster then the solly can fire them, making it a fair whack easier to return them in theory.

edit - Also, cheers disco, now I just need to make a gmail account  ....

[Chaos]

Chaos, when you speak of FPS dips I'm confused. Don't you have an super uber supercharged rig and don't you play with extremely shitty looking fps config? How do you manage to get fps dips with that???

The update.. is interesting. The heavy is satisfied.

P.S.: Crit-a-cola is epic, but will certainly not be allowed in comp play. Right? Right?

I just meant on freight.. Like all custom maps, some parts are badly optimised, so you'll get fps dips. I'll go from 250 to 150, I wont notice it but it's still annoying

And the crit-a-cola thing wont be allowed in officials until a ruling has been made

[Hzza]

And the crit-a-cola thing wont be allowed in officials until a ruling has been made

It'll be the same as the Pain Train/Homewrecker/Gunboats; as you can't get it from an achievment, they won't allow it for a season I guess.

Still doesn't stop it being everywhere else though .

[Chaos]

And the crit-a-cola thing wont be allowed in officials until a ruling has been made

It'll be the same as the Pain Train/Homewrecker/Gunboats; as you can't get it from an achievment, they won't allow it for a season I guess.

Still doesn't stop in being everywhere else though .

dude, you've been away for too long! They're legalising most of the weapons for season 8

[Mr Chug]

Crit-a-cola seems like an ambush tool- you'll get a few seconds to dole out increased power before someone notices and one-shots you by sneezing on you.

As for the pyro, 20% really isn't a massive loss. Valve have been saying for ages that they were always looking for ways to make the pyro's skill curve have a higher end point, and learning to use the airblast effectively is a pretty high-end skill.

[Brahms]

Guys, lets not forget that not only does valve play this game constantly, but they also have all our stats from us playing the game constantly.

That said this airblast thing sounds like it's going to be a pain in the ass unless they change the area of effect or the deflect angle. Hate that pyros can deflect stuff back at me when the rocket wasn't even going to hit them.

[Hzza]

Crit-a-cola seems like an ambush tool- you'll get a few seconds to dole out increased power before someone notices and one-shots you by sneezing on you.

Possibly, we'll see how it goes though, I can see good scouts using this to utterly rape though.

As for the pyro, 20% really isn't a massive loss. Valve have been saying for ages that they were always looking for ways to make the pyro's skill curve have a higher end point, and learning to use the airblast effectively is a pretty high-end skill.

20% damage isn't much, but with the 6 second afterburn now, it kind of makes the pyro pointless: before you'd either get all your kills by ambushing and causing massive initial damage, or you'd get your kills by lighting people up and then running away. Now you can't do either as effectivly. Shit, you can't even flare from a distance anymore as by the time you close the distance to axe range the buggers gone out again!