Pyro Update

“

Kahmahh! Click to listen — The Pyro

”

The Pyro Update is a patch for the Pyro, the second class to have a major content pack released, as well as the first shipment of community-made maps, Fastlane and Turbine. Meet the Sniper was released alongside the update, although listed at the bottom of the page rather than as a major part of the update, much like with the previously released Gold Rush Update. The update was released on June 19th, 2008. The update page also had a link leading to the Valve Developer Wiki, which detailed the design of Team Fortress 2 maps.

The arrival of the Pyro Update also heralded the arrival of the first taunt kill, the Pyro's Hadouken taunt, which instantly kills players in its radius. The update also added the Compression Blast to the original Flamethrower, something that soon after became the core of the Pyro skill set.

Additions

Maps

Game Mode		Map Name	File Name
Capture the Flag		Turbine	ctf_turbine
Control Points		Fastlane	cp_fastlane

Weapons

Class	Item Icon	Item Name
Pyro		Backburner
		Flare Gun
		Axtinguisher

Meet the Sniper

Main article: Meet the Sniper

Update Progress

The Pyro Update was the first update released by Valve that utilized the technique of slowly revealing content. A store promotional message released 13 days before the update first hinted at the coming changes, along with Meet the Sniper. The page contained a link leading to the concept art for the Axtinguisher.

Upon the release of the Meet the Sniper, the Flare Gun was teased in the final frames of the video as the Sniper killed a Pyro wielding the weapon. Soon after, all three weapons were revealed in their entirety, and on the following day the 35 achievements were revealed.

Other aditions

• Classes:
  • Added 35 new Pyro achievements.
• Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
• Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
• Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)
• Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
• Added custom death icons for unlockable weapons.

Gallery

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  The official page of the Pyro Update.

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  A news on Steam Store on June 06 2008.

Trivia

• To date, the Pyro Update was the only update to include a press release before its insertion into the game.
• The Backburner originally provided an extra +50 health to Pyros when equipped.

External links

• Pyro Update page
• Meet the Sniper
• The original press release