So Valve recently had some Beta servers going in the TF2 world, and it appears Valve has shown some love to the Scout, showing-off at least 4 updates with him. Those changes are.

As of the moment the Sandman reduces the scout’s health to 95 and returns his double jump. There are planned changes to the stun mechanic, but none have been implemented yet.

Force-A-Nature knockback has been adjusted significantly; it now knocks back targets based on damage and distance.

Pistol scripts will no longer work. The pistol fires every 0.175 seconds at its maximum rate as opposed to .1 seconds

Pistol now fires at the rate of 1 shot per 0.175 seconds while holding down attack button (used to be 0.25 seconds)

(Source and More Info Here)

Good to see they haven’t given up on the Scout or the Force-A-Nature. It’s also good to see that these updates are getting tested more, to help create more balanced, and bug-less features.

Even though the Sandman has Double-Jump now, I’d still prefer not having a 1 rocket kill me. I love my plain and simple aluminum bat.

Thanks for these updates, Valve! RIP Pistol Script. You were so young, but your time is up.

Tags: Beta, Scout, Team Fortress 2, TF2

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