Pyro Upgrade Dated, Meet The Sniper Tomorrow

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » June 17th, 2008, 7:00

Pyro Upgrade Dated, Meet The Sniper Tomorrow
When's the Pyro update? When's the Pyro update? When's the Pyro update? Okay, okay, we'll tell you. It's Thursday! (19th). When's Meet The Sniper released? When's Meet The Sniper released? When's Meet The Sniper released? TUESDAY! (At 11am PDT/7pm GMT, to be specific).
This will lead into another of Valve's free Team Fortress 2 weekends, so [...]

Author: John Walker
Category: RockPaperShotgun meet the sniper Pyro team-fortress-2 Valve
Publish Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:21:03 +0000

When's the Pyro update? When's the Pyro update? When's the Pyro update? Okay, okay, we'll tell you. It's Thursday! (19th). When's Meet The Sniper released? When's Meet The Sniper released? When's Meet The Sniper released? TUESDAY! (At 11am PDT/7pm GMT, to be specific).

This will lead into another of Valve's free Team Fortress 2 weekends, so even the most unsure can check out the Pyro's three unlockable weapons and 35 new achievements (if they play fast enough). Also in the update are two user-created TF2 maps, which Valve say is to, "highlight the great work being done in the community and distribute those works to all TF2 players."

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Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » June 17th, 2008, 9:11

Shada · Post by **Shada** » June 17th, 2008, 10:21

more like

amirite

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » June 17th, 2008, 10:39

More like go play with space chess your toy ships, cause obviously there's something wrong with your taste for games

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 17th, 2008, 10:44

A good time to play as the other classes.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 17th, 2008, 11:13

Shada wrote:more like amirite

No, and what's more yourdoinitwrong

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » June 17th, 2008, 14:15

I'm unduly excited by this. There's few things make me chuckle more than watching people scatter when I turn up on a cap point and start setting them on fire. ^_^

Fear · Post by **Fear** » June 17th, 2008, 14:41

Yey I

pyro. I've not got any medic unlocks as I can't stand healing useless cocks that don't shoot the enemy.

The sniper class I've never liked as the one-shot-kill seems to defy the feel of TF2, lets hope the unlocks aren't the actual sniper weapon.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 17th, 2008, 14:59

The two classes that get the unlocks first are probably my two favourite, last I played. Which is a bit annoying when most people choose them because of these unlocks, forcing me out. Maybe I can go back to my original favourite, the engineer.

Post by **fabyak** » June 17th, 2008, 15:30

I'm a big fan of the engineer too, got me fuckloads of kills (as Hehulk can confirm one match he was on the receiving end of some of them) and also got me my longest life of 13 minutes and 37 seconds

Post by **deject** » June 17th, 2008, 15:35

I love playing engineer as well, but a lot of the time being an engineer is just a waste of time.

When you spend all of your time rebuilding the same sentry gun over and over it stops being fun.

Post by **HereComesPete** » June 17th, 2008, 16:39

I enjoy TeeF when I play, but lots of other games seem to distract me from it, maybe when all the classes are finished I'll have a marathon session of unlocking everything. Or maybe I'll just not play it at all. I think the second one is more likely.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » June 17th, 2008, 17:16

GLOBAL PYRO RUSH TIME

Post by **deject** » June 17th, 2008, 18:45

http://www.5punk.co.uk/discuss/37598/

Post by **FatherJack** » June 17th, 2008, 19:19

spoodie wrote:The two classes that get the unlocks first are probably my two favourite, last I played. Which is a bit annoying when most people choose them because of these unlocks, forcing me out. Maybe I can go back to my original favourite, the engineer.

I share the sentiment - Medic and Pyro were my faves from TFC, and probably the least played by other players - but I would feel like a stat-padder if I selected them now.

I think this drip-feed approach is wrong and is putting a lot of people off the game, as their class choice is determined by whether they always/never select the upgraded classes, rather than what the tactial situation demands.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 17th, 2008, 21:00

FatherJack wrote:I think this drip-feed approach is wrong and is putting a lot of people off the game.

Has completely put me off.

if all the classes were upgraded at the same time, I'd've kept playing.

Sol · Post by **Sol** » June 18th, 2008, 17:05

The pyro unloacks are:

The backburner (+50 health and instant crit if attacked from behind)

Flare gun (replacement for shotgun sets enemies on fire at a distance)

Axetinguisher (Instant crit when enemy is on fire)

And the normal flamethrower will be able to release a burst of gas with alt fire which can deflect projectiles.

Sounds nice.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » June 18th, 2008, 19:57

Or just check it yourself at http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/

Post by **deject** » June 18th, 2008, 21:10

I've played Fastlane and it's pretty good BTW. Turbine is OK, but rather simplistic.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » June 18th, 2008, 21:12

Turbine is like 2fort, if you want to have fun, you'll need to think outside the box