Why was this done?

[[tLD] Optimus Prime]

So I couldn't help but notice that TheVille servers (at least the dustbowl one) have disabled the new medic weapons. I'm partly confused as to why this was done, but frankly, I'm a little annoyed too. The idea of having the new medic content is so that we can use it, and for those of us who worked our respective heinies off to get them (especially the ubersaw, that was hell to get) only to have them taken away or blocked is more than a little irritating.

For all the inevitable arguments about it unbalancing the game, I doubt very much that valve didn't see that possibility. I mean, sure, they kinda pooped the bed on the console command cheat, but the whole of TF2 is so well balanced they'd really have to think twice about anything that might unbalance it. For instance, the new needlegun doesn't crit anymore, and steals small amounts of health. Nothing too earth-shaking there. The critzcrieg is really neat, I find, because of all the new strategic uses it can be put to. And that too, has a glaring drawback, in that you die. A lot.

But I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the reason the unlockables were removed is because of the ubersaw, which apparently unbalances the game, or because people are running around double-medic sawing and building a continuous uber. Apparently this is way too powerful.

I disagree. I myself tried it out a couple times, for fun, and while it can be done, and is hilarious when done properly, it's really not that effective. It's no more effective than a regular uber, and is incredibly easy for a reasonably intelligent team to break up. Just break the uber with stickies/rockets, or just simply run away. Also, the ubersaw's slower swing time makes it difficult to hit anything expect an immobile heavy.

Sorry for writing a novel, but i was more than a little ticked to find everything i worked for the past week count for absolutely nothing on my favourite servers. Anyone else care to share some thoughts? Or could some one at least please say why they were disabled?

[Dog]

Um....we haven't.
I was playing with my Blutsauger tonight.

Perhaps your game was glitched. It happened to me on TV10 on Saturday night, but I exited out and rejoined and they were available again.

[Squirrel]

[[tLD] Optimus Prime]

ouch.







Palm is now firmly attached to face.

[[tLD] Optimus Prime]

Still, i remember all the other medic on then saying that their stuff wasn't working either, and when i went to a different server, it worked just fine.

Hmmm. Weird.

[Squirrel]

[Dog]

OK.
I went on every server and checked.

TV1/2/4/8/10 all have the new weapons
TV6/7 don't

so I need to check what's going on.

*EDIT*
OK a hard restart fixes the problem, so I'll do the restart tomorrow morning when 6 and 7 clear....

[l3eeron]

[quote="StrontiumDog";p="92115"]
OK a hard restart fixes the problem
[/quote]

I can't resist....


That's what she said!

[Nanite]

[quote="l3eeron";p="92119"][quote="StrontiumDog";p="92115"]
OK a hard restart fixes the problem
[/quote]

I can't resist....


That's what she said![/quote]

I don't think 15 seconds counts B.

[Tickles]

They were working on 7 yesterday morning, then the server suddenly crashed and they didn't then. The crash must of messed something up.

[Dog]

Just TV6 now is borked.
Didn't get a chance to restart it. Will do it tonight...

[[tLD] Optimus Prime]

Okay, thanks for clearing this up, and also for not paying too much attention to my ranting.

[mr_s]

[quote="StrontiumDog";p="92137"]
Just TV6 now is borked.
Didn't get a chance to restart it. Will do it tonight...
[/quote]

rofl.. we filled it b4 u got thechance to

[Dog]

It's all good.
VALVe have another required update coming. It was supposed to happen yesterday, but it got delayed, so it may be today.

Multiple updates....*sigh*

[Hendrixer]

The new medic weapons were not working on #8 Warpath last night no matter how many times I rejoined or what I did. Worked every where else though. Thought I was having a problem with my game. Now I know it wasn't just me!