TF2 Sniper Update

millsy888 said:
unlocks dont come from achievements anymore, they are handed out randomly. That's why when u load up TF2 you will see a big list of idle achievement servers, with people going afk over night on them to get the unlocks.
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Cheers, but :rolleyes:

Was playing the other night and still going for achievments to try to get stuff. Then I got given something randomly which I didn't take any notice off or realise what it was. WIll go and try to find this suitcase thing.

Played with OcuK Gord and had a great time as a medic/attack combo, and generally destroying the other team :D:D:D
 
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Cheers, but :rolleyes:

Was playing the other night and still going for achievments to try to get stuff. Then I got given something randomly which I didn't take any notice off or realise what it was. WIll go and try to find this suitcase thing.

Played with OcuK Gord and had a great time as a medic/attack combo, and generally destroying the other team :D:D:D
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Go to main menu then character setup and you will see the case there :)

To change an item on a class go to the same menu and click that char then change what you wish.
 
3 hours idling this morning, zero unlocks. Right now I'd be happy to just get any unlock, even one I've already got, just so I know it's working.

Annoying :(
 
millsy888 said:
Done about 2 hours myself and haven't received anything :(
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The server I'm sat on some of the people there have received 2 or more unlocks. :(

What makes it worse is that looking at a previously open conversation I was having with a friend on Steam friends it says that I lost connection to Steam a couple of times. Now I have no clue whether this is influencing anything, maybe it's now impossible for me to get any unlocks until I reload the map, or maybe reload the game? Or maybe reload Steam completely?

It's the not knowing which is the annoying part - as much as I hated unlockables being tied to achievements at least you knew a) what you have to do to get them and b) how long it would take.

If it's truly a random system and not weighted properly then it presumably is quite possible to never receive everything no matter how long you play. I don't want to have to wait weeks to get the Spy unlocks when it's my 3rd played (and favourite) class.

Argh!
 
You still get the old unlocks for scout/heavy/pyro/medic from achievements though.
Only getting the spy and sniper achievements is a pain :mad:. Played for 7 hours since the update and nada, nothing for them, just got the sandman randomly with the new unlock system but the other 2 unlocks I got were from achievements. 1 achievement for 7 hours of play, appalling, I've got 9 or 10 achievements now for the spy which would mean at least milestone one if it had unlocks from achievements.
 
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I joined one server last night and I instantly got 4 unlocks. All duplicates though. :(

Someone else got 7 unlocks all at once! :eek:
 
Can someone confirm that the idle servers still work? I joined 4 this morning, and all 4 were disconnected from steam. I joined 2 regular servers straight after, and they were fine.

Edit: don't rolleyes me for idling. I put in a lot of hours and got jack all.
 
spirity said:
I can't believe Valve could be so ass-backwards to think that this is a good idea.
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Problem is, there are not many alternatives to the system as a whole. The way they USED to do it and the way it is now. You can't overcomplicate something that is really meant to be just an easy system of achievements and getting a little something for doing them.

The reason it got changed is thanks to all the whiners who basically moaned non-stop at Valve for the system as it was previously...which to most people I have conversed with, were happy about.

It was apparently the largest issue from the whining TF2 community. So it's down to two options really;

1) They made the changes honestly and tried/trying to implement it, but it sucks at the moment. With trading, less duplicates, etc - it might get better one hopes.

2) They puposely brought the system in to shut the whiners up and annoy them even more by making the system even worse than it was.

The question remains, I'd love to speak to one of the Steam Forum TF2 whiners and see if they are happier now or before...
 
spirity said:
I can't believe Valve could be so ass-backwards to think that this is a good idea.
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Dude, think of it, there are SOME good points, just not for us regular/old players.


1: Less scout/sniper spam in the weeks after update.
2: Noobs who suck *** get a chance to try the unlocks too after a few hours of play, instead of having to spend ages on unlocks...
3: Stop people from going to achievement servers ( well, until they did achievement_idle then )
4: Less pointless achievements.



It wouldn't be SUCH a bad system if you couldn't get dupes and/or could trade the unlocks. I'd quite like it then I think.
Unlocks through achievements still work for the old classes.

Tbh I reckon the people who make the biggest fuss out of it ( ignoring the dupes), are the ones who immediately after patching, used to go to achievement servers and try to get all of the new weapons immediately. Impatient people... If they remove the duplicates and balance it a bit more ( eg. not that one player get 5 unlocks in 5 hours and another gets 0 in 6 hours), I wouldn't be too much against it.
 
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DampCat said:
Can someone confirm that the idle servers still work? I joined 4 this morning, and all 4 were disconnected from steam. I joined 2 regular servers straight after, and they were fine.

Edit: don't rolleyes me for idling. I put in a lot of hours and got jack all.
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Yeah they work. I got the cloak and dagger and a few duplicates last night. Night before I got 15 items but none were new ones :(
 
dampcat it is still working.

i farmed my heavy and pyro achievments, to get the guns because I hate pyro and heavy

medic and scout I got the through normal play

with both spy and sniper, I've got 'enough' for 3rd milestone in all 3, but am missing unlocks from both of them :(

annoying, and I'm idling overnight
 
I've probably experienced the weirdest bug so far.

Went on a server 2 or so days ago and within a minute of joining the reds I had 6 lots of pairs of item unlocks, including hats! Wish I had taken a screenshot now, and yep cue the inevitable "you hacker!" etc.. :D

Out of it all the new items I got were the ambassador, and the medic, heavy, scout, soldier, engineer and sniper hats. Medic's is definitely the coolest :)
 
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