TF2 Sniper Update

James24 · 12 May 2009 at 21:27

didnt see a thread about this yet:

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

EpicCarnage · 12 May 2009 at 21:32

valve delivering the goods again

psychas · 12 May 2009 at 21:50

looks like fun but its probably be harder to hit then sniper rifle

nitr0uk · 12 May 2009 at 23:19

Looks good, I was wondering when the next character update would be

warnea1984 · 13 May 2009 at 00:07

Cool like the idea, sort of like a railgun that instant kills with a headshot, may be useful at close range.

Durzel · 13 May 2009 at 00:17

Remember if it's anything like a real bow & arrow it will have an arc that will have to be compensated for - I don't imagine you'll be able to aim straight at peoples heads like you do with the rifle.

shock33 · 13 May 2009 at 06:52

I wonder how long the arrows will stay in people, would be awesome if in a long round you get people running around with multiple arrows sticking out of them!

LabR@t · 13 May 2009 at 07:07

i love valve

DampCat · 13 May 2009 at 08:10

Could some post the details in the thread please?

ChrisB · 13 May 2009 at 08:22

DampCat said:
Could some post the details in the thread please?

Any experienced sniper will tell you how irritating it is when your targets keep moving around. The question is how to stop these cheaters from wind-sprinting around like they own the place. And the answer is to pin them to a wall. How? With arrows!

"Now, hold on," you might be thinking. "I'm strong, but no one could throw an arrow that hard." Introducing the Huntsman longbow, which solves that age-old throwing problem.

"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.

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. Comes with 18 arrows and a one-second charge for full power shots.

DampCat · 13 May 2009 at 08:32

Excellent. Thanks.

Sounds ace

bledd · 13 May 2009 at 09:21

so basically it's like the crossbow iron rod thing in HL2, with a few changes

nice

misterPK · 13 May 2009 at 09:44

Awesome! I'll have to start playing thief to get a bit of bow practice in!

PK!

Alpherah · 13 May 2009 at 10:03

1s full charge, otherwise acts like the sniper (Which has quite a lot longer charge time)

Have to get closer to the action due to arcing of the shots i guess as range increases - tradeoff is more / faster killing power.

Seems good! Much better then the scout updates so far

Psypher5 · 13 May 2009 at 12:18

awesome

weringo · 13 May 2009 at 12:21

As someone who plays exclusively as a sniper this sounds interesting, I bet it will take tonnes of practise to master though.

DampCat · 13 May 2009 at 12:29

Hopefully it will have a lot more movement speed when scoped than the rifle, with the trade off being lower accuracy.

BlackDragon · 13 May 2009 at 12:36

I hope it will impale the bodies onto the walls, that would be awesome

I love playing the sniper class, but it won't be enjoyable when the update comes out and everyone plays the sniper

psychas · 13 May 2009 at 12:57

No, the Huntsman doesn't stun. It pins dead/dying players.

nice