The Importance of Weapon Balance

Weapon balance is, undoubtedly, one of the most pressing issues in Team Fortress 2, after hats and trading. It seems like either Valve can hit the nail on the head and fix a broken weapon, or they flop around like a fish, trying hard to accomplish something but ending up exactly where they were. Today, I’d like to discuss the importance of weapon balance and how to aide Valve. If I had to gamble my money, I would say that you, at one point or another, had to play against a broken weapon. Regardless of whether it was the Pomson,… [Continue Reading]

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December 30th-January 6th

Happy New Year everybody! Ever wondered what TF2 does to celebrate the new year? They don’t. Probably because its so close to the big Christmas update, nothing notable has ever happened to celebrate the new year. It is, however, Valve’s first week back which means they often fix notable exploits cause by newly introduced weapons. The first exploit that tragically lost its life this week was on December 31st 2007, When Valve fixed Syringe gun needles dealing harmless knockback to friendlies. This was called ‘needle boosting’ and this incredible-quality video shows it in action: January 3rd, 2011 saw the removal… [Continue Reading]

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