TF2 'medic update'

[ratbuddy]

OK. I'm sick of waiting. Has there been any news on this that I haven't seen? Last I heard people were saying 'week of the 20th' .....

[PhysX]

Argh I haven't played for like a month because they haven't updated, its total bs.

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

Some on the Steam forums stated they got a letter back after emailing someone and they said early next week. Whether it is true or not, I do not know. But yeah.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/falling_sanity/26175_TF2MedicUnlockScreenshot-04_n.jpg

[lordkosc]

the medic update is a lie :eh?:

[Omsion]

Early next week, last I heard.

So...anyone want to team up for an achievement push? :D

[jmsanders2]

Early next week, last I heard.

So...anyone want to team up for an achievement push? :D

Dude, I'm like totally in. Besides, I need two more main achievements, one requires friends so I'll just have to trick steam with some people to get that one :beer:.

[ratbuddy]

Early next week, last I heard.

So...anyone want to team up for an achievement push? :D

I'm going to try and get them honestly, but if I see 50 people on my regular server running around with all the new weapons on day 1, I'll have to rethink my plan :santa:

[VinnyTAMU]

What is all of this in response to?

[ratbuddy]

A new map along with 3 new medic weapons are being released for TF2 in the next few days..

[lordkosc]

The UPDATE is AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::b eer::beer:

[ratbuddy]

Yay, just got it :beer:

edit: Hrm, server side seems to have some issues. Jedi's Loft hasn't got it working yet, server keeps crashing.. Ugh.

[ratbuddy]

This sucks. Valve acknowledges there's an issue, and asks for server logs to help fix it. They never heard of friggin beta testing?

[lordkosc]

apparent issue will all windows based servers... :/

from what I did get to play, its quite epic, 12 medics vs 12 medics, so many ubers all you see is blue and red , lol

[BlitzPuppet]

I really don't see what the big hype is. Did it really take them that long to come out with new weapons for the medic? Just one class and a map?

Haha, I guess it does fit in the time requirements of the originally planned TF2 though.

[jmsanders2]

I'm already so sick of this update, yea it happened!

Now everyone and their mother wants to be the first with the medic weapons and all are medics even if the team loses miserably! It sucks playing period. I went back to bf2 before I hate tf2 more for this. Just release them all at once!

[WonderingSoul]

My TF2 locks up everytime I try to join a new server with the new map :(

[jmsanders2]

My TF2 locks up everytime I try to join a new server with the new map :(

I had that too! It is unbelievably making me mad! (since this is g rated)

In my mind, the update was a flop, in a couple days I reserve the right to change my opinion.

[ratbuddy]

Windows servers aren't working.. There's been another 2 patches since the 'medic patch' trying to get them working. Valve really should have beta tested the damn thing.

[Oni]

Man, some of those new Medic achievements are bad-freaking-ass! I cannot wait to start collecting them!

[ALiEN2953]

where can i find a site with good info on all the classes weapons and achievements, like BF2S.com was for BF2

[Omsion]

Up to 18 medic achievements after a night of massive grinding. Having the uber heavy punch stuff is really hard...sooo slooowww.

[zulfy26]

there's a loop-hole which allows you to unlock all the achievements via the console.

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

Yeah, some people are saying it was left in and was supposedly insinuated by Valve they were going to leave another way in to unlock them. I hope this is true, 'cause not only would this stop all of the 'Gotta have the achievements!' motion that has been set, but also not everyone wants to deal with it.

[lordkosc]

agreed, achievements should not be required to get special weapons, as each weapon has pro's and cons

[SteveLord]

So should I expect all the games I join now to be 2 teams of medics against eachother? Snore.................

[zulfy26]

I would much rather have the weapons added in at the start then having to unlock them. If they're all balanced why can't we all have them? Also, the achievements are fun to unlock, but not when you're grinding to get a weapon.

[Omsion]

agreed, achievements should not be required to get special weapons, as each weapon has pro's and consNot the ubersaw, though, due to the actual DPS output of a melee weapon not really mattering.

[G3F0RC3<>R4D30N]

I played with the updates last night and Goldrush is just amazing. Since ppl aren't used to the gameplay, it slows down the incompetent 12yo's that play 24/7 and demo spam everything. It wasn't a full team of medics, we had maybe 2 out of an 11 person team. I can't wait for the Heavy and Sniper updates.

[Oni]

So should I expect all the games I join now to be 2 teams of medics against eachother? Snore.................

At least there would actually BE Medics then. Nothing worse than walking your Heavy or Pyro up to a cap point, shouting 'Medic!' and nothing freaking happening 'cause everybody on your team wants to be a freaking Demoman or something :rolleyes:

[ratbuddy]

At least there would actually BE Medics then. Nothing worse than walking your Heavy or Pyro up to a cap point, shouting 'Medic!' and nothing freaking happening 'cause everybody on your team wants to be a freaking Demoman or something :rolleyes:

When I medic I tell those types of person a few things:

1. Don't call for a medic if you aren't hurt, I'll ignore you from then on even if you ARE hurt.

2. Don't expect me to follow you into that nest of sentries when you are a scout and/or I have no uber ready.

3. You might be hurting bad, and I might have uber charged up, but I'm not going to save your life unless it has strategic value. Sorry.

[jmsanders2]

I'm not playing tf2 for awhile. I personally play the medic third most and hate these teams full of medics! Even when I yell for a medic now, they won't heal me because they are trying to congregate the get achievements together! I think this is a flop, will yield the medic being the most important class, ruins the game in the short term and needed to be released in stages with some other classes, not all three weapons with all achievements for one class only...

The first thing i've seen valve really mess up... disappointed.

[ratbuddy]

I'm not playing tf2 for awhile. I personally play the medic third most and hate these teams full of medics! Even when I yell for a medic now, they won't heal me because they are trying to congregate the get achievements together! I think this is a flop, will yield the medic being the most important class, ruins the game in the short term and needed to be released in stages with some other classes, not all three weapons with all achievements for one class only...

The first thing i've seen valve really mess up... disappointed.

I'm quitting for a while too. The whole dynamic of the game has changed, and not in a good way. It's too much like 2142 now, if that makes any sense at all.

[SteveLord]

I'm not playing tf2 for awhile. I personally play the medic third most and hate these teams full of medics! Even when I yell for a medic now, they won't heal me because they are trying to congregate the get achievements together! I think this is a flop, will yield the medic being the most important class, ruins the game in the short term and needed to be released in stages with some other classes, not all three weapons with all achievements for one class only...

The first thing i've seen valve really mess up... disappointed.

Maybe they should have released 1 for each class initially...that way there would be a slightly better balance.

[Oni]

My friends and I are trying to get together a TF2 game on the Free weekend that Valve is offering. Hopefully I'll be able to score a few of the new Medic achievements with a minimal amount of ass-hattery.

[hUMANbEATbOX]

The thing is that most of the achievements encourage ass-hattery.

Kill 5 enemies while holding onto an uber. :bang head That will win you a lot of friends. And I've seen probably 500 medic teams since the patch went live, just 2 guys running around healing each other.

Honestly, I am having a field day as a sniper, Goldrush is great for that. Too bad the weapon unlocks have to take the fun out of it.

[zulfy26]

My friends and I are trying to get together a TF2 game on the Free weekend that Valve is offering. Hopefully I'll be able to score a few of the new Medic achievements with a minimal amount of ass-hattery.

It's not hard to get achievements. I got 24 of them tonight after a few hours of playing.

The thing is that most of the achievements encourage ass-hattery.

Kill 5 enemies while holding onto an uber. That will win you a lot of friends. And I've seen probably 500 medic teams since the patch went live, just 2 guys running around healing each other.

Honestly, I am having a field day as a sniper, Goldrush is great for that. Too bad the weapon unlocks have to take the fun out of it.

The 2 medic strat is actually quite viable if both medics have ubersaws. One will uber the other, while he has 10 seconds to get 4 hits then switch batch to the first medic and start the chain over. I've seen some medics kill three-fourths of a team that way.

[Leviathan41]

Yeah things are a little off right now with so many medics playing, but I think in a week or two, things will be back to normal with maybe a few extra medics around than there used to be (which is a good thing). I think the update will be fantastic in a couple of weeks, the unlocks are cool, the achievements are awesome and Goldrush is on the same level of awesomeness to my favorite map, Dustbowl.

In my mind, Valve's track record earns them some patience on my part to see how the update pans out. If things are still off after some time, I'm sure they will make the necessary adjustments.

[hUMANbEATbOX]

It's not hard to get achievements. I got 24 of them tonight after a few hours of playing.



The 2 medic strat is actually quite viable if both medics have ubersaws. One will uber the other, while he has 10 seconds to get 4 hits then switch batch to the first medic and start the chain over. I've seen some medics kill three-fourths of a team that way.
Yeah there is a vid on youtube showing that. Too bad this only works when the opposing team is 3/4 noob medic. A demo or a well timed sniper shot ends those runs. A simple sentry gun stops them dead in their tracks.

In the end, this won't be viable.

[Angel-of-Sorrow]

I called the Medic Swapping the second the Ubersaw was revealed. Even had a fight with a friend about it who today, finally gave in and began to believe me when he saw the youtube video of it. Though there are ways to stop it, given the right situation, Double Ubersawing Medics could rip through most of a team.

Either way, I have my Ubersaw now, so Im happy either way.

[technoViking]

I actually really like this update.
I dno't paly medic at all but I love that we have like 4 medics on the team and 5 heavy's before no one would play heavy and no would play medic.

But it all depends, some medics play for themselves but after they get hteir achievements they will have to help us!

One game we had like 5 medics and 1 heavy (me)
and I got 5 ubers in a row and we won the game (gold rush) it was epic in nature.