Day 2 Sniper Update: Payload Race + 2 Arena Maps

[Hectic Glenn]

Day two of the Sniper update and we will see a new game mode Gladiatorial Cart Combat where both teams must guide their own cart up hill to a finish point. The map is called Pipeline, and apparently if you stop pushing for a second it rolls back down to the bottom of the hill again.[br]
<div align="center"></div>[br]The update will also bring two new Arena mode maps called Nucleus and Sawmill, which look very sleek. See the full sniper update including a postcard from the Sniper here.

 

[Wang Tang]

Just saw this when I went there to see the Bow update. Awesome.

 

[Russian Mafia]

Looking good.

 

[Lizardizzle]

I like the nucleus map's style. it reminds me of tfc.

 

[mocho loco]

I like the new Payload map.

 

[Jintor]

Awaiting Darkseid whine in 3... 2... 1...

 

[Planetary]

This looks pretty cool. You have to divide the team between pushing your cart and stopping the enemy pushing theirs. If you look at the screenshot, there's only 1 checkpoint for the two tracks at the top of the hill, so the map is probably symmetrical with another hill on the opposite side.
But it's a triangular "?" checkpoint, which seems kinda odd.

Also official night sky map finally!

 

[DigiQ8]

Yeah I've just noticed this
A night map

 

[Danimal]

lol should we really make separate threads for each day?

Also: Sentries are going to be a real bitch in this map.

 

[MJ12]

Cool.

Lol'd at the letter to his mum.

 

[FoxFire]

The postcard made me lol.

 

[Warped]

its a shame the Sniper is my least favorite character. i kinda suck at waiting in the back

 

[DEATHMASTER]

nice postcard, not so thinky about arena.

 

[okidoki]

Also: Sentries are going to be a real bitch in this map.

I was thinking about this as well. I guess you'll have to use an offensive engineer strategy and build between spawn and the track, or make ninja level 1's. This map looks really fun though. Are there potential stalemates if time runs out? Sudden death?

 

[Darkside55]

Awaiting Darkseid whine in 3... 2... 1...

Actually there's no part of "Gladiatorial cart combat" that I don't like. Awesome idea. Valve has a good track record when it comes to new game modes.

I can imagine two snipers riding on each cart firing at each other.

 

[Operational]

Visually I think all three maps look stunning.

 

[Danimal]

I was thinking about this as well. I guess you'll have to use an offensive engineer strategy and build between spawn and the track, or make ninja level 1's. This map looks really fun though. Are there potential stalemates if time runs out? Sudden death?

No lol, I mean hectic-engie-nest camping ahead of the cart.

 

[Gorgon]

I live how Valve is getting this game into a new level of game-play improvements

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Wasn't payload race supposed to be introduced in Scout update

 

[Operational]

It was teased on one of the Scout update pages but never announced.

 

[Reginald]

I have never been that bothered by Arena mode, but these new maps look fantastic, at least visually. I may have to break the habit of a lifetime and play them.

If I'm not too busy playing Pipeline! :E

 

[Hectic Glenn]

lol should we really make separate threads for each day?

Yep, as we always have done for each class pack. Threads are generated as a result of us putting up front page articles so we are certainly going to announce each update.

It was teased on one of the Scout update pages but never announced.

Exactly, I was always puzzled by that. They showed us then didn't add it to one of the days, probably to keep us guessing. One difference is this version is certainly a day map...

 

[ríomhaire]

They seem to be getting less and less subtle about the whole secret spy war theme. Makes me think of villain decay for some reason.

 

[Omnomnick]

Why is this update looking soooooo good?

Oh yeah, because it's Valve. I want these maps, all 3 of them. Now.

EDIT: And Glenn, the earlier version of that map shown doesn't include the Pipeline/Factory at the top of the hill and has alot more sand and ground that the new one, making it look more industrial.

 

[Hrunting]

Any idea if the carts will move in the same direction alongside each other, or from opposite directions to the same point?

 

[Eejit]

From the shots I'd say same direction. Not necessarily alongside each other the whole time though.

 

[Operational]

Any idea if the carts will move in the same direction alongside each other, or from opposite directions to the same point?

If you look at the carts in the Bonk pic above it looks like they move in opposite directions.

 

[Higlac]

If you look at the carts in the Bonk pic above it looks like they move in opposite directions.

If you look you can see that there are two ramps of differing colors, and it looks kind of like the blue cart is halfway up the ramp.

 

[ríomhaire]

Info on next unlock is out. Continues with the tribal theme. It's an tribal shield with a car battery wired to it. Electrocutes Spies who try to backstab you.

http://www.teamfortress.com/sniperupdate/

If you have to put away your sniper/bow to equip it it sounds useless. If you don't it seems like Spies are going to have a much harder time with dealing with Snipers using this, and everyone else a much easier time, seeing as you'll have no tommy gun and will run slower. Of course, it does break so you'll only be protected against the one Spy (return to resupply to get it back? Recharge time?).

 

[Darkside55]

Next unlock is out. It electrocutes Spies who try to backstab you.

And then, Darkside and Viperidae started foaming at the mouth.

 

[ríomhaire]

I get the feeling that we're going to see Snipers using this + the rifle or the bow + the tommy gun. Mostly the former.