It seems that Valve pulled another fast one on all of us. Not only did they release two classes with this update by making us think only the Sniper was getting updated but they also made it so that all weapons are now randomly unlocked.
Refer to the General section at the bottom of this post. This has caused major upset in the TF2 community. The same reason people don’t like the random criticals in game is the same reason they don’t like random weapons.
Players want control over their game play. Not many people enjoy having a very random element of luck added to their game.
We can only assume that Valve was upset at the “achievement farmers” and this is why they took away the old system. If that’s the case then they need to just give players their weapons during the update instead of making it random.
Both systems make players work for their weapons. With the new system players have no control over what they get. You could never play Spy but love to play Medic and get all Spy unlocks.
The old system allowed players to unlock what they wanted as they wanted. It would be a lot easier to simply give the weapons away for free during the update or make a system that gives players some control.
We’ll see tomorrow if Valve makes a post about this update and how things are going to stay or go.
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May 22, 2009 at 7:28 am
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May 22, 2009 at 1:57 pm
LB
This update killed all my enthusiasm for TF2. I’ll probably still play it, but I won’t enjoy it as much.
May 22, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Arber
Nice :)
May 22, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Paladin
Slightly biased article? Personally, I much prefer this system to one where players can just cheat their way to having all items while the honest players cannot.
May 22, 2009 at 7:42 pm
liti4
How is getting items through achievements cheating while random drops is not? If you mean people that go to achievement servers or have friends help as cheating that’s a personal preference.
Most people that go to a populated server and attempt to get achievements for weapon unlocks get yelled at and told to go to a server that’s made for that. Usually those same exact people make fun of the people that go to achievement servers.
Where does that leave from to get your weapons?
May 22, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Revan1207
I have a question, although no one else has pointed it out so maybe its stupid, but why cant we just get the weapons instantly on dling the update? Is the point of a game to jump through hoops? no its to have fun, so whats with all this crap. At least with achievements I could knock it outta the way quickly.
May 22, 2009 at 7:50 pm
liti4
We can only assume that Valve will make updates. The TF2 forums has a thread about an upcoming patch from the Valve staff. Don’t know what it will contain or what it will do.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=871396
May 23, 2009 at 5:15 am
Nero
i hate this update!!
i unlock the first 16 spy achievements and play on for a while and i got only the weapons i have already unlocked holly crap wtf almost 3 weapons and no one is new =(
May 23, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Mr.J
i think the new system is based on how long u play. not the acheivements
May 23, 2009 at 6:51 pm
liti4
We’ve tested it and Medic, Pyro, Heavy and Scout can still gain their weapons (for now) through doing achievements and gaining the milestones.
May 23, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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May 24, 2009 at 5:47 pm
A smooth criminal
i dont like the new system i dont think its fair for my friends to have the new weapons and for me to have to wait!
May 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm
jayson
i’ve played 4 hrs this weekend and not a single weapon drop yet.
May 25, 2009 at 7:30 pm
draco717
oh man this is a pain for some reason my computer doesnt like tf2 and shuts down it was hard enough to get achievements and now its absolutely random omg. although i heard someone say for every hour you play you have a 75% chance to get a new weapon im not sure about that either but either the old method and this new patch are stupid ways to unlock weapons.
May 26, 2009 at 1:02 am
TF2 Player
I think it good to be in server and afk for new weapon. then you have free time to watch movie or somthing XD.
May 27, 2009 at 4:01 am
James
This update is completely bullshit and just hows how EA games is directing and influencing valve to do stupid ass things to their games, it started with the orange box and has continued to L4D. All EA does is destroy decent developers by getting involved and pushing their way of things to be a publisher. Well good by old valve hello valve-ea.
May 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Inu
@draco717
My computer is doing the same thing. It can’t be a problem with my computer seeing as crysis still runs (although poorly) and other more intense games run perfectly. Tf2 just force reboots my computer for no apparent reason… >:(
May 29, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Austin
WOO! Updated, the old acheivement unlocks are back! Thank god.
May 30, 2009 at 6:19 am
Dave
dont you just hate it when the developers change too many of the stuff in any game or program. Its is usualy the good stuff that they drop off the app.
Maybe its cause there is not enough research on what the user want.
October 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm
heyhey
I used to play but when i did i would get a weapon like evrey hour lol…(i play steam just not tf2 that muchh….)
March 12, 2010 at 4:28 pm
ronnie
i agree : ]