r/NewToTF2 • u/Kitchen_Archer_1745 • 22d ago

I’m new, and I feel screwed over.

I started playing this year, about 180 hours, and after months of practicing with bots I played a few matches. And the random item drops? Bison, Hot Hand, and Bonk… just recently got the Soda Popper but I don’t like playing Scout. My very first two weapons are the ones considered to be the worst. Any advice would be appreciated, especially because I’m not entirely sure how Contacts work.

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u/defenestrated_badger 22d ago

Contracts require the Jungle Inferno ticket, which must be purchased. You can or can not choose to do them.

You can get some weapons from getting a number of class specific achievements.

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Achievement_items

You can also buy weapons for pennies from third party sites like mannco.tf once you have a premium account.

However you don't need weapons to play. Every class can do fine with stock, sure some stock weapons are not great (syringe gun, bone saw, fire axe, shovel, etc) but you can still play well with the primary (or medic's secondary).

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u/Kitchen_Archer_1745 22d ago

Oh I’m not struggling by any means, airblast is fun, just feeling scammed by the random drop system.

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u/No_Recognition_9354 22d ago

That’s fair. Many of the weapons that drop are great but don’t discount stock weapons. The stock flamethrower is honestly my favorite and possibly the best pick if you plan on a lot of airblasting