[ned_ballad]

I mentioned this in the patch thread, but in case someone doesn't go there

I was looking a few minutes ago to see how stranges work to see if I could suggest a fix to Valve for the escape plan. It doesn't look like I can.

But what I did notice is the Pip-Boy is set up to be strange. It would count Sentry Kills primarily and regular kills as a secondary (no idea how that would work).

I wonder if some time the last month or so it was almost a PDA item, and put in a crate as a strange, but they changed their mind at the last minute, or plan on doing it later.

Either way, it's one crate away from being a strange.

I'm interested to see where this goes. Turning a hat into a weapon is something we've just never had happen before, but having a weapon drop and craft like a hat seems like it'll get really confusing later on when there's more PDAs.

Or it could just be a strange misc, but that seems weird and not something they would do unless it's a special occasion like the gift one.

[Mr_Awesome]

The Calzone posted:

I used to give it shit for its art style, but I've since tried it out and I love it. Great little time-waster and it can be pretty ridiculously funny at times. I don't know if I'd dig a promotional item for it though, I can't imagine anything from that game looking too good unless it was the trademark coathanger jammed through the Pyro's head or something.

Satanic skull for Soldier.
Wait...


Shit.

[ABW]

ned_ballad posted:

Or it could just be a strange misc, but that seems weird and not something they would do unless it's a special occasion like the gift one.

Well since some miscs are now getting assists on kills, perhaps they might add strange versions of them to count assists or like the Pip Boy count sentry kills

[ned_ballad]

Mr_Awesome posted:

Satanic skull for Soldier.
Wait...


Shit.

this needs to drop.

Maybe if I mention that the halloween community items need to drop enough it'll happen

[Archimedes]

The Calzone posted:

I used to give it shit for its art style, but I've since tried it out and I love it. Great little time-waster and it can be pretty ridiculously funny at times. I don't know if I'd dig a promotional item for it though, I can't imagine anything from that game looking too good unless it was the trademark coathanger jammed through the Pyro's head or something.

They could probably jury rig something, like a series of books styled after some of the ingame book items (Necronomicon, Book of Revelations, Etc) in the same vein as the Bombinomicon.

Or alternatively, just have some of the trinkets and minor items act like misc 'jewelry' or badges for the classes.

Edit: If you really wanted to make a stretch, a little pocket buddy style misc of Isaac with multiple styles would be neat, stuff like "Cyclops" for Cain, "Familiar" for Judas, etc.

[Metaru]

ABW posted:

Well since some miscs are now getting assists on kills, perhaps they might add strange versions of them to count assists or like the Pip Boy count sentry kills

but wouldn't that render strange wrenchs redundant?

maybe it should have a counter on buildings deployed/sucessful teleports/health dispensed.

[ABW]

Or better yet, you can apply a strange part to it making it automatically strange and you can make it track whatever part you want

[Kaze1]

Metaru posted:

but wouldn't that render strange wrenchs redundant?

maybe it should have a counter on buildings deployed/sucessful teleports/health dispensed.

teleports is a good idea, will be not-as-easy to farm in those kind of servers so that's awesome.

[-=NARH=-]

ABW posted:

Or better yet, you can apply a strange part to it making it automatically strange and you can make it track whatever part you want

I can see it like this:

Strange PDA

(Sentries built: 1)
(Dispensers built: 1)
(Teleporter Entrances built: 2)
(Teleporter Exits built: 2)

[Baboo00]

If you've renamed a pet item, does the kill notification say the new name?

[Crash15]

New theories on burnt items and meet the pyro

_{shamelessy stolen from reddit}

[MrCasual]

The secret diary and burnt capacitor didn't get burned. The secret diary might have been Radigans. But he wouldnt seem like the type to keep a diary...maybe he did.

Perhaps he had notes on how to create robots.

[01271]

MrCasual posted:

The secret diary and burnt capacitor didn't get burned. The secret diary might have been Radigans. But he wouldnt seem like the type to keep a diary...maybe he did.

Perhaps he had notes on how to create robots.

Diary was related to poopy joe IIRC.

[Scarabix]

01271 posted:

Diary was related to poopy joe IIRC.

well you don't recall clearly because it wasn't.

[Pako]

hogofwar posted:

I want a team paint that is red from team spirit.

and blue from the value of teamwork

I sent them this a while ago

[Fillmore]

MrCasual posted:

The secret diary and burnt capacitor didn't get burned. The secret diary might have been Radigans. But he wouldnt seem like the type to keep a diary...maybe he did.

Perhaps he had notes on how to create robots.

Didn't someone point out that the diary is Poopy Joe's and he explains monkeynaut stuff on it?

[ned_ballad]

Doesn't look good for team paint dropping.

None of the drop stats have changed in more than 16 hours

[Scarabix]

Thanks to pyromania and orverv's script, Ned has won the posting competition, and by far!

Biggest spammers this week:
ned_ballad 141 posts
HazzaHardie 109 posts
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Everybody applaud our winner!

   Get a life   

[HazzaHardie]

Scarabix posted:

Thanks to pyromania and orverv's script, Ned has won the posting competition, and by far!

Everybody applaud our winner!

   Get a life   

I'm number 2

[Insane516]

ned_ballad posted:

You are in a pretty huge minority that doesn't want the taunt to kill :/

im in this minority

[Raptors!]

I'm suprised that Demoman still doesn't have any anti-building melee weapons like pyro's homewrecker. I mean, destroying enemy buildings is one of his main objectives.

[Insane516]

ned_ballad posted:

it defeats the entire point of the Rainblower... that it's Pyro's imaginary lala land where everything is happy, but to everyone else it's horrific, destructive and vile. You're not suppose to see the real world version of the taunt because you aren't in the real world using it.

Using the rainblower, but not being in Pyroland is just... pointless.

im gonna use the rainblower while not in pyroland

so rebellious says my dog

[V_Buns]

I remember I thought The Value of Teamwork paints were opposite colored (ex. Red paint for Blu, Blu paint for red)

Which I found pretty ironic. Then I realized I was wrong :(

[Insane516]

Raptors! posted:

I'm suprised that Demoman still doesn't have any anti-building melee weapons like pyro's homewrecker. I mean, destroying enemy buildings is one of his main objectives.

bombs

[ned_ballad]

he could probably use the Homewrecker as it is now, with the sword animations

[Insane516]

ned_ballad posted:

he could probably use the Homewrecker as it is now, with the sword animations

what about the bombs, that would be pointless

[ned_ballad]

Demoman has more (non-melee) weapons that can't hurt buildings than can, the same amount if we don't count the Bootlegger

[Raptors!]

Insane516 posted:

bombs

I often find myself in a situation where I find an enemy dispenser/teleporter in a small closed space.

[ned_ballad]

Can't damage buildings
- Booties
- Sticky Jumper
- Screen
- Targe

Can
- Grenade Launcher
- LnL
- Stickies
- Scotres

[The Calzone]

Raptors! posted:

I often find myself in a situation where I find an enemy dispenser/teleporter in a small closed space.

so shoot a few stickies, retreat to a safe distance, and then detonate them manually?

[Simski]

Melee weapons for destroying buildings is kind of pointless, because you sure as hell won't have an easy time getting close to anything but dispensers and teleporters using a melee weapon, and even then you might as well use your normal weapons anyway.

[Segab]

The Calzone posted:

so shoot a few stickies, retreat to a safe distance, and then detonate them manually?

but then you have to move away, exposing yourself to enemy team with an unloaded stickybomb launcher.

[wunderufl]

I'm thinking they're going to do more and more with this new Old West-themed town in the future. And more and more I'm thinking it's meant to be Teufort (the city/town they keep referencing, not the CTF map). What with Meet the Pyro taking place in it, the City on Fire Update page resembling it, the new old west-themed map found in the secret room on sp_doomsday, and part of the Loose Canon comic taking place in a similar area, I wonder if this new MvM mode (or perhaps just a new map in general) might center around an Old West-theme.

It'd be great if they released the props for map makers.

[hogofwar]

Segab posted:

but then you have to move away, exposing yourself to enemy team with an unloaded stickybomb launcher.

Equip the grenade launcher.

[dageek]

Wait, so does team paint drop or not?

[ned_ballad]

dageek posted:

Wait, so does team paint drop or not?

doesn't look like it

Edited:

in SFM the Loch-n-Load's sight works!?

[dageek]

ned_ballad posted:

doesn't look like it

Edited:

in SFM the Loch-n-Load's sight works!?

Next major update confirmed: the Loch n Load update

[Netsc]

I need to learn how to make that cool as fuck lighting in SFM.

[hogofwar]

I need to learn how to properly use SFM.

My attempts have been disasterous at best...

Shiny bats!
Heavy minigun shooting out from heavy's torso!
Smoke in the middle of 2fort!

[DeRosaJ]

I wish SFM would actually work with my PC

;(