Lost my Killing Floor faith what do you guys think, should I start playing again.

[sph34r]

TF2 was good until Valve turned it into a money-grabbing scheme and began neglecting the actual game. Today it's nothing more than a promotional tool from Valve and it sucks that the actual game hasn't grown at all in the past year and a half or so. Instead of fixing the balance, performance issues, bugs & glitches all they do is add either poorly designed or imbalanced weapons and hats which actually have a negative effect on the game.

I think it really comes down to finding the right server, or simply pugging. You don't have to be in ESEA to find sensible people who won't use a team of 5 heavies and a medic lol. As for growth, eh. I think this needs some perspective. Compare TF2 to counterstrike or the CODs, for example. TF2 is infinitely more dynamic, and has its fair share of skill involved. Uh, it's not as complex as quake is (lol), but you can't quite say you're disappointed with where the metagame is today. Some of the items are horrendously broken and suck (the wrangler/etc comes to mind), but there's enough of the good stuff to outweigh this, imo.

But yeah Valve has definitely started to use TF2 more as an advertising service. I don't blame them really, it makes them more money. The only thing I'm left wondering is how in the hell they haven't released HL2:E3 yet with all the hat revenue.

I used to play TF2 all the time and even played it competitively for two seasons around late 2009-early 2010. The only reason I occasionally play it today is because a lot of my friends still do.

AHA. Everyone comes crawling back eventually. There is no escape.

Killing Floor is still fun; it just seems that fewer and fewer people are playing it nowdays. Whenever I find a game it's either a bunch of low levels for a berserker kiting team. Hopefully there's another update in the future which brings life back to KF, because the game is definitely still interesting to me.

Play with friends then. What you're saying makes complete sense when you try to find random matches, but if you (for instance) have a steam group of ~30ish people who enjoy the game, it's pretty easy to post an announcement and get a game going nearly instantly. Having access to a private server is probably the deal-breaker.

 

[TheBoobyTrap]

y u no killing floor

 

[YoYoBatty]

<y/n>? Y

 

[Nanostrike]

I haven't played much myself. Might return when they start supporting the game again, but right now, RO2 is their #1 priority, so balancing, bug fixes, and even the Whitelist are being neglected pretty badly in Killing Floor. And if those aren't even getting addressed, then new, game-refreshing content is out of the question...

 

[greenlemonade]

As much as I REALLY want the L.A.W. to be lighter so its a viable option for Demo, and as much as I feel the Berserker needs a SERIOUS reworking for higher difficulties, I still love playing Killing Floor.

Despite our many tiny little wants, this is a great game right now!
And if you want more content, check out some of the crazy mods and awesome levels made by the community, or download the SDK and make a level yourself.

A little off topic:

To balance Berzerker so EVERY HoE and Suicidal round doesn't end with all the level 6 Berzerkers and Medics running around for 10 minutes ALL classes should receive a slight speed buff on these difficulties and Ammo pickups should respawn throughout the level encouraging players who run out of ammo to run and gun to find more.

As it is now, Berserker speed and lack of ammo concerns gives them a GODLY advantage over all classes.

 

[Steeps]

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Actually I'm not too interested in pugging anymore and probably haven't done so in around a year. It's definitely not my favorite competitive game (talking about 6v6, I personally think highlander is boring) but can be pretty fun and I actually like it more than COunterstrike. The core game is still great and I don't use most of the unlocks anyways so it's not like they confuse me or anything. I played it as my main game for about two years and that is saying something.

I think that's the real reason I'm not interested in it anymore: I played it for so long and just sort of lost interest. Not of the new additions have really done anything to bring me back into the game. A good update that isn't focused on hats, promoting other games or gimmicky items and fixes to the performance problems that are slowly making the game unplayable for me might be a good place to start.

 

[sph34r]

A good update that isn't focused on hats, promoting other games or gimmicky items and fixes to the performance problems that are slowly making the game unplayable for me might be a good place to start.

Ha, good joke

 

[Rainydaykid]

I need to start playing TF2 again. It was pretty fun when I played, I just play for a bit, then completely forget it, then come back later. I usually do medic, soldier, or heavy.

I do agree that it has sadly turned into a "materialism fest" like the rest of society. I don't care about hats, achievements, or various weapons, I just want to play a team game and enjoy it. The constant chatting about hats gets annoying as hell.

 

[+‏‎]

Go with the flow. I always find myself coming back to Killing Floor after some respite, and if the vanilla games become too slow for you, you could try playing on one of the numerous modded servers. There are some fantastic and fun things that people have concocted.

 

[C_Gibby]

As much as I hate coloured text, I think the green on grey looks pretty nice.

I'm making a pretty useless post here, but I'm just throwing that out there.

 

[YoYoBatty]

I played KF 2.5 with 5 bots on begginner today, the amount of fleshpounds and scrakes that appeared overwhelmed me within 30 seconds of the wave.