TF2 Taunts Are Deadly

[CSN NewsBot]

I was just browsing the Something Awful forums a bit before I head off to bed, when I came across a few interesting posts by Valve's Adrian Finol in a Team Fortress 2 thread. I'll just let him break it down for you.

The shotgun/flaregun taunt now does damage, yes. And I should add that getting this achievement was one of the most rewarding things I've done in the game (hint: pair with a medic with invul and ambush someone in the vents in ctf_turbine).

When asked if it would be an instakill or just a small damage attack, the response was a firm "instakill."



Here's a bit more info for those of you, like me, who didn't read all of the achievement descriptions from the Pyro update page. The above achievement icon actually corresponds to the "taunt" achievement and yes, it is actually called the "OMGWTFBBQ" achievement.



To keep up with the "things that should be read but may not have been" theme: Have you read our interview with Valve's Robin Walker yet?

[milly9]

That's really neat. I was expecting it to do some incredibly low damage where you'd simply need a friend to help you. But if it's instant kill I'll definitely give it a try in a real game.

[-:Nighthawk:-]

Is it just me, or does the description of how to accomplish it (needing invulnerability and a place they can't run away) and the "instakill" comment not jive with one another at all?



Personally I'm thinking that what was meant is that you have to actually perform the kill with the taunt, not just provide some of the damage towards the kill with it. Whether I'm right or not remains to be seen, though.

[JaZz0r]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

Is it just me, or does the description of how to accomplish it (needing invulnerability and a place they can't run away) and the "instakill" comment not jive with one another at all?

That was just an example of a cool way to do it. The actual achievement just calls for you to kill someone with it: "OMGWTFBBQ: Kill an enemy with a taunt."

[Zips]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

Is it just me, or does the description of how to accomplish it (needing invulnerability and a place they can't run away) and the "instakill" comment not jive with one another at all?



Personally I'm thinking that what was meant is that you have to actually perform the kill with the taunt, not just provide some of the damage towards the kill with it. Whether I'm right or not remains to be seen, though.

Yeah, the quote isn't how you need to get the achievement, it's just a suggestion and how he obtained it.



The taunt is an "instant kill" means of killing someone, no matter what their health. That's what he means by "instakill" comment as well.



Just find an unsuspecting sniper and use your fireball taunt on them.

[StealthMonkey]

They should make it so that every class has a taunt that does damage. That would be awesome.

[-:Nighthawk:-]

Okay, I stand corrected... guess I'll have to go try it out now and see if I can use it in horribly unbalanced ways. :)

appended @ [time="1213976016"]

So much for that... I haven't been able to join a server as a Pyro yet... that class is now always full.

[xocomaox]

This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. Taunts becoming attacks. Madness.

[pwnedbyIbanez]

OMGWTFBBQ Achievement? Lollololololollollololollololololololololololololo l.



Just sayin'