Team Fortress 2 Forum

Uh well I got pretty darn good at TF2 on 360, but I also have just entered into the arena of PC gaming with my new rig. TBH the first thing that I would say, as somebody who does not play the game on a very serious level, is to just find a class that fits your play style. Now of course a game of TF2 changes all the time and you can't just sitck with one class (well I can't anyways). Try and find your primary class in each bracket, Defense/Attack/Support etc  
 
After that I find just playing the game as often as possible is the best way to pck up the nuances of the game.
   
It depends whether you want to play TF2 casually or really get into it. If its the latter I recommend posting on the Valve forums because they really know what they are talking about over there. I'm sure they have threads for beginners or just tips people have to share. Also check some Youtube videos for tips and tricks. I find that actually seeing these things in action makes it a lot easier to repliacate when you need to do it. 
 
Hope you enjoy it. 
 
PS My Steam name is KingOfTheR0de0 if you wanna play sometime ;)

As much fun as it may seem do not start with a Sniper, for me at least, everyone else who snipes will be better than you and can peg you from across the map. I think playing as the Pyro and the Soldier is fun to charge in and relatively easy to get kills. Scout is just damn fun to play even if you don't get kills. Medic is good for a team but a bit boring. Engineers can be boring but primely placed turrets can rack up kills. I never really play as the Demo or the Heavy so I wouldn't be able to tell you. The Spy is really hard to play as so people tell me so I would not start as that class. I would recommend trying to find larger games so when you die (and you will die a lot) it won't affect your team as adversely as it would in a smaller game. 

engineers pwn

Find a big game of Capture Point or Payload. Cause it won't matter if you die a million times and you'll respawn quickly. Don't do Arena as you'll won't respawn and have to wait the entire round only to probably get killed quickly again in the next.
 
Which role you should take depends highly on your playing style. Try them all out and see which you like most.

I personally started out as a medic, this can be fun if you find a good Heavy player. Though you won't do much killing yourself, so that can get boring.
 
Heavy is also good, slow but strong.
 
Scout  is fast, personally I find the scout more fun with the bat that allows you to shoot balls but you
 
Spy is DIFFICULT, you'll need to know the maps and how people tend to go around to be a good spy.
 
Pyro is fun as you get up and close in the battle and light people on fire! Accuracy isn't that important either.
 
Demo, you'll need a bit of time to learn how to properly aim and to see how the grenades react. Know that you can do massive damage if the circumstances are right. I once took out 8 people at once, cause they were all hugging around a dispenser.
 
Soldier, can be fun I personally never learned how to shoot those darn rockets properly.
 
Engineer, tends to be a bit boring, cause you'll spend a lot of time building and waiting for stuff to happen.  Though you can be a real asset to the team. Similar to the medic.
 
Sniper, difficult to master fun to play.

Play as heavy or pyro, easy for beginners.

The best advice I can give is to not listen to any advice.
 
I tried forever to look for some secret information I wasn't privy too. Truth is though, it doesn't exsist. The only thing that helps you out there is experience. Find a class and stick with it, eventually you'll get good with it and either move on to a different class or master your already developed abilities. Everything: strategies, map knowledge, class weaknesses and strengths; comes from experience. Sure you can read up on it, but you aren't going to understand how to take down a Pyro as a Soldier until you've done it again and again and again.
 
Oh yes, you'll die. A lot I might add. However that's the price you pay for being new. If we went easy on ya, you wouldn't learn the lessons you need to when it comes time to shine.
 
If you do take any advice away from this topic, let it be this. Whether you realize it or not you are intergral to your team's sucess. You aren't going to take down the enitre enemy base by yourself, you probably won't even be able to make a dent in it. Defense is important, as is taking out key targets like Medics and Engineers setting up near your spawn. If you do use the Wikis and guides, use them to find your prey. Start small and work your way up, and eventually you'll be kicking arse with the best of them.

I got it on the 360 and here are my tips. 
   
     1. Don't get addicted to the engineer. It is easy to get addicted to the engineer because of his easy turret kills 
     2. Master more than one class. Play as multiple classes so you can be an all around good player. 
     3. Master counter classing. practice killing scouts (damn scouts) and be sure to practice your melee skills 
     4. Team work. Stay close to medics and palce dispensers wisely also stay out of heavys way and leave the sniping to the masters (not me I suck)  
 
Have fun hope this helped.