Two Cities Update

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"It was the best of times. It was the best of times." So opens Charles Dickens' feel-good surf classic Super Good Times, and Dickens' words are as true today as they were at the beach cabana where he wrote them: The best of times, you guys. Let's have some.

— Two Cities Update publicity blurb

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The Two Cities Update is a major update for Team Fortress 2 that was announced on November 20, 2013 and released the following day.

Additions

The first of the cities introduced was Mannhattan.

The second city announced was Rottenburg. It appears as a village in Germany.

Another map, Snakewater was also released. Unlike the other two, however, this is a Control Point map.

The update also introduces new items that can be obtained from a Two Cities Tour. One such item is the Killstreak kit, which applies weapon effects to whichever weapon it is applied to. There is also be a rare set of Australium weapons. Among the upgrades that the player may unlock for the Medic are the Reanimator, Mad Milk Syringes, and the Projectile Shield. A Soldier upgrade, the Rocket Specialist, was also added.

There is a new feature that allows the player to view raw damage numbers on the scoreboard in MvM. This includes counters for how much money a player has on them at any given time, along with the total damage they have done, the amount of damage done to tanks, the amount of healing one has received, among others. In addition, these are also the first MvM maps to feature moving spawn points and robots that can introduce new bombs to the game. There are also new features that allows the player to refund all of their cash spent on upgrades, so long as a certain quota is reached.

Maps

Name	Game mode	File name
Snakewater	Control Point	`cp_snakewater_final1`
Mannhattan	Mann vs. Machine	`mvm_mannhattan`
Rottenburg	Mann vs. Machine	`mvm_rottenburg`

Tweaked Weapons

Class	Weapon	Changes
Scout
Scout		Changed: Speed penalty changed from -35% to -10% Changed: Boost is now only partially (25%) lost on air jumps instead of all jumps Changed: Clip Size from 6 to 4 Removed: 40% more accurate attribute Removed: 30% Damage Penalty
Soldier
Soldier		Added: 25% reduced self damage from rocket jumps
Demoman
Demoman		Changed: Moved the eye glow position to Demoman’s eye patch. Changed the color to Cursed green
Medic
		Added: -20% damage penalty Added: +3 health per second when Weapon is Active bonus

		Changed: Updated damage over distance: bolts now do a maximum of 75 damage (+variance) at max distance