So, the TF2 Christmas update is finally rolling around, Valve has created some new Weapons and a New Gamemode which can be found Here additionally I willl post all the stats of these weapons, and the other changes here.

The First Weapon is a Grenade Launcher for the Demoman!

Called "The Iron Bomber"

Grenades Fired from this will have a very small bounce and roll
Grenades that explode from being on the ground for too long will do -10% Damage
All Grenades fired from this will have a -20% explosion radius
You'd better not miss your shots!

Then there's another Demoman weapon called "The Quickiebomb Launcher"

Stickybombs will arm 0.2 Seconds faster
Will be able to destroy enemy Stickybombs
Charge time for the stickybombs is decreased by 50% so it's 2x faster
Stickybombs will fizzle for 2 seconds after being reloaded
Stickybombs have a -15% Damage Penalty
Clip size is reduced by -25%

The Third Weapon is a Multi-class Shotgun Called "The Panic Attack"

It will reload 34% Faster then the default shotgun
You can hold fire to load up to 4 Shells (Similar to Beggars Bazooka...?)
Your Fire Rate increases as your health gets lowered
Your weapon Spread also increases the more you become injured

This is a Multi-class weapon, being able to be used by The Soldier, Pyro, Heavy and Engineer.

Now onto the Patch notes!

All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift: a Stuffed

Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.

Added 29 Limited community-contributed winter items to the Nice crate

Added new Limited Festive weapons to the Naughty crate

Limited time items can only be found during a limited window of time. The

Naughty and Nice crate items will no longer be available after February 16th, 2015

Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store.

Naughty and Nice winter crates cannot be opened after February 16th, 2015.

Premium Players will receive a Secret Saxton to give to another player

Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving and the Winter Holiday noise maker) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants

Class & Weapon Changes!
Demoman Changes

Damage variance on grenades and stickybombs reduced from +/-10% damage to +/-2%.

Grenades and Stickies now have the same base blast radius as rockets. Changed from 159Hu to 146Hu.

Grenade Launcher

Direct hit grenades now deal full damage to target regardless of where it struck the enemy. Previously full damage would only occur when grenades exploded closer to the targets feet. (I personally will love this change, since I main Demoman)

Stickybomb Launcher

Stickybombs that detonate in the air now have a radius ramp up, starting at 85% at base arm time (0.8s) going back to 100% over 2 seconds. Stickies that touch the world will have full radius.

Stickybombs now have a more visible trail while traveling through the air

Stickybombs arm particle is slightly more visible

Loose Cannon

Double donk explosive damage now deal full radius damage to victims. Previously double donk explosive damage was reduced by radius distance from the explosion.

Removed a hidden penalty where Cannonballs that touched the world would deal 50% less damage in addition to regular grenade damage reduction on world touch.

Loch-n-Load

Changes to base grenade damage variance now ensure the Loch-n-load does not exceed 124 damage on a single hit. (No more One-shotting Scouts, Engies, Spies or Snipers)

Removed +25% self-damage penalty

Added -25% radius penalty

Changed clipsize penality to -25% (3 grenades per clip) from -50% (2 grenades per clip)

Loch-n-load grenades no longer visually tumble when fired

Bootlegger / Ali Baba's Wee Booties

Added +25% Demo Charge meter on charge kill

Tide Turner

Added Penalty: Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time

Kills while charging now only add 75% meter on charge kills instead of 100%

Scottish Resistance

It is now slightly easier to do sticky jumps with the Scottish Resistance. Increased range check for stickybomb jumping to sticky damage radius of 146 from 100

Scottsman SkullCutter

Movement speed penalty now only applies when weapon is active

Claidheamh More

Added +25% Demo Charge meter on charge kill




The New Gamemode

Added New game mode Mannpower! to TF2 Beta Maps

Contains 8 permanent power ups players can find in the map.

Players can only hold 1 permanent power up at a time.

Killing a player with a permanent power up forces the power up to drop.

Contains 1 temporary power that can be found in the map.

Use the ‘dropitem’ command to drop the currently held permanent power up.

Added new Default Stock Action Item Grappling Hook. Grappling hooks are usable in Mannpower mode and servers that enable it. Once equipped, press and hold the action key to use it. Use to move the player toward the hooked object.

Mannpower Beta plays a modified version of Capture the Flag that requires your team’s flag to be at base in order to capture the enemy flag.

Touching your flag will instantly return it to base.

Currently supported on Maps ctf_foundry and a modified ctf_gorge.

Instant Respawns enabled

Random critical attacks disabled

Players spawn with 6 seconds of invulnerability



MvM Changes

MvM : Added chance to find Australium Weapon rewards to all Advanced and Expert Mann vs. Machine tours. Previously only available on Two Cities tour

MvM : Added Killstreak kits for Quickiebomb Launcher, Iron Bomber and Panic Attack in to Two Cities MannUp loot tables



General

Crafting items that are marked as temporarily untradable will now yield temporarily untradable items instead of permanent

Fixed a client crash related to the material system

Removed the Giftapult from the store and added a crafting recipe for it

Updated the equip_region for The Beastly Bonnet

Updated the localization files

Removed the map restriction on players in karts respawning ghost teammates when they touch them



This seems like the Biggest update of the Year, and Valve has really put some work into it, have fun with this.

And Happy Smissmas/Christmas

-FestiveCoder \/