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[Dwarfaholic]

By what I understand, the new gun actually has an alt-fire extinguishing capability.

Well damn, guess I should have tried alt-fire before I sold it. Oh well, I'll get another one eventually.

It is better to have owned and traded, than to never have owned at all.

[DJ]

Woah, the spycicle looks like a very powerful weapon.

Yeah, it sounds like it'd be awesome with DR.

[Repulsion]

Woah, the spycicle looks like a very powerful weapon.

Yeah, it sounds like it'd be awesome with DR.

Wait, the icicle will have unique attributes?

[PTTG??]

It silently turns victims into ice statues, and exposure to flames gives you 2-second immunity to afterburn but destroys the icicle for 15 seconds, during which you can't attack.

[Metalax]

yes. stats are on the update page here.

[PTTG??]

The Holiday Punch is bizarre. Has anyone used it yet?

EDIT: Also:
All Father + Dragonborn Helmet = Urist

[Metalax]

Apparently the holiday punch also has the heavies kill taunt, so you can get a crit hit from behind then taunt kill them while they are stuck laughing.

[Cecilff2]

Apparently the holiday punch also has the heavies kill taunt, so you can get a crit hit from behind then taunt kill them while they are stuck laughing.

HEAVY IS SPY!

[Ahra]

any tips on playing pyro? just started.

[Strange guy]

Other than the heavy mittens (which are awesome) and the engie wrench the stats for the weapons are all terrible ideas. I would say I expected better but since the Tomislav and its original stats I can't honestly believe that Valve understands and cares about balance. Models are nice (perhaps not fitting with the original theme but that ship sailed long ago), and I really liked the comics for this update. I would be playing to check out the new map and take advantage of double drops but steams not working at the moment for me (not even offline mode, so not even any New Vegas for me ) .

[PTTG??]

any tips on playing pyro? just started.

First off:
If you see a team-mate on fire, right click at him from within a few paces. This will extinguish him. This is triply important for medics.

If you see anyone, anyone at all, acting suspicious or acting suspiciously inconspicuous, light them on fire. If they are an enemy spy, they'll combust.

Hang around engie nests and puff everybody. If you get the sledgehammer, make sure it's equipped and you can even remove sappers.

Your right-click ability- the airblast- is a powerful way to control close-range combat and reflect projectiles. I am far from skilled with it. It can send enemies hurtling through the air, and can reflect rockets, bombs, baseballs, and other projectiles back to the origin. On impact, the projectile can damage the firer. It is a high-tier element to master, but quite rewarding.

[Untouchable]

So what's the deal with the little presents around the maps?

[MrWiggles]

So what's the deal with the little presents around the maps?

If you collect three, you get an achievement.

[MrWiggles]

Other than the heavy mittens (which are awesome) and the engie wrench the stats for the weapons are all terrible ideas. I would say I expected better but since the Tomislav and its original stats I can't honestly believe that Valve understands and cares about balance. Models are nice (perhaps not fitting with the original theme but that ship sailed long ago), and I really liked the comics for this update. I would be playing to check out the new map and take advantage of double drops but steams not working at the moment for me (not even offline mode, so not even any New Vegas for me ) .

The models fit with their package. And they're still in line, with the psedo 50-60s era that TF2 takes place in. These are just the retro future guns of the era.

And, playing with the new weapons, and being attacked by them. They aren't really OP. Wrench isn't an automatic get out of jail free card.

Pyro feels stronger with his new primary, but its range is shorter then the flamethrower (it feels like), and the "MMmm" bar, giving health and crits, is just reenforcing the ambush and dive in gameplay that's popular with the pyro. Pyros will often jump onto a point with tons of enemies, to set them all ablaze (fucking fun), and to hold off the point capture. This, just makes them more affective on their own, which the pyro generally is.

The handgun (for the pyro), isn't OP. Being able to extinguish with it, is nice, since you cant do it with the primary anymore. It even rewards you for doing so, by giving you mini crits for it. Which is nice, considering, that air blasting isn't rewarded in the game proper. (I personally like Servers that give server points for extinguishing team mates.)

I havent gotten to play with the axe very much yet. I got either borrow one again, or craft it. (And crafting this new weapons are /fucking/ expensive. I went through getting a class token, slot token and a scrap... and I got a fucking back burner.)

[Repulsion]

(And crafting this new weapons are /fucking/ expensive. I went through getting a class token, slot token and a scrap... and I got a fucking back burner.)

Tell me about it. Backburners, backburners everywhere.