TF2 Sniper Update

[DM.]

http://www.teamfortress.com/sniperupdate/


In before the sniper turns into an aussie version of link.

 

[SamSmith]

Wow. That's.. Cool. I guess. Kind of like the crossbow in HL2.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I might play again, is this for 360 too?

 

[JoshasorousRex]

Are they doing the whole revealing one thing a day for a week or what?

 

[Chilliman]

I might play again, is this for 360 too?

360 updates will not arrive for a long time. Valve is trying to find a way to put as much content in as possible because they aren't allowed to make it free. Sucks for 360 players, eh?

 

[Halfbreed13]

*called it*
I thought they would choose charge speed over firepower, but I didnt expect a bow. Nice Valve

 

[SomeBritishDude]

So, whats the catch on the bow?

Not that it matters for me of coarse.

*trudges back to his 360*

 

[Teachingaddict]

omg its f'king awesome


*waits to re-live classic Rambo moments - "to win war you have to become war" *

 

[Theo Samaritan]

I might play again, is this for 360 too?

360 updates will not arrive for a long time. Valve is trying to find a way to put as much content in as possible because they aren't allowed to make it free. Sucks for 360 players, eh?

They ARE allowed to make it free. The issue is not with microsoft, its hardware.

Basically, and Valve have said this several times (look on the TF2 blog), the 360 has literally run out of memory to put these things ingame - they have to be loaded, and the 360 just can't handle it. They are working on a way of reducing the memory used by things but its slow.

 

[Cobra Dude]

Three words can describe this best

Awsome
As
Hell

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I might play again, is this for 360 too?

360 updates will not arrive for a long time. Valve is trying to find a way to put as much content in as possible because they aren't allowed to make it free. Sucks for 360 players, eh?

They ARE allowed to make it free. The issue is not with microsoft, its hardware.

Basically, and Valve have said this several times (look on the TF2 blog), the 360 has literally run out of memory to put these things ingame - they have to be loaded, and the 360 just can't handle it. They are working on a way of reducing the memory used by things but its slow.

Man that sucks, this looks awesome....darn my 360

 

[redShift_]

im looking forward to this!
the new achievments should keep me interested for a while i bet theres gonna be some super hard ones as per...

 

[oliveira8]

"Now, hold on," you keep saying. "Aren't bows and arrows primitive and harmless?" Why don't you ask the dinosaurs? Except you can't, because the cavemen bow and arrowed them to death. One headshot from the Huntsman can mean an instant crit, in addition to a bolt-riddled corpse hanging from a wall that's gruesome and funny.

Awesome!

 

[Earthbound]

http://www.teamfortress.com/sniperupdate/


In before the sniper turns into an aussie version of link.

Now all he needs is a boomerang, and he and Link could duel. The boomerang could stun people so they don't move for a few seconds and can stun them longer if...oh wait.

Anyway, this I am looking forward too. I never liked the sniper for the fact that he's a very twitchy class to play. I'd rather think about how I'm going to kill them rather than playing, and I quote, "Point and click adventure." Besides, just throwing arrows at them probably won't hurt too much without that bow.

 

[Doug]

So, whats the catch on the bow?

Not that it matters for me of coarse.

*trudges back to his 360*

I presume you don't have the sniper rifle then, heh. And it'd be harder to aim, I think

 

[Halfbreed13]

I might play again, is this for 360 too?

360 updates will not arrive for a long time. Valve is trying to find a way to put as much content in as possible because they aren't allowed to make it free. Sucks for 360 players, eh?

They ARE allowed to make it free. The issue is not with microsoft, its hardware.

Basically, and Valve have said this several times (look on the TF2 blog), the 360 has literally run out of memory to put these things ingame - they have to be loaded, and the 360 just can't handle it. They are working on a way of reducing the memory used by things but its slow.

Man that sucks, this looks awesome....darn my 360

PC ELITISM FTW

 

[Johnn Johnston]

[HEADING=3]You will shoot them and they will stick to the wall and they will die[/HEADING]

Best. Subheading. Ever.

 

[Arcane Azmadi]

http://www.teamfortress.com/sniperupdate/


In before the sniper turns into an aussie version of link.

Now all he needs is a boomerang, and he and Link could duel. The boomerang could stun people so they don't move for a few seconds and can stun them longer if...oh wait.

Anyway, this I am looking forward too. I never liked the sniper for the fact that he's a very twitchy class to play. I'd rather think about how I'm going to kill them rather than playing, and I quote, "Point and click adventure." Besides, just throwing arrows at them probably won't hurt too much without that bow.

Hmm, ironically enough the boomerang is a bona-fide Aussie weapon, so I was actually wondering if the sniper would get one, possibly as a replacement for the submachine gun.

Anyway, this unlock is awesome, I was wondering what kind of alternate sniper rifle they could come up with, but this is so radically and unexpectedly different that it just knocked my socks off and stuck them to the wall and they died. I expecte the balancing factor will be the low ammo and possibly the inability to fire while moving despite having to fight at much closer range. I'm not entirely sold on the ability to pin people to walls though, if it's anything other than a ragdoll visual effect for when you kill them then it's potentially unbalancing- the Force Of Nature is bullshit enough as it is.

 

[Jamous]

FUCK. YEAH.

And even if you don't kill them, they'll carry around a certain arrow-shaped something as a living testament to your awesome archery skills and their frankly unawesome dodging skills. XDXDXD

 

[Daveman]

is this legit, I'd only heard about jarate...
http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/peejar.jpg