TF2 Pyro Update Plans

This week's Steam Marketing message outlines the changes planned for the Pyro class in Team Fortress 2 in an upcoming update:
We've almost completely wrapped up the next big release for Team Fortress 2, which will focus on the Pyro class, along with the Meet the Sniper movie. We've spent time looking at how the recent Medic release went, and have rolled feedback from that release into the new item designs for the Pyro and into the design of the achievements required to unlock those items. One item, shown here in concept form, will be the Axtinguisher. Although it does about half of normal damage to standard run-of-the-mill non-burning enemies, once you light someone on fire the Axtinguisher will guarantee a critical hit.

Along with all of the new content, we're also going to be making some significant changes to the Pyro class for everyone, regardless of whether they have unlocked any new items.
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Achievement #53

While on fire, kill three enemies with an engineer wrench. Get killed by a medic's needle gun. Respawn as a spy. Call enemy medic. Get healed for 500 points. Backstab medic. Touch the intel. Drop the intel. Teammate must capture intel in under thirty seconds while you are killed by a critical rocket launcher and respawn as a sniper and make five headshots.

This is valve's model for "achievements." An achievement is something that I can statistically accomplish through normal gameplay mechanics. If I have to *know* what the achievement is before I can realistically *achieve* it, then it doesn't fucking belong in the game

Consultation: Assist a fellow medic in killing 5 enemies in a single life.

Peer Review: Kill 50 medics with your bone saw.

You'll Feel A Little Prick: Assist in killing 4 enemies with single uber-charge on a scout.

Blunt Trauma: Assist in punching out 4 enemies with a single uber-charge on a heavy.

Placebo Effect: Kill 5 enemies in a single life while having your uber-charge ready, but undeployed.

Sawbones: Hit enemies with your bonesaw 10 times in arrow without dying or missing.

Autopsy Report: Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting above their ragdoll.

Family Practice: Uber-charge ten of your steam community friends.

Bedside Manner: Be healing a teammate as he achieves an achievement of his own.

Moral of the story: Valve enjoys seeing players act like a bunch of retarded fucking shitslinging monkeys instead of actually accomplishing things.
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