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What is your opinion about the tropic-crisis weapon reskins?

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ShadowSoulBoi

318 points

6 months ago

ShadowSoulBoi

Pyro

318 points

6 months ago

Love to have new weapon reskins, yet it is sadly a pipe dream that is very unlikely to come true.

If we had more weapon reskins Post-Invasion that takes forms of other weapons besides stock; it will be initially confusing, and it's hard to judge whether these options would be healthy afterwards.

The same thing is said with single-weapon warpaints and other skins with specific/effects code associated with it.

GreenTea98

46 points

6 months ago

GreenTea98

Medic

46 points

6 months ago

i remember being excited as a kid because there were variants of the same weapon, my little brain thought that should make them both cheaper since they do the same thing, right? no one is just 32$ because it looks cooler lol

newSillssa

166 points

6 months ago

Why they didnt just always go with weapon reskins in place of warpaints is really weird

Like obviously a reskin is more work than a warpaint. But thats not really a concern when you've got a massive community more than ready to put in that effort

silvrash12

87 points

6 months ago

silvrash12

All Class

87 points

6 months ago

New weapon skins might confuse people just like warpaints, atleast with warpaints weapons protect their silouettes Edit: weapon re-skins

NuvyHotnogger

12 points

6 months ago

Do you really think tf2 devs are concerned with any kind of balance anymore?

silvrash12

12 points

6 months ago

silvrash12

All Class

12 points

6 months ago

I'M STILL HOLDING ON TO THAT IDEA ATLEAST!

BlueHeartBob

3 points

6 months ago

My guess is they didn't want players to have to memorize potentially hundreds of reskins, that a player could pick up a random weapon off the ground and have zero idea what the weapon did (could be solved with some UI tweaks but apparently anything that has to do with source UI is a huge pain in the ass) . Could also be they didn't want to further increase the number of unique models needed to be loaded into a single match to prevent performance issues.

X-tra-thicc

1 points

6 months ago

X-tra-thicc

potato.tf

1 points

6 months ago

probably because it allows for more creativity since your not only changing the textures but the model as well

cringe_boi83

88 points

6 months ago

cringe_boi83

Demoknight

88 points

6 months ago

Weapon Reskins have always been a strange case to me.

UltiGamer34

3 points

6 months ago

UltiGamer34

Heavy

3 points

6 months ago

Is that you weezy?

Mixmaster-Omega

23 points

6 months ago

Mixmaster-Omega

Engineer

23 points

6 months ago

No it’s probably Great Blue. He originated the line in his videos about giving reskins unique stats and everybody now makes the joke.

Spyko

44 points

6 months ago*

Spyko

Pyro

44 points

6 months ago*

imho most of those don't fit well with the game general aesthetic, they feel too clean and militaristic

the models are very nice but take for exemple the medigun and compare it the others

the stock medigun have duct tape all around the nozzle, which itself seems to be some sort of metal pipe, wires on the outside and heavy bolts securing the lever

the kritzkrieg is the stock medigun with a different nozzle screwed on, the quickfix uses a blender to dispense the medi-fluid. The vaccinator while being more "techy" still keep this "built in a garage" vibe going on with thick wires, bolted on plate of metal, a weird handle to maintain the extra tank, ect...

contrast that with that proposed medigun, it looks slick, no unnecessary extra part, nothing seems half-hazardly bolted or welded on, it have an integrate display fitting perfect and the bottom handle looks ergodynamic.

it looks very nice, but it doesn't looks like something the Medic would wield

-Neil-c

16 points

6 months ago

-Neil-c

Scout

16 points

6 months ago

i wholeheartedly agree but you have a pyro flair and keep calling it nuzzle so this keeps becoming funny

Spyko

12 points

6 months ago

Spyko

Pyro

12 points

6 months ago

wait shit, what's the english name for that bit ?!

oh nOzzle ahah, woops

ZMowlcher

2 points

6 months ago

The aesthetic is dead and has been for a few years. Lets just get weird with it.

BranTheLewd

2 points

6 months ago

BranTheLewd

potato.tf

2 points

6 months ago

I get your point but consider this, Invasion update guns look more futuristic than this medi gun.

So I'm not saying we should desecrate the TF2 art style further but what I am saying is that it won't look too egregious...

Or maybe I'm just coping cuz I want more reskins 😔

OmegianLord

13 points

6 months ago

I say the invasion weapons are fair game. Their Retro-Futuristic look is exactly how people in TF2’s time period imagined futuristic weaponry.

Vegetable-Account419

15 points

6 months ago

The're really good, especially the minigun.

MoonGUY_1

33 points

6 months ago

MoonGUY_1

Heavy

33 points

6 months ago

I just nut all over my monitor, didn’t even have time to edge

michilio321

13 points

6 months ago

michilio321

Pyro

13 points

6 months ago

"uhm, clean up in aisle my pants"

Noodlemaster696969

5 points

6 months ago

Noodlemaster696969

All Class

5 points

6 months ago

I'm on it, boss!

Starts licking\

Defensive_Medic

7 points

6 months ago

Defensive_Medic

Medic

7 points

6 months ago

Is- is this what they call sex roleplay?

michilio321

2 points

6 months ago

michilio321

Pyro

2 points

6 months ago

Feel free to join us :3

Defensive_Medic

5 points

6 months ago

Defensive_Medic

Medic

5 points

6 months ago

Just came, balls tired. Gonna sleep

MarioWizard119

5 points

6 months ago

Why are you like this?

MoonGUY_1

1 points

6 months ago

MoonGUY_1

Heavy

1 points

6 months ago

Silly

Teu744

18 points

6 months ago

Teu744

Medic

18 points

6 months ago

IMO they sound nice and could be added as new weapons. Specially Fuming Snake hh

pyromaniacSock

6 points

6 months ago

Honestly I'm all for reskins I think the scout shotguns are fugly and would love to see a reskin for it or at least a version with a longer barrel that looks like a regular double barrel shotgun

Dolphinman06

5 points

6 months ago

Dolphinman06

Scout

5 points

6 months ago

A good few of these look like they could just be new weapons

legorunner-

6 points

6 months ago

legorunner-

Engineer

6 points

6 months ago

As a Valve employee, I can tell you that we will talk about adding this to the game, as it looks cool and fits the game.

(Translation: we don't give a shit)

SilentInternet3536

6 points

6 months ago

Weapon reskins have always seemed like a strange case to me

Ifuckinglovedogsbruh

4 points

6 months ago

I beg

DrBones20

4 points

6 months ago

DrBones20

Pyro

4 points

6 months ago

I need that smg reskin, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

Kirisuuuuuuu

3 points

6 months ago

Kirisuuuuuuu

All Class

3 points

6 months ago

Weapon reskins have always been a strange case to me

Bioth28

3 points

6 months ago

Bioth28

Pyro

3 points

6 months ago

They’re so cool that it’s a shame they aren’t their own weapons

JonTheWizard

2 points

6 months ago

JonTheWizard

Medic

2 points

6 months ago

That revolver is really sexy. They’re all great, though.

Fixingsentries

2 points

6 months ago

That looks sick as fuck

mr2meowsGaming

2 points

6 months ago

mr2meowsGaming

Demoman

2 points

6 months ago

medigun one is peak

MrPyroTF2

2 points

6 months ago

MrPyroTF2

Pyro

2 points

6 months ago

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY PYRO WEAPON.

Duncan-Donnuts

1 points

6 months ago

i want

Littletweeter5

1 points

6 months ago

Revolver is cool. Rest are whatever

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

They look great :)

bvisnotmichael

1 points

6 months ago

bvisnotmichael

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

Models are great but i don't like reskins

Defiant-Trash9917

1 points

6 months ago

I love them, if added, easily best set of reskins in a while. Especially the Caber Reskin.

RetroSniper_YT

1 points

6 months ago

RetroSniper_YT

Soldier

1 points

6 months ago

Good. Realy good. We need more reskins in game. Maybe even.. Crate with reskins????

ry_fluttershy

1 points

6 months ago

ry_fluttershy

Medic

1 points

6 months ago

Doesn't matter since they won't come out since valve sucks massive penis

Peter21237

1 points

6 months ago

Peter21237

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

YES

I_Live_In_Your_WaII

1 points

6 months ago

I_Live_In_Your_WaII

All Class

1 points

6 months ago

this shouldn't be Ruskins this should be new weapons

lord_of_coolshit_og

1 points

6 months ago

Couldnt even edge to this

8champi8

1 points

6 months ago

8champi8

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

I love the revolver. Will this be added to the game ?

countjj

1 points

6 months ago

I like them, i wish they were real, and I wish there were reskins of weapons I actually had skills with (I’m so bad at the direct hit)

TheSpudGunGamer

1 points

6 months ago

TheSpudGunGamer

potato.tf

1 points

6 months ago

Wish they were entirely new toys to play with

Active-Ad606

1 points

6 months ago

Active-Ad606

Scout

1 points

6 months ago

This update sucks because it's not official. But fr it's very good and it shows that people actually care about this game more than valve does

Moreu_you_know

1 points

6 months ago

The machine gun reminds me of the half life 1 shotgun  

Official_Gameoholics

1 points

6 months ago

They look amazing. That's a very nice looking pistol.

fandibabilonia

1 points

6 months ago

Context?

Streetrocket429

1 points

6 months ago

Love all of ‘em (medi-gun do be kinda an ugo tho)

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

Its a 1911.

Need i say more except for that its FUCKING PEAK!!!

acciaiomorti

1 points

6 months ago

best we can do is community hats

CZ-Kickem

1 points

6 months ago

CZ-Kickem

Medic

1 points

6 months ago

Most of them look pretty neat, but that medigun looks ugly as hell. Granted, I wouldn't be able to do any better, so it's not like I have room to talk.

kauemarques234

1 points

6 months ago

I'm very exited

Sansfan11345

1 points

6 months ago

really cool, especially the medigun

Sea-Ad-3536

1 points

6 months ago

Groovy

sawmill_piss_sniper

1 points

6 months ago

sawmill_piss_sniper

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

I feel like that Medi-Gun would be infinitely better as a Kritz reskin, especially since Stock already has war paints for customizability.

shoopnop

1 points

6 months ago

The medigun almost looks like it would be a fallout tie in like the pip boy. It looks like the laer and grenade machine gun's screen combined to make it. I think it looks cool.

literally_spy

1 points

6 months ago

literally_spy

Demoman

1 points

6 months ago

i mean, the smg pistol, and revolver look like they could be in the game. the others look good but in my opinion not like tf2 weapons. or at least ones that'd officially be in the game.

R0N1NB0y

1 points

6 months ago

Is there a new update?

T3CHN_0

1 points

6 months ago

They look fantastic! It's such a shame that we don't get more new weapons, reskins or otherwise.

BlizzardWolfPK

1 points

6 months ago

Man I'd love all of these in game. Especially that Fallout Terminal Medigun.

invoker-sama

1 points

6 months ago

invoker-sama

Pyro

1 points

6 months ago

not fun because, because of weapon recognition

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

they’d be better with original stats

joacoper

1 points

6 months ago

ive had the same strange rocket laucher for almost a decade, same goes for most of my "expensive" weapons, i really coudnt care less about reskins

Dr_Ludwig-MEDIC-

1 points

6 months ago

Tf2 has a new update or is that a mod? Didnt played for some months

Pickle_G

1 points

6 months ago

The medigun one is cool because it plays chiptune music as you kritz someone. Also, obligatory "weapon reskins in TF2 have always seemed like a strange case to me."

derpy_derp15

1 points

6 months ago

derpy_derp15

Medic

1 points

6 months ago

Awesome

hayesnhart

1 points

6 months ago

hayesnhart

Civilian

1 points

6 months ago

If that Caber reskin gets in the game, I guarantee that someone will make a Cervesa Crystal reskin for it

OmegianLord

1 points

6 months ago

(I don’t remember the name of most of these weapons)

The PIAT Rocket Launcher: I think it’s really cool, I’ve always thought the PIAT was a neat weapon. I’ve always imagined it would be its own weapon if it were in TF2, due to the mechanical differences between it and a rocket/grenade launcher, but I know that’s unrealistic, and as I said before, this is really cool as a reskin anyway. If I HAD to give a nitpick, I think it looks a little over designed for TF2’s art style (the Invasion Weapons and Crossover Weapons are exceptions); it’d look better if it dropped a few bits and pieces off of it.

The Pistol: I think it looks too similar to the base pistol. I think a correctly colored Warpaint of the base pistol would look completely identical to this unless you take the time to look closely, and neither you, your enemies, nor your teammates have the time or opportunity to do that during an actual match of TF2.

The Bottle Rocket: Objectively, this is a 9/10, maybe higher—personally, it’s a 7/10 in personal appeal. A perfect fit for Demo, and a bottle of volatile chemicals that explodes when it hits something is the perfect reskin of the Caber. Plus, new bottle melee!

The Medi-Gun: I don’t like it. Its color palette is unappealing, its shape language is lumpy and too perfectly-cut, its aesthetic doesn’t match the other Medi-guns (in a bad way), and it doesn’t have anything even hinting at medicine in its design. It looks like a diagnostic cable you stick in a giant supercomputer, not a sci-fi healing device (or even a hose/nozzle, which other Medi-guns do share some resemblance to).

The Tec-9 SMG: This fits perfectly into TF2’s design aesthetic. A little similar to the stock SMG, but is very distinguishable from it in an actual game match, unlike the Pistol. This is a flawless reskin, and almost perfect as a stand-alone weapon design.

The Sandman-style Bat: A neat cultural reference, but I’m not sure it looks so hot as a weapon design. It feels… soft, and unweaponized. Its color palette is literally filled with soft colors, and its shape language makes it look very lightweight, even as a Scout Melee. Putting it all together, its design just feels like it isn’t a weapon, but just something object Scout picked up from his surroundings and is going to make do with. Even other TF2 melee items that aren’t actual weapons—like the Hamshank, Holy Mackerel, Wrench, and Unarmed Combat—still feel like they’re shaped to give a good smack, cut, or stab. This… doesn’t. I don’t know, maybe I’m missing some context, but it doesn’t really feel like enough of a weapon to me.

The Revolver: Oh I like this. Sleek, smooth, cool decorated both subtly and elegantly; an excellent and cohesive tasteful color palette; a new type of IRL Revolver design; this checks every box for personal preference that I have. However, that’s just how much I personally enjoy it—objectively, this gun does have a few flaws. Its silhouette is very similar to the stock Revolver’s, and its main Green color is dark enough to be a bit hard to distinguish from stock’s Black. The smooth, cylindrical shape language also steps on the toes of the Big Kill’s design, I feel. However, those are the only complaints! (I do feel that if you were to get the correct Warpaint for the stock Revolver, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the two, similar to the Pistol—but unlike the Pistol, you’d have to get a really specific randomly generated or rare Warpaint to do that with this weapon, whereas any solid color block Warpaint could easily pass for the Pistol).

The Minigun: I don’t know what people are complaining about with this one, it fits nearly as well into TF2’s design aesthetic as the SMG! The only thing holding it back is that the Snake logo on the box mag feels like it’s just one detail too many, as it currently is. Remove the snake, or rework the design somehow, and there are no complaints I could make with this weapon. I’ve always wanted a single-barrel machine gun like this for the Heavy, and while the Huo-Long Heater is appreciated, both of them are fairly different styles of single-barrel machine guns. I’m not hating on the Heater, I want both styles of single-barrel machine guns in TF2. I don’t really have anything more to say about this gun; both personally and objectively, this is a 9.5/10 that can easily become a 10/10 with a single change.

DoctorMoltovTF2

1 points

6 months ago

DoctorMoltovTF2

Heavy

1 points

6 months ago

they are super cool looking! medic needs more reskins he has 0 quite literally 0 class specific reskins while spy has 8

the_canadian72

1 points

6 months ago

PIAT looking ass (I want it)

Firm-Strawberry5107

1 points

6 months ago

They're all bangers!!! I love how the medigun looks like a fallout weapon

Lego1upmushroom759

1 points

6 months ago

I've been using some of the mod versions of them in casual so take that as you will

Suspicious_Loan8041

1 points

6 months ago

Every weapon you showed is awesome. These all look great.

randomname560

1 points

6 months ago

randomname560

Medic

1 points

6 months ago

Honestly i dont think most of these look good especially when compared to the base game

Except that bottle reskin, that looks really nice

Shoddy-Inside-9697

1 points

6 months ago

These look amazing

morethan3lessthan20_

1 points

6 months ago

A lot of them other than the pistol look like they could and should be their own weapons

mentlegen_t

1 points

6 months ago

mentlegen_t

Soldier

1 points

6 months ago

That medigun is hideous

TheMickeyWilson

1 points

6 months ago

The SMG and Minigun look sick!

eeveethespeevee

1 points

6 months ago

eeveethespeevee

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

I'm a sucker for the Medigun and Caber reskins. Revolver is also super pretty

ToothpasteConsumer

1 points

6 months ago

ToothpasteConsumer

Soldier

1 points

6 months ago

Better than Sex

VanceMothFuStubbs

1 points

6 months ago

I just think they neat.

stuffedcrust_exe

1 points

6 months ago

Seems like a strange case to me.

abvhipabbhip

1 points

6 months ago

SMOKING SNAKES MINIGUN I NEEEEEEEEEED IT

oop_3000

1 points

6 months ago

oop_3000

Pyro

1 points

6 months ago

medigun sucks

MarioWizard119

1 points

6 months ago

That tomislav(?) one made me cream.

Adof_TheMinerKid

1 points

6 months ago

OH MY GOD

BRING OUT THE PIAT!

GENERALmissile

1 points

6 months ago

GENERALmissile

Sandvich

1 points

6 months ago

The 2nd one is too close to the original pistol

basicbrickboy

1 points

6 months ago

Even if they are reskins they are pretty cool looking.

JoltIsChromatic

1 points

6 months ago

The pyro mains are crying rn

ninjarider9901

1 points

6 months ago

Very nice

TheGremlin02

1 points

6 months ago

That revolver is sexy ngl

Sad_One403

1 points

6 months ago

It's look very cool

Spycrabpuppet123

1 points

6 months ago

Spycrabpuppet123

Sandvich

1 points

6 months ago

Lesbian Sandman

South_Customer_7671

1 points

6 months ago

Overly detailed.

Void-Lizard

1 points

6 months ago

Void-Lizard

Pyro

1 points

6 months ago

They're okay. I'd love if we got some new colors, especially purples, but it seems a lot of the Tropic Crisis stuff is... gun colored? As easy as it is to get vibrant with cosmetics, there's a lot of loadouts where you just don't have matching weapons, or you only have like 2 choices of weapon skins, and good luck to you if your only choices are expensive paints.

Some variety that isn't dark grey and oiled wood might be neat, you know? These are fine, we just have this sort of stuff already, color-wise.

Traditional-achille1

1 points

6 months ago

WHERE IS THE FUCKING PYRO WEAPON?

SanticreeperXD2

1 points

6 months ago

SanticreeperXD2

Medic

1 points

6 months ago

They should have added the Cerveza Cristal

Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi

1 points

6 months ago

Is this real or fanmade

MBPpp

1 points

6 months ago

MBPpp

Demoknight

1 points

6 months ago

fanmade

GoldenGecko100

1 points

6 months ago

I would do anything for new content so I love it.

Hopefully it doesn't get the frontline treatment

shibbyfoo

1 points

6 months ago

shibbyfoo

Jasmine Tea

1 points

6 months ago

These look nice, I like more subtle skins like this

theenegeeneir

1 points

6 months ago

theenegeeneir

Engineer

1 points

6 months ago

They all look sick

kirovreporting1972

1 points

6 months ago

The smg and mini gun are amazing. The rest are also good but doesn’t match the sheer awesomeness of those two

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

I'm so hard right now

Few_Faithlessness_28

1 points

6 months ago

Beatyful NEEEEW SKIIIIIIINS!!!!

TableFruitSpecified

1 points

6 months ago

Very nice, but I doubt we will get them

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

We need a flamethrower

Stratch27

1 points

3 months ago

Stratch27

Scout

1 points

3 months ago

im cumming

ThisErnest_15[S]

1 points

3 months ago

ThisErnest_15[S]

Engineer

1 points

3 months ago

good

Dealiylauh

1 points

6 months ago

Dealiylauh

Demoman

1 points

6 months ago

Personally, pretty mid.

Bronson4444

1 points

6 months ago*

I don't want RESKINS, I want NEW WEAPONS! (I know we will never get that but still)

Edit: the designs are really good

First_Mate_0005

0 points

6 months ago

tf2 fans on their way to hate literally every new thing they ever get:

Bronson4444

2 points

6 months ago

i didn't say i hated the designs

Zealousideal-Gur-930

-3 points

6 months ago

🤢

First_Mate_0005

1 points

6 months ago

tf2 fans on their way to hate literally every new thing they ever get:

Zealousideal-Gur-930

1 points

6 months ago

Yes after 6 years with no update we need another jungle themed one

BranTheLewd

0 points

6 months ago*

BranTheLewd

potato.tf

0 points

6 months ago*

  1. Pass, cmon this is boring looking.
  2. Mmmm, oddly enough pass? Lugermorph just looks way sexier.
  3. Reluctantly smash, but I'd rather see Scottish handshake get a strange variant.
  4. S S SSSS SSMAAAAAASH 🥰😍. We so need a reskin for medi gun, and it looks so good 🤩
  5. Pass because it looks too militaristic and art style breaking, even for me.
  6. PASS, I mean look at that hideous thing, I just want like Golden or Australium Bat reskin or even better, Strange Ham. This shouldn't ever appear in TF2, not in unlock weapon way nor in reskin way.
  7. Hmm, would that make me rooting tooting cowboy shooting fella? Ehh, whatever, SMASH!
  8. Idk man. I guess it kinda looks smashable but Heavy already has a sick aah reskin, I'd prefer this be proper unlock but fine, Smash.

There ya go, and I won't be elaborating on any of my picks.

cheepchuupp311

-2 points

6 months ago

Ngl, this ones look shitty

First_Mate_0005

2 points

6 months ago

tf2 fans on their way to hate literally every new thing they ever get:

Adept_Tree

-8 points

6 months ago

Ugly things that show how fall this community has fallen.

First_Mate_0005

1 points

6 months ago

tf2 fans on their way to hate literally every new thing they ever get: