Topic: THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE (Read 26487 times)

McDohl · « **Reply #200 on:** December 19, 2009, 09:39:20 AM »

I fooled around with the Gunboats after getting them today, and it solved my first major problem with rocket jumping: self-injury. A soldier takes an uncritted 11 damage or so from rocket jumps. Setup on Gorge? Jump on to the giant crates in between the two spawns. Someone put a tiny healthpack up there just for soldiers and demomen to jump up there. Now THAT'S customer service!

Seriously though, rocket jumping just got real.

Bleck · « **Reply #201 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:35:39 PM »

Quote from: Norondor on December 19, 2009, 08:25:33 AM

"Dragon Ball GT meets Diablo 2."

I would play this game and never stop.

Saturn · « **Reply #202 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:36:33 PM »

i hear the gunboats dont work for some of the stranger rocketjump methods.

like walljumps

yyler · « **Reply #203 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:48:21 PM »

I am okay with the Gunboats not letting soldiers rocket jump extreme distances.

Niku · « **Reply #204 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:07:49 AM »

Got all six milestones, and had the Gunboats drop last night.

JDigital · « **Reply #205 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:27:55 AM »

I can't get the achievements to get the sword because demomen keep killing me with the sword.

SCD · « **Reply #206 on:** December 20, 2009, 12:43:33 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on December 18, 2009, 07:34:52 AM

CALGARY?!? CANADA?!?! WHAT CLASS IS CANADIAN?!?!?!?!

Theory: Engineer is from Canada, given that Alberta really is the Texas of the north, with the oil fields and Calgary.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #207 on:** December 20, 2009, 12:47:11 PM »

Alternate theory: enemy Soldiers are actually Canadian.

Catloaf · « **Reply #208 on:** December 20, 2009, 01:14:55 PM »

The Spy could be Canadian, as he does speak french.

Guild · « **Reply #209 on:** December 20, 2009, 01:24:19 PM »

I hear French-Canadian French is quite distinctive to French-speakers.

Anyone here speak French?

François · « **Reply #210 on:** December 20, 2009, 01:46:41 PM »

Pfft. No. It's all "ching chong fromage" to me.

[spoiler]the spy speaks heavily accented french, he's definitely a non-native speaker. he doesn't even get the gendered noun right in "ma petite chou-fleur"[/spoiler]

Mongrel · « **Reply #211 on:** December 20, 2009, 02:09:16 PM »

The spy was left deliberately ambiguous, I thought. He has some remarks in Italian and even one that smells of Brit. Because, well, he's a spy.

Doom · « **Reply #212 on:** December 20, 2009, 03:00:26 PM »

Pretty sure he's referred to as Franco-Spanish directly, although that could be from one of the older bios that can be deliberately ret-con'd. Demo's background used to be "killed both his parents and lost his eye as a boy trying to blow up the Loch Ness monster." And then you know, those wonderful comics!

Catloaf · « **Reply #213 on:** December 20, 2009, 06:26:26 PM »

No no no, that was how the Blu Demoman lost his eye. The comics had the Red Demoman.

Mongrel · « **Reply #214 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:01:05 PM »

Okay. What achievements are easy to farm as Demoman? Because to an incompetant boob like me, they ALL look hard.

Although, conversely, I looked at just about all the Soldier achievements and pretty much thought "Huh, that'll be easy enough to get sooner or later". Lo and behold, the the only Soldier achievements I farmed were the taunt-related ones (on general principle) with everything else legit, and I'm at Direct Hit after a night and a half.

Niku · « **Reply #215 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:32:43 PM »

Laddy McDeath (50 kills with grenade launcher) goes by very quickly if you're even halfway decent with the pipes. You can also get points toward Glasgowned (25 Scouts/Pyros killed with pipes) during this grind, try to get Caber Toss (pipe someone in mid-air after you bounce them), and always look for chances to get Blind Fire (kill one measly sentry without being in its line of sight). Taunt when you blow someone up for your free Bloody Merry tauntchievement (or Second Eye if it's still bugged). This will get you .... the Targe, unfortunately. That's not going to help you much with getting more, since the damage seems bugged enough that The Targe Charge is basically impossible/sheer dumb luck right now. Luckily, all this blowin' up should have gotten you Well Plaid (10 Demo assists) with all the Demos currently running around.

But that's okay, pull out your sticky launcher. Get a giant fucking jump with Highland Fling, then sticky up the first unguarded teleporter exit you see for Loch Ness Bombster. Get some stickies on a cart to try and gib three idiots (quick, free weekend is almost over!) for Pipebagger (blow up three in one stickysplosion) and credit for Scotch Guard (do that three times, only counts on a cart). Try to kill all comers with mid-air activated stickies for that kill grind. All this blowing people up should hopefully also be including dead defenders and buildings, giving you credits toward those grinds toward 25 Dead Point Defenders and 50 Kersploded Buildings. Try launching players with one or two stickies to kill them with fall damage for He Who Celt It, and always look for an engy/sentry/dispenser combo you can safely take out with one sticky explosion for the Argyle Sap.

Popping enough of those (You're gonna need 10 achievements total, with Milestone 1 counting for your 11th) you can get the Eyelander and basically go to town on swordchievements until you get the Scottish Resistance. Actually farming achievements as Demo isn't easy outside of achievement servers, but there's plenty of low hanging fruit to keep trying for while focusing on a couple of the more accessible grinds.

Saturn · « **Reply #216 on:** December 21, 2009, 11:45:11 PM »

i managed to get my SR even without eyelander.

it was a pain.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #217 on:** December 22, 2009, 03:22:45 PM »

The Highland Fling and the one where you sticky jump into a capture point and cap it can be done in your own, empty server.

Mongrel · « **Reply #218 on:** December 22, 2009, 05:24:56 PM »

Quote from: Zaratustra on December 22, 2009, 03:22:45 PM

The Highland Fling and the one where you sticky jump into a capture point and cap it can be done in your own, empty server.

It's like the ultimate embodiment of Personal Glory Fortress 2 ^(tm)

yyler · « **Reply #219 on:** December 23, 2009, 08:20:42 AM »

I like this update. I really need two more achievements for the buff banner. I have a feeling I'd like the demo shit if I could be fucked playing demo to get them.

I am so bad with the direct hit, though. It hurts me.

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