official Team Fortress 2

[inferniac]

Even though I don't play Team Fortress 2 much anymore, I decided I'd go ahead and buy a couple of items while Valve has their big item sale. If you think you're ever going to want any of the items in the store, I'd recommend checking now since they're so cheap. I did it mainly to support Valve and the third-party developers, since we keep getting all these awesome updates with new maps and items for free.

Yeah I bought some stamps to support the mapmakers and get the hat :)

[Denis W. Veteran]

I got a key and used it on a winter crate... and got the Madame Dixie. Trying to make the pyro a flaming homo!? I want my key back :(

The Pyro is a woman, duh ;)

Exactly :D

Speaking of the pyro, his her dammit its Meet the Team video is still missing :(

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I got a key and used it on a winter crate... and got the Madame Dixie. Trying to make the pyro a flaming homo!? I want my key back :(

Want anything for it? The Madame Dixie is one of the few hats I'm trying to track down.

[+Majesticmerc MVC]

Speaking of the pyro, his her dammit its Meet the Team video is still missing :(

I think everyone has given up waiting now, it's probably not going to happen :(

[Nagisan]

I think everyone has given up waiting now, it's probably not going to happen :(

It probably will eventually, Meet the Medic is on the way, no reason for them to do one of the missing two without at least planning to do the last one.

That being said, the pyro is not and never has been a women.....what's sad is a single mistake on Valves end (mistyping "her" instead of "him", only to fix it later) started the whole Pyro is a women thing.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Don't forget the Pyro's flower purse.

It's something Valve have been doing on purpose to get the community riled up (hence why I love them for making the Madame Dixie official)

[Ayepecks]

It probably will eventually, Meet the Medic is on the way, no reason for them to do one of the missing two without at least planning to do the last one.

That being said, the pyro is not and never has been a women.....what's sad is a single mistake on Valves end (mistyping "her" instead of "him", only to fix it later) started the whole Pyro is a women thing.

Meet the medic is coming? Awesome!

And, I don't think it was an accident. Valve is just messing with fans. There's been tons of hints about both male and female aspects of the Pyro. ;)

Edit: Grrr... Team Fortress 2 keeps losing the connection to every single server I play on, and I have no clue why. I can play my 360 fine, or other PC games, but for some reason I keep having connection problems in TF2 today. My connection is stable, too. Gah!

[Ionium]

I'm gonna spend $15 on keys even though I know for a fact they're gonna be dupes / unwanted items, I hate myself

[Ayepecks]

I'm gonna spend $15 on keys even though I know for a fact they're gonna be dupes / unwanted items, I hate myself

$15? Quite a bit. I'd just spend $5 on keys and/or hats that are on sale. You can trade the rest away.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I bought two festive keys and opened two crates I had sitting around, first one got my a Candy Cane (I've received 4 of those in the last few days), second one got me a Magnificent Mongolian.

I don't like that hat so I put it up for trade for a Madame Dixie, took about 2 minutes for somebody to make the trade :cool:

[D!ABOL!C]

I'm gonna spend $15 on keys even though I know for a fact they're gonna be dupes / unwanted items, I hate myself

Tell me about it, I got 2 of the new Demo Swords from crates as well as 2 from drops... how lame

[Chanser]

I keep getting back scratchers for some reason.

[Ayepecks]

I have the following items for trade:

- 12 crates (can do multiple trades if someone has a good item for all of them)

- 2 Christmas crates (they expire soon, obviously)

- 3 name tags

- A Rather Festive Tree (hat)

- Paint: Noble Hatter's, No. 216-190-216

- Vintage weapons: Huntsman, Bonk! Atomic Punch, Gunboats, Kritzjrieg, Killing Gloves of Boxing, Flare Gun, Tribalman's Shiv

I'd like to get either metal (depends on the trade, obviously) or hats, and the two new medic weapons.

[DamianGM]

I finally decided to buy TF2, due to all the good comments i've read and heard about it, and also due to the gameplays i've seen (i think this game must be great). I know there are some TF2 players here in Neowin so, can anybody give me some tips or recommendations to start with this game? I never played it before so i'm a bit lost :laugh:

[Alladaskill17]

Check out this Neowin thread I found it quite helpful.

[DamianGM]

Thanks for the fast answer! I'll check it.

[inferniac]

Start off playing medic, heal everyone and learn the maps, then you're gonna need to figure out which class suits you best (In the beginning I played with Heavy a lot - damage is good and he has the most HP so it's easier to stay alive :) ).

[DamianGM]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind :)

[Denis W. Veteran]

There is a built-in training mode. Give that and the offline practice maps a try.

Once you're ready for online play, ignore the trade requests from other players for now until you're used to the game and have acquired a few items via the random drop system. As previously mentioned, good starter classes are the medic and heavy. Soldier is also a good pick - I personally started playing soldier the most.

[D!ABOL!C]

Start off playing medic, heal everyone and learn the maps, then you're gonna need to figure out which class suits you best (In the beginning I played with Heavy a lot - damage is good and he has the most HP so it's easier to stay alive :) ).

I wouldn't start out Medic unless you want to be screamed at by people who complain when you don't heal them only or you don't uber them. I would recommend Pyro to start, but definitely try them all and see what you enjoy playing as the most.

[Nagisan]

For a new player, medic is often the best class to learn the game as, not only to learn one of the more vital roles in TF2, but to also learn your enemies. People generally target medics more often than other classes, making your life more difficult but also teaching you things about other classes, their weapons, general tactics they use, etc. At the same time, a bad medic is more useful to a team than a bad player of any other class. Also be sure to heal as many people as you can, don't get on a heavy and stick on him, heal other classes around you that need healing to help your team out.

Also, play on 24-person servers (or less)....32 may seem more fun, but maps with chokepoints become nearly impossible to break through when there are more than 12 players on each side (against a good team it is difficult to break through a chokepoint even at 24 players total).

[Denis W. Veteran]

^ That's not really a problem these days as TF2 warns new players about playing on >24 player servers.

[inferniac]

I wouldn't start out Medic unless you want to be screamed at by people who complain when you don't heal them only or you don't uber them. I would recommend Pyro to start, but definitely try them all and see what you enjoy playing as the most.

Yeah, I thought about mentioning that, people tend to yell at medics a lot and everyone thinks they can do the job better :) But I still think it's a good starting class.

[DamianGM]

Thanks everybody for the answers! I'll post how my firsts games went.

[Athernar]

I wouldn't start out Medic unless you want to be screamed at by people who complain when you don't heal them only or you don't uber them. I would recommend Pyro to start, but definitely try them all and see what you enjoy playing as the most.

I agree with this. Don't start with Medic as players in TF2 have this expectation that every Medic should be the best player that has ever lived, you'll just make yourself a target for both abuse and the enemy team. Admittedly I prefer to not be healed by random Medics because just as we're about to make a push they decide to zerg off and heal some braindead Pyro that's at the bottom of the scoreboard instead.

I'd personally recommend Soldier, you can be fairly effective without the need for higher-level skills; Heavy also works. Once you've got a good feel for TF2 you'll probably want to try Demoman or Scout depending on your playstyle.