[GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by TheKing » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:06 pm

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Post by Parasyte » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:55 am

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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Kivivarvas » Sat Jun 08, 2013 1:24 pm

For those who can`t help but shoot for spychecking, there is one helping thing.

Enemy spy in a costume doesn`t bleed when shot.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Cypher_ » Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:09 am

For anyone who wasn't aware;

If you shoot a disguised spy on the FF server his health bar won't change.

If you shoot an ally who isn't a spy, his health bar will change, and he'll probably be confused.

[edit] Another good indicator for anyone who has the game set to play a sound on successful hits. Shooting an enemy spy who is disguised will not play the sound, however shooting an ally will.

Hopefully this will encourage a few teammates to stop shooting me to death :sadasfuck:
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Post by Parasyte » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:38 pm

Cypher_ wrote:Hopefully this will encourage a few teammates to stop shooting me to death :sadasfuck:
But...the only tips you gave involve shooting to check for a spy...wut?
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Cypher_ » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:23 pm

Parasyte wrote:
Cypher_ wrote:Hopefully this will encourage a few teammates to stop shooting me to death :sadasfuck:
But...the only tips you gave involve shooting to check for a spy...wut?
Some people get paranoid and will assume that a teammate is an enemy spy.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Naxus » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:11 pm

Tips playing against disguised spies.

- You never really want to spy check with any weapons besides Flamethrower, it is just not worth the risk/confusion.

- If you suspect a spy try and nonchalantly run into them, unless you run into them backwards, holding a spoon in your mouth while singing lady gaga and rubbing your stomach and patting your head, You will most of the time win close up fights vs a spy.

- Do a double take on occasion, That Engie that just fell in step behind you could easily be a spy looking for a quick kill.

- Just play on the server and you'll notice things.
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Post by TheKing » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:09 pm

I think there might be a teleporter sprinkles glitch too. I think they removed sprinkles from friendly teles for disguised spies, and that works for both sides. So if someone comes through a teleporter without the sprinkles on, they are likely a spy.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Parasyte » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:09 pm

Naxus wrote:- You never really want to spy check with any weapons besides Flamethrower, it is just not worth the risk/confusion.
Pyro and Sniper primaries do not friendly fire, so any are same to spy-check with.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Mastermind1011 » Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:49 pm

Neither does the Soldier's whip, fun fact.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by A Ninja » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:56 pm

Don't forget about the Crusader's Crossbow!

Actually, I don't know if that damages disguised spies, does it?
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Cypher_ » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:37 pm

It damages disguised spies Ninja.
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Post by BPM » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:03 pm

Here's something that most people don't know. The loch n Load does not do direct friendly fire damage. Quite a few times people have spazzed out on me spychecking them with it. The grenades simply pass through teammates.

It will however do team damage from impact with an enemy and that team damage is multiplied thanks to the '+25% damage to self' also affecting teammates. So classes close to an enemy (mostly spies and scouts) can be Tked.
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by scobywhru » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:32 am

Mastermind1011 wrote:Neither does the Soldier's whip, fun fact.
Technically it does, but bl4nk wrote a plugin to nullify the damage, IF SM breaks or the plugin crashes you will damage your teammates
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Re: [GUIDE] Spotting Spies Under Friendly Fire

Post by Parasyte » Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:33 pm

If you whip a friendly who's standing near a wall, the friendly won't get hurt, but the wall still gets splattered by blood. :)
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