Team Fortress 2?

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Alright after several years of playing it on 360 I got a laptop for christmas that can run it good and i downloaded it. what i want help in is getting used to the differences. if someone could explain the weopon unlock system that would be great. And the crafting, and what weapons are the best to use. Thanks.

-Angus

 

[Aeshi]

Drop System: Basically every few minutes you get a weapon if you're playing online (but not offline practice despite what people say)

Crafting: Unwanted weapons can be turned into scrap metal,which can be used to build weapons.

 

[Telperion]

1. Run Team Fortress 2
2. Click on the New User Forum button (it's the 2nd one from the left) at the bottom of the screen
3. Read

 

[therandombear]

Only the first update weps to each class is unlocked by achievements, bow, jarate and razorback for sniper. Blutsauger, ubersaw and the kritskrieg for medic.

For other weps and also the "old" weps you can get them through drop, for more info on the drops system please follow this link http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_drop_system

Crafting is what you can do with leftover weps you don't want, 2 weapons from the same class and you get 1 scrap, 3 scrap = 1 reclaimed and 3 reclaimed = 1 refined.
You can craft 3 refined into 1 hat, or same more metal to get a class specific hat.
You can also craft weapons, for more information follow this link: http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Crafting#Metal

And what weapons are best to use? Well that's up to you really, if you like playing as combat engineer you should use The Gunslinger, if for some odd reason like to play as demoknight, you use The Eyelander and The Chargin' Targe xD

All depends on how you like to play =)

Also, shameless selfpromotion: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Team-Fortress-2-Group-PC

 

[Slickmcgee]

Hats now exist

 

[gigastar]

Weapon unlocks:
The class update (see TF2 Blog) weapons can be unlocked by hitting achievmnet milestones. Everything else can be bought (if you dont want to wait) or found at random.

Hats:
Hats are significantly rarer than many drops in this game and people will always congratulate you for finding one. Unusual hats (hats with particle effects) can only be obtained from a Mann co. crate, which you need to buy the keys for.

Crafting:
See the TF2 Wiki for the recipies.

Best Weapons:
Are none. Some people prefer the usage of crutch (low- or no-skill) weapons and some dont and some stick with the standard weapons. Im going to tell you to avoid some weapons for community based reasons.
Natasha (Heavy) Does 25% less damage but has a slowdown effect, some people will hate you for it.
The Backburner (Pyro) +15% damage and no airblast. The final word in no skill weaponry and alot of dissent still remains from its orignal stats. Kill someone with this and they will ***** to you about being a W+M1 pyro or a Backburner (insert insult here)