Samwise
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taolurker
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I guess I'll copy what I posted inot the older TF2 thread over here, since it has it's own thread... |
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Kageru
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That's a cool video :)
Will be interested to see what they do. Engineer has got to be one of the most challenging to balance classes.
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Samwise
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There was a blog post a while back about one of the engy update ideas they had that didn't pan out. I'm still waiting to see some of the others. They have to have prototyped some kind of sentry gun mech at some point.  |
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eldaec
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There's a blueprint in the background of that video - looks like a robot/mech/android sort of a thing.
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TripleDES
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It'll either be a let-down, or people are gonna shit their pants even more than they do already about the engineer.
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Strazos
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The passive-aggressive nature of the Engineer class annoys me greatly.  |
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Prospero
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Epic new comic posted today. |
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Samwise
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'BOUT TIME.  |
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Teleku
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Haha, the comic was great. I love the back story they're building up around TF2. Looking forward to annoying people even more with my Eng.
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HaemishM
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That backstory was fucking awesome.
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Prospero
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I am sad to hear we aren't going to see Saxton Hale and Steve Jobs fight to the death.
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Sjofn
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Fuck the engineer update, I want old timey TF2. NOW.
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Teleku
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You suck. True story.
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Malakili
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Fuck the engineer update, I want old timey TF2. NOW.
Are we already to the point where Tf2 prior to the medic update is an "old timey" thing? |
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Sjofn
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You suck. True story.
C'mon, you'd get to be Tesla. That counts for something! Are we already to the point where Tf2 prior to the medic update is an "old timey" thing?
I don't think you understand what I was asking for. |
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caladein
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Also, Abe Lincoln class.
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Teleku
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Yeah, I was just going to comment on that. I want to play Abe Lincoln with a flame thrower.
Somebody needs to make a League of Extraordinary TF2 Players mod now.
I misunderstood what you meant as well Sjofn. I thought you wanted TF2 before all these fancy shmancy updates.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
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Sjofn
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Aw, no, I wouldn't ever wish that. I didn't even play the game back then.  |
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HaemishM
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Somebody needs to make a League of Extraordinary TF2 Players mod now. This would be Legendarily Awesome. For Real. |
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Comstar
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So apart from a slightly better shotgun, what else is New?
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Musashi
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Doesn't look like they're done revealing it yet.
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Yoshimaru
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Ya, the blog explains how they're rolling the announcements out. Basically, whenever someone crafts an item there's a chance that they get a golden wrench. There will be a total of 100 golden wrenches given out, and every time 25 wrenches are given out they will release new info on a weapon. So far, 26 have been given out. |
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Megrim
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What is it with them and crafting.
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Malakili
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What is it with them and crafting.
Its like vehicles in Wrath of the Lich King, a stupid mechanic that they are going to make work come hell or high water. Unlocks were bad enough, and I've thus far refused to craft on principle. They really need to just give everything out. If they MUST leave item finding/unlocking/crafting in, leave it to cosmetic items only. |
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Samwise
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I am slightly annoyed that once again they're rewarding people who have backpacks full of unused junk. I always smelt my weapons ASAP to keep my backpack looking tidy and this makes twice now that I've regretted that policy (the other time being when they changed the blueprints to make smelting cheaper). |
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Samwise
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Oh hey, day 2 of update up. The Wrangler provides two things I've wanted for a long time: the ability to tell my sentry to shoot at spies, and the ability to tell my sentry to spam rockets in the general direction of annoying snipers. The 3-second cooldown is pretty brutal, though, since it means no repairing or restocking your gun in the heat of battle.
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Malakili
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Oh hey, day 2 of update up. The Wrangler provides two things I've wanted for a long time: the ability to tell my sentry to shoot at spies, and the ability to tell my sentry to spam rockets in the general direction of annoying snipers. The 3-second cooldown is pretty brutal, though, since it means no repairing or restocking your gun in the heat of battle. You just need one engy repairing all the guns of the 3 guys wrangling their guns. So far, it looks to me like the shotgun is for offensive engineers and the wrangler for defensive, hypothetically. I'm interested to see which direction the new wrench leans. |
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Samwise
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The Wrangler might be a decent offensive tool as well, since the doubled firing rate means a level 1 sentry can be quite a bit more useful. Still much more useful if you have a buddy to work on repairing and upgrading while you steer the gun.
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Malakili
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The Wrangler might be a decent offensive tool as well, since the doubled firing rate means a level 1 sentry can be quite a bit more useful. Still much more useful if you have a buddy to work on repairing and upgrading while you steer the gun.
I suppose, but I don't think it would be nearly as powerful on offense as a level 1 gun + frontier justice. Remember, you are effectively disabling yourself to use it, and you shouldn't underestimate the power of sentry + shotgun. |
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Strazos
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OMFG, fuck that wrangler. I expect the shielding effect to get nerfed promptly.
As if certain sentries were not a pain in the ass to kill as it is. I use to be able to get plenty of sentry kills as a sniper, but with a damn shield....ugh.
Though nice effects can be had by killing the engineer in a coordinated attack.
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Samwise
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OMFG, fuck that wrangler. I expect the shielding effect to get nerfed promptly.
Remember, the engy can't repair the gun while the wrangler is active. If not for the shield the gun would be gone in two rocket hits. |
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