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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 12:56PM (Unverified) said

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I feel like Valve doesn't love me unless I own the PC version. :(
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said

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For some reason I'm inclined to believe its MS at fault not valve.

Unless someone has announced an actual reason.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:18PM foxhound said

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Gabe Newell> -Throws a chicken drumstick bone at the PS3- That's all the updates you get for THE ORANGE BOX. Haw haw! >:B



All jokes aside, THE ORANGE BOX definitely threw me back on PC gaming again after a very long hiatus spent console gaming.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:26PM (Unverified) said

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Just get the PC version. It can run on really old machines just fine and the community is larger and better on the PC. Plus you get all the custom maps and obviously the updates.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:31PM zero21xxx said

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And you would be correct.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:59PM (Unverified) said

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They have to pay for certification of every update... and MS might be being a jerk about releasing stuff so significant without charging.

So odds are, once everything is said and done, you guys will be paying for an expansion with all of the major updates simultaneously.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said

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Im also not sure how the added achievements will work. every game gets 1k points, and I don't think they can change point values.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 4:31PM Korova Pamplona said

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Call me an analyst, but I predict that the TF2 360 will get an update once all class updates are complete and will have extra achievements (they are allowed to put in new achievements if the update is big - I think Oblivion did).

It will probably cost.

Also, I predict that people will buy more videogames in the future.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 6:10PM (Unverified) said

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Valve is the only loving I get these days, since I don't play consoles nearly as much these days.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:09PM (Unverified) said

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Haha, I can imagine the many piles of noobs being killed by the backstinguisher.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:04PM GenBanks said

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Cool! Looks like this time around they haven't been shy about having unlockable weapons that increase combat effectiveness.
The backburner will be very effective for stealthy pyros!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 2:45PM FredFredrickson said

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Well, last time was for the medic, which isn't really a big damage-dealing class anyway.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:07PM (Unverified) said

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This is PURE jesus.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:14PM captcarl said

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I like the new alt-fire mode.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:29PM Beanie said

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Too bad you aren't going to be able to light anyone on fire, because every one will be playing as Pyro! Seriously, how are we supposed to do the achievements without waiting a couple weeks for the teams full of pyros to die down?
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:38PM sicsided said

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just play as demo then and blow the hell out of them with your mines everywhere.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:32PM michaspi said

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Hubba hubba hubba!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 6:12PM (Unverified) said

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Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop!!!

*flamethrow!!*
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:40PM (Unverified) said

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"OMGWTFBBQ: Kill an enemy with a taunt."

I wasn't aware that his flame-Hadouken does damage?
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 3:18PM (Unverified) said

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It doesn't, yet.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:42PM sicsided said

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The thing I wanna know right now, is whether you can compress burst other teammates shots, to get a richocet type effect, in case there is a really outta place sentry to get too.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 2:00PM Jeromechef said

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This is going to be a great update. Although teams will have way too many pryos for a few days (I feel bad for the people who play this weekend for the first time and have to face 3-4 pyros at all times) I am excited to see the balancing issues with these new guns, and hope that it doesn't make the game too ridiculous (And definitely I am looking forward to future updates).
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 1:56PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah well I'm still waiting for the first one Valve!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 2:00PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said

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Joystiq you forgot the biggest change, the ability for the Pyro to deflect missiles and push enemies.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 2:22PM mundox said

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"Finally, there's the Back Burner, which is guaranteed to crit if it hits a foe from behind."

OH GOD YES!!!!!!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 3:08PM (Unverified) said

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OMFGWTFBBQ achievement is going to be awesome.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 3:54PM chispito said

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The achievements in general seem a lot easier than the medic achievements.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 4:10PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, that's a godsend. I think that Valve said that they purposfully made some of the medic achievements really hard so that they could get a feel of what the community wanted.

I guess it's pretty clear that the community wants feasible achievements.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 5:11PM chispito said

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I didn't even bother with the medic achievements, I just took the week or so of craziness to try and pump up my HW stats.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 4:55PM Korova Pamplona said

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These look totally badass. Pyro is the ultimate close range fighter now (with a flare gun to help at distance). Just need to practice switching flame to ax real quick.

Oh, man, how many class updates are left? I want this on CCCLX so bad.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 6:24PM (Unverified) said

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Press Q or previous weapon.

It's fiendishly fun as it is, and should be a riot with the additions.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 5:19PM chispito said

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It's also nice that they really are improving the class as a whole with the air compress thing. I don't exactly see how it will stop melee rocket kills of both the pyro and the soldier, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

The flare gun sounds like fun but will make the pyro even more defenseless in the water.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 5:28PM (Unverified) said

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I love Valve for being one of the few (Or the only?) company that actually likes PC users, unlike most of the other ones who regularly kick PC nerds in the balls and laugh.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 5:42PM (Unverified) said

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I know what you mean donald... even though I have the PC version :P, I can't WAIT to use these new weapons, I feel xited just thinking about weilding one of those bad bowas... CANT WAIT TILL 2MORROW!!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 5:50PM DonaldMick said

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There's an achievement missing its LOL and M8.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 7:03PM (Unverified) said

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"If we still haven't cured your pyromania (we've been waiting all post to say that) check out all the details right here."

Err, wouldn't talking about all this new Pyro stuff make our pyromania worse as opposed to ridding us of the desire to unleash fiery death upon our enemies?

Not to be a killjoy or anything...
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 11:24PM Korova Pamplona said

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It didnt cure it. It fed it, so it quited down for a little while, but any moment its gonna jump back up on the table and stick its wet tongue right back out.

:P
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Posted: Jun 18th 2008 11:39PM Mike Knew said

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Flare gun sounds cool, not sure about the other two though. The back burner sounds like it'll have it's uses and I guess the new axe will be good against heavies, but I don't see any other time it might be helpful.
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