However, with the scout update coming up, I have the sinking feeling that all I’m going to hear is “bonk” for a few days.

And can you even begin to imagine the sniper or engineer update? *shudder*

What bothers me is the fact that we went from a team based FPS where everyone starts at a level playing field, with skill being the only real difference between the players. Now the game has changed to one in which people who play longer than others are rewarded with better weapons. Talk about being noob unfriendly.

I hate unlockables in games. I paid for the game, I only have so much time to play per week, don’t force me to waste time unlocking the game! Limit unlockables to tags, skins, taunts, whatever, let the people who get a stiff one from playing more than others have that crap, but let the normal folks start on an equal plane with everyone else. I don’t play mmo games for this very reason.

As the author said, keep the stupid achievements, keep the stupid new weapons, but nix the damn unlockables.

Unfortunately it has become impossible to play medic on the majority of the servers… Whenever there is a good heavy or pyro every medic is rushing on him to get points and grind achievements… you can’t even heal someone… So i am quite disappointed with these new achievements because i cant play medic anymore and i’m reduced to go pyro and play like a noob…

Thanks for all your articles madlep =) and cheers from switzerland

There are and we will.

TF 2 medic mania will calm down as more weapons/achievements come out
for the other classes.

Thanks for the mail,
Gabe

I understand that Valve may not want to throw their content down the drain, but they could either just unlock it for us all, or they may give us an option to play without the whole new weapon thing, or both. Until that time, I doubt I’ll be playing my beloved game again.
Goldrush is real nice though.

‘IT WAS BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SERVER WAS FULL OF… MEDICS TRYING TO UBER SCOUTS’ and things like that. What’s wrong with ubering Scouts at a good time? Yes, I know that might sound a bit strange, but surely a Scout + Medic team would be good during an intelegence capturing mission. In the end, that’s the main difference between the smart and stupid ways of unlocking achievements. Medics + Scout in Goldrush, silly. Medic + Scout in Well, interesting tactic.

I know that probably didn’t make much sense, but this should clarify my thoughts. It’s like everyone is assuming that most TF2 players are noobs who don’t know how to use tactics that suit each map and that conciously farm to the detriment of their teams. It isn’t like that. True, it happens but I’ve been on serveral servers and I’ve seen no sign of it; almost as if it’s a localised problem to the servers you visit. I mean, in the end there is a chance that if a heavies bullets run out, and you’re the only thing that can get them to the re-supply station you might as well punch them to death while you’re at it.

Besides, when you look at it it seems that most people in general like the idea; it’s just those people don’t really spend their time reading gaming blogs X3

Though I had some fun grinding those achievements, I got most of them in that CP grindfest mentioned.

However when the pyro weapons come out and I have to axe fifty lvl3 sentries or flamethrower twenty enemies that are standing in water, the novelty will probably be worn out even for us easily amused folks.