FAQ для Team Fortress 2 [eng]

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1.0 Introduction
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Team Fortress 2 is one of those games that is representative of everything I
look for in a FPS game. As a team game, it actively encourages teamwork
unlike some of team FPS out there, is relatively easy to pick up and play,
but difficult to master. I suppose the allegations that Valve dumbed the
game down are true, but they actually managed to do so in a way that made
it more accessible without removing the fun. Shocking! Of course, no game
is perfect, but just listening to the commentary it's simply amazing what
level of effort they took to make sure this game would be as fun
as possible.

Anyway, this is a general FAQ I've decided to write now that the game's
been out for a bit and probably won't have any more drastic changes to the
maps. It will cover the classes, how to play them and whatnot. It also will
analyze all the official maps, and maybe a few custom ones, if there's ever
one like that one map in DoD:S that everyone has on their servers
(what's it called again...?). Like I said, the game is easy to pick up,
but it still takes a bit of time to notice many things about this game.
The goal of this FAQ is to point out some of the finer points of the game,
but will go over the more basic points as well, in case you're a newcomer.

Also please note that any of the strategies and such I list are meant
first and foremost for public servers.



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2.0 General game info
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As the name implies, this is a team game. Every class has defined roles that
I'll go over in the character section, as well as discuss strategies for.
This design encourages said teamwork, as not every class can do everything,
and a balanced team helps fix this weakness.

You pick a class and help your team complete the objectives. Enough said.
Controls are exactly the same as every other fps out there with no special
buttons. Well, E calls for a medic, but that's it. If you don't know them,
then you can always check the ingame options menu and customize them
to your liking.

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2.1 Game Modes
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You shoot people until they die over 4 fun-filled game modes and currently
five official maps!

As of the current update there are 5 game modes. It appears Valve may
implement a 6th (Civilian maps) based on a glitch that's still in the
current build, but the V.I.P. code was in CSS and Valve never made any
official maps for it.

The current game modes are:

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Capture the Intelligence
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Official maps: ctf_2fort

This is pretty straightforward capture-the-flag. The teams face off and
attempt to grab the other's intelligence and return it to their
intelligence. If the intelligence is dropped by a carrier, the team that
owns the intelligence cannot return it to their base by picking it up,
though. Instead they must sit by the intelligence until time on it
has expired to prevent the other team from picking it back up. You do not
need to have your intelligence in your base to capture the enemy intelligence.

Games are by default set to whichever team scores 3 times first wins. However,
this is a server variable and will vary from server to server. Sudden Death
occurs if the map time limit is reached before any team wins.

So far all these maps are symmetric.

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Control Points
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Official maps: cp_granary, cp_well

These maps are a tug of war between five points, similar a linear map
on Day of Defeat, though you have to capture them in order. If you
capture all the points your team wins.

After knocking someone off of a point, the progress toward capturing that
point does not disappear right away. Instead it goes down slowly, quicker
if someone from the controlling team stands on it to 'uncap' it. As a
team captures points, their spawn will move up. Every time a point is
captured, more time will be added to the timer up top. If time runs out
before all the points are captured, Sudden Death occurs.

So far all these maps are symmetric.

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Attack/Defend
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Official maps: cp_dustbowl, cp_gravelpit

In these maps the Blu team must capture all the points before time runs
out in order to win the round. If time runs out, Red wins. There are no
stalemates.

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Territory Control
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Official maps: tc_hydro

This is an interesting new idea, though so far the only map out for it
could have been executed better. Basically it's the same as the Control
Point game mode, except there are only two points in the round at a time,
and the two teams attack each other trying to take said control points.
The only exception is each teams' final point, where the defender must
instead simply hold out until time runs out. The control point the
teams attack/defend appear to be randomly decided based on the points
that are adjacent on the big map at the message of the day screen.
Teams win the match by capturing all the enemy points. An interesting
concept, I must say.

Just like the Control Point game mode, if time runs out, sudden death occurs.


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2.2 Game Mechanics
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Sudden Death
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If time runs out on a map, the round will go into sudden death. During
sudden death, no one respawns (you can change class at the beginning of
the round, though.) The locker in spawn is also locked and medkits will
not spawn throughout the level. The only way to heal is to find a Medic
or an Engineer dispenser. A team wins the round by eliminating everyone
on the opposing team, or fulfilling the map objective. If neither of
these conditions are fulfilled before time runs out in Sudden Death, the
round is a stalemate.

Note: When an Engineer is stabbed in sudden death, his buildings explode.


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Momentum
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A game like Team Fortress certainly sounds like it ends up as a stalemate
often, doesn't it? Yeah, Valve doesn't like ties either, so they implemented
an interesting momentum system that encourages a player to play offense.
That doesn't mean that offense is necessarily better than defense, but
rather that a defending team doesn't have the overwhelming advantage with
static turrets and whatnot.

Valve has not revealed how the algorithm for this works, only that those
who play offensively will benefit from it.

Benefits of momentum include faster spawn times and more criticals, which
are definitely not something that should be underestimated. Conversely,
playing defensively will result in a spawn time penalty and no increase
in criticals.

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3.0 General strategy/etiquette
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1) Work as a team and be a team player! Take one for the team
sometimes and switch classes.

2) This game, unlike many other of the genre, puts more emphasis on
the strategy compared to aim. With the exception of the Sniper, all
classes are relatively short range. Thus, many matchups can't be
beaten by aim alone. In order to be effective you'll have
to outthink your opponents.

3) A microphone is great for this game. People just don't watch
regular chat as closely. With a microphone you can clearly
communicate locations and key information, as well as SUGGESTIONS.
Don't be bossy over the mike, and definitely don't cry 'my team
sux ;_;' like some people do.

4) Some general etiquette
1. Don't be a jerk. Pretty obvious. There are enough kiddies
on public servers who complain as it is.
2. Don't team stack either. People do this all the time and
it's annoying. Ironically sometimes the people who
do this end up being the worse off team because
they're all terrible and are just joining a team
because a star player joined it.
3. If someone's doing a spy check on you, shoot to tell them
you're not a spy (spies lose disguise if they do
anything but move or sap engineer buildings)
4. If too many people are playing the same class as you,
just switch. It hurts the team to have too much
of the same class.

Now for some more general knowledge that everyone should know.

1) You can bump Sniper's aim while they are in scope by shooting
them. Useful on places like the top ledge on 2fort if
your Snipers cannot achieve superiority over the other
team.

2) Sentry guns can lock on to you from any direction if you are
somewhere you can see. However, there is a slight delay
before firing. You can peek out at it, shoot it, then
hide under cover again to get destroy them. Running
past them is not an option due to tremendous knockback.

3) Beware of spies. They look very convincing in disguises in this game,
so be sure to be cautious and check suspicious people. Their
health won't go down on the bar you see, so shooting them
multiple times is a good idea. The only way to confirm a Spy
without being a Pyro is to run into them. You can clip through
your teammates but you cannot clip through a Spy.

I need more for this section :S

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4.0 The Classes
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Offense
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4.1 The Scout
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Health: 125

Weapons
Primary: Scattergun
Secondary: Scout Pistol
Melee: Baseball Bat

Special Notes:
1) Can Jump again in midair with space
2) Speed is 133% "normal"
3) Counts as 2 people when capping/uncapping a control point

Pros
+Fast, fast capping, increased mobility
+High damage up close

Cons
-Low health
-Annihilated by sentry guns

Good against:
1) Medics (enjoy your projectile weapon <3 and uncaring healing buddy)
2) Spies (very difficult to backstab, revolver doesn't do much)
3) Snipers that are in reachable areas

Bad against:
1) Engineers (Sentry guns utterly DESTROY Scouts. If there's no engineer and
the gun is close they're manageable, but other than that, GG. It
may be the only class they're truly "bad" against, but it's so
overwhelmingly one sided how they stop a Scout that it makes up for
it)

Based on the abilities alone, it's pretty obvious what the TF2 team had in
mind for using a scout. They're very fast, have two hitscan weapons, capture
points faster/run the intel faster, and are the only class to have increased
mobility without a health tradeoff.

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Weapons
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Scattergun- A sawed off shotgun. Very high spread in exchange for very high
damage up close. Fast reload. Hitscan. 6 rounds per "clip", can have
36(?) shells at a time.

Scout Pistol- Just a plain pistol. Not terribly accurate but it suffices for
long range combat. Fast Reload. Hitscan. 12 rounds per clip, can have
48 bullets at a time

Baseball Bat- Melee weapon. Attacks faster than other melee weapons, but also
does less damage.

*The Scattergun has a very nasty spread. You must get very close for
it to do significant amounts of damage. At mid-long range or further
it is a better idea to just use the pistol, even though it only gets
a meager amount of ammo. It's not hard to close the distance anyway
with the Scout's superior speed.

*The Pistol isn't very accurate like I said, but it generally hits well
enough. For some reason unlike the Engineer's pistol, you only get
4 clips, which are very, very easy to burn through with its high
rate of fire. It's a good choice for longer range, but it simply
doesn't do enough damage, so I recommend that Scout's should close
the range instead.

*The Baseball Bat, despite looking incredibly awesome in the second trailer
for this game, is generally not a good idea to bring out unless
you're attacking someone who is totally off guard and has 150 or
less health. 175 is pushing it, and under no circumstances should
it be done on a soldier or Heavy. The scattergun does more damage
anyway.

Verdict on the Scout's best attack zone? Extreme short


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Strategy
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*Although it is often tempting, it's not a great idea to attack every single
target you see. There are other classes with more health for that.
The Scout can certainly be played like that if you wish; it's more
than capable of doing so, but generally I'm of the opinion that
you should ask yourself "Can I leave this enemy to the rest of the
team?" If so, take the OTHER path (you know, there's always seems
to be one in pubs that no one uses for no apparent reason) to
get you behind the enemy and flank them, or capture their point,
or intel, or whatever. Of course if they don't see you, it's not
nice to look a gift