Team Fortress 2 Beta

See also: Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta

Team Fortress 2 Beta is a separate Template:W version of the game and open to all premium players. Released on December 2, 2010, this is the second period of public beta testing – the first one occurring before the official release of the game. The current beta is used for purposes including, but not limited to:

• Testing and tuning various class, item, and weapon changes.
• Testing map changes and variants.
• Running higher level, game-wide experiments (like doubling player health).
• Testing new technologies without the risk of breaking the game.

Players receive all achievement-related items, any weapons that are currently under testing, certain promotional items that their Steam account is entitled to, and other items that may be given out for testing occasionally. Random drops, Crafting, and Trading are currently enabled. The Mann Co. Store is not available. The current Team Fortress 2 Beta differs from the first beta that was released to any user who pre-ordered the game back in 2007, and is more similar to the closed beta from 2009.

Changes currently undergoing testing

New weapons

Class		Ammo loaded	Ammo carried	Damage range	Notes/Special abilities
Medic	Beta Quick-Fix	N/A	N/A	N/A	Über effect: Megaheal Heal rate increased 3x on heal target and medic Heal target and medic immune to stun and damage forces  Heal rate increased 40%  ÜberCharge rate increased 40%  Match the speed of any faster heal target  Not able to overheal (attempting to overheal will still build Übercharge)
Soldier	Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher	4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	When the Medic healing you is killed, gain Mini-Crit Boost for 6 seconds.  On hit: -10 health.
	Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 2	4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	+15% Übercharge rate for the Medic healing you (not in spawn room)  On hit: -10 health.
	Beta Pocket Rocket Launcher 3	4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	50% faster reload time while being healed by a Medic  On hit: -10 health.
	Beta Pocket Shotgun	6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]	While a Medic is healing you, this weapon's damage is increased by 20%.  While not being healed by a Medic, your weapon switch time is 30% longer.
	Beta Split Equalizer 1	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	When weapon is active:  Move speed increases as the user becomes injured.  Blocks healing while in use.
	Beta Split Equalizer 2	N/A	N/A	Base: 33–107 Crit: 3× base damage.	When weapon is active:  Damage increases as the user becomes injured.  Blocks healing while in use.
Sniper	Beta Sniper Rifle 1	25	N/A	Base: 50 (0% charge) 150 (100% charge) Headshot: 150 (0% charge) 450 (100% charge)	On bodyshot: Rifle charge rate increased by 25%.  On headshot: Rifle charge rate increased by 45%.  On miss: Rifle charge rate decreased by 65%.
	Beta Sniper Club 1	N/A	N/A	Base: 49 / 81 Crit: 146 / 244	25% increase in damage when health <50% of max.  25% decrease in damage when health >50% of max.

Changed weapons

Class	Item	Old	New
Scout	Shortstop	20% slower reload speed	50% slower reload speed Attribute hidden!
Soldier	Equalizer	Blocks healing while in use Move speed increases as the user becomes injured No damage penalty Base damage: 33-113	No longer blocks healing  Move speed no longer increases as the user becomes injured  Slight high-end damage penalty Base damage: 33–107
Pyro	Flame Thrower	~ Base damage: 6.2/particle	+10% damage bonus Base damage: 6.82/particle
	Backburner	+10% damage bonus Base damage: 6.82/particle	No damage bonus Base damage: 6.82/particle
	Degreaser	-25% burn damage penalty No damage penalty Base damage: 6.2/particle Afterburn: 2.25/tick	No burn damage penalty  -10% damage penalty Base damage: 6.14/particle Afterburn: 3/tick
	Reserve Shooter	~	Can be equipped by the Pyro
Heavy	Tomislav	~	-50 max health on wearer
Engineer	Widowmaker	Per Shot: -60 ammo	Per Shot: -30 ammo

Other changes

• Two Miscellaneous items can be equipped at the same time.
  • Foster's Facade and the Noh Mercy have been made Miscellaneous items.
• Four loadout presets can be stored.
  • Loadout presets can be chosen on the class select screen but do not show the weapons in each loadout other than the primary weapon on the character model.
• The Demoman's primary and secondary weapons now use the in-game slot notation on the loadout screen.
• Added support for the Sixense/Razer Hydra motion controller.
• The public IP is now displayed in the console when creating a local server, and the output for the exec command has been altered.
• Taking a screenshot now uses the Steam Screenshot Manager, which allows you to upload a deathcam to the steam cloud.

Bugs

• Crit-a-Cola incorrectly uses the texture of Bonk! Atomic Punch.
• The Cow Mangler 5000 is incorrectly listed as being paintable in the backpack, however Paint cans are not consumed when used on it and the paint is not applied. Additionally, the Mann. Co catalogue does not list the Mangler as being paintable; this is due to the Mangler using paint textures to apply the team colours seen on the Mangler.
• tf_allow_taunt_switch currently does not work correctly.
  • The weapon switch can occur only through the use of invprev and invnext, which are bound to the mousewheel by default, and not the number keys regardless of the value of hud_fastswitch.
  • If enabled, the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch or Crit-a-Cola are not applied to the player as the game automatically switches the player's weapons during the drinking animation instead of after the animation has completed. The drink however is 'consumed' and the player must wait for it to recharge before using it again.

Previous changes

Class	Item	Old	New	Status
Scout	Mad Milk	Players heal 75% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk	Players heal 60% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Sun-on-a-Stick	Minicrits against burning players -15% damage done Base damage: 30 Crit: 90	Full crits against burning players  -25% damage done Base damage: 26 Crit: 79	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Fan O'War	Marked for death status lasts 10 seconds	Marked for death status lasts 15 seconds	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Shortstop	~	20% slower reload speed	Not Active (9/23/2011)
Soldier	Battalion's Backup	Takes 175 damage to fully charge	Takes 350 damage to fully charge	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Concheror	20% of damage done by teammates is returned as health during buff	35% of damage done by teammates is returned as health during buff	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Equalizer	~	Damage formula tweaked, no longer possible to one-hit-kill certain classes when at low health  Automatic and manual Medic calls are suppressed	Added to game (4/14/2011)
Pyro	Backburner	No compression blast +15% damage done Base damage: 7.13 / particle Crit: 13-21 / particle	Added compression blast, 50 ammo per blast  +10% damage done Base damage: 6.82 / particle Crit:12-21 / particle	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Flare Gun	Mini-Crits against burning players at close range, full crits against burning players at long range	Full crits against burning players regardless of range	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Powerjack	+25% damage No random critical hits Normal damage from melee sources while active	No damage bonus  Random critical hits enabled  +20% damage from melee sources while active	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Detonator	New weapon	On hit, ignites enemy.  Alt-fire detonates flare in flight. It creates a small explosion which ignites nearby players, but does less damage than a normal hit. Knockback can be used to flare jump.  Guarantees critical damage on burning targets (direct flare hits only)  +20% explosion vulnerability on wearer.	Not active (6/17/2011)
		Flares do not detonate on impact with the world Guarantees critical damage on burning targets +20% explosion vulnerability on wearer	Flares detonate on impact with the world, with a greatly reduced explosion radius  Guarantees mini-crit damage on burning targets (direct flare hits only)  +20% damage to self	Added to game (6/23/2011)
Demoman	Loch-n-Load	+10% damage done Base damage: 92-135 Crit: 315-360	+20% damage done Base damage: 103-147 Crit: 342-388	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Eyelander	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not Active (4/26/2011)
	Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits  -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not Active (4/26/2011)
		No taunt	Now uses the Decapitation taunt	Added to game (6/3/2011)
	Claidheamh Mòr	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not Active (4/26/2011)
		No taunt	Now uses the Decapitation taunt	Added to game (6/3/2011)
	Ullapool Caber	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 35 (149 explosion) Crit: 149 (300 explosion)	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage done Base damage: 26 (149 explosion) Crit: 79 (300 explosion)	Not Active (4/26/2011)
Heavy	Natascha	Slowdown-on-hit effect does not fall off over distance Normal spin-up time	Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance  30% slower spin-up time	Added to game (12/17/2010)
	Natascha Variant 1	Slowdown-on-hit effect does not fall off over distance -25% damage done Base damage: 340 / sec. Crit: 720 / sec.	Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance  -35% damage done Base damage: 312 / sec. Crit: 648 / sec.	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Natascha Variant 2	Slowdown-on-hit effect does not fall off over distance No health penalty	Slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance  -20% max health on wearer	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Dalokohs Bar	25.7 second cooldown	No cooldown	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Fists of Steel	60% less damage from ranged sources while active Normal weapon switch	40% less damage from ranged sources while active  20% slower weapon switch	Added to game (4/14/2011)
Engineer	Gunslinger	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not Active (4/26/2011)
	Southern Hospitality	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not Active (4/26/2011)
Medic	Medi Gun	~	Players being healed are immune to movement-impairing effects generated by hitscan weapons	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Kritzkrieg	~	Players being healed are immune to movement-impairing effects generated by hitscan weapons	Not Active (1/06/2011)
	Vita-Saw	~	Allows player to see the enemy's health	Not Active (4/26/2011)
	Quick-Fix	New weapon	ÜberCharge increases healing by 300% and grants immunity to movement-impairing effects  +50% heal rate  +50% ÜberCharge rate  Can't overheal  Move at the speed of any faster heal target.	Not Active (6/17/2011)
	Overdose Beta Syringe Gun	New weapon	Applies Mad Milk to target for one second  50% slower firing rate  90% damage done Base damage: 1 Crit : 3 [5 syringes / sec.]	Not Active (4/28/2011)
		Applies Mad Milk to target for one second 50% slower firing rate -90% damage done Base damage: 1 Crit : 3 [5 syringes / sec.]	Applies Mad Milk to target for two seconds  50% slower firing rate  -50% damage done Base damage: 5 Crit : 15 [5 syringes / sec.]	Not Active (6/17/2011)
		Applies Mad Milk to target for two seconds 50% slower firing rate -50% damage done Übercharge percentage does not increase speed Base damage: 5 Crit : 15 [5 syringes / sec.]	Does not apply Mad Milk to target  100% firing rate  -10% damage done  Übercharge percentage increases movement speed by up to 10% Base damage: 9 Crit : 27 [10 syringes / sec.]	Added to game (6/23/2011)
	Solemn Vow Beta Bonesaw	New weapon	Allows you to see enemy health.	Added to game (6/23/2011)
Sniper	Sydney Sleeper	Normal charge rate	25% faster charge rate	Added to game (4/14/2011)
	Beta Sniper Rifle 1	New weapon	On Hit: Rifle charge rate increased by 35%  On Miss: Rifle charge rate decreased by 65%	Not Active (4/28/2011)
All Classes	Health	~	All classes have double Health	Not Active (1/13/2011)
	Buildings	~	Damage against buildings reduced 50%.	Not Active (1/13/2011)
	Health	~	All classes have 25% extra Health	Not Active (2/11/2011)
	Responses	~	All classes possess new response and voice command rules	Added to game (6/3/2011)

Patches

Main article: Patches (Beta)

See also

• Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta

External Links

• Official TF2 Beta Forum on Steam Users' Forums
• TF2 Beta blog post
• TF2 Beta update history