Oh Valve, you sly dog you

[Cettu]

SPY SAPPIN' MAH UPDATE!

[Exterminatus]

Nahahahaha, that was awesome!

[Toco]

Neither do engies then Toco, you big pain in the ass you crit wrenching bastard

my only defence against spys is my damn wrench, last thing i need is spys that look dead but arnt or spys that can stand still and stay clocked till i gotta pack my bong again

[Exterminatus]

That shouldn't be too much of a bother. They can leech cloak from your dispenser anyhow, so standing permanently invisible in one spot has never been an issue. As for the feign death thing that's gonna be pretty easy to predict - just eyeball the top right corner and see if ye got a kill.

[LazyEagle]

Or as a Pyro, just keep on burning.

Seriously, though, with so many snipers and spies, it'll be a great time for us W+Mouse1 lovers!

[Exterminatus]

Seriously, though, with so many snipers and spies, it'll be a great time for us W+Mouse1 lovers!

Understatement of the month. Like someone on the forums said, time to get that 1,000,000 fire damage achievement

[BBloke]

From what the update says Spy's no longer need metal to recharge cloak. It's done by standing still. As for the new "dummy" spy. That only happens if you receive none critical hits. considering the engie is the highest critting class with a melee weapon the spy still stand about the same amount of chance of success and survival as pre-update, IMHO. It does an some diversity to being a cloaked spy though.

[Crimson Edge]

Or as a Pyro, just keep on burning.

Seriously, though, with so many snipers and spies, it'll be a great time for us W+Mouse1 lovers!

How id love for valve to turn around and impliment a overheat meter for the pyro to curb the overzealous pyro.

[DragoonKnight]

Or as a Pyro, just keep on burning.

Seriously, though, with so many snipers and spies, it'll be a great time for us W+Mouse1 lovers!

i'm already prepping the superglue for my thumb as we speak

[SmokeDef]

From what the update says Spy's no longer need metal to recharge cloak. It's done by standing still. As for the new "dummy" spy. That only happens if you receive none critical hits. considering the engie is the highest critting class with a melee weapon the spy still stand about the same amount of chance of success and survival as pre-update, IMHO. It does an some diversity to being a cloaked spy though.

That's not completely true. Only with the "cloak and dagger" spy watch spies won't need metal anymore.
This just gives way for new arts of spying. Also, it doesn't say non-critical but non-lethal hits.
I guess you can survive certain crits and feign death but of course it won't work on a crit wrench hit.

This update seems a bit odd anyway. It is the first of its kind to alter a "secondary" or "passive" skill
instead of weapons only. The spy watch isn't something you switch on the field like you do with weapons.
I think the "dead ringer" spy watch is going to replace the sapper thus making the spy an offensive assassin.

So now I'm waiting for day 5. Wondering what else is in the box.
Another pistol ? Another knife ?
Wouldn't that be a lot of stuff alltogether ?
....maybe we don't get an alternative for the knife though this also seems not logical.

[EDIT]
I was wrong. We will keep the sapper, probably really lose the ability to soak up the engi's metal.
I don't know what to think anymore. I want to keep my simple spy watch.

[/EDIT]