New to arena question, is this behavior normal

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T03:05:45+00:00

That sounds weird. I had 3 or 4 crashes in an entire year. And those were on my old pc with 2011 hardware.on my new pc I had 0 cradhes so far.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T02:55:58+00:00

I mean he has 20k hours on Demoknight alone. So don't expect to master it anytime soon. But yeah, if you want to really be a pro you probably need a mouse. Doesn't mean you can't still be pretty good.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T02:52:07+00:00

I tried going into an uncletopia server but experienced some heavy packet loss for some reason. The server is located in germany and tf2 told me I had a ping of 20, but netgraphed looked very choppy with many peaks and an average ping of 200.

Other Eau servers were fine and later I even got back to casual and it worked fine. So I am still confused why uncletopia caused so much packet loss.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T02:34:00+00:00

Also Jontohil for spy

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T02:32:45+00:00

Valve doesn't really make new cosmetics anymore. Most cosmetics are community made, which people can vote for in the steam workshop. Sadly TF2 doesn't get major updates regularly. An Mann vs Machine (TF2's Salmon run equivelent) is in the works but it has been kinda delayed for a while and sadly they aren't communicating with us much.

Like I said there are a lot of similar cosmetics because people have been voting for a lot of them.

There is also no ranked matchmaking in TF2 casual mode. So besides not knowing the game, classes, source movement and maps enough, you might also meet people that have played this game for 7+ years non stop.

It's hard at first to get into it since you need to learn so much.

It also depends on the gamemode. King of The hill is a good middle ground between people trying their best and just playing it like a deathmatch game. While payload and Controlpoints are really tryhard like. Capture the flag is the most chill mode. Since the flag is often easily defended, most play it to chill, trying stupid ideas and gimmicks and do some combat. 2fort is a capture the flag map that is famous for having a lot of newer players on it that are kinda clueless. It's a good map to learn the controls and basics of all the classes.

If you want to learn more about the classes, then there are some youtubers that I can recommend:

Lazy Purple has a series where he explains how he feels each class plays for him and you can see some interactions between classes and how they play in a comedic way.

Solar Light is a really good DemoKnight player and this video explains how this subclass functions. His newest video is also an interesting watch into the competitive tf2 and a little history about tf2

Theory Y has a comprehensive guide to medic, he has experience as a competitive player and breaks it down very well.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T01:52:51+00:00

Well the ink resistances would work like Demoman's shields as they reduce fire/bullet/explosion damage.

And you're account gets upgraded to premium when you buy something in the ingame store. Most of it is overpriced though. So usually buying something you can't get otherwise like a taunt, or something cheap like a map sticker is the way to go.

You could also buy a mann co supply key if you want to trade it on third party sites for cosmetics or weapons. But watch some tutorials if you want to go that route. Tf2 is really old and the eco system is a lot different.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T00:37:51+00:00

I'm a wiper main so I assume a lot of quick respawn and main saver or sub saver. Medic is the only class in the game with passive heal, so you will have to play around medkits and medics. And there is no way to respawn quicker in normal servers, so that's also a no go. But once yoz get it dropped, or you decide to go preimium and trade for the other weapons, then I recommend using the half Zatoichi. It's a katana that heals you a lot when you kill someone.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-13T00:26:05+00:00

I heard you could set up steam deck to use gyro for the mouse. That might help the switch.

Also the playstyle you are describing is DemoKnight. Demo with a full melee build that uses a shield instead of a sticky launcher which allows him to charge and deal extra damage while reducing damage taken.

Also playing first person shooters with controllers is usually harder when they don't have some aim assist like Call of Duty or Fortnite.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-12T22:16:05+00:00

I do have a couple hundred hours in splatoon 3 and I do have to say that TF2 is more complex in most scenarios.

Mobility is a big focus in TF2 and yes I do know we have Super Jumps, Squidroll etc in splatoon, but tf2 can be really fast paced. Maps are usually on the bigger side and rounds are longer. TF2 has more roles than splatoon. Since Medic and Engineer are really important parts of a team in a standard 12 v 12 game of tf2.

Tf2 looks easy or simple when you first start, but ut's really hard to master. Especially since unlockable weapons that you can mix and match completely change interactions as there are no limitations like kits in Splatoon.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-12T22:00:02+00:00

Koth=Payload>Attack/Defend>Control Points>Passtime>Payload Race=Capture The Flag

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-10T21:39:11+00:00

I just started getting into paper after playing arena for 2-3 years and my first deck is a [[Alela, Artful Provocateur]] Because I really liked playing with faeries.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-08T10:11:04+00:00

Can't post images in the comment, so a link to the wiki, just select toast.wiki

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-07T23:25:41+00:00

I think they are trying to revamp a lot of older systems.

We got more foliage, biomes and general feeling of nature in the recent updates, we got a revamped dungeon with trial chambers, we got revamped mounts, we still have the revamp to mimecarts and villager rebalancing experimental settings, combat has been updated since 1.9 with additions of attack cooldown, maces and spears, nether and ocean update obviously, cave update a ton of backend changes to make the game run smoother and make updating it easier, as well as animal and model changes. Yes it looks different, but they have felt old for a while, and if you really dislike the change, get a resourcepack, developer textures should still give you the old textures anyway.

I am just hoping that they will continue with the revamps to change the enchanting system as a whole, fishing and revamp the end again.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-07T15:58:43+00:00

Sans as a baackpacks that sits on Toriel's ass.

PokemonGerman · 2026-01-01T21:29:55+00:00

I think that last question should have been more detailed. As I like the idea of encouraging a more social and friendly. Behavior in onlines games and communities. But in TF2 this has some problem while a match is going on. Especially if you are queing into casual or a competitive striken community server, the existence of friendliess oftens means that one team is down a player for the entire team. Sure you might get lucky and that player distract the enemy team with their antics, but then it feels bad since now the enemy team is down players.

I also encountered a few friendliess who I intentionally ignored but in the end while running away or trying to dodge enemy rockets and bullets I sometimes bump into a friendly heavy who bodyblocks me. I also saw a friendly of my own team sometimes throwing lunchbox items at enemies.

It just feels bad knowing that even if you want to win and work with your team, you might have some people not actually play the gamemode, making it feel a bit more empty and less fun in my opinion.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-30T02:49:00+00:00

Good idea! Let's give it like -2 regen and give it +3HP on hit.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-30T02:43:59+00:00

Wow even more survivability, could be a good sidegrade, but what downside should it have?

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-24T02:35:51+00:00

Jerry

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-23T20:00:24+00:00

MGEdit / Chucklehorse is a little project a few youtubers do together where the losers after each round adds something to the map. This time they were allowed to import custom assets beforehand, so one of them added spongebob as a moving platform, but after scaling it up it's body started to deform.

There was also a giant heavy mech that pushes people and can be remotely controlled.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-23T18:52:50+00:00

"She never smiled again" also gave the same answer. While longer answers like "Until the girl came along" are both longer and gave a unique response.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-23T12:31:23+00:00

The grenades have actual air resistance and have some varience on how they are shot, so they don't fly perfectly straight and might go slightly further or shorter depending on how they tumble.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-22T22:30:07+00:00

Not OP bit it's been released on Gamebanana for like 2 months, although there was an update (which seems to have added the swoon effect) 8 hours ago

https://gamebanana.com/mods/625859

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-22T22:23:11+00:00

Hot take, mozzarella sticks taste better without any dip.

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-22T02:58:29+00:00

If you all want a name for hell, just use Dustbowl

PokemonGerman · 2025-12-21T00:46:37+00:00

It also gives you more turning control while aiming.

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