BOO! Halloween 2013!

[Plasma]

What is the problem with the vaccinator exactly? (I don't play medic lol)

[chuy409]

What is the problem with the vaccinator exactly? (I don't play medic lol)

We cannot switch resistances. So we are  stuck in bullet resistance. Basically cycling through the resistance was its niche.

[Plasma]

Ah lame. It's strange that I don't see other server ops report it.
Have you tried the vaccinator on other servers? Just want to make sure it's not a problem on our servers only.

[Plasma]

New patch coming in a few minutes, more crash fixes:

- Fixed a dedicated server crash related to players becoming ghosts in hell
- Fixed a dedicated server crash related to spellbooks and switching weapons
- Updated materials for the following items: Caffeine Cooler, Tartan Spartan, Carrion Companion, Sackcloth Spook, and the Pin Pals

EDIT: More:
- Updated the Crusader's Crossbow
   - Fixed an exploit related to switching weapons
   - Reduced damage from 75 to 50
   - Lower reload time from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds

Servers will be restarted when the update is released. Servers are back online! 
Still nothing regarding the vaccinator. Are you sure it's broken right now? Anybody else seeing this?

[chuy409]

New patch coming in a few minutes, more crash fixes:
Servers will be restarted when the update is released. Servers are back online! 
Still nothing regarding the vaccinator. Are you sure it's broken right now? Anybody else seeing this?

Yea, ive tried it in Skial, and a few trade servers and on all of them it was broken.

[chuy409]

hold the phone, they just changed it to the Reload button than mouse3. Wow, i didnt see that until i saw changes in official wiki page. Sorry for making so much hype about it.

[Plasma]

Ah, I see.
Wrong keybinding then? That explains it. So the vaccinator is working properly now eh?

[chuy409]

Ah, I see.
Wrong keybinding then? That explains it. So the vaccinator is working properly now eh?

Yea,  but the weird thing is that everyone's vaccinator now cycles through resistances with reload. Weird that Valve didn't post it in any of the change-logs.

[Plasma]

I think they did:

Notes missed from Monday's update:
- Updated the Vaccinator to use the reload key to cycle through resist types

[Plasma]

As we're getting closer to the end of the Halloween event, the Halloween server is now only playing HellTower. If you want to get as many HL items, or have achievements to complete, now is the time. Enjoy!

[ApatheticMango]

What was the special prize you were talking about Plasma?

[Plasma]

You mean the special surprise?
I'll try to announce it tomorrow. It's not TF2 related though. At least not yet

[ApatheticMango]

Cool! Can't wait. Also, any plans on giving out Spec Ops:The Line? I picked it up off GMG for 6 bucks and it's AWESOME. Really feeling the Apocalypse Now tribute.

[Plasma]

Alright, so I still failed to announce the surprise. Sorry
It's Natural Selection 2 related. Maybe tomorrow.
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I do not have any Spec Ops codes, but there will be more giveaways.
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Halloween 2013 is over. Payload #2 server is back on its regular map rotation. I hope you guys had fun. I managed to get a few new items, but there were just way too many to collect. And all these crates... if only keys were $0.20...