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03-11-2009, 08:54 PM #1
valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
a new update just came out so restart your steam clients
Very awesome fixes for balance and better game playVersus Mode Changes
Tank melee attack can now hit multiple Survivors in one swing
Fixed Tank punch being able to hit targets behind walls
Fixes to 'Tank parking'. The Tank will now run back and attack the Survivors if he becomes AI due to two players expiring the frustration meter
Fixed a case where a Tank frustration meter could run out right as he was in his death animation and he would come back to life
Fixed a case where the Tank was moving too slowly while crouching and being shot
Tanks now have the possibility of spawning in a slightly different position for the first and second teams
The order that the teams play as Survivors is now determined by which team has the higher overall score. The winning team will play as Survivors first
The Smoker tongue can now target and grab victims through common infected
Increased the cone in which a Smoker can grab a target
The Witch no longer cuts Smoker tongues in a radius around her
Boomers that explode in mid-air will now hit Survivors directly below them with Bile
Reduced the damage that burning Hunters do to pounced victims
Adjusted the time at which players take over from bots to avoid 5 seconds of the bot standing idle while the player finishes connecting.
Fixed some cases where versus score was not being recalculated properly. It is no longer beneficial to pass pills between players at the end of the round or heal other players and then shoot them
Fixed a case where it was possible to spectate an AI infected and hit +use to take them overReapator, overlord of ponies

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03-11-2009, 09:15 PM #2
Re: valve kicks butt
Awesome
The tank can finally beat those corner campers

Damnit Blizzard, fix ZvT already >.<
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03-11-2009, 09:42 PM #3
Re: valve kicks butt
omg - those updates are so great!!!!! Love the winning-team-goes first thing!!
(updating servers as we speak)
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03-11-2009, 09:50 PM #4
Re: valve kicks butt
Excellent! This is gonna make the games so much more balanced!
This Update + Dead Air/Death Toll VS + Valve = Pure Awesome
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03-11-2009, 09:53 PM #5
Re: valve kicks butt
OK - all 4 servers updated and rockable.

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03-11-2009, 10:15 PM #6
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Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
Figures that this update shows up the day I go home for my spring break. Awesome, though. I'm not sure how I feel about the nerf of flaming hunters, but the changes to the tank and smoker definitely balance that out.
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03-12-2009, 04:56 AM #7
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
Awesome stuff!
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03-12-2009, 05:20 AM #8
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
Good news.
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03-12-2009, 09:26 AM #9
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
good changes!
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03-12-2009, 09:43 AM #10
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Massive!













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03-12-2009, 10:31 AM #11
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
The script that prevents team switching on the TG servers is preventing the "winning team plays Survivor" part from being active in-game.
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03-12-2009, 10:56 AM #12
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
Yeah, I uninstalled that earlier this morning - should be all set

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03-12-2009, 12:47 PM #13
Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
The Smoker tongue can now target and grab victims through common infected
Increased the cone in which a Smoker can grab a target
Boomers that explode in mid-air will now hit Survivors directly below them with Bile
YES! I have hated the smoker, this should help.
ANd I have always hated that if you shoot boomers above you, nothing apparently falls."Sympathy means a lot, coming from Kulmar. I didn't think it was possible.
Good luck getting rid of your disease. If you're infected, though, stay away--I can't afford to be a zombie right now.
" Ednos

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03-12-2009, 01:30 PM #14
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Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
How much less damage do flaming hunters do? And how well does the tank multi-hit work?
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03-12-2009, 02:03 PM #15
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Re: valve kicks butt - March 11 update!
Has anyone determined whether the versus score calculates all health packs applied to lowest player first for better averages or whether they simply fixed the way it updates the average health by refreshing the health bonus after health is applied?



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