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[Duke 2.0]

Rock beats paper.

Fire beats everything

Fire doesn't work terribly well when there are twelve snipers and blue dots covering the entire map.

 Then they all unexpectedly turned into spies, and much fun was had.

[Jreengus]

Sooooooo 7 weapons found, not a single new one. I kid you not 10 weapons and not a single new one in the entire bunch, new weapon allocation system sucks horribly.

Spoiler: The Math because I'm nerdy like that. (click to show/hide)

Assuming it's totally random allocation thats (10/18)^7=10000000/612220032=1.63% chance. Ok maybe I'm just really unlucky...

[Yanlin]

After 5 hours of playing non stop (Crashes not counted) I got a whopping 2 unlocks. THAT I ALREADY HAD!

[Ampersand]

After three hours of playing, I have

Jarate
The Huntsman
The Ambassador.

I WIN

[Jreengus]

After three hours of playing, I have

Jarate
The Huntsman
The Ambassador.

I WIN

I hate you. Tell me where you live I'm going to things to you with your own arm that only a DFer would think of.

[Ampersand]

I have to say though, throwing Jarate into a crowd is fun. And both the Huntsman and Ambassador are uberweapons.

[Soulwynd]

The random drop is because it seems they will have random stats in the future as well. At least that's the speculation going on in the forums.

[Ampersand]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Given the fact that you can accumulate multiple copies of the same weapon, it seems plausible that the Level X Item thing is going to have some legitimate meaning.

[Eviltyphoon]

After 5 hours of playing non stop (Crashes not counted) I got a whopping 2 unlocks. THAT I ALREADY HAD!

Lucky you... I just played 5-6 hours, and guess what I got? NOTHING

[ToonyMan]

I PLAYED FOR 0 HOURS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT!!!  KNOTHING!




Hmpf.  Lousy luck.

[Zaranthan]

I'll come straight out: I don't like that idea. The more moving parts you have in a competitive environment, the more likely you are to accidentally introduce a game breaker or tiers. Even in the stuff they've introduced already, there are some obvious upgrades (blutsauger, ubersaw, kgb) and some garbage (backburner, natascha, bonk). A few items are dependent on situation (sandvich for arena, kritzkrieg for defense) and playstyle (axestinguisher, flare gun), but having tons of items is a recipe for mediocrity.

[Sowelu]

Yeah, I'm starting to wish there were no unlockables at all.

Oh--I calculated that it takes about 60 item drops for a fresh player to get everything, on average!

The system is apparently bugged btw, that's why some people are getting nothing.

[Eviltyphoon]

Yeah, I'm starting to wish there were no unlockables at all.

Oh--I calculated that it takes about 60 item drops for a fresh player to get everything, on average!

Which is a lot...

The system is apparently bugged btw, that's why some people are getting nothing.

Hmpf... Ofcourse I'm one of those people

[Jreengus]

I just don't get how valve could think this new award system was a good idea, any random system is inherently unfair and just to make it worse for valve people who get lucky are less likely to become ecstatic than the people who have have bad luck who are highly likely to become seriously pissed.

[Zaranthan]

Agreed. There should at least be some way to influence which weapons you'll get.