Of the 3 ToJ members "playing" Team Fortress 2 on Steam right now, none of them are actually playing Team Fortress 2.
I don't want to say that trading and item drops Ruined The Game Forever(TM), but I'm starting to think that Valve has stepped beyond the bounds of equilibrium, disregarded original game design guidelines, and added several features that make the game LESS fun instead of MORE fun.
I'm still waiting for the community to make a mini-mod that strips out the "cruft" that Valve stubbornly continues to add to the game and restores TF2 as a proper FPS instead of a FPSMMO lite.
Note that I'm not against trading; I traded for several items in the last few days. But when the TF2 community seems more interested in the meta-game than the game itself, that doesn't bode well for those who want to play a FPS without dropping coin on virtual items or idle to craft new weapons.
I don't want to say that trading and item drops Ruined The Game Forever(TM), but I'm starting to think that Valve has stepped beyond the bounds of equilibrium, disregarded original game design guidelines, and added several features that make the game LESS fun instead of MORE fun.
I'm still waiting for the community to make a mini-mod that strips out the "cruft" that Valve stubbornly continues to add to the game and restores TF2 as a proper FPS instead of a FPSMMO lite.
Note that I'm not against trading; I traded for several items in the last few days. But when the TF2 community seems more interested in the meta-game than the game itself, that doesn't bode well for those who want to play a FPS without dropping coin on virtual items or idle to craft new weapons.