New Team Fortress 2 Content Scheduled for Mid-April; Includes Goldrush, New Weapons, Meet The Scout

As excited as I am about these updates, I can't help but feel that the main reason TF2 is dying so fast is because it takes so long with it's updates. Games have a natural decay in popularity, and only the best games last 5+ years before dying out. If each update takes as long as this one, I don't see them getting to a third or fourth one before the game's community leaves.
Any news on why the delay is so long?


Aside from that, I think it's awesome that they still keep the game incredibly balanced while not losing any of it's fun.

Do they now it is past near April and quickly approaching late April?

What they need to do, is stop listening to all the forum trolls and stop fucking nerfing classes. They need to leave well enough alone. They already fucked the Spy, Demo, Sniper, and Soldier - making changes that were never needed but done anyway obviously due to people who couldn't play the classes well enough to get a fair chance.
This isn't Team Fortress...

so if there's going to be multiple "ubercharges" (ie. the crit thing in the article) will we be able to have 2 medics using their charges at the same time?

An invincible heavy spewing crits for 10 seconds might be kinda ridiculous o_O

I've never seen more people who are more unhappy with a game that still play it.

The crits can be touch and go but from what I see from tourney play they take it out to make it more about team than random. Sadly you can't expect that same level of coordination on a pub server, hence the crits. It makes perfect sense if the best player that is helping move the team forward gets taken out. It changes the entire attack. Some of my most memorable moments haven't been me shooting off a crit.

Content wise there could be more maps but their approach have always been different, start with a base then grow from there. Every game with tons of maps always end up end having a small amount of the large content played. the only games I've seen that force players to play all their maps have been usually on consoles. In PC world where we have a freedom to choose what game we will most like choose a map we enjoy to play the most. If you have a place to eat then you have a favorite map to play. (Mine is Lazytown Night Time). As for gametypes, at this point it's just the internet hate machine just churing away, Counter-Strike has 2 game types. Bomb and Hostage, the match almost always ends in a DM scenario. Interesting isn't it?

Now for those that for some sociopathic reason are getting off on the decline of a game that most likely you are not FORCED to play. I'm inclined to believe most of those who give this game proverbial "shit" are purist. It's dumb and almost always outdated thinking. Look at your parents, look at how they look at you when you dress how you do, or listen to the music you do or even are puzzled by a computer and hate it. That's you, only you are doing it with a game. This is not TFC this is TF2, you can play TFC, if it doesn't last forever then it doesn't. Just like one day TF3 may come out and the cycle starts all over.

I want to upgrade the bone saw to a katana. Then, MOUSE2 can "charge" at the opponent with 2x scout speed, impaling the opponents on the sword.

Also, Pyro's flamethrower could use a range boost :) If you've ever seen flamethrowers in action, they actually have long range -- because the ignition liquid can be thrown in a long arc. It might be pretty challenging to aim that.

It would be awesome if the HWGuy had a mode where he shoots pipebombs from his minigun; at the same rate the gun fires normal bullets :) I mean, just for a few seconds, and you have to charge up some meter for that. Or, the HWGuy can run at normal speeds while firing.

For scout, it's all about upgrading the number of mid-air jumps the scout might be able to do.

For the spy, the upgrades should let him keep his disguise if no other player of the victim's team actually sees the act of stabbing.

Although a cooler spy upgrade would replace the knife with a "syringe," which would paralyze the stabbed enemy player and prevent them from using their weapons for 20 seconds or so. The syringe should also work on Ubered players...

For the demo, maybe he could upgrade his pipebombs to a "rubber" variety, with them bouncing around wildly. Of course, a demo could gain his multi grenade from TFC back.

The sniper's gun could become semi-automatic, with about 1/2 power of the full shot, but with higher rate of fire.

And, finally, the engineer could deploy a mini-tank version of its SG (upgrade to level 4) which can move around on tracks by remote control.

Man, I am titillated by the concept of the loadout screen and weapon variety. It might just be enough to make up for the lack of class-specific grenades.

OMG this game ripped off TF2's art style

GAME IS BROKE! GIVE PYRO EWOK GLIDERS WITH NAPALM GRENZ!!!!1 FU

420 420 420 420 420 is the day to be

Honestly, I love every class and balance to the game so far, My only complaint is when playing defense you have to attempt to beat 3 medic/heavy or medic/solider combos uber charged walking into your defenses....

Maybe the sniper class could have more force to their shot? That way he can shoot the medic away from their target. Doesn't do damage but it will at least break the uber charge.

I am so tired of MMO aspects and unlockables in FPS's. TF2 has great balance right now why ruin a great thing? I just want to pick up a gun and be on the same footing as my teammates without worrying about time in game to get good weapons. Does everything in games nowadays have to be a grind? Are people that shallow?

I long for Tribes where skill actually mattered and grinding was non existent :(

I worry that we as gamers are too ready to embrace our own strongly set expectations. Should we sit back and let the designers design their games?

Just a guess here but i think most of the bitching about it getting stale are from the same people who play the same class on the same map day in and day out.

When it started to feel a little 'stale' I switched from CTF to CP. I also started playing many different classes.

The game hasn't gotten stale for me but certainly look forward to the changes.

I still enjoy TF2. I don't think classes die too easily if you don't rush headlong into guys, which you're nto suppose to do! Play to the strengths of the class. If you are a scout and run straight at a soldier or heavy, expect to sit a time out with a res timer. I dont agree with the new "crit gun" idea, but adding new stuff is needed to keep these types of games alive.

amazing, in the 7 months since tf2's release, they will have 2 whole new maps, 3 new medic items and achievements???

10 seconds of crits from a medic heavy/soldier combo... way to take an issue (clan stacking on pub) and make it far far worse.

where is delay tag associated with this news?

Well, I should have a new gaming computer by then. Stupid computer dying.

They want to save it for Hitler's birthday.

How about a toaster we can throw into the water that insta-kills everybody in it?

Just kidding... I do miss armor and grenades though. The one thing I don't like about TF2 is that you die too quickly. The old games, unless you got sniped, you tended to last longer and that made for some interesting gameplay.

Or get rid of the damn respawn delay. Keep that action fast and furious and I won't care as much that I die more frequently than I used too.

For people that bitch about no or to little new maps coming out:
Making a map for a game like TF is ALOT harder then the likes of a DM map or a CTF map. at the moment im working on a CP (dustbowl type) map, and there are SO any things you have to take into accout and test.
1) Map Flow
2) Distance Defence and Offence have to run to balance the map one cant be able to run to far with out meeting someone else, other classes move slower.
3) SG placements, need area were it can cover exits but not be in clear line of sight to be taken down
4) Scout movement and jumping is almost 2 times more then other classes, have to make sure they cant get to some places but they can get to other places that ONLY a scout can
5) Demo men and Soilders can again get to places they should not be
6) Multi roots incase attackers get bogged down, but dont make the new root an easy win
7) Key control area were Attackers can set up a mini forward out post so they can build there TP and SG

so with out using any of the points listed im sure they could pump out maps every day.

I said about 8 weeks ago that the new medic gun should give 10sec of 100% crit and everyone laughed at me...to them guys FUCK YOU BITCHS

The game needs the capture methods changing to stop it from going stale. Right now, every map is pretty predictable because the fights are always in the same places around the CP's, and the game just turns into a team deathmatch around those CP's. There isnt any flow to the matches unless one team has a huge amount more coordination than the other.

Bring back the capture systems from TFC. Things like flag run, reverse flag run, territory control, instant capture etc. Those modes really make each map unique and with flags you get a mobile control point. Dustbowl has lost a lot of its charm because of the lack of a flag to run, its just turned into an uber rushing map (as have most, really)

I wonder if one medic can uber a Heavy/Pyro whilst another Critical-Charges them. Sounds scary :(

A lot of people are worried the changes will disrupt the current gameplay. I, for one, think these changes will only make the game even better. Best of all, if Valve implements something that doesn't go well with the community, I have no doubt they'd be very quick to change it.

Valve has updated/patched TF2 more in the past 2 months than EA has done for their entire game catalog in the past 2 decades. I have no fear for the gameplay; the Valve I know will not let us down.

i had hoped goldrush would of came out a little sooner wont get much play in before GTA4 comes out :(

Im glad this is coming out, because TF2 was starting to get stale, at least on pubs. Hopefully this will reset the timer on that for it. What they have to do is hit us with the rest of the class achievements/weapons/unlocks etc no later then 1 or 2 months after this update, so we get a SHITLOAD of new content which easily extends the "newness" of the game another 6-8 months, and then they should focus on adding at least 5 more quality maps.

wait a sec. they said april 20. they didnt say april 20 this year. I dont trust valve when it comes to release dates unless they also say what year

So it should be out mid-October. Totally sweet.

I, for one, will certainly entrust my gaming balls to Valve's tender grasp.

I just cannot wait for this. TF2 is the best online FPS in many many years.. give me MORE!!!!

four weeks is too long. :(