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Antagonist · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject: Help with TF2

I just recently downloaded TF2, anyone care to explain what role each class does(including in different game modes as well)?

M. · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject:

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xXL3G10N~4~LYFEXx · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject:

Probably best to play and find out yourself. I'd just stay away from spy initially. There isn't really any penalty or anything for losing. It's all casual. I'd start on Attack/Defend too

Cryoma · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject:

Totally generic breakdown that applies to most pub servers but isn't 100% true for everyone:

Scouts are annoying fuckers that run really fast and deal lots of damage if they get close to you, they have low health though, so they're good for ambushes or running intel to/from bases.
Soldiers are slow and have lots of health, they deal lots of damage with the rocket launcher but since rockets move slowly it's generally easy to dodge them.
Pyros are average speed and health, they deal lots of damage at close range with the flame thrower.
Demomen are average speed and health and deal lots of damage like the soldier but make use of time-delayed attacks, like launching pipe bombs that either explode on hitting an enemy or rolling around and exploding (useful for getting enemies from around corners), or sticky bombs that can be manually detonated when an enemy is near them.
Heavies have tons of health and are slow as fuck, they deal ok damage at close to medium range, but their advantages with the minigun is that it can continuously shoot for ages without reloading, and also since they have so much max health a good medic buddy can make them almost impossible to kill without good teamwork. They are basically human tanks.
Engineers are average speed and health, they are pretty weak damage wise, but they can build stuff like sentries that shoot at enemies, dispensers that give teammates health/ammo, and teleporters than can get respawning teammates back to the frontlines more quickly.
Medics are tricky, their base health is average and most of their weapons are weak, but since they have regenerative health you have an advantage over almost any other enemy if you need to 1v1 them. Medics mostly just heal other players but if you have good timing and aim you can use the crossbow to snipe some players long range and ambush unaware enemies close range with your melee. If a medic spends enough time healing teammates in a single life they can fully charge their "ubercharge" which basically lets them make a teammate invincible for several seconds. Also they have average speed.
Snipers are pretty much the same as in any other game: you get a sniper rifle that lets you instakill anyone with a headshot from extremely long range. They also have an ok backup weapon that deals ok damage, but it doesn't hold much ammo and has to reload often, so it's only good for fending off enemies that are trying to catch you camping. Also they have average health and speed.
Spies are average health and speed, they have a revolver that is slow and weak but doesn't have falloff (does the same amount of damage regardless of range, like the sniper rifle) and can be used to pick off damaged enemies. Their melee weapon does the least amount of damage of all melee weapons unless you can attack an enemy from behind, in which case it's a backstab and instantly kills them. How do you get behind them unawares? The spies have magical watches that can make them invisible to enemy players.

edit: as for gamemodes there's capture the flag, every one knows what that is.
Attack/defend, where red team has a base with a few check points and blue has to capture each check point in sequential order within the time limit to win.
There's capture point which is similar except that both teams have bases and then there's a no man's land point in the middle. One team has to capture the middle point and then capture the enemies base. This gamemode can go on the longest since it's basically a tug of war.
There's payload, where one team has to escort a slow-ass cart with a bomb on it down some train tracks to the enemy base, while the other team tries to push it back.
There's also payload race, where both teams have bombs on train tracks and the first one to get it to the other side wins.
There's king of the hill, a map has a single center check point and the first team to capture and hold it for a total of three minutes wins.

That's it for official game modes.