What exactly are tf2 fans expecting?

[DEMANATI]

The game is 16 years old. You guys are lucky to have the content you got. (Half life, ricochet, ect got almost no content) Sooner or later the game will be completely abandoned because it makes zero sense to keep this game alive. At least imo. I would love to hear your reasons

[UNBREAKABLE]

They are expecting Gabe to push the button that magically removes all the bots and cheaters from TF2 that they just decided not to press so far.

[pix]

not sure how you have not gathered it by now but they want the bots out of the game. thats about it.

[Bozo DongleCock]

Well one of the reasons I think is fueling want for a fix is the fact that a lot of the game's revenue is generated by the community, and I don't mean just people buying hats, keys, and MvM tickets. Almost every modern cosmetic in the game was made by someone making the asset from scratch and submitting it to the game's workshop. There is also of course the active Steam Marketplace for the game where steam takes a cut of everything sold on platform.

The game is still getting seasonal updates including these items in the crates every few months and so Valve is directly not just profiting from the in game sales but the (nearly free) labor of the player base. So with a lot of the content the game is pushing made by the community, bought by the community, and traded by the community, it can feel very disrespectful for Valve to profit off of people like this without maintaining the game's basic functionality.

[Mina]

It continues, nothing changes

[The_hand_of_fate]

We want a functioning anti cheat, that should be considered fairly basic for an online game

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Originally posted by The_hand_of_fate:

We want a functioning anti cheat, that should be considered fairly basic for an online game

A functional anti-cheat won't stop the bots though. It will also be non-functional days later anyway since cheat makers most likely are already multiple steps ahead of anything Valve could have planned. That's why it's called a treadmill.

[Miko]

I expect nothing at all. The game will keep going on regardless of what Valve does. It's just a matter of whether or not the community keeps it alive.

[Fireschlong #2Broke4MannUp]

I expect nothing. That way, I cannot be disappointed.

[dat_potatoe]

People should care about game preservation more in general first of all.

Second, this is really the only game of its kind left. A class based shooter with old school FPS mechanics that isn't plagued by the MMO-Trinity or ultra streamlined "press button for movement ability on long cooldown" gameplay.

I don't think Valve is obligated to keep updating it, it's 17 years old and declining in players. Valve should be obligated to at least keep it bot free though.

[The deadly Cutsman]

Originally posted by The_hand_of_fate:

We want a functioning anti cheat, that should be considered fairly basic for an online game

VAC is completely functional

[pix]

Originally posted by The deadly Cutsman:

Originally posted by The_hand_of_fate:

We want a functioning anti cheat, that should be considered fairly basic for an online game

VAC is completely functional

it sure takes its time working. i see human cheaters far too often.

[09phd]

Vac is a suggestion, and bots are bribing valve so they can blast bad music in our ears.

[The deadly Cutsman]

Originally posted by pix:

it sure takes its time working. i see human cheaters far too often.

It will only detect cheats that are in it's database. Anything else won't be flagged as cheating software.

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Originally posted by pix:

Originally posted by The deadly Cutsman:

VAC is completely functional

it sure takes its time working. i see human cheaters far too often.

Because none of the most common premium cheats are in VAC's database and haven't been since 2017.

[pix]

Originally posted by The deadly Cutsman:

Originally posted by pix:

it sure takes its time working. i see human cheaters far too often.

It will only detect cheats that are in it's database. Anything else won't be flagged as cheating software.

soooo its outdated at hell then? cause it seemingly does nothing.