April 28, 2011 Patch (Beta)

Source: TF2 Beta forums (Web Archive)

Patch notes

A note about new weapon designs

• In our on-going effort to include the community in more of our design process, we're starting to introduce item designs that are very rough and/or experimental. If you don't like a particular design, we'd love to hear feedback on the kinds of changes that would make the item interesting to you.

Gameplay

• Medic:
  • Beta Syringe Gun
    • Increased Mad Milk duration to 2 seconds
    • Damage penalty reduced to 50% (from 10%), which means the medic now gains health on hit
• Sniper:
  • Beta Sniper Rifle 1
    • Bonus structure changed
      • 25% charge rate bonus on bodyshot
      • 45% charge rate bonus on headshot
      • 65% charge rate penalty on miss
    • The charge rate now resets to default upon death
    • The charge rate is now unaffected by shots fired while unzoomed
• Soldier:
  • Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher
    • Now deals mini-crits instead of crits
    • Time of mini-crit bonus reduced to 6 seconds from 8
  • Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 2
    • New rocket launcher option
    • +15% ubercharge rate for the medic healing you. This effect does not work in the respawn room
    • -10 health on hit
  • Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 3
    • New rocket launcher option
    • 50% faster reload time while being healed by a medic
    • -10 health on hit
  • Beta Pocket Shotgun
    • Damage bonus reduced to 20% from 25%
    • Deploy time penalty increased to 30% from 25%

General

• Fixed install issues on the Mac

Undocumented changes

• Medics can no longer coat teammates with milk with the Beta Syringe Gun.