A Heavy Update

“

I have new way to kill cowards. Click to listen — The Heavy

”

A Heavy Update was the third major content update for Team Fortress 2.

The Heavy class was the face of the update, recieving three new weapons, providing players with greater gameplay opportunities. To accompany the Sandvich consumable weapon, Meet the Sandvich was released alongside the update. The update also pioneered the Slowdown mechanic.

A new gamemode Arena was introduced, focusing on combat between the two teams and bringing five new maps to the game. The maps Badwater Basin and Steel was also included.

The update was released on August 19, 2008.

Additions

Weapons

Class	Weapon	Name
Heavy		Natascha
		Sandvich
		Killing Gloves of Boxing

Maps

Game Mode	Image	Map Name	File Name
Payload	150px	Badwater Basin	pl_badwater
Control Points		Steel	cp_steel
Arena		Badlands (Arena)	arena_badlands
		Granary (Arena)	arena_granary
		Lumberyard	arena_lumberyard
		Well (Arena)	arena_well
		Ravine	arena_ravine

Update progress

Beginning a recurring theme within major updates, the Heavy Update was released on a daily basis. Each day was marked with a unique page depicting at least one of the aspects of the update, before all were released.

Trivia

• The slowdown effect inherent with Natascha originally stacked upon itself, resulting in enemies coming to a complete halt when hit with multiple bullets. This occured at any range between the Heavy and the enemy.
• The Sandvich was advertised as having unlimited use, before a cooldown bar was implemented for balance issues.

Gallery

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  The official hub.

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  Release of community map, Steel

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  Release of the K.G.B. and the Heavy achievements

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  Release of Badwater Basin

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  Release of Natascha

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  Release of Arena Game Mode and 5 Arena Maps

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  Release of Meet the Sandvich

External links

• Heavy Update page
• Meet the Sandvich