Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta

See also: Team Fortress 2 Beta

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Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta was a version of Team Fortress 2 that included experimental weapons and features that were privately tested by top-level competitive players in 2009. These weapons and changes are not necessarily destined to appear in future versions of Team Fortress 2, nor does their presence reflect the consensus or desires of beta participants.

On December 2, 2010, Team Fortress 2 Beta was made available to all Team Fortress 2 owners, with the intent of testing new weapon variants and large-scale features without affecting gameplay in the official game.

Changes that were tested

New weapons

Class		Damage range	Notes/Special abilities
Heavy	Gloves of Running Urgently	Base: 33 Crit: 98	+30% faster move speed on wearer  -100 max health on wearer  -50% damage penalty
	Gloves of Running Urgently Beta 2	Base: 33 Crit: 98	+30% faster move speed on wearer  -50% health from healers on wearer  -50% damage penalty
	Gloves of Running Urgently Beta 3 1	Base: 33 Crit: 98	+30% faster move speed on wearer  -6 health drained per second on wearer  -50% damage penalty
Engineer	P.D.Q. 2	Base: 65 Crit: 195	150% faster construction rate  Cannot upgrade buildings
Medic	Medi Gun Beta 1 3	N/A	Overheal bonus doesn't decay  -50% heal rate
Spy	Fire Retardant Suit	N/A	+90% fire damage resistance on wearer
	Fire Retardant Suit Beta 2 4	N/A	Wearer cannot ignite
1 This variant of the Gloves of Running Urgently was added to Team Fortress 2 during the Mann-Conomy Update, making it the only closed beta weapon to be implemented to date. 2 The concept behind this weapon has been used for both the Gunslinger, which can deploy a non-upgradable Combat Mini-Sentry at 4x the normal speed, and the Jag, which increases the construction rate of a building by 30% while hitting it with the wrench. 3 This weapon has the same concept as the scrapped predecessor to the Kritzkrieg, the Overhealer. 4 The fire resistant ability has been implemented for the Spy-cicle. However, the effect only applies for a short period of time.

Changed weapons

Class	Item	Old	New	Status
Scout	Force-A-Nature	Knockback works at any range Knockback is always the same	Knockback now only works in close range  Knockback scaled by an indeterminate amount of damage done	Added to game (8/13/2009)
	Pistol	The Pistol can fire faster based on how fast the fire key is pressed Maximum fire rate (pressed): 1 shot / 0.1 sec Maximum fire rate (held): 1 shot / 0.25 sec	The fire rate of the Pistol is now set at a fixed rate Maximum fire rate (pressed): 1 shot / 0.175 sec Maximum fire rate (held): 1 shot / 0.175 sec	Added to game (8/13/2009)
	Sandman	Disables double jump No health penalty	Double jump enabled  -15 max health on wearer	Added to game (8/13/2009)
Heavy	Sandvich	Sandvich cannot be dropped	Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops Sandviches	Added to game (9/15/2009)
Engineer	Pistol	The Pistol can fire faster based on how fast the fire key is pressed Maximum fire rate (pressed): 1 shot / 0.1 sec Maximum fire rate (held): 1 shot / 0.25 sec	The fire rate of the Pistol is now set at a fixed rate Maximum fire rate (pressed): 1 shot / 0.175 sec Maximum fire rate (held): 1 shot / 0.175 sec	Added to game (8/13/2009)
Medic	Blutsauger Beta 1	No random critical hits No health penalty	Random critical hits enabled  -25 max health on wearer	Not implemented
	Blutsauger Beta 2	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 10 Crit: 30	Random critical hits enabled  -25% damage penalty Base damage: 7 Crit: 23	Not implemented
	Blutsauger Beta 4	No random critical hits No health drain on wearer	Random critical hits enabled  -2 health drained per second on wearer	Added to game (9/15/2009)
	Ubersaw Beta 1	No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	-25% damage penalty Base damage: 49 Crit: 146	Not implemented
	Ubersaw Beta 2	No self-damage	On Hit: -25 health	Not implemented

Other changes

Many of the changes that went live in the August 13, 2009 Patch and September 15, 2009 Patch were tested in the beta.

See also

• Team Fortress 2 Beta
• Weapons
• Unused content