BF2S Forums [TF2] The Sniper/Spy Update

Just got the Huntsman as my second unlock

Finray wrote:

This just in: I suck with the Huntsman

ok

Finray wrote:

SamBo:D wrote:

Finray wrote:

This just in: I suck with the Huntsman

ok

K, it doesn't 'suck' per sae, you can get a good few kills with it. It just doesn't match the snipers traditional role: Out of the way precision shooting. It turns the sniper into a mid range arrow spammer. I don't know, only used it for 20 minutes.

It's awesome. Become better with it.

DeathUnlimited wrote:

DefCon-17 wrote:

DeathUnlimited wrote:

That accurately describes 0.1% of players who play pyro on pubs all the time.

Yeah, like the .1% of good Snipers, Spies, Soldiers....fuck, all the classes you find in pubs.

Not to sound like Uzique Jr., but you can't really judge a class' skill/usefulness by what you see in the average insta-spawn pub shit fest.

I haven't heard of pyros being used in matches

Sometimes, for lulz/pushes on 5-cap CP maps.

Good games on the BF2s server earlier tonight... should sort out a config with an appropriate number of CP-cap victory rounds, and throw all of the standard maps into the rotation . Typical pub-server at the moment, twice as much Payload gameplay as anything else- but still pretty enjoyable for a pub blasting away with some familiar faces!

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

So. Spy and Sniper milestones.

Yay I can finally get Jarate and Cloak & Dagger

Yay I can get ambassador

Bit of a joke really, 17 out of 37 achievements is the third milestone?

wat, you have to get milestones for the unlocks to be available?

sick, milestones now?

Good move on valve's part, just 8 days too late.

Bevo wrote:

Good move on valve's part, just 8 days too late.

I dunno, I think it's worked out quite well.

They tested their new system. There wasn't as big a surge to the newly updated classes as usual due to the lack of needing to get achievements. Games weren't interrupted by people trying to get achievements. People had no need to farm achievements at all, and so got them the fun way (ie when they happened). Hiccups in the new system were ironed out slightly and the major problems were removed.

Then, milestones were added. People had some unlocks already, had some achievements already, and so gameplay will continue smoothly.

Sure it wasn't much fun getting duplicate unlocks over and over again, but never mind its all in the past now.

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Bevo wrote:

Good move on valve's part, just 8 days too late.

I dunno, I think it's worked out quite well.

They tested their new system. There wasn't as big a surge to the newly updated classes as usual due to the lack of needing to get achievements. Games weren't interrupted by people trying to get achievements. People had no need to farm achievements at all, and so got them the fun way (ie when they happened). Hiccups in the new system were ironed out slightly and the major problems were removed.

Then, milestones were added. People had some unlocks already, had some achievements already, and so gameplay will continue smoothly.

Sure it wasn't much fun getting duplicate unlocks over and over again, but never mind its all in the past now.

Not getting to play with the new toys was very frustrating for many. Having no control over it only made it worse. While there weren't any 9 v 9 all spy matches, there has been a giant leap in amount of snipers and spies per team. New toys for any class means it's going to be played more often. I've already been banned twice since the patch because admins told me to change class, there were "too many snipers" or "too many spies". After telling them where they can shove it, you can guess the result.