New TF2 achievements incoming

[Varsity]

But only for PC, as Valve are already at their limit on the 360.

We're planning on adding achievements to all of our games you touched on in your mail. We're just now coming out of the post-shipping haze, so these should start showing up on Steam pretty quick here.

We're also planning on adding a bunch more to TF2, starting with an achievement pack for the Medic in the next week or so.http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=625472

Excellent. The current achievements in TF2 are by and large far too easy to unlock.

[feeble]

Sweet, asked for this a while back, but never really thought they would do it

[claws]

Awesome. I hope there aren't 5 medics in every game now though just so people can get the new achievements :)

[Wackman3000]

Awesome. I hope there aren't 5 medics in every game now though just so people can get the new achievements :)

Some games I yearn for a medic or 3, although I guess 5 might be excessive...

[lockwoodx]

They need an achievement for making fat tf2 kiddies errupt into racial slurs because you said their score sucked last round.

Awesome. I hope there aren't 5 medics in every game now though just so people can get the new achievements :)

Yeah every game is 5 medics, 3 pyros, 2 spys. TF2 went downhill very fast. I play is mabye once a week for a match now where as games I enjoy more get alot more of my time.

[Hieremias]

Do people pay attention to the achievements? I've played over 15 hours of TF2 and I couldn't tell you what achievements I've earned. I don't get the appeal.

[MelbaToast]

My Gamerscore isn't exactly high, but I always at least take note of achievements that I get.

It's just a nice little extra thing to strive for.

[Logik]

They need an achievement for making fat tf2 kiddies errupt into racial slurs because you said their score sucked last round.



Yeah every game is 5 medics, 3 pyros, 2 spys. TF2 went downhill very fast. I play is mabye once a week for a match now where as games I enjoy more get alot more of my time.
You're playing on the wrong servers, plain and simple. It's not the game, it's the people you're choosing to play with.

[TrackZero]

Do people pay attention to the achievements? I've played over 15 hours of TF2 and I couldn't tell you what achievements I've earned. I don't get the appeal.

Achievements can be a nice thing to have for games. I get a kick out of this announcement though, no better way to try and rock the boat while promoting your own platform. Funny though, since it's not like Achievements were around before MS strong armed them on developers.

[Alexious]

You're playing on the wrong servers, plain and simple. It's not the game, it's the people you're choosing to play with.
QFT.

Actually, the only achievement I haven't been able to get is the one for playing with 7 friends on the same team. That's tough! I'm just going to keep adding people on the EvAv TF2 Thursday and hopefully I'll get it one week.

The game hasn't gone downhill at all IMHO. I'm still having a blast. I have become more selective though. I'll bail if people are being immature or if one team is wiping the floor with the other. When the teams are evenly matched with people who have some idea of what their doing, TF2 is some of the best multi-player gaming out there.

[Varsity]

The game hasn't gone downhill at all IMHO. I'm still having a blast.

I think he was talking about on consoles.

[KingGorilla]

Awesome. I hope there aren't 5 medics in every game now though just so people can get the new achievements :)

As a guy who likes to play Heavy weapons when there is damage to be done, that sounds like paradise.

[Varsity]

As a guy who likes to play Heavy weapons when there is damage to be done, that sounds like paradise.

Pfft. A sniper or demoguy would still be able to kill them.

[KingGorilla]

I also encourage more snipers, because as a man who really likes to play the Spy, snipers are free kills.

[DriveALW]

Pfft. A sniper or demoguy would still be able to kill them.

He's right! Everyone! Stop playing as heavies or medics, you can still be killed by some of the other classes!

Thanks, Varsity. You saved everyone a lot of time by pointing out how two of the game's classes are totally useless.

Okay, everyone. Let's go home.

[Rommel]

How about some new maps too while they're at it?

[Varsity]

He's right! Everyone! Stop playing as heavies or medics, you can still be killed by some of the other classes!

Thanks, Varsity. You saved everyone a lot of time by pointing out how two of the game's classes are totally useless.

Okay, everyone. Let's go home.

...what? 10char

[flinxz]

How about some new maps too while they're at it?
YES! More achievements will be fun and all, but give us more maps.

[OrangePulp]

Pfft. A sniper or demoguy would still be able to kill them.

Actually, the biggest nemesis for the Heavy-Medic combo is usually the Spy. Random51 has become something of an arch-nemesis for me on the EvAv server, for just this reason.

And if this encourages more medics, I'm all for it. Usually teams suffer from too few medics, rather than too many. To reiterate what King said, how am I supposed to dominate half the opposing team as heavy, if I've got no medic behind me?

[KingGorilla]

TheKeck and I reached some sort of Zen state one night, and all the opposing team could say was FUCKING KINGGORILLA!

[OrangePulp]

I get that too sometimes, especially when my bud Secret Agent Dog and I team up. In a way, I think it just shows how uncommon good spies are. If the other team has good spies *coughRandomcough*, you die a lot as heavy. A lot.

[KingGorilla]

I find that each team needs at least 2 spies, it is very hard to sap emplacements with engineer heavy teams solo.

[Stormwatcher]

they should patch the HL2 and EP1 achievements into the copies of people who already had them before Orange Box.

[Varsity]

they should patch the HL2 and EP1 achievements into the copies of people who already had them before Orange Box.

That's what the first para of the quote in the OP is about.

[sleepbox]

Sweet...IMO TF2 is the best thing going for FPS right now and I'm glad to be caught up in it.

[Chainblast]

It's cool but I couldn't really care less. I would rather see a new map/game-type or two instead.