Best way to ease into TF2?

[Setharion]

I know people love this game, ive never played it..ever. But its free on steam and thats pretty good to see but if its just pure multiplayer, i would hate to go out there and just stink up the joint by sucking so badly or do people just accept it for noobs?

Is it easy to pickup and play?

[TheBladeRoden]

Best to start right away so you can blend in with the noob wave

[Setharion]

lol good point, with it becoming free im sure there will be plenty of nooblets like me. It just finished downloading so im lookin forward to trying it.

[doktorljubavi]

Play practice mode, and get used to the classes. Find ones that fit your playstyle more, but have additional classes to choose from as some servers might have a class lock out, or sometimes you might need to adjust to a different class to win the match.(like if there is a million engies on your defense team, being an engy might be a bad idea. Go with pyro and spycheck for the engies, etc)

[cusideabelincoln]

There are still a lot of noobs playing TF2. And the only class you can play in which a team will really get on your ass for being noob is the engineer class, because the engineer provides a lot of support for every other class both on offense and defense. But that class leads directly into what I feel is the biggest skill you can acquire in not just TF2, but any multiplayer game:

Learn the maps. Learn the intricacies of the maps. Learn where you come from, where the enemy comes from, timing, sniper positions, health pack locations, metal locations.

The next important thing to learn in TF2 is class balance. Learn what classes are a weakness for another class, what classes a class can dominate, and then learn how each weapon variation changes up the balance. You can be successful with any class and any loadout, but there are specific classes and loadouts which have advantages over a situation, and also bring along disadvantages. Learn the advantages of disadvantages of each class and weapon loadout, because you have to change your play style per context.

As a subset to the previous tip, learn an intuitive feel for how much damage a weapon does not only to enemies, but enemy buildings. You also have to keep in mind how fast an enemy heals if they are being healed by a medic, dispenser, or health pack.

When you die, spectate the best players. You'll pick up a lot of real-time tips.

Now to wrap up, you can pretty much just experiment with any class (besides the engineer one) and no one will really care that much. So there's no need to feel overwhelmed. Medic is the one other class people will notice, but so long as you are healing people you'll get a pass even if you suck and die a lot.

[dunker]

I just read about it being free forever, and having been an avid TFC fan, I gotta pick this up.

Jun 24, 2011 2:58:03 GMT -5 cusideabelincoln said:

There are still a lot of noobs playing TF2. And the only class you can play in which a team will really get on your ass for being noob is the engineer class, because the engineer provides a lot of support for every other class both on offense and defense. But that class leads directly into what I feel is the biggest skill you can acquire in not just TF2, but any multiplayer game:

Learn the maps. Learn the intricacies of the maps. Learn where you come from, where the enemy comes from, timing, sniper positions, health pack locations, metal locations.

The next important thing to learn in TF2 is class balance. Learn what classes are a weakness for another class, what classes a class can dominate, and then learn how each weapon variation changes up the balance. You can be successful with any class and any loadout, but there are specific classes and loadouts which have advantages over a situation, and also bring along disadvantages. Learn the advantages of disadvantages of each class and weapon loadout, because you have to change your play style per context.

As a subset to the previous tip, learn an intuitive feel for how much damage a weapon does not only to enemies, but enemy buildings. You also have to keep in mind how fast an enemy heals if they are being healed by a medic, dispenser, or health pack.

When you die, spectate the best players. You'll pick up a lot of real-time tips.

Now to wrap up, you can pretty much just experiment with any class (besides the engineer one) and no one will really care that much. So there's no need to feel overwhelmed. Medic is the one other class people will notice, but so long as you are healing people you'll get a pass even if you suck and die a lot.

Good tips. Sounds like things have become a lot more personal since TFC (or perhaps I just didn't pay as much attention).

[Blaz0135]

Thanks was interested too, in the same boat as Seth on this and these posts are making me see that i am not that much of a noob if i just play like i have been in other games and to play like a gamer not an idiot that doesn't even know where the space bar is XD

Thanks for the posts guys.

[mdsrocker]

The issue with TF2 is that even if you're an avid FPS gamer, TF2 is a totally different style, it's not how you use a gun, but how you utilize the full potential of the class you're playing. I''d recommend trying all the classes fro the first couple days and then simply sticking with the ones you like/are good at.

[People Is Tasty]

It's easy to pick up and play. Start with the easiest classes (Heavy, Soldier, Demoman) and get used to the play style, maps etc.

[doktorljubavi]

Jun 25, 2011 19:52:45 GMT -5 People Is Tasty said:

It's easy to pick up and play. Start with the easiest classes (Heavy, Soldier, Demoman) and get used to the play style, maps etc.

Or play medic and just healbot People Is Tasty and rack up points. That's what I do.

[Setharion]

What is the best stage to play guys, any of the modes better than others?

[doktorljubavi]

It's really just dependent on what you like playing. I personally enjoy payload maps more, or attack/defend maps.

[People Is Tasty]

Payload is easily my favorite, I'd start there. Badwater is probably the best payload map overall.

[Tomtin]

The game is a blast and very noob friendly. What do you think so far seth?