Next Update? SPECULATE! 8D

[itchy]

I think the common consensus is that spy is going to be next, and it probably makes sense. But I'd be pleased as pie if it was the scout.

[Dirty Sam Flint]

Pirate update! Yarrr now get down the plank ye landlubbers!

[MasterChef]

[quote="Dirty Sam Flint";p="120760"]Pirate update! Yarrr now get down the plank ye landlubbers![/quote]

TF2 Could sure use a little more pirate action.

[shimmybot]

[quote="Flobee";p="120736"]
[quote="shimmybot";p="120732"]Straight off the TF2 Blog

Now that we're wrapping up that work, we'll be returning to TF2. We've got a bunch of exciting changes coming down the pipe for the next class update. Feels good to be home again!

Hint about the next update? or am I just crazy[/quote]

Well, I dunno. The title of that news post is "Gentlemen".

That could be hinting towards Spy being the next class. :O

Or am I just crazy?
[/quote]

yeah I saw that too

[Freakish]

My first thought when I saw the post title in my feed reader was "YES! Spy update announced!".

Not so. But maybe!

[shimmybot]

[quote="Freakish";p="120797"]
My first thought when I saw the post title in my feed reader was "YES! Spy update announced!".

Not so. But maybe!
[/quote]

lol yeah I thought the same thing at first. Then I clicked it and there were zombies. Imagine my reaction

[Infusions]

As a result, we've just finished adding critical hits, respawn waves, flawless auto-team balancing, and facestabs to L4D, while removing anything that looked remotely like a grenade.
I kid, I kid.

LOL THEY MENTIONED FACESTABS.

IS THAT A HINT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE FACESTABS 100%?

OR AM I JUST CRAZY.

[Freakish]

[quote="Infusions";p="120811"]

As a result, we've just finished adding critical hits, respawn waves, flawless auto-team balancing, and facestabs to L4D, while removing anything that looked remotely like a grenade.
I kid, I kid.

LOL THEY MENTIONED FACESTABS.

IS THAT A HINT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE FACESTABS 100%?

OR AM I JUST CRAZY.
[/quote]

Heh...I laughed at that line of the post. It wasn't until the facestabs that I realized they were being funny. o.O

Valve

[Guardian]

If it is the spy update I'm going pyro all day

[Greyed]

[quote="Infusions";p="119735"]Based off of those stats, I'm more convinced Spy is going to be next. While Scout is pretty low on the stats, Spy only has two graphs where he's on the Top 5 (Avg Damage/Hits & Avg Points/Hour). Everything else, he's sitting at the bottom, lonely, with nothing to eat.[/quote]

Thing is most of what those stats measure don't really equate to what a spy is. To paraphrase ol' Jack Sparrow, "A cloak, a disguise, a knife. Those are what a spy needs. That isn't what a spy is." A spy isn't going to have a lot of caps. If he's cappin' he ain't spyin'! And even if a spy isn't killin' he can be doing something useful. Sometimes when faced with 5 enemies the only thing to do is sap the teleporter and take the death. A spy is tactical. Yes, he can get 4-5 backstabs in a row and when they happen oh are they sweet. But better is the right backstab and death than 2-3 wrong backstabs. I just don't see a spy as excelling at anything they measure (except, of course, damage per shot) because what a spy does isn't focused in any one place. The best effect for the team sometimes is immeasurable.

On the other hand as my stats attest the spy is my new favorite class. When I started play TF2 I tried all the classes and the spy was second last; only the sniper I hated more. Recently though, it clicked. So if they spy is next it'll be grand and it will suck. It'll be grand because I can play my favorite class and get neato achievements for it. It'll suck because of they Pyro syndrome... n+5 spies when only n are needed. >.<

[T3hGrun7]

[quote="Infusions";p="119735"]
Plus, Spy is freakin' hard when you start off as him. I'm sure Valve knows this and is going to give Spy some upgrades to make him not as difficult to play.[/quote]
Even if you're good, He's still hard to play. D:

If we were to make the spy more noob friendly (for lack of a better term), we could use something like a Knife or pistol that recharges camo.

[Deslock]

[fanatical announcement]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.......


UBER-SAPPER

[/fanatical announcement]