Valve confirms Team Fortress 2 class changes
Pyro to be rewarded for mass burning, Soldier also under investigation
Jan 16, 2008
Valve has revealed tweaks in the pipeline for Team Fortress 2 classes in the wake of news that the developer plans "a large scale modification" to the core of the game.
According to Valve's Robin Walker, the Pyro is set to receive an important boost and the developer's tinkering with the Solider too.
"We are indeed investigating Soldier changes, and one of the changes we're trying out is focused on making Soldiers a little more careful firing their rockets at point blank targets," Walker has said in a reply to a fan question.
He continued, "As for the Pyro scoring, we have a minor tweak coming down the pipe. He's going to get a small amount of points for every enemy he ignites.
"This should reward you for those moments where you drop into the middle of an enemy pack and light them all up, hurting them all and disrupting their plans, but not managing to actually kill them."
Earlier this week Valve promised that a "significant gameplay tweak" for the Medic class is on the way too, and that all the game's classes will eventually receive similar treatment.
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