Tightrope

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Tightrope is a server mod that aims to be a community-run version of the official beta by testing out new weapons, new maps, balance changes and other alterations. It is currently active on all TF2 Tightrope servers. There is a Steam Group for Tightrope.

Changes currently undergoing testing

New weapons

Class		Notes/Special abilities
Soldier	Secondary Personal Death Ray	Shoots rockets  Only holds one rocket in clip
Pyro	Primary Arsonist's Arseblast	Airblast cures and stores ally status ailments  Taunting cures and stores user's status ailments  Airblast applies stored status ailments to enemies  Does not apply afterburn
	Primary Firewall	Airblast type: Overheat  Airblast ignites enemies and projectiles  Airblast doesn't use up ammo  User absorbs unused heat from airblasts  User takes damage if too much heat is absorbed  -50% max ammo
Engineer	Secondary Pardner	Crits enemies that are targeted by sentries  -75% clip size  No random critical hits
Medic	Primary Practitioner's Pointer	Keep cursor on enemies with medigun active to point them out to teammates  Pointed out enemies are covered in milk and can be seen through walls  Passive weapon  -25% healing rate on medigun
Sniper	Melee Khopesh Climber	Climbs walls  Wearer takes minicrits when aiming
Spy	Watch Lungbuster	+33% move speed when cloaked  Uses health as cloak.

Changed weapons

Class	Item	Old	New
Scout	Winger	+15% damage bonus -60% clip size	+25% damage bonus  -50% clip size  +75% accuracy
	Sandman	Ball stuns enemies	Ball does not stun  Ball restricts user and target to melee weapon for 5 seconds
	Atomizer	-20% damage penalty 30% slower firing speed Third jump deals 10 damage	No damage penalty  No firing speed reduction  Second and third jumps deal 10 damage
Soldier	Cow Mangler 5000	Reflected rockets crit	Reflected rockets minicrit
	Liberty Launcher	~	+25% knockback  -25% firing speed
	Mantreads	Deals 3x falling damage to the player you land on	Creates an explosion that deals 3x falling damage when you land
	Battalion's Backup	Rage filled by taking 450 damage	Rage filled by taking 200 damage
	Market Gardener	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping and for 0.5 seconds after landing
	Escape Plan	~	-50% damage penalty
Pyro	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	On hit: Ignites enemies	Does not ignite enemies  When active: Afterburn minicrits
Demoman	Grenade Launcher	Direct hits deal 84 - 123 damage	Direct hits always deal 100 damage
	Loch-n-Load	Direct hits deal 103 - 147 damage	Direct hits always deal 120 damage
Heavy	Minigun	~	33% slower spin up time
	Brass Beast	~	Shots penetrate players  +50% knockback resistance when spun-up
	Gloves of Running Urgently	User takes mini-crits while active and for 3 seconds after switching away	Does not cause user to take minicrits  When active: User is ignited  -50 max health on wearer
Engineer	Pomson 6000	~	Reskin of the Righteous Bison
Sniper	Bushwacka	~	No random critical hits
Spy	Enforcer	+20% damage bonus when undisguised 20% slower firing speed	+20% damage bonus at all times  No firing speed reduction  -15 cloak per shot
	Dead Ringer	90% resistance while cloaked	Resistance starts at 90% and wears off over time

Other changes

• Players can change their field of vision beyond the normal limits when on tightrope servers by altering the custom_fov variable in the console.

Bugs

• Players can enter the civilian pose by unequipping all their weapons with the unequip menu.

External links

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