Scout

The Scout has the fastest movement speed of the nine mercenaries, the ability to double jump, captures objectives and pushes payloads at double the regular speed, and deals a consistent amount of damage from short to medium range. These attributes make him great for quickly completing objectives, such as capturing Control Points, and optimal for one-on-one battles when timed correctly. However, his maximum base health of 125 makes direct confrontations against some mercenaries difficult and risky. Optimal combat involves circle strafing or weapon heckling, techniques that help the Scout avoid and simultaneously put out as much damage as possible.

Soldier

Equipped with his rocket launcher and 200 health points, the Soldier is suitable for both defense and offense, so it is a great class for beginners to master all the basic skills of the game. The Soldier has a very low movement speed, which can be compensated by jumping on his own rockets (we will talk about how to make such a jump later). The Soldier is one of the most powerful classes in the game. Well balanced and with both survivability and mobility, the Soldier is considered one of the most flexible classes in the game. His health pool is second only to the Heavy, and his wide arsenal of weapons allows him to carry the equipment best suited to a given situation. (For example, storm boots, which reduce the damage from their own rockets, which gives the Soldier greater maneuverability when jumping on rockets)

Pyro

Using a flamethrower, the Pyro can, as the name implies, set enemies on fire, reducing their health to nothing, and finish them off with subsequent afterburn damage. Due to the flamethrower's short range, the Pyro is weak at long range and relies more on ambushes and surprise to catch enemies off guard.

Although the Pyro is considered an offensive class, it is versatile and has a number of unique abilities. Using compressed air (right mouse button by default), the Pyro can deflect projectiles, extinguish burning allies, knock back a Medic and his patient (this works even on Über-Charged enemies), knock enemies into the air, and even jump on a deflected missile.

Another important role of the Arsonist is to search for spies (the so-called spychek); when touched, the flame will ignite and expose both the invisible and cloaked spy. On defense, the Pyro can protect the Engineer's buildings from spies by removing bugs from the Engineer's buildings using certain unlockable weapons (Homewrecker and Neon Annihilator), and set fire to friendly Sniper's arrows, which can set the victim on fire if they hit. And using Flame Jump, the Pyro can get to places that cannot be reached by normal means.

Medic

The Medic's main weapon is the Medigun. While it is activated on a teammate, that teammate receives an additional bonus of up to 150% of their maximum health. After the Medic stops healing, the health will slowly decrease to the maximum health of the patient's class. This effect is called overhealing.

As you heal, the ÜberCharge bar on your screen will gradually fill up to 100%, and the faster the more injured the patient is. The Medi Gun will begin to sparkle when fully charged, signaling that it is ready. Activating the ÜberCharge will grant the Medic and their patient complete invulnerability for 8 seconds.

The Medic is able to regenerate their health over time; the longer the Medic stays out of combat, the faster their health will regenerate. When injured, the Medic will regenerate their health at a rate of 3 per second, increasing to 6 per second over the next 10 seconds. If you equip the Bloodsucker, the regeneration rate will decrease from 3-6 to 1-4.

Sniper

On the battlefield, the Sniper's main role is to take out strategically important enemy targets using his sniper rifle and aiming precisely at the head, instantly killing any enemy. Extremely effective in long-range combat and rather weak in close combat. That is why it is convenient for the Sniper to lie down on some hill or cover, from where he can easily dispatch enemies to the next world. The Sniper does not like to appear on the front lines, as he is a weak class in close confrontations.

Spy

The Spy prefers to wear stylish suits, wield sharp knives, and rely on stealth and surprise to help his team. With the ability to disappear completely or fake his own death, the Spy can fool any enemy. His disguise kit allows him to adopt the appearance of any class to sneak into enemy territory and then pick off the unsuspecting bastards.

The Spy is the best counter to the enemy Engineer. Sapping buildings and backstabbing the Engineer is the Spy's favorite tactic. The building that is sapped begins to slowly be destroyed. The sapper can only be removed by an Engineer or Pyro with a certain weapon. Other favorite targets for the Spy include the Heavy, Medic, and Sniper.

Training is a single player game mode where players can learn the basics of combat against various classes. This mode is designed for inexperienced players and covers the intricacies of gameplay and teamwork in a "safe" environment. Each class has a number of individual scenarios.

This is where the player is introduced to the basics of the game. You are told about the controls, the intricacies of playing as a Soldier, Demolitionist, Spy and Engineer are explained.

All newbies are advised to familiarize themselves with it.

After the player completes training for a soldier, the player is given the opportunity to start training on Dustbowl, where he will get acquainted with the main characteristics of the Capture Control Point game mode. In the first round, the player is taught the basics of playing on maps with the Capture Control Point mode. In the second round, the player is given a medic as an ally, and is explained who a medic is and why he is needed. In the final round, the player is given an engineer as an ally, explaining how he can help the team and how strong he is in the fight against the enemy. After capturing the last control point, the player is given a "certificate" and is returned to the main menu. After successfully completing the soldier training, the demolition man training is unlocked.

A bot (or BOT) is a computer-controlled player on the server. There are two types of bots in Team Fortress 2: AI bots and dummy bots. AI bots have high-quality AI code to emulate the player's actions in the game, and they can be used without cheats. Dummy bots have no AI, but can be used for testing. Dummy bots require cheats to be enabled on the server, which will prevent players from earning achievements.

To perform the simplest jump, you need to: aim down, jump and crouch at the same time, and then immediately shoot a rocket at your feet.

For certain classes, rocket jumping is simply necessary, as it helps you be more maneuverable and helps you play on the element of surprise in case of meeting an enemy.

There are various maps and community servers where you can do exactly this.

Arena

Arena maps are designed to keep all classes in Team Fortress 2 useful while still forcing players to simply fight each other. While other game modes require teamwork, Arena focuses players on the specific actions and decisions made during each encounter. You only get one shot, and if you die, you can only continue playing the map in the next round. Maps of this mode contain the prefix "arena_".

Capture the Flag

In Capture the Flag, the goal of the Red and Blue teams is to capture enemy intel and deliver it to their base. Victory is awarded when a team successfully completes the required number of intel captures (three by default).


Maps of this mode usually have a symmetrical type of structure, and the intel cases are located in the most secluded place of the base. To pick up the intel case, the player just needs to touch it. Having captured the intel, the player must bring it to their base in a special capture zone (marked with black and yellow lines on the floor) to successfully deliver it. All players of the team that completed the capture receive a bonus in the form of a ten-second crit boost (damage increased by 3 times). Maps of this mode contain the prefix "ctf_".

Capture Control Points

The maps of the Capture Control Points mode are divided into two main subtypes.

A control point is a round platform with a glow and a hologram of the team's colors in the middle (neutral points have a white glow and a hologram with a question mark). To capture a point belonging to the enemy team, you just need to stand on it and wait until the capture indicator fills with your team's color. The more players capture the point, the faster the capture goes, but there is a speed limit for this. Scouts, as well as soldiers and demolitionists using the Painkiller, capture the point twice as fast. The capture will not occur if there are players from both teams on the point. If all the players capturing the point were killed or left the point before the final capture, the capture progress will not be reset immediately, but will decrease gradually. If the round timer ends and the capture progress has not yet reset, overtime will be activated and the round will not end until the point is captured or the capture progress is reset.


In Symmetrical Control Point Domination, both teams start with two control points under their control, and the center point is unowned. The team that captures all the points wins. If neither team manages to capture all the points within the allotted time, the game will automatically end in a draw. Control points located closer to a team's base are captured significantly faster than others.

Control Point Domination maps are symmetrical. Both teams start with no control points, and all points are initially neutral. The team that captures all the control points wins. On traditional Capture/Defend maps, a draw will be declared if neither team captures all control points before time runs out. Once a team captures all three points, they win, regardless of the enemy team's progress in capturing any other point.

Capture/Defend maps are asymmetrical. The Red Team starts the round with all points under their control. The Blue Team wins if they capture all of the Red Team's points. Points can only be captured in the order specified (but there are exception maps, such as Gravel Pit). The Red Team wins if they do not allow all of their points to be captured within the allotted time. Points captured by the Blue Team cannot be recaptured by the Red Team. Maps in this mode have the "cp_" prefix.

King of the Hill


King of the Hill is similar in style to Arena. The focus here is on a control point located in the center of the map that does not belong to any of the teams and is locked at the start of the round. Teams must reach the point and capture it when it becomes available for capture. Once one team captures the point, a three-minute countdown is started for that team. If the opposing team manages to recapture the point, the countdown will start for them, while the countdown for the opposing team will be paused. A team will win after the three minutes allotted for holding the point are up and when the enemy team's process of capturing the point is exhausted. Maps of this mode contain the prefix "koth_".

Payload


On Payload maps, the Blue Team must escort a minecart with a bomb through several checkpoints towards the Red base within the allotted time. The minecart moves if there are Blue players near it; the more players there are, the faster it moves (maximum speed is achieved when there are 3 players near it). If a Red player is near the minecart, it stops, regardless of how many Blue players are near it at the moment. If the cart is not escorted by Blue Team players within 30 seconds, it will slowly roll backwards until it reaches the last checkpoint crossed, the Blue Team base, the top of the slope (on some maps), or where a Blue player touches it, resetting the timer. The cart acts as a level 1 dispenser for the Blue Team (and cloaked enemy Spies), slowly healing players and refilling their ammo. Players in front of the cart will not be able to refill their ammo from the cart.


PayloadRace


Unlike the Payload mode, on the Payload Race maps both teams have a cart; here it doesn't matter which team plays the attacking position and which one plays the defensive role - it turns out that both teams play both of these roles. Teams have to escort the cart through enemy territory, while preventing the enemy from doing the same. Like in Escort mode, team players must push their cart while being close to it, and the more players there are, the faster it moves, while players from the enemy team can stop it from moving.

There are two types of accounts in Team Fortress 2 - free and premium.

A free account is available to all players who have downloaded the game on Steam. Free accounts only have 50 free inventory slots and a limited number of blueprints for forging. In addition, players can only trade items that were obtained through trades and randomly obtained tools. Players with a free account cannot use any kind of chat in Freeplay (but can on community servers). Free accounts also have restrictions on random item drops - players can only receive "standard" items, such as unique weapons and Paint Cans.

A Premium account is an account with a copy of Team Fortress 2 purchased before June 23, 2011, or if a player with a free account:

Purchased a retail or digital copy of The Orange Box;
Activated the game by purchasing it from the Mann Co. (online) store.

A Premium account has no restrictions on receiving and storing items or playing the game. Players who purchased Team Fortress 2 or activated a copy of The Orange Box were rewarded with an all-class accessory, the Proof of Purchase.

As the game progresses, your inventory will be replenished with items (boxes, guns, and even hats). And if your account does not have the "premium" status, then it will have only one inventory page. This is very little, over time the page will fill up. During this time, you may get important things that you can only get once. For example, things for achievements (Cursed Metal, hats of Halloween bosses, etc.). I wanted to warn you that if possible, you do not delete things from your inventory due to lack of slots, especially items received for achievements. The fact is that the probability of returning them will be extremely small, there is a chance that you will lose them forever. Therefore, if you currently do not have money to purchase a premium version of the account, then try to delete boxes, duplicate weapons, or use duplicate weapons in forging.

After purchasing in the Mann. Ko store and acquiring premium status, you have the opportunity to freely exchange things. However, in this path there are a lot of scammers, the so-called "scammers", who deceive people every day, receiving their things, and sometimes accounts. In order not to get caught, you need to know the rules, the most important rule that you must follow first of all is "Trust, but verify".

Often scammers like to throw links to various sites. Try to check them for lice as much as possible, sometimes the sites may not be real and will differ slightly from the original name (for example, there will be a different domain, or the name will be spelled incorrectly, etc.). And before going to this site (if you have decided, of course), I advise you to use, for example, the antivirus site "Virus Total" [www.virustotal.com], which checks sites and exe files at once through a bunch of different antiviruses. It will be much safer. [/quote]

If the other side of the exchange starts asking you to log in to some site, then feel free to send it far away.

In-game trading is a system that allows players to trade weapons, accessories, tools, etc. with other users.

There are many ways to trade, but most often people use trading sites. There are sites where you trade exclusively with bots, and there are those where you sell and buy things from people (just like on the market).

The principle of operation is simple - 1. You log in to the site from your Steam account; 2. select the items you want to buy; 3. Pay for the purchase with items (sometimes money) and accept the exchange.

It seems that's all. This is the ideal way to buy/sell items, but not everything is so smooth. The thing is that in turn, the sites will take a commission. Somewhere it is more, somewhere less, but the more expensive the item, the more you will have to pay and sometimes you can buy an item at a very unfavorable price. Another snag is that not all the items you need may be in stock. This applies to any site that is focused on exchange.

Mann vs. Machine (abbreviated MvM) is a co-op game mode released in the update of the same name. In this mode, a team of up to six players must stop robots from planting a bomb in one of the Mann Co. buildings. Players can purchase upgrades for their weapons and character abilities (such as resistance to various types of damage, increased movement speed and health regeneration) using an in-game currency called credits, which can be obtained by destroying robots. All purchased upgrades will be available for the rest of the game, unless the player personally drops them at an Upgrade Station. If a player leaves the game for any reason, provided that they reconnect, all their upgrades and savings will be saved.


Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cfo0f88Ug

Introductory video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQX3M6t1LlY

While the robot is carrying the bomb, it loses half of its movement speed. The robot carrying the bomb also receives boosts, each time more powerful. The graph on the screen shows the time until the next boost. Boosts are activated by the carrier with taunts, accompanied by sound. There are three types of boosts in total, which are cumulative.

• Quick weapon change.
  
• Play sounds when hitting and killing an enemy.
  
• Display damage to the enemy above him and add this damage into one number.
  
• Play a sound when the sniper rifle is fully charged.
  
• Disable automatic aiming after a shot on a sniper.
  
• Automatic healing with one click on a comrade, not by holding down the left mouse button.
  
• Automatic call of wounded comrades at a certain amount of health.
  
• Minimalistic interface (optional)
  
• Display of the player model next to health instead of a 2D image (if you have problems with frames per second, on the contrary, turn it off)
  
• Display of delay in numbers.
  
• Reduced weapon models (optional)

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Voting is an in-game feature added in the Hatless Update (April 14, 2011 Update). It allows all players to actively participate in deciding issues on the server, such as choosing the next map, disconnecting (in common parlance: kicking) a player, and some other aspects. After all the votes have been collected, the system makes a decision based on the majority of votes. A player can start a vote by pressing the button in the main menu (next to the "Continue Game" button). After pressing, a voting panel will appear in the center of the screen. Players can select the subject of the vote and additional options.