Sniper update info FROM VALVE!!!! (new unlockable revealed)

I just have to say this is awesome and I will use it because it will most likely replace the machine gun and I never use the machine gun.
 
Am I the only one who thinks that this weapon is absolutely boring? This weapon doesn't seem to be interesting to me at all. :(


-Calle
 
Yeah, this is almost certainly the primary. Recent posts on teamfortress talked about how they were looking at the unlockable for the primary to bring the sniper closer to the action.
 
Am I the only one who thinks that this weapon is absolutely boring? This weapon doesn't seem to be interesting to me at all. :(
-Calle
The part of the announcement that's most interesting is "full charge in a second". Looks like you're trading range for rapid charging, plus whatever else.
 
This doesn't rule out jarate, does it?

Valve blog said:
[...]we chose the goal of designing an unlockable that encouraged the Sniper to get a little closer to his target.
So I'm guessing it doesn't zoom in at all. I don't know how I feel about this.
 
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this update is going to be ridiculous, haha. there will be arrows flying everywhere! even though i don't play sniper much, i'm a little excited to see this one.

lance: excellent smiley
frisky: they'd better not be spy markers; that would crush me. valve has been doing a pretty solid job so far though, and i'm guessing they've thought of that. if they didn't, they'll fix it soon, i'm sure. fingers crossed.
cut chem!st: great footage of you with the new bow, nice work :D haha
cuteness: what in the fuzzy heck is your sig a picture of?
mystery penguin: that was one of my guesses in the "what will the sniper update be?" thread!! i wonder if the will end up getting some sort of claymore/land mine weapon for use against spies. that'd make things interesting.
phoenix: the pyro taunt kill would be hilarious on a pinned player, but the will only be pinned if dead :( too bad, would have been funny to watch someone squirm and say "oh c'mon" haha
 
Wow, for once Valve is actually pretty quick with an update :D Felt like they announced the Sniper update a week ago.
 
Its meant for close range, which to me seems to not really be the point of a sniper. I'm a little intrigued but otherwise not really all that excited. I'll be interested to see what the achievements are going to be though
 
I wonder if the new weapon will arc, and if it will be insta-hit or have a projectile lag time.

I heard that this only has a 4% drop rate off Tiddy in Dustbowl.
4% drop on tiddy? I'm SO camping that mob till it drops but only so I can sell at AH. What's the spawn refresh timer on a tiddy?
 
Arrow-spam is going to be a fun way to fight!!!

Though I wish that ubered people could be pinned!!!

Edit: 1) Jarate them
2) Spam with Arrows
3) Taunt
 
Wow, for once Valve is actually pretty quick with an update :D Felt like they announced the Sniper update a week ago.

ah very true, it feels good when they actually are on top of it. Now if they can quickly release the "Meet the" videos and these updates more often from now on. That would be grand.
 
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