TF2 Summer Update aka The Great Weapon Nerf/Buff Update

[Eclectic Dreck]

Because Team Fortress 2 bears so little resemblance to Team Fortress or even Team Fortress Classic. Hell, the version of TF2 out in the wild now bears little resemblance to the TF2 of 2007. You make radical changes to just about everything like Valve has, you're bound to lose fans along the way.

Then go play TFC on their empty servers with bots.
TFC is a relic.

First, I wasn't looking for a solution to this particular problem. Second, were I to explore the back catalog, it would be Team Fortress Mega. Third, just because a game is old doesn't mean it doesn't have a place or purpose.

My personal solution to the problem was to play any of a dozen other games that compete for my attention. What I want team fortress to be is not what team fortress has become or ever will be again. I had my time with it back when it was awesome.

I mean, the spy used to have a grappling hook and medics used to be able to transmit tropical illness among an enemy team. And that doesn't even begin to cover the fun to be had with grenades of all stripes. But people seem to love the game even with it's myriad alternate weapons and the silly hats and the radical undermining of class dynamics. Who am I to fault them?

 

[secretkeeper12]

The only things I'm miffed with are the map fixes ( My hidey spots are gone forever....), the huge amount of items and yet another buff to the targe.

Given the nerfs it also recieved (like the weakened resistance), I'd say its justified. Besides, demoknights need all the love they can get.

OT: Love the Dead Ringer change, but it could use a slight increase in cloak duration to compensate. I've also played Process a few times before; its insane fun with a team that knows what they're doing! Can't really speak on the others stuff, since my account has been hacked and Steam Support very slow

 

[vallorn]

Gunslinger is much more fun to play against and requires more thought from engineers. This Is A Good Thing. Mini Sentries are still annoying but they cant be plonked down in front of an advance and be invincible anymore.

Powerjack Of Running Urgently is pretty risky but fun to use when combined with ambush flamethrowers like the Backburner or Degreaser+Flare Gun.

Quick Fix. Actually worth using as a medic now. haven't tested it much though yet but initial results indicate high levels of Fun.

Wrangler. Less broken but still probably too powerful.

"Fuck The Targe Buff With a Fire Axe.": [Every Pyro Main]

Oh and the Shortstop is unusable on MVM with the amount of explosive knockback weapons flying around.

 

[Aeshi]

I find it kinda depressing that they changed the misfire mechanic for the Beggar's Bazooka, but aside from that I think the patch as a whole made a few of the crappier items (like the Winger) decent

R.I.P Rocket-Knighting