TF2Tightrope

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That's what I'm talking about!. Click to listen — The Scout on weapon balance.

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TF2Tightrope is a collection of server mods. They aim to be a community-run version of the official beta by testing out new weapons, maps, game modes and balance changes.

Project Beta

About

Project Beta is about testing new weapons, while tweaking old ones. Changes are based on community feedback.

New Weapons

Class	Item Type Replaced and Name	Functionality
Soldier	The Battle Plan	On wearer: 33% faster move speed  On wearer: Move speed is decreased as user is injured  User can not be overhealed  -15% damage vulnerability on wearer  Move speed will stop decreasing at 100hp and 240HU/s
	The Doom Bringer	On Kill: 2 seconds of 100% critical chance  -75% clip size
Pyro	The Intensifier	On hit: target is marked for death for 15 seconds  Does not require ammo  +20% fire rate  +50% afterburn duration  If the target is extinguished the mark is removed  Cannot be crit boosted  This weapon cannot mark for death another Pyro
	The Underburner	Reflected projectiles sets opponents on fire  +20 health restored when extinguishing a teammate  +75% increased horizontal push back force  +25% increased vertical push back force  -60% airblast cost  -50% max primary ammo  Reflected projectiles gain a small fire particle effect
Heavy	The Heavy Lifter	While deployed: lifts user upwards  While deployed: sustains a ring of flames  Deals 7 times falling damage to the player you land on  User is marked for death while spun up, and for 3 second after  Deals no bullet damage  -50% ammo
	The Koshorop Chilli	Eating grants +40% movespeed  Eating grants +50hp player max health for 30 seconds  Eating grants up to 50hp player buffed health  On wearer: -75% healing from Medic sources  Eating sets player's feet on fire for -2 health per second  Cannot be thrown to team mates  Does not need to recharge  Going into water will remove fire and speed effects
Engineer	The Overclocker	+50% faster sentry gun fire rate  +500% dispenser radius  Teleported teammates gain an 8 second speed boost  +25% building repair rate  -50% building health  -75% melee damage vs players  Overclocked buildings can be identified by a particle effect
Medic	The Blinken Säge	On use: Become ÜberCharged for a short time at the cost of 10% ÜberCharge  On use: Relocate to a new position at the cost of 10% ÜberCharge  -50% damage dealt

Other Weapon Changes

Class	Modified Item	Functionality
Pyro	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	On wearer: 40% of fire damage dealt is received as healing  On Hit: target is engulfed in flames  -50 max health  Cannot overheal the user  Healing is unaffected by crit or minicrit multipliers
	Third Degree	+15% damage vs players being healed  +15% damage to all other players directly connected via healing  -30% fire rate  No random crits  -30% damage vs players not being healed
Demoman	Claidheamh Mòr	1 Second increase in charge duration  37% longer melee range  Slower deploy and holster time  No random Critical hits  On wearer: +15% damage vulnerability
Engineer	Eureka Effect	Press your reload key to choose to teleport to spawn or your exit teleporter  -50% metal cost when constructing or upgrading teleporters  Take no damage from rocket jumping  +1 health gain per second for each level of an active dispenser  +5% move speed for each level of an active teleporter  Cannot be granted health from healers  Cannot pickup health kits  -5% move speed

Misc

• Alternate weapon skin varieties function as the non-modified version of their original counterpart.

External links

• TF2 Tightrope blog
• TF2 Tightrope forum
• TF2 Tightrope Steam group