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Hot off the presses: TF2 Official Blog wrote:We've been pretty quiet lately, but thankfully, that's about to end. In the next few days we'll have an update out that has a couple of new features for the Engineer and Spy, and a variety of other smaller fixes. - Teleporters will be upgradeable to level 3. As the teleporter is upgraded, the cooldown will decrease.
- Dispensers will be upgradeable to level 3. They will heal faster and generate metal faster as they are upgraded.
- Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground.
- We've made a bunch of minor changes by adding particle systems and upgrading the HUD to show things like deaths by critical hits, players that are overhealed, and giving more information to medics when people are calling for them.
These are just to work on some class balance and depth issues that we've seen in the wild with these two classes, but aren't meant to replace their entire class packs. They will be getting more attention further down the road. Also, the next class update will be the SCOUT!
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- The next class pack will be the Scout. One of the main goals we're focusing on for him has been to provide tools that make him useful in maps like Dustbowl & Goldrush. If you have any ideas for what you think would work well, post them over on the Team Fortress 2 Forum and we'll take a look.
- We are actively working on a massive XBox 360 update, which will include pretty much everything we've shipped on the PC in the last year. We'll provide you with a rough date when we have one.
- We're also working on bringing over a variety of engine improvements from Left 4 Dead into the TF2 engine, but it won't be a wholesale replacement of the engine. This means we'll get some of L4D's performance improvements, like the better multicore support, but not all of them. For example, we can't bring over some improvements without dropping support for DX8, which we're not prepared to do.
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engie and spy update just released.
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Updating servers ATM. ETA: in a bit... HolyJaw wrote:In the end, everything Endyss said.
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endyss wrote:Hot off the presses: TF2 Official Blog wrote:
- we can't bring over some improvements without dropping support for DX8, which we're not prepared to do.
Ummm.... does any significant number of people still uses DX8? The only versions of windows that don't have support for DX9 are Windows 95/NT 4 and earlier. Have you even been able to get a graphics card that doesn't support DX9 in the last 6-8 years? Any computer that old is liable to die any day. Fuck them I want to run it at even more obcene resolutions. Also the xbox (DirectX Box) runs DX9.0c so they aren't even keeping it at 8.0 for that.
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endyss wrote:Updating servers ATM.
ETA: in a bit... Hurry I wish to play!
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mmmm.... upgradable dispensers.
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Giller [GwDR wrote:]engie and spy update just released. From what I read, those are the REAL updates/upgrades. These are just something extra to help balance classes (which I applaud). There will be another update to the Engi and Spy with new weapons too.
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K_Buz wrote:From what I read, those are the REAL updates/upgrades. These are just something extra to help balance classes (which I applaud). There will be another update to the Engi and Spy with new weapons too. True, but whatcha wanna bet we just got a sneak peak at which the last two to be updated will be? HolyJaw wrote:In the end, everything Endyss said.
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I hope Scout gets caltrops. :) Didn't Scout have that in TF1? Or maybe it was that Wolfenstein game.. the free multiplayer one. I forget.
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Cheney wrote:I hope Scout gets caltrops. :) Didn't Scout have that in TF1? Or maybe it was that Wolfenstein game.. the free multiplayer one. I forget.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. But no, it was TF. Btw, who are you? two cheneys is very improbable.
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I love how Valve went and did a bunch of awesome stuff while I was gone. It's like coming home to tons of presents under the Christmas tree! :D wrote:{pDs} TitaniumPhoenix: We're Mexican. I say we pull a razor outta our titties and cut them!
[CMS]Noobina: omg thats where you keep yours too?! wrote:{pDs} TitaniumPhoenix: You mean that's not you in my titties? THEN WHO IS IT? D:
{pDs} Razor: I don't know but I would imagine if you push them together you would probably hear AFLAC!!! 
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TitaniumPhoenix wrote:I love how Valve went and did a bunch of awesome stuff while I was gone. It's like coming home to tons of presents under the Christmas tree! :D and then you realize its all coal In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way. 
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Cheney wrote:I hope Scout gets caltrops. :) Didn't Scout have that in TF1? Or maybe it was that Wolfenstein game.. the free multiplayer one. I forget.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. But no, it was TF. Btw, who are you? two cheneys is very improbable.
I play as 'Cheney's Quail' - a name I adopted originally for CS after Dick Cheney shot his buddy in the face while quail hunting. I would change my forum name to "Cheney's Quail" if someone would tell me how, to avoid confusion with Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart.
I live in Seattle and enjoy long moonlit walks on the beach and kickboxing.
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Gunslinger wrote:TitaniumPhoenix wrote:I love how Valve went and did a bunch of awesome stuff while I was gone. It's like coming home to tons of presents under the Christmas tree! :D and then you realize its all coal It actually looks like coal, then you pick it up and realize its actually exploding turds. Thats right, valve got shit on your slippers.
Pyros. They shout and curse. Stabbing wildly. More brawlers than warriors. They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs.
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SNoB wrote:Gunslinger wrote:TitaniumPhoenix wrote:I love how Valve went and did a bunch of awesome stuff while I was gone. It's like coming home to tons of presents under the Christmas tree! :D and then you realize its all coal It actually looks like coal, then you pick it up and realize its actually exploding turds. Thats right, valve got shit on your slippers.
I like the update...why this big backlash? Its awesome that teleports can be upgraded, its awesome that demo stickies can be destroyed with bullets, and its awesome that medics can tell who is hurting most by looking at the medic calls. And you still lament.....
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