I concur, complete shambles. However, this could be a subtle ploy by Valve, so that all the free weekend noobies get to play with possibly all unlocks. Then after free weekend, it's back to the old way. They'll have had a taste, and want to play to get all their achievements.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Mike Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote: > Achievements should be pointless though. They are just little extra things > you can work towards once you have everything else, they shouldn't be the > center point of the game. I think the new system is fine once they even out > the randomness. With the previous system you could get the new items in an > hour or two, now it may take a bit longer which is fine. If you are really > that worried about getting the new items so fast, open TF2 and start your > own server and minimize. Otherwise just play the game and you will get them > while still playing, not grinding out achievements. > > -Mike > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Saint K. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We're getting the same complaints. > > > > A little feedback from our side. The new system is a good idea, but it > > makes getting achievements feel rather pointless. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yatin Vadhia > > Sent: vrijdag 22 mei 2009 22:56 > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] New Weapon Drops > > > > The new system is ridiculous. Several people on my servers and friends > > have > > played for almost 20 hours after the update and have received nothing. > > The old system was better. Why? Because people knew when they were going > > to > > get items, and therefore had a definite goal to get to, rather than just > > having to waste many hours getting nothing or duplicates. > > > > Either: > > > > 1. Go back to the old system > > 2. Make the weapons available at launch > > > > > > 2009/5/22 Michael Krasnow <[email protected]> > > > > > i got the ambassador and dead ringer right as i logged in no kills > > nothing > > > then i play for hours and nothing new.... > > > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:11 PM, HoundDawg <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, I have to agree with the "rush". I hear plenty of comments on > > how > > > > disappointed that the actual release, although contained what the > > > marketing > > > > promised, it lacked the quality that the marketing provided us over > > the > > > past > > > > 2 weeks. > > > > > > > > It wouldn't be nearly as bad, if the issues were not so simple that > > even > > > a > > > > quick 3 round test couldn't spot. Unfortunately, it does appear, > > that so > > > > many issues could have been easily caught through some sort of QC > > test. > > > > > > > > Regardless, I know that Valve is aware of the issues, and are > > working on > > > a > > > > patch. It's nothing new and we've been here with every update. > > > > > > > > In the meantime, if pipeline is crashing your sever, remove it from > > the > > > > playlist and vote, until it's fixed. Fresh updates require admins > > to be > > > > calm, smart, resiliant, and patient. > > > > -- > > > > HoundDawg > > > > > > > > UnitedAdmins.com > > > > http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UACommunity > > > > > > > > > > > > Joel R. wrote: > > > > > I have to agree, I don't like this system at all. > > > > > > > > > > It seems rushed and not very thought out. I want the weapons now, > > not > > > > > later. This backpack system does not fit into the TF2 world at > > all. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.36/2127 - Release Date: > > 05/22/09 06:03:00 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
