Kick the tires and light the fires, the Pyro Pack is here.
Unless you’re some poor dope like me who will be at work for another six hours, you can restart Steam, download the updates, fire up TF2, and start cookin’.
Light ‘em if You Got ‘em
June 19th, 2008 · 45 Comments · TF2 News
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1 Shane // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm
One of the updates was the removal of the soldier’s 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. It says it doesn’t affect rocket jumps.
Presumably this is so that the pyro can hurl rockets back at his attacker and have it be fully damaging, but does this mean rocket jumping is going to hurt a lot more, or when it says it doesn’t affect it does that mean you still get that 40% reduction when rocket jumping?
2 DeliriumWartner // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Yay! Pretty fire!
3 John Saflo // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:58 pm
For the love of almighty God, will someone please send me a new graphics card.
4 CHARMANDER // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Of course they release it when im at work… I feel your pain… Just knowing that the update is awaiting my poke skills… Soon enough my friends…… Soon enough..
5 Pixi // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:11 pm
And they release it just when I’m about to go to bed.
Thank you, Valve.
6 Matt // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Still can’t find a server that doesn’t give me a class tables error, I’m assuming they’re not updated.
Anybody else dealing with this?
7 Aeneas // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:14 pm
*sigh* 10 am in New Zealand - dont get home till 7pm :-(
Now maybe someone will do the pyro medic achievement with me :-)
8 The Linker // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:34 pm
You know what the worst part is? I just got Dead Heat earlier today — where you have to kill a guy in the same second he kills you. Who knows how long it’ll be before I get that oppurtunity again!
The bizarre part is, I got it with the Pyro’s SHOTGUN. Yeah. How’s that for weird.
9 The Linker // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Er, I should say, I got Dead Heat before the patch. So I didn’t actually get it. But I fulfilled the requirements. It just didn’t exist yet. I’ll, uh, I’ll be quiet now.
10 Pixi // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm
They broke the game.
There is a huge bug where the you don’t respawn. it happens very often. the counter will just restart and you’ll be waiting forever!
but you can go spectate and then back to your team, and ull respawn.
11 Jake // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Really Linker? I think I would accomplish Dead Heat at least once a round with Pyro what with people killing me right before they die.
The 40% soldier update is ambiguous. If it means that rocket jumping still gets the 40% reduction does that also mean they detect if the surface the rocket hit is a floor or does it just do full damage if the rocket is deflected? And if it does detect the floor does it also go by how far it hits from you for the 40% reduction?
I want to know if shooting the floor or a wall is the better option in close quarters.
12 Grigoriy // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:16 pm
It might detect what part of you gets hit first by the explosion. If it’s the bottom of you (rocket jumping), you’re fine. If it’s your face, you’re not so fine.
13 Rosti // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:22 pm
After 20 mins of the new Pyro in action, I know I’m going to miss these days when they’re gone. OMGWTFBBQ, teams made purely of Pyros and Medics are win.
Bedtime for me, though.
14 Mr_Wizard // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I keep tripping overmyself trying to predict whats on the other team. I figure to play a scout, since there are fewer engineers and pyros cant catch up to me all that well, which works on gravelpit and sometimes 2fort, the trouble is when the team stops being predictable :P I run around not expecting a sentry and bam! I just need to play normally, but its hard when the servers are lit up with pyros, you naturally assume some of the key niches are not filled, as they would normally be. :P
15 Pentadact // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Hudda hudda huh, frankly.
Killed a man with a taunt, got killed by a team-mate’s rocket reflected back at us, shunted an ubered Heavy off a balcony, went Pyro when we already had 8 Pyros.
Briefly tried Medic and Soldier to see if other classes clean up right now: they don’t. Didn’t kill or score anything like as much as I did as a Pyro.
Seen the Flare Gun in action, and one guy who had the Axtinguisher already. Flare Gun looks great, and not too rapid or easy to use.
You were right, by the way Chris: Compression Blast does use ammo - 25.
16 ark // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:13 pm
You can clean up as solder out in open areas, but in closed spaces you will probably kill yourself more often than the pyros do.
17 sQUEAKYfOAMpEANUT // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Here’s my new plaything:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/death_chimp/24c4d5ba.png
And it only took me 40 minutes to get to it.
Thanks, Valve. You’re a pal.
PS
Not trying to brag
PPS
Well maybe a little
18 Punjabi Fury // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I got ‘em all.
They are a LOT more balanced than the Medic ones, I can tell you that. I found myself constantly switching between Backburner and Flamethrower and Flaregun and Shotgun. Even switched the axes around a bit.
The Flaregun is unlike any other weapon in the game. Surprisingly, it most closely resembles the rocket launcher, but it has the slight “drop off” of the needle gun. It’s also the slowest firing weapon yet. It does 20 damage on impact, and has it’s own little death symbol.
I’m not too keen on it so far. It doesn’t increase the Pyro’s ranged capabilities like it should because the damage is minimal and you’ve no way to follow up the attack. Also it requires stupidly good aiming and the ability to lead a target well.
19 AAAA // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I got like 15 or so but MAN everyone playing Achievementbox is a dick. Either everyone’s killing everyone, or there are a few people getting achievements while everyone else dies (Gets achieved upon?). Or a combination of the two. I’m going to try again tonight and hope the number of dumb assholes thinned out somewhat.
20 AAAA // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The flaregun is only good for igniting snipers, but the compressed air blast is fucking ace. You can separate medics from their patients, but best of all, you can KNOCK HEAVIES OFF OF THINGS. I have trouble doing that as a soldier (my most-played class).
21 Mr_Wizard // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:06 pm
It is no longer a lie in the commentaries when they say that the pyro is “the most lethal close ranged class” It’s true now! :D
22 chris12 // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:53 pm
fun stuff
23 TheLinx // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I got the Axtinguisher :D
Also, you don’t need to restart Steam.
24 Erik Z // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I just tried playing the pyro, but with most of the opposing team playing pyro, all the long range classes are cleaning up.
Well, except for close range sections on the map.
So anyway, 5:1 kill/death ratio. I’m loving this new pyro mod.
Playing anything but a pyro.
25 Josh S. // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:35 pm
light me up… pyro kicks ass.
26 nmanguy // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I like the Backburner, though I wonder if giving up the ability to move demo and soldier shots is worth it? I mean, I normally hit people from behind, so I guess it’s worth it.
27 WeakLemonDrink // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Gah, why are you fannies using achievement box? These achievements are mainly centred around just playing the game normally.
28 Matt // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Soldier is an amazing class to play in medium-range areas right now. Close enough to kill pyros easily, far enough to not be burned or blasted by them. I easily jumped high up in rankings for blasting away pyro after pyro cluster.
29 Lack_26 // Jun 19, 2008 at 10:14 pm
F*CK!! I have to spend the next 16 hours at work, I won’t get back till well after 10 o’clock tonight, and I’m meant to be on holiday :(
30 Mr_Wizard // Jun 19, 2008 at 11:50 pm
@Matt: They werent using their airblast? I have only been killed by a soldier wise enough to switch to shotgun the 3rd time we met. <.< Though most of the people playing pyro are the lemming players, the ones who play as a scout and just keep rushing into that sentry. :D
I guess not everyone has as good timing as I do. So far the only two classes thats been giving me real trouble as the new pyro is the sniper and the scout, the scouts faster and can pepper me with shotgun blasts. The Sniper is obvious, although when I switched to sniper I guess I did so too late, as most people had gotten the flare and playing sniper wasnt too fun at that point :D
31 LaZodiac // Jun 19, 2008 at 11:55 pm
God I feel stupid.
I have downloaded the Steam, but I have no clue how to get the free TF2 weekend. I feel sad now ;_;
32 Josh S. // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:04 am
holy crap… the pyro’s air blast is GOD.
I have killed so many people now because they weren’t expecting to get knocked back.
sorry backburner, for now you might just be a trophy.
33 AAAA // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:06 am
LaZodiac: It starts tomorrow, I believe.
34 nmanguy // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:14 am
Laz, if you click here http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview and go to the top and click “Download” you’ll get it.
35 Pentadact // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:15 am
La Zodiac, you can preload the game by clicking here while Steam is running.
36 Wossname // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:54 am
Achievements? New weapons? Whatever.
I have found the new sports of kings, and it is called “Pyro Tennis”.
Granted, my friends and I have only kept a rocket in play for a few volleys, but we’ll be getting that big sports drink sponsorship soon, just you wait.
37 Ten-High Charlie // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:20 am
Eeeeehhhhhhhh.
Being a primary Pyro today sucked. Too many Pyros who don’t dedicate themselves, and yet somehow they have all the weapons already. Blarglfargab.
38 Mr_Wizard // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:27 am
Apparently there was a program that unlocked all the weapons for you. It’s lame.
They won’t know the majesty of earning OMGWTFBBQ on their own :D
39 ChaosFenrir // Jun 20, 2008 at 2:30 am
Pyro Tennis is great. Also, not many people know this but you can knock sentry missiles and flares back.
40 Mr_Wizard // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:23 am
You can?! I tried but I kept missing. Maybe its because the sentry gives me less time to react.
41 Chijts // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:30 am
I thought pyros were awesome beforehand so this is just a real nice bonus! The gas blast is just so handy. You can blow away bad guys off the capture point with ease, and on some levels those points are quite high up…
42 Lenny17 // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:44 am
I loved pyro before the update, so I can’t wait until the 75% pyro teams die down, and things can go back to normal.
But this is a fantastic time to work towards my ‘infernal medicine’ achievement. :)
43 LaZodiac // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:06 am
Thanks to Pentadact for the link, though after posting that comment I relize how to load the game.
Now I just have to wait 4 bloody hours to actually PLAY the free weekend.
44 LaZodiac // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm
God damnit it….its finished doing what it had to do. But I don’t know how to actually start it. Sigh.
45 LaZodiac // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Sorry for the triple post, but never mind. I figured out how to make it work.
Sadly, my POFS laptop doesn’t have the stupid pixal shader 1.1 thing so I can’t play it.
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