Two Cities Update

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see November 21, 2013 Patch.

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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 was 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. A bustling, pollution pumping city, placed in the bustling eye of America.

The second city announced was Rottenburg. A quiet, calm village in Germany, known to be the home town of the Medic.

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

The update introduces new items that can be obtained from a Two Cities Tour. These include the Killstreak kit, which applies weapon effects to whichever weapon it is applied to, along with a rare set of Australium weapons. Among the new upgrades that the player may unlock are Mad Milk Syringes and the Projectile Shield for the Medic, and the Rocket Specialist for the Soldier. The Reanimator was also introduced as a way for Medics to revive allies on the battlefield directly.

A new feature 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 additional bombs to the game. Also, players are now able to refund all of their credits 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	Baby Face's Blaster			Changed: Reduced movement speed penalty to 10% (from 35%)
				Changed: Boost is now only lost by 25% on air jumps instead of all jumps
				Removed: 30% Damage Penalty
				Added: -33% clip size penalty
				Removed: 40% more accurate
Soldier	Liberty Launcher			Added: 25% reduced self damage from rocket jumps
Demoman	Eyelander	Nessie's Nine Iron	Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker	Changed: Moved the eye glow position to Demoman’s eye patch. Changed the color to Cursed Green
Medic	Crusader's Crossbow			Changed: Updated damage over distance: bolts now do a maximum of 75 damage (+variance) at max distance
	Amputator			Added: +3 health per second when weapon is active bonus
	Amputator			Added: -20% damage penalty