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[ToonyMan]

Don't fret Duke.  Just between you and me and the whole world my computer I use to play TF2 only has an integrated graphics card and it runs quite well with the settings I have.

[Thexor]

Double health sounds interesting... but I'm curious as to how it'll play.

I'm assuming backstabs will still be instakills. (They deal 6x your current health in damage.) But what about headshots? It'll take a half-charged headshot to kill a Scout, never mind Heavies. On the flip side, proficient juggling will be much more powerful; actually, anything that prioritizes sustained damage, like juggling, miniguns, or sentries, will probably be substantially more powerful than 'burst' damage like sticky traps or headshots.


Of course, Valve hasn't yet said they will double player health (it's just on their "things we'd like to try" list). But hey, it'll be a decent experiment, at the very least. 


...and I am absolutely dreading can't wait to see the SPUF response to this. 

[Strange guy]

Wow, the beta download is big. It said 4GB when I started installing, and now it says 8. Look like I won't bother getting involved, which is a shame as I was looking forward to trying it out.

[ToonyMan]

You guys must be packing your hard drives to the brim because I have no problems with an additional 4GB, kinda feels like I'm downloading the whole game again though.

[Duke 2.0]

 In burst vs. sustained damage, burst always used to be a major advantage. Why take three seconds to unload a clip on something when you can just lob a rocket, forget about it, and have an enemy not know where you are? Really, making the game slanted towards sustained damage would do a huge balance help for pyros. It would also make ambush classes like scouts and demomen a bit more difficult, as the question isn't "Can I kill this guy before he starts firing back" so much as "Can I deal some damage and get out of here before he kills me?" So some balancing that allows for ambushing classes like pyros to get out of the fray after doing what they do would be nice.
 The current health systems are based on a fully-charged sniper rifle headshot. It would be nice to see if this was a good or bad idea. They would even increase the hitbox for the head a bit to account for the terrible lag issues it has.

[Shadowlord]

Increase the hitbox, eh? I already see people getting killed by arrows which penetrate the void to the side of their head.

[Duke 2.0]

 Alright, screw the hitbox. Just do some radical funky thing so lag compensation works.

[ToonyMan]

Alright, screw the hitbox. Just do some radical funky thing so lag compensation works.

Time Machete

[Myroc]

Increase the hitbox, eh? I already see people getting killed by arrows which penetrate the void to the side of their head.

The Huntsman uses a larger hitbox than the sniper rifle does.

[tomas1297]

 So is there a Bay 12 group?

[Axil]

Here you go.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dwarfortress

[zestorum]

It's so satisfying when you dominate a guy as spy till the point he rages at you "Can you teach me how to backstab a face, cock-head?" then ragequit.

[PTTG??]

Hey, the Bay12 server is out of date! What's with that?

[Thexor]

Well, time to get the rumour mill going.

TF2 updated with the following message:

Team Fortress 2
- Updated some files, for no reason whatsoever

and now, suddenly, winter-themed crates are dropping. No word yet on how to open them or what's in them. What kind of event does Valve have in store?

[ToonyMan]

I'm betting it'll be winter themed.