A F2P's Guide to playing well and having fun!

When ever you join a server there is going to be a huge skill difference-from hardcore,unusual decked competitive gods to pubstompers and the "free to plays". Since the uber update the F2Ps have been discriminated for trying out one of TF2's greatest features of trying the game for free. What if you're want ot be a "cool" F2P,what if you want to pubstomp the pubstompers then go ahead my readers and you'll find the information which you need.

• Class Imbalance
  A lot of player who have experience in other shooters don't really have that much relation to the oddness of the amazing world of Team Fortress 2,but one class that is similar to a lot of aspects in CoD or Battlefield - the Sniper. The sniper is a powerful class if you use him correctly.Incorrect class balance can cost a match,as for example 2 scouts,1 soldier,2 pyros,0 demomen,heavies,engineers and medics and the worst part - 4 snipers and 3 spies.
  Since the typical maximum of players on a server is 24,doing the super complicated math that we need to do,so which is 24/2 which is 12 people each team as a maximum on each team[b/]
  So you need at least 1 person in class section,so if there isn't a medic or engineer then drom the scoped rifle and pick up a wrench or medi-gun to support your team and give them fighting firepower they need.
  
  
• Friendlies
  Now there is one thing which riles me up more than anything in TF2 is when someone kills a friendly,and about 98% of that time it is a F2P player scavenging the killing grounds for a kill,and so despertae that they'd kill a helpless player. You'll know that they're a friendly when you see them,crouch walking up towards you,slowly holding their melee weapons and'll possibly start taunting if you do the same. Crouching is a symbol of friendliness and respect,when you crouch walk up to someone,they're going to do the same. If someone else does it,especially an adversary - Don't shoot at them! Instead crouch with them or atleast just let them live long enough to see another capture point,if you do accidently shoot and kill them due to a reflex from your hardcore xXX_MLGCODSKILLZ_xXx ,then it's alright just say sorry in chat .
  
  
• Skill
  There's a lot to having skill in TF2,this is byfar the most important factor.If you rack up kills all day you'll have all of the medic healing you,heavies droppin sandviches and the G.Gs,but I'm not talking about hacking. Now while I might sound like your fourth grade P.E teacher because I'm telling you to play fair and have good sportsmanship. Hacking takes the fun out of playing the game and gives you a bad rep with players and traders.

Basic Stuff

• Remeber correct class balance helps your team to win.
  With the right amount of people playing a class your team practically has the intel in your hands,but that's not saying you should give the sniper spot to everyone else for every single round,but know the limits if you wanna be cool.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Being Friendly
  You don't have to not play the game and conga,but don't ruin it for others.
  
  
  
  
  
• Becoming P2P
  Hey time to spend a few bucks on this sweet First Person Shooter,my homies buy your hearts out with cosmetics,weapons or keys for that bottomless pit of crates in your inventory,remeber this is a Free too Play game so spend some cash to help out the great company who made this amazing game.
  
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  After Image
  
  (Yes this is Me after I spent some cash!)
  
  
  
  

Skills

This is a few tips from me (personally) on how to get better at the game,practice on normal and hard mode bots helps out a lot when trying out new strats.

Scout
"The scout is an insanely fast class capable of manuvering even five control point maps with ease. Armed with a basic but trusty scattergun,a pistol and an insale range of melee options the scout is one of the best classes for 1v1s, at close range he can meat shot enemies for a lot of damage and even finish them off with a few shots."

• "Double jumping in combat makes you very hard to hit by them chuckleheads who don't got half a brain,even then it's hard to kill someone as handsome as this."
  
• Keep your scatter loaded,this way you can pick numerous enemies without reloading.
  
  Soldier
  "The soldier is a powerhouse on the battlefield, armed with a devestating rocket launcher which have the amazing power to turn any maggot or civillian you face into a chunky cloud of tomato soup. The soldier is byfar the easiest class to play in terms of a lot of people,having the second highest health of 200 hit points,a dangerous damage output and the best mobility if the player knows how rocket jump."
  
• "Listen up maggots,always aim your rocket at your enemies feet,that way none of the sissy littly bra factory owners can escape the might of the rocket!"
  
• "Aim down at your feet,jump and fire one of your rockets to fly into the air like the majestic bald eagle and wipe those ladies out."
  
  Pyro
  Pyros are an amazing asset on the battlfield,they can roast enemies alive at close range with their flamethrower and with the same weapon they can reflect rockets,grenades,stickybombs or just about any projectile away back at the enemies with a good old click of the right mouse button,with the same attack you can also extinguish burning teamates and push back enemie players off onto cliffs or saw blades.
  
  
  
  Demoman
  "Aye,hello there lads,a proper demoman always knows the knack of his trusty ol' grenade launcher and stickies (Slang for stickybomb launcher), when you meed those wee little lassies on the battlefeild lob those bombs lad and watch the peices fly!" The demoman can cause devestational damage and is an expert on taking out buildings and destroying large groups of enemies redusing them to a pile of gibs within a matter of seconds.
  
• " 'ey lads,don't let any other sould know about tis old Scottish secret gaurded by the noblest of demoman in teh DeGroot family line,by holding down the detonate stickies button you can launch the stickies as if they were an additional grenade launcher turning all of the lassies into chunks of blood!"
  
  Heavy
  " I am heavy weapons guy,I am giant man and killer of itty-bitty-baby men. I carry big gun called Sasha,I love Sasha,She fires 40 rounds every second mowing down every baby man heavy meets on battle grounds. All of baby-mens guns are very itty-bitty like they are and don't hurt heavy that much.Heavy and Doctor are best friends,medic heals heavy and heavy give doctor Sandvich"
  
  
• "Medic and heavy work very well together,when medic gets hurt heavy shares sandvich with doctor,doctor happy"
  
  Engineer
  "Son I am the better man! I solver practical problems, when mah team needs some defense protectin' a point or intel I'm they're man,Sentry guns can be levelled up to 3 levels,each level makin' em' stronger an' tougher. Dispensers heal teamamates and dispense ammo and metal so I can keep on buildin' stuff while they hold the point and telepoters work mah pardners from point A to point B."
  
• Engineer are a dagerous class when played right,their sentries are about the most devestating thing in the game,press alt fire to haul them to a safer location.
  
• keep an eye on you metal count when building you contraptions.
  
  
  
  Medic
  " Hello there comrades teh doctor is in the house!" Medic are a very valuable class in the fighting effort,the provide a variety of healing attributed with medi-guns,not only able to heal teamates but give them a 50% temporary bonus in health (The quick fix only allows a 25% buff rather than 50%) but has the ability to deploy an ubercharge when the uber meter is completly filled.
  
  Sniper
  "Pi*s off yah mongrels,snipin's a good job mate!" The sniper is a rather weak class in combat but can use his sniper rifle to scope in and head shot enemies for a whopping amount of 150 - 450 damage with a fully charged shot.he can support his team even further with jarate,essentially covering any enemie with his yellow lemonade making the take 35% extra damage for about 8 seconds or he can extinguish him self or other teamates this way.
  
  Spy
  "Gentlemen." The spy is a key and essential player on the fighting effort,with his electro sappers disabling and damaging engineer buildings and his knife capable of killing anyone in strike in the back (Except for ubered players.) and his trusty revolver can be useful for when h needs to get his hands dirty defnding himself. Armed with experimental French espionage technology like the cloak watch allowing him to be invisible for some time and a disguise kit allowing him to imposter enemies.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

*Afterword*

• I would like to note that none of the images I used were in fact mine with the exception of a few screenshots.
  
  So why are you still reading this,go and have some fun in Valve's FPS's crown jewel of a game!
  
  
  P.S Make some steam friends,it'll help out a lot in your TF2 journey!
  
  

Trading

A way to progress your TF2 inventory is by trading,now there are a lot of different people when trading,some good some bad and here's a mini-guide on how to trade without losing your profit.

• Prices
  When buying an selling items through trading you definately need some sort of price guide so lo and behold https://backpack.tf/
  
  Backpack.tf is a great website which has information on all but the newest of item prices in TF2.
  
  The currency traders use is metal and keys
  
  3 scrap = 1 rec.
  3 rec. = 1 ref.
  16-20 ref. = 1 key
  
  
• Trading websites
  Want to trade but don't want to on TF2,find a server and trade you can use these websites for your purchases.
  
  https://scrap.tf/ - Fast,cheap bot trading service,offers a variety of items and even games
  
  http://sfuminator.tf/ - Cheap,quick only trades hats
  
  http://bazaar.tf/ - Useful for finding and posting items,done manually with actual people
  
  http://www.tf2outpost.com/ - Simlar to bazaar

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