TF2: The Scout Update next week!!!

[Vicious Horizon]

(My God! He Posts!)

I think It would be awesome if the balls bounce off walls and stuff, though I guess they already do..

[D_K_Head]

I don't think that'd be good for TF2 combat... it's nicely balanced at the moment, but if you can curve it like that, it'd become a bit balls to the wall for my taste...

[Trigger]

The Sandman only restricts the doublejump when you have it equipped in hand AFAIK.

What makes you say that?
It only says "carrying" on the website so im inclinded to beleive that means if you have it equipped and not neccesarily out you wont have double jump otherwise the double jump absence is gonna be pretty irrelevant as you can just easily switch weapons and jump

[Chalex4]

The Sandman only restricts the doublejump when you have it equipped in hand AFAIK.

Are you sure about that? I would have thought it would affect you whatever weapon you are using, although I would probably prefer it the way you described.

I don't think that'd be good for TF2 combat... it's nicely balanced at the moment, but if you can curve it like that, it'd become a bit balls to the wall for my taste...

You wouldn't believe the heated discussion over matters like this on the Steam forums. Many are claiming that Valve is actually going to release a Spy update instead because of the "disappointing" updates to the scout along with:

One of the weirdest things to me is that the Scout update site is hosted on teamfortress.com, instead of steamgames.com.
SteamGames is the 'main' games site, and, apparently, everything hosted their that's about TF2 belongs to their editor (EA). So, they probably didn't host the scout site there because it was some sort of joke, or anything else not serious enough to be put on steamgames.

Also, you can see some sort of double payload map in the background of the latest update here and the scout also appears to be holding a different shotgun (upon very close inspection). Could these be the new gamemode and weapon? The crazy discussions are here.

[Calneon]

I can't see that happening, it would be so easy to press 'Q' just before double jumping, and then 'Q' again after.

[D_K_Head]

...I noticed the different shotgun, but not the double payload... well spotted chalex.

EDIT: Oh, and we're talking fanboys and low to mid skill pubbers here... they're bound to complain about the tiniest detail

[Trigger]

Hah i just read through that lot and some it does make sense but the rest is mindless conspiricy theorys

Though i like the idea of this could be the spy update, with the spy using the scout as a disguise.
That made me chuckle

[Calneon]

After reading that thead it seems that things aren't as they seem .

[Chalex4]

I rarely play as scout, so a spy update would be 1337.

Anyone want to place bets on what will be released today?

[Vicious Horizon]

A porn movie involving midgets.

[Isphera]

I'm not saying it...

Back on topic, I might actually play TF2 a bit more, and stop trying to get ubers as I charge in like an ass as a heavy, and try out a scout.

[Calneon]

None of those upgrades are melee only... All other class updates have replaced melee weapons with different melee weapons.

I guess the Sandman replaces the bat, in which case how does it know when to "fire" a ball rather than smack somebody on the head (BOINK!)?

[D_K_Head]

inbefore RMB alt fire

[Calneon]

Huh? 9

[Chalex4]

I guess you've all seen the latest one?


see it here

Looks cool to me .