User:M-NINJA/Projects/Beta Redo

The Team Fortress 2 Beta is a beta version of the game that is separate from TF2 itself and is open to all owners of it, made available on December 2, 2010. This is the second period of public beta testing, the first one occurring before official release of the game. The beta is used for purposes including, but not limited to:

• Testing and tuning various class, item, and weapon changes
• Testing map changes and variants
• Running higher level, game-wide experiments (like doubling player health)
• Testing new technologies without the risk of breaking the game

Players receive all achievement-related items, all promotional items their account is entitled to (excluding promotional items received from a trade), and the complete Saharan Spy pack. Trading, crafting, and the Mann Co. Store are disabled. The current Team Fortress 2 beta differs from the beta first released to any user who pre-ordered the game back in 2007, and is more similar to the closed beta from 2009.

Changes

Balance

Type	Item	Notes / Special Abilities / Changes	Active
Weapons	Natascha1	Stats:   On Hit: 100% chance to slow target   Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance   -25% damage done   30% slower spin-up time	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Natascha Variant 1	Stats:   On Hit: 100% chance to slow target   Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance   -35% damage done	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Natascha Variant 2	Stats:   On Hit: 100% chance to slow target   Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance   -25% damage   -20% (60) max health on wearer	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Medi Gun	Changes:  Players being healed are immune to movement-impairing effects generated by hit-scan weapons.	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Kritzkrieg	Changes:  Players being healed are immune to movement-impairing effects generated by hit-scan weapons.	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Eyelander	Stats:   This weapon has a large melee range. Gives increased speed and health with every head you take.  -25% damage  -25 max health on wearer	Active (2/11/2011)
	Gunslinger	Stats:  +25 max health on wearer  Replaces the Sentry with a fast building Mini-Sentry  -25% damage	Active (2/11/2011)
	Southern Hospitality	Stats:  On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds  -25% damage  20% fire damage vulnerability on wearer	Active (2/11/2011)
	Powerjack	Stats:  +75 health restored on kill  +20% melee vulnerability	Active (2/11/2011)
	Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker	Stats:   Cursed by dark spirits similar to those that dwell within the Eyelander.  -25% damage  -25 max health on wearer	Active (2/11/2011)
	Ullapool Caber	Stats:  -25% damage   High-yield Scottish face removal. A sober person would throw it...	Active (2/11/2011)
	Claidheamohmor	Stats:  0.5 sec increase in charge duration  -25% damage  -15 max health on wearer	Active (2/11/2011)
	Vitasaw	Stats:  Added the ability to see enemy health  On death up to 20% of your stored ÜberCharge is retained.  -10 max health on wearer	Active (2/11/2011)
	Quick-Fix	Stats:  ÜberCharge grants 3x faster healing on target  ÜberCharge makes heal target and medic immune to stun and damage forces  +50% heal rate  +50% ÜberCharge  Can't overheal. Move at the speed of any faster heal target.	Active (2/11/2011)
	Dalokohs Bar	Changes:  Removed cooldown	Active (2/11/2011)
	Fists of Steel	Stats:  -40% damage from ranged sources while active  +20% faster deploy time  +100% damage from melee sources while active	Active (2/11/2011)
	Loch-n-Load	Stats:  -60% clip size  +20% damage done  +25% projectile speed  +25% damage to self  Launched bombs shatter on surfaces	Active (2/11/2011)
	Equalizer	Changes:  Tuned high-end damage range so it's no longer possible to one-shot certain classes  Suppress the medic call effect while active	Active (2/11/2011)
	Mad Milk	Stats:  Players heal 60% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk.	Active (2/11/2011)
	Backburner	Stats:  +10% damage done  100% critical hits from behind  Ammo cost increased 150%	Active (2/11/2011)
	Detonator	Stats:  +20% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer  Alt-Fire: Detonate flare.	Active (2/11/2011)
	Sydney Sleeper	Stats:  On Hit: Jarate applied to target for 8 seconds  +25% increased charge rate  No random critical hits  No headshots	Active (2/11/2011)
Class Changes	Buildings	Changes:   Damage against buildings (sentries, etc) reduced 50%	Not Active (1/13/2011)
	Class Health	Changes:   All Classes have double Health	Not Active (1/13/2011)
	Class Health	Changes:   All Classes have 25% extra Health	Not Active (2/11/2011)
	Flare	Changes:  Flares always crit burning targets, regardless of range.	Active (2/11/2011)

¹This variant was implemented in TF2 in the December 17, 2010 Patch.

Maps

Location	Notes / Changes
Granary	New entrance added into the RED and BLU mid ramp room.  Added new entrance to TF2 on the February 3, 2011 Patch
5Gorge	5 CP version of cp_gorge.  Added CP_5Gorge to TF2 on the January 19, 2011 Patch
Well	Made the 2nd point defender spawn door one-way

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  Granary: New entrance on RED from inside.

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  Granary: New entrance on RED from outside.

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  Granary: New entrance on BLU from inside.

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  Granary: New entrance on BLU from outside.

Patches

Main article: Patches (Beta)

Bugs

• The Iron Curtain shows up on the left hand side of the screen instead of the normal right hand side.
• An Engineer can prepare to build a Mini-sentry, switch to either the Wrench or Southern Hospitality, and still deploy the Mini-Sentry without having the Gunslinger equipped. This does not work the other way around to build normal sentries with the Gunslinger equipped.
• As of the January 6, 2011 patch, the drop system appears to be active, allowing players to receive normally-dropped items, crates, and hats in the beta.
• Despite being synced with the changes in the January 10, 2011 Patch, the Kritzkrieg sound continues to play after the uberchange ends.

See also

• Beta weapons – for weapons of the previous closed beta.

External Links

• Official TF2 Beta Forum on Steam Users' Forums
• TF2 Beta Blog Post
• TF2 Beta Update history