It's that time again folks: The Sniper Update!

[YoYoClock]

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2477
http://www.teamfortress.com/sniperupdate/
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2499


Excitement! I'm liking the huntsman so far, although I'm dubious about how often it will be used. seems anyone going sniper wants to use a sniper rifle, and if they wanted a mid range weapon they would go any other class.

I like the idea of the arrows staying embedded in you until you die and (provided the arrows glow team colour) could be a very effective spy targetting system. I think it would be good if the sniper, probably the least team orientated class, had a way like this to help the team out. could be especially good if coupled with the possibility of the jar-ate having some kind of spy catching mechanism

thoughts?

[BunnyClock]

"Now, hold on," you keep saying. "Aren't bows and arrows primitive and harmless?" Why don't you ask the dinosaurs? Except you can't, because the cavemen bow and arrowed them to death.

lmao

[Marlin Clock]

Yeah, I'm probably going to keep my rifle.

But I'll eat up anything they give me for the smg, anything'll be better than the smg.

[TequilaClock]

Arrows? Mmmmm...

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

Cool, but not as cool as Jarate.

[Marlin Clock]

I sorta feel like people won't think it's original when I say I use Kukri Fu. I invented it before Jarate came along damn it!

[SoBe Clock]

Well this is interesting. I honestly couldn't come up with anything to replace the sniper rifle but this is a good idea. I like it!

[Marlin Clock]

I think this would be best used for arena well and granary, there's a lot of walls to pin people to there.

[KING DAVID]

The bow and arrow seems like a novelty that will ware off half way through the first game...

[YoYoClock]

Day 2

It's the new game mode we caught a glimpse of during the scout update! Looks like a lot of fun. Pretty much a double payload. seems from the snipers postcard that at a certain point, the carts will roll down a hill backwards immediately if not pushed, but I can't be sure. interesting!

[Marlin Clock]

Allright, new Arena maps.

However, even though I'm a sniper, it's really not that great to snipe in open arenas, it's just too little protection, thats why I never play it on watchtower.

Rain affects thing looks cool. I'll probably run into a sawblade just to see what its like.

I looked up adelaide st., there's only four of them, but there's a few red houses.

[TruncheonClock]

All the tribal craftsmanship in the world, it turns out, cannot stop a modern butter knife. So we taped a car battery to it. Sure, the added weight of the redesigned Razorback’ll slow you down a little. But any poor sap dumb enough to backstab you while you’re sporting one is getting a surprise to the tune of 10,000 volts. Plus, if they want to stab you again, they’ll have to wait until their knife cools down. Which is lucky for you, since the Razorback collapses into a million finely crafted pieces after a single stab.

Aww man, first i had to deal with the pyro's spychecking all the time and NOW i'm gonna have to deal with this aswell?

Why don't they go ahead and delete the spy while there at it too.

[Marlin Clock]

If it's the replacement of the smg, expect it to ruin your day every time.

If it's the replacement for the kukri, expect no one sensible to use it.

[GodClock]

Aww man, first i had to deal with the pyro's spychecking all the time and NOW i'm gonna have to deal with this aswell?

Why don't they go ahead and delete the spy while there at it too.

step up your game bro.

anyway, these updates dont seem that great so far, not that i use sniper anyway.

[Marlin Clock]

I already thought the sniper was pretty balanced despite his piss poor secondary weapon, the kukri made up for that.

[SockpuppetClock]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/05/15/sniper-update-day-3-things-get-mysterious/

OH SNAP

[Marlin Clock]

Sneakin' in a spy update too? Valve is too good to us.

[Flounderpa]

I wonder if you can brake the shield with a gun shot

[Odo]

I wonder if you can brake the shield with a gun shot

my guess is no but you might be able to break it

[YoYoClock]

I'm liking this idea because I didn't expect anything like it. I wanna know how visible this shield is gonna be to a spy. invisible so the spy just has to take his chances? or visible so that the spy has to asses the risk of stabbing but possibly dying? apart from swapping it for another one of your weapons, there isn't much downside for the sniper

also excited to hear if their really will be a spy update as well, because then I'm sure there will be a way for a spy to possibly but not entirely counter this shield. sounds funky