Soldier/Demo Update is LIVE!

Valve has officially released the update! The Soldier won the war, and got boots that let you rocket jump without taking much damage. They also released two new maps: cp_gorge and ctf_doublecross! Now what are you waiting for?! Go out and get the update! (Unless the servers are too busy...)

LOL! I was playing on the server when the update came out. The game crashed for everyone and then we couldn't log on. After a couple of minutes i saw the update coming in and now i am still waiting at 36% dammit while the server is filled with 24 players right now harvesting achievements. I really hate my 128 kbps connection grrrrrr

The server crashed while it was full of people, this happened last weekend too. The people at Gameservers.com advised to upgrade sourcemod but i haven't gotten the chance to do that.

PS: I hear there are already walking some people over there with swords and pickaxes

I, in fact, am one of those people waving a sword around. *proud stance*

SPOILER ALERT!!!
This is about the Eyelander.

Overall Appearance: Looks incredible from first person, an awesome world model as well.

Attack: Might want to cover the kids' eyes with this one. When killing someone, their head literally flies off their shoulders. Large amounts of blood come out of the head and neck, and as they fall, a splattering sound effect is heard. Probably the most blood I have ever seen in TF2. And I like it.

Taunt Kill: Yes. Looks a lot like the sniper's; he twirls the sword behind him, but then swings it really fast from right to left, leaned forward. Then stands up, and runs his fingers along the blade as if to clean off the blood. When you hit someone with the swing, they adopt the 'stunned' stance, and their head flies off while the enemy drops to their knees, then falls over.

Other stuff: After killing someone with it, you become healthier and faster. After killing 4 enemies, it maxes out. You can still kill enemies with it, you just won't get any more buff. When fully ...charged, I guess, your eye glows orange (at least on the RED team) and you look extremely badass, and you can run at about the speed of a scout, give or take.

Well, I'm sorry if you didn't see the warning and was spoiled. I'll try to make up for it.

See ya on the server!

-Firestar

Sound good , but how many achievements you have to collect to onlock the sword ?

I so want the demo weapons!

Well, the milestones are incredibly easy.
First Milestone: 6 Achieves
Second: 11 Achieves
Third: 16 Achieves
And I'm at the 2nd milestone; I didn't unlock the sword until I joined a server that had a working inv, so I don't know when you get it.

You get the weapons randomly. I have all the achievments and I have exactly no weapons. Hopefully i ll get some tommorrow in the morining when people are sleeping.

Good news Dark Soul.

Yeah, I just saw the post on the TF2 Blog. They're apparently going to give the people that didn't get the weapons, the weapons. So I'm just ECSTATIC

Which ones are you missing?

I was missing the Scottish Resistance and the Targe, but I got them today!

Did you get them at the same time? That would mean they already implemented the update. I'm missing the targe. I think the SR sucks but maybe i just have to discover the tactics for that weapon.

Yeah, I got them at the same time. Maybe you just found the SR, and later you'll get it and the Targe.

yeah I got my weapons when I entered the server at the same. THe direct hit, sword, equalizer and the boots.

You got the boots?! I never got the boots! How'd you get the boots?

DS has ALL the achievements. Maybe thats the requirement.

i dont know when I entered the server in the chat box it said "Dark Soil has acheived the boots, direct hi blablablablabla.

Here a list of changes they made yesterday:

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Team Fortress 2


Fixed inconsistent Rage generation with the Buff Banner

Added an "equipped" tag to currently equipped items in the Backpack and Crafting screens

Fixed the TFBots not reacting correctly to stun effects

Fixed the Heavy picking up his own thrown sandvich if it was thrown while running forward

Fixed Pyros not getting the proper kill icon for kills with deflected Direct Hit rockets

Fixed the player keeping their rage setting when the Buff Banner isn't equipped

Fixed resupply cabinet not clearing the rage and the buff status effect

Fixed the Buff Banner not working when +reload has been forced in console

Fixed the motion blur on charging Demomen not always drawing

Fixed the Direct Hit mini-critting enemies submerged in water

Fixed the Chargin' Targe's crit not working on servers with tf_weapon_criticals 0

Capped the amount of overhealing from taking heads to the player's max buffed health

Updated the Gunboats to absorb damage from any self-inflicted rocket blast that doesn't hurt another player

Updated the Scottish Resistance to detonate bombs near the player's feet (in addition to what it normally detonates). This enables sticky jumping with this weapon

Updated the Baseball and Jarate HUD indicators to stay on screen when full


Crafting improvements

Spy's camera beard can now be smelted into scrap metal

Recipes can no longer produce items matching any of the items used in the crafting

Added some new recipes


Achievement fixes

Fixed the "Ride of the Valkartie" Soldier achievement being earned by Soldiers on the defending team

Fixed the "Gorky Parked" Heavy achievement being incremented by committing suicide on a control point

Fixed several Scout achievements that were broken by the new type of bat stun

Fixed the "Ghastly Gibus Grab" achievement not awarding the hat correctly

Updated the "Big Pharma" (Medic) and "Division of Labor" (Heavy) achievements to be 10 kills in a single life

Updated the "Ubi concordia, ibi victoria" Medic achievement to only be 3 assists