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[EnigmaticHat]

Yeah...

I love TF2 but none of my computers can run it anymore.  Most games get less laggy over time...

[miauw62]

Have you tried the potatomode configs made by some comp players?

Also, yeah, valve is doing a terrible job at optimisation. Not to mention that dx9 will be REQUIRED for matchmaking.

[Reudh]

Have you tried the potatomode configs made by some comp players?

Also, yeah, valve is doing a terrible job at optimisation. Not to mention that dx9 will be REQUIRED for matchmaking.

I haven't tried potatomode configs yet. I've used Chris', i've used Rhapsody's and I've used that other main one that isn't one of those. I just wish that I could play the game with a half decent framerate at half decent settings.

[miauw62]

Panic Attack is actually a really fun weapon for battle engie now.

E:
http://www.teamfortress.tv/30651/boost-fps-with-this-one-simple-trick

[WealthyRadish]

http://www.teamfortress.tv/30651/boost-fps-with-this-one-simple-trick

There's a lot of merit to this. It's bizarre how TF2 is a game where theoretically lower graphics settings can result in lower performance, but a lot has changed with config settings and optimization. When you consider how much jury-rigging and experimentation has been involved in TF2's ongoing development (like how even alternate weapons and loadouts had to be added post-release) it sort of makes sense. I definitely wouldn't use the old Chris configs, those have been outdated for years.

[Spehss _]

http://www.teamfortress.tv/30651/boost-fps-with-this-one-simple-trick

Tried this. Didn't help much. I'd average 30 or even 15 or 10 in heavy close up battles. Went back to dx8 and at least it averages ~30 in combat.

But I have a shit integrated graphics card that is years out of date and not very powerful, soooo...yeah.

[miauw62]

Smissmas is here!

... it comes with festivizers that only work on skinned weapons >.>
Damnit Valve.

I guess I'll never own a festive weapon, since being strange is still much nicer than Christmas swag.

Oh and some hats are multi-class now, so their value is going to go up. Especially the unus.

E:

[Dorsidwarf]

I still can't believe Valve tricked me into spending £4 on a month-long missions pass which makes me work for several hours just to get a fucking crate.

Oh and it only does this every few days too. Money well spent (you fat bald bastard)

[mattie2009]

I still can't believe Valve tricked me into spending £4 on a month-long missions pass which makes me work for several hours just to get a fucking crate.

Oh and it only does this every few days too. Money well spent (you fat bald bastard)

This isn't new.
Shit, if you've played CS:GO any time within the last two-three years you could recognize this as standard operating procedure.

*bought the Invasion pass and now cannot hold all these fucking Invasion crates*
THEY WON'T STOP DROPPING.

- WHY DID THEY NERF ENGI SO HARD. Now even the attentions of a half-awake spy is enough to seriously endanger an engi nest. I like playing Spy, and I like playing Engi, but all this change will encourage is engis to run minis more, even after they were nerfed. No point investing so much time in a L3 sentry when you can just get a mini up in much less time and much less time lost if it dies. Not to mention the 0.5s downtime after sapper removal. Rescue Ranger is now poor. 75 hp @ 4 bolts was what, 300hp healed? Given buildings go down in three hits to direct grenades or rockets, (216 hp), the lower clip size means you're going to have to go in for more risky repairs or teleport it away.
Now that it's 60hp @ 4 bolts, you're only going to have 240 hp repair, and a lengthy reload.

"My favourite class is the Spy. Thanks, and have fun!"
-Gabe Newell

In all seriousness, though; as someone who plays Engie once in a blue moon, I'm probably not qualified to speak on the Engie changes.
Fortunately, I don't have to.

tl;dr the sentry nerf disincentivizes turtling behind your sentry like a useless trashcan. Spies can now sap and shoot without being instantly roasty-toastied by the sentry when the engie inevitably whacks it, allowing for easier kills on engineers who ignore the spy and only remove the sapper because 'a teammate will come along and take care of that for me'. Actually kill the spy before removing the sapper, move that gear up, and build a teleporter holy shit

The rescue ranger nerf equates to one extra bolt required for 300 healing, which equates to less than one second of gameplay difference.

[WealthyRadish]

When the gun mettle stuff rolled around all I could think of are those Bismuth Bronze Botfarmer Mk.VII Whatevers, and how quickly they became irrelevant. That you're also paying money for the privilege of spending more money on keys... I'm really surprised by how well the campaign stuff has been received.

Then again, I also thought that about festives when they were added (5 ref for a strange festive scattergun? what a waste!), so maybe I'm wrong.

[Spehss _]

In all seriousness, though; as someone who plays Engie once in a blue moon, I'm probably not qualified to speak on the Engie changes.
Fortunately, I don't have to.

Fixed that.

[mattie2009]

When the gun mettle stuff rolled around all I could think of are those Bismuth Bronze Botfarmer Mk.VII Whatevers, and how quickly they became irrelevant. That you're also paying money for the privilege of spending more money on keys... I'm really surprised by how well the campaign stuff has been received.

Then again, I also thought that about festives when they were added (5 ref for a strange festive scattergun? what a waste!), so maybe I'm wrong.

...I'd buy a Bismuth botkiller.

In all seriousness, though; as someone who plays Engie once in a blue moon, I'm probably not qualified to speak on the Engie changes.
Fortunately, I don't have to.

Fixed that.

you saw nothing

[WealthyRadish]

I don't know if I should be glad or disappointed. It is a bit hopeful, though. This is the sort of thing Valve would leave in the game for 6 years and then "fix" one day, like minisentries healing themselves.

[Spehss _]

I don't know if I should be glad or disappointed. It is a bit hopeful, though. This is the sort of thing Valve would leave in the game for 6 years and then "fix" one day, like minisentries healing themselves.

For a second I thought that meant they removed the invulnerability entirely again.

Guess not.

[miauw62]

THANK YOU BASED VOLVO