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http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/
So it seems it went F2P...when did this happen?
....Downloading now, no excuse for me not to try it now.
It happened today.
http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/faq.php
It's timed with another large-ish update, along with the Meet the Medic video that everyone's been waiting two years for.
http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/
Janus67
06-23-11, 10:07 PM
/shrug, I just hope they don't make it terrible by offering purchased advantages. I haven't played it for years, but should I come back to it I'd be pretty pissed.
freakdiablo
06-23-11, 10:16 PM
It's timed with another large-ish update, along with the Meet the Medic video that everyone's been waiting two years for.
http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/
I laughed a little too hard at the "Are you sure this works?" "I have no idea! :D " part.
I stopped playing when they introduced all the hats and whatnot, it's been awhile.
Went to try it before work this morning and it says my CD-key is invalid...and looks like the servers are down.
Marshmallow64
06-24-11, 11:44 AM
People that purchased the game got a hat yesterday. My thoughts on F2P is that it is a terrible idea. Now you will have people using multiple accounts to get items or whatnot. The Tf2 community will also change quite a bit.
I think they made it F2P because they were making good money off just selling the items at the store. I use to be a very active player, now I just play casually. I feel like they just make the game worse and worse =(
Shelnutt2
06-24-11, 12:02 PM
I think valve's support for TF2 is amazing. I really like when the first updates with new weapons came out. They really brought a new side to the game, but kept the balance and fun in it. However now the game is far from where it was when I last played it. I played a few rounds when they started doing to random drops. I wish there were servers to play in that had all of these additives removed. Some good classic TF2.
I think going F2P is an interesting choice. I think they should have made it $5, but free will bring more players. TF2 is morphing into an mmo. Not in the adventure/story telling style but in the only thing it lacks is a persistent world. This might be a way for valve to test a lot of the aspect for an mmo.
My final stance, its a great thing and shows valve's commitment and its "no evil" ways. However the game just isn't for me anymore.
RADIO_ACTIVE
06-24-11, 01:26 PM
TF2 is one of those games that I hop on every once and a while, I don't see F2P having any affect but just to add more players. Yes, you may get annoying little kiddies, but there is a mute button and there are plenty of servers and server admins. I agree with Shelnutt2, that they have supported the crap out of TF2.
dillinja666
06-24-11, 03:02 PM
i stopped playing when they did the weapon packs that people could buy. just seemed very not tf2ish and was the beginning of the shark jump
burningcpu
06-24-11, 03:05 PM
I'm pretty sure this is going to cause greifing, hacking, and overall doucheness to increase. I mean, if the accounts are expendable...why not?
I'm not looking forward to this in the least.
I still cant play because it says my cd-key is invalid...???? ANd thats just trying to get into training.
jsharpley
06-25-11, 09:59 PM
I think they made it F2P because they were making good money off just selling the items at the store. I use to be a very active player, now I just play casually. I feel like they just make the game worse and worse =(
They apparently made more money from the first week of item sales (way back when it was first introduced) than they had from all the game revenue prior to that point, which was all fee for the game itself.
petteyg359
06-26-11, 02:34 PM
I played a lot before they started with the class updates. Now I don't play at all. Would be nice to see a "TF2 Classic" that goes back to the base game without extra weapons and crap :)
I played a lot before they started with the class updates. Now I don't play at all. Would be nice to see a "TF2 Classic" that goes back to the base game without extra weapons and crap :)
I really don't see a problem with the new items, hats, etc. It changes gameplay without breaking it. If you want, you can play with all vanilla weapons and still be better than the guy who purchased $150 worth of weapons. Dynamic gameplay is something that is lacking it most FPS games.
Marshmallow64
06-27-11, 01:23 PM
The weapons are well thought out and I feel are balanced. But now they are just coming out with more skins of the same weapons which I feel is unnecessary. I could be wrong, but I heard the F2P players do not get hat drops and cannot craft hats. That prevents people from making accounts just to get more item drops.
I liked it when each character had 2-3 items to switch to, and when each class only had about 2-4 hats. Instead of random item drops which introduced the concept of idling, I liked it when you had to complete achievements to get the items. I think this was all about 1 year ago.
Now they ruined it with the shop, crates, keys, vintage stuff, special hats, 8+ replaceable items for each class, 15+ hats for each class, paint, name tags, description tags, etc. They just overdid it once they came out with so many items. Now I see like new items released every week and it's only going to get worse. I really appreciate what they do to keep the game fresh for free, but they are getting carried away. For the people that say, "just dont play the game anymore, that's exactly what I have done, I have stopped playing. I do not find it fun when you have people idling in a server looking to trade all the time, and nonstop spam of people looking to trade and buy. Back then people focused on winning the game more. Now it is just all about cosmetics and items, they have completely changed the culture of the game.
dillinja666
06-27-11, 01:32 PM
ok well i played this weekend and i have to say its really really fun to stomp a mud hole in the noobs.... someone asked me how me how i taunted after i killed him, stupid text was scrolling so fast i couldnt get a screenie of it.
only thing thats annoying with all the noobs is everyone is a spy right now, totally not helping move the cart or capping. hell they dont even sap the turrets....
RADIO_ACTIVE
06-27-11, 02:03 PM
So with all the hype going on right now I decided to play a few games over the weekend. Seems like the same old TF2... and there were no trolling kiddies :)
So with all the hype going on right now I decided to play a few games over the weekend. Seems like the same old TF2... and there were no trolling kiddies :)
Exactly... and cannon fodder for the old dogs :D
lordkosc
06-28-11, 04:15 PM
Lots of racists coming on my clan server since this went F2P. Plents of server BAN's going out.
Nice to see "Free" brings out the best people.
Lots of racists coming on my clan server since this went F2P. Plents of server BAN's going out.
Nice to see "Free" brings out the best people.
I think it would be fun to do a sociology survey of this complex phenomena... I have noticed the same on my servers =/
RADIO_ACTIVE
06-28-11, 04:56 PM
God I love not being an admin :) its to much work lol
mstersmith
06-28-11, 05:00 PM
I think it would be fun to do a sociology survey of this complex phenomena... I have noticed the same on my servers =/
O'rly? I must have been playing with some one else last night in BC2.:rofl:
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