Soooo... The Engineer Update (For TF2)

[Heart of Darkness]

I feel like the Gunslinger could've been, well...more creative. Granted, I haven't finished d/ling the patch for the update yet (stupid WiFi), but it just looks like the Engineer getting a slightly modified version of the Heavy's fists at the cost of dropping weaker Sentries (bug not included). It could've been a new weapon slot for the Pistol that would vie for the place of the Wrangler, seeing as the pistol only has a cosmetic counterpart and not one that functions differently.

I also feel that putting in three new payload maps was a bit of an "okay, enough already" moment for me. There's no need to drop three of the same kind of map down, especially when two look so similar in terms of concept.

But whatever. Engineer isn't my class of choice. I'll get the new weapons, and then promptly forget about them, like every other weapon that I get.

 

[DazZ.]

How is this bad? That they balanced the game play more? Isn't that what team fortress 2 is famed for?

Sandvich heavys were not overpowered, they were peaceful creatures just attempting to picnic and nom happily whilst the lesser unhatted folk squabbled around them.

Valve have cancelled all picnics from now on with this update, effectively killing off the endangered species that is the Sandvich heavy. Fuck knows how they plan to eradicate spy crabs, but lord knows it won't be pretty.

Cruel, heartless bastards Valve be...

Cant they just adjust the rate of the sandvich? Arent servers allowed to do that?

Servers don't mess with the recharge rates of weapons. They could do, but then it's not a vanilla server and depending how much you change you're going to get balance issues.

Why should they need to?

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Why is everyone complaining about the wrangler? If your using it, it leaves you open, if you get killed, then the sentry goes offline for 3 sec, which is all your teammates need. it actually makes the spy's job a lot easier.

I don't like it....THEY KILLED THE SANDVICH HOOVY! Valve can go fuck itself in the ass for what they've done....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vio6ZkvFkeg&playnext_from=TL&videos=NJW5st7oeIc&feature=sub

How is this bad? That they balanced the game play more? Isn't that what team fortress 2 is famed for?

They KILLED the RARE and ENDANGERED SANVICH HOOVY!

 

[Sovereign _909]

I like the simple fact you can now move the sentry turrets after construction and the new wrench "The Southern Hospitality" is wicked awesome looking. All and all, pleased with the update.

 

[FightThePower]

Haven't got any of the new stuff yet because everyone's going Engineer and I take more pleasure in doing this:

 

[sephiroth1991]

So many engineers, i'll have to play as a demoman or somethin to counter them.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

it is awesome, I have the frontier justice and the wrangler, and they are awesome. Idon't like the look of the glove though, but would be fun to act as a power fist

 

[FightThePower]

So many engineers, i'll have to play as a demoman or somethin to counter them.

It's so much fun being a Demoman at the moment. I got my mate to go Medic and stick with me and after one round on Offense I had destroyed 26 buildings

 

[Rednog]

The Frontier Justice is by far the strongest of the 3 new weapons. I had like a 16 or so kill streak with my sentry last night,it got destroyed and I had like 40 something revenge crits, I got up to a 35 kill streak with it. It is just insane how you can just wipe people out with a huge number of revenge crits.
The gunslinger is just annoying, engies just drop that level one in completely random places.
The wrangler is ok, but too many engies sit in the protected spawn and have the wrangler under their control and just light up anyone that comes close to it, pretty damn hard to be a spy.

 

[Harlemura]

I've got all the weapons already. Because I go on achievement servers. Because I'm a loser.
I only use the Frontier Justice, mostly because it looks cool, and the Southern Hospitality because the Gunslinger creeps me out.
Seriously, he cut off his own hand for it. Why would I want to support that?! Also a single competent soldier renders the mini-sentries useless.

 

[weker]

so far seem good altho picking up sentries with no catch is mondo op

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

im a bit of a noob still to tf2, its fun but i still have no idea what alot of this shit means other than that i have noticed an increase in engineers lately..

 

[Player 2]

im a bit of a noob still to tf2, its fun but i still have no idea what alot of this shit means other than that i have noticed an increase in engineers lately..

VALVe have been updating the classes one by one with new weapons/abilities/maps/gamemodes etc since yonks ago. Every time they release an update there are loads of one class for a while because people are trying to get the new weapons. The update details are on their blog http://www.teamfortress.com/.

 

[hazabaza1]

I don't like it....THEY KILLED THE SANDVICH HOOVY! Valve can go fuck itself in the ass for what they've done....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vio6ZkvFkeg&playnext_from=TL&videos=NJW5st7oeIc&feature=sub

I don't think I can play TF2 anymore.
Thanks, Valve.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well as soon as TF2 starts downloading again I might know. It keeps on looping at Download starting but never actually starts. Anyone any idea how to fix that?