September 17, 2014 Patch

[Wrath]

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/September_17,_2014_Patch

Surprised no one's talking about this update yet.

I'm so psyched for the Alien Promos...but that's a STEEP price for the game. Anyone wanna lend me a tenner?

As a patch before this, I don't know why they removed Strange Counts visible on the web. I think that was outright dumb, as dumb as it was making the demo no longer be able to detonate sticky bombs while taunting.

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/September_15,_2014_Patch

Thoughts?

 

[Darkly | Sir BaconChops]

I find the added limited quantity to various items interesting when it comes to the market. I mean buds and bill's hats are finally marketable, as well as other items that weren't marketable before!

But of course, it's disappointing that sticky bombs no longer detonate while taunting, which was a fun thing to do, and the removal of strange counters on the web is disappointing as well. They should have done it only on the steam market, where the counters do not matter considering that it'll reset after someone purchase it.

 

[☭Balthamous☭]

While the Alien promo items look cool there are two drawbacks to them, one they are the first Halloween promo items thus can only be worn at certain times and two, you have to pre order Aliens Isolation which is in the same series as Colonial Marines and was a simply god awful game.
There has also been little in the way of gameplay footage and it seems like the promo items are trying to drum up sales due to there being a lack of them because of their previous works.
Now what is more interesting to me is the crates, the Directors Cut perhaps hinting at the Saxxy Awards. The other could be the End of the Line but somehow I doubt it, it seems like another tease.

 

[Mizz]

As a patch before this, I don't know why they removed Strange Counts visible on the web. I think that was outright dumb, as dumb as it was making the demo no longer be able to detonate sticky bombs while taunting.

Strange counts is dumb, no idea why it was removed

Demo no longer being able to detonate stickys while taunting is good though.
When I played demo a few times: Place stickys > Hide around corner > Hi5 taunt to see around corner
Enemies can't see you but you see them

 

[DARKLY | Pixar's Ham]

valve should just add more hats

 

[Wrath]

Strange counts is dumb, no idea why it was removed

Demo no longer being able to detonate stickys while taunting is good though.
When I played demo a few times: Place stickys > Hide around corner > Hi5 taunt to see around corner
Enemies can't see you but you see them

Would have been easier to disable that while using the sticky launcher...like if you have some out, you can't see yourself while taunting. Like the spy-crab, all you're doing is facing the ceiling.

valve should just add more hats

Still waiting for them to remove more, RIP Retired Series.