New TF2 Scout update teased

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 18th February 2009
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New TF2 Scout update teased

One aspect of the new Team Fortress 2 update will be a new weapon for Scouts, dubbed The Sandman.

Valve has started offering the first details on the upcoming Scout update for Team Fortress 2, including a new weapon for that speediest of classes; The Sandman.

The Sandman will be a new unlockable weapon for Scouts and will essentially be a new baseball bat. Unlike the current aluminium bat though it won't be a typical melee weapon though, but a ranged attack.

The Sandman will fire a baseball bat at enemies that will do only small amount of damage, but will leave foes dazed for short amount of time - though the duration of the confusion can be increased by firing from greater ranges. Even better, The Sandman even works against enemies who've been made invincible by a Medic's Ubercharge, which means it's a great way to counter rampaging Heavies.

The catch though is that any Scout wielding a Sandman becomes unable to double-jump due to having to carry all those baseballs around, so the damage potential is offset by a dip in speed.

Valve has currently got a new website up that is teasing five further updates that'll be included in the new pack. The full roster will likely follow earlier moulds and include another two weapons or abilities for the Scout, as well as new maps or gamemodes. Valve will be unveiling one a day until the full launch by the look of things, so keep your eyes peeled.

The real mystery as far as we can see though is: why don't other developers offer such good and long-running support for their multiplayer games? If that's something you want to get to the bottom of then you can always ask Battlefield developer DICE in our upcoming community interview - we're taking questions in the forums now. Or you can let us know what you think about this update in the discussion below.
Quote Volund 18th February 2009, 13:12
nice :D this will probably get me back to playing TF2 again
Quote Goty 18th February 2009, 13:28
So wait, does it fire baseball BATS or baseballs? The article seems to imply both.
Quote Volund 18th February 2009, 13:30
Quote:
Originally Posted by Goty
So wait, does it fire baseball BATS or baseballs? The article seems to imply both.

the bat hits the baseball at the enemy
Quote Jordan Wise 18th February 2009, 13:56
I think this is the best update idea yet. The only class that is pretty much useless on the last line of defence on a payload map is the Scout, and this will make them very useful through stopping ubers, can't wait
Quote The Jambo 18th February 2009, 14:12
"The Sandman will fire a baseball bat at enemies "

I thought it would be some sort of cannon :-S
Quote frojoe 18th February 2009, 15:19
I want the engie update, but this will be fun too. I guess I'll have to play scout a little more until I earn this achievement. On the other hand when this first come out everyone good and bad is going to play scout, so as pyro, heavy, or engie I can just slaughter them all [evil laugh]
Quote steveo_mcg 18th February 2009, 15:26
Hehe, thats my plan. CRY SOME MOAR.... hehe, cry some moar. Might even get a chance to try out Natascha on streams of scouts as she was designed for.
Quote BlackDiamond 18th February 2009, 16:42
"The Sandman will fire a baseball bat"

Actually, it fires baseballs - check out the pictures here:

http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/sandman.htm
Quote Zephyr 18th February 2009, 16:43
Yeah, looks like Don't Touch Sandvich is just around the corner.


Also, inconsistency within a thousand-word article...c'mon, you could at least try to beat the rap on current writing quality.
Quote Javerh 18th February 2009, 20:04
I want Meet The Pyro!
Quote Notional 18th February 2009, 20:58
Any pyro can look forward to "weenie roast", if they don't already have it. Heavy can look forward to "Don't touch sandwich" too :D
Quote Darkefire 18th February 2009, 23:05
I'm hoping for either Meet the Pyro or Meet the Spy. I hadn't even thought of Sandman, I think everyone was too focused on their suggestion that the Scout needed to be more effective against Sentry Guns. Hopefully their solution works out well; I had to give up playing primarily as Scout in favor of the Soldier because I was almost worthless on Goldrush and CTF maps after the initial stages.
Quote Volund 19th February 2009, 00:01
I'm liking the looks of the 2 new official maps, I hadn't played the 2nd before now, looks fun tho.
Quote cjmUK 19th February 2009, 12:34
Although I enjoy playing as sniper, I hate maps that favour the sniper because they generate boring one-dimensional games; half the players will be snipers, and a quarter will be spies - so I'll await watch-tower with trepidation.
Quote 500mph 20th February 2009, 04:49
Oh boy, the new Gamemode is Cart Race. And the next weapon is a sawed off shotty. Just look at todays sneak peak.
Quote naokaji 20th February 2009, 08:32
Valve is adding stuff to TF2 again?

Pure win, me wants
Quote steveo_mcg 24th February 2009, 13:09
Super powered slow reloading shotgun, this would also appear to let the scout rocket jump not sure about this one.

Though the text for it is funny.
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