[Steam] Thread XIII: The World's #1 Forum-Themed Hat Acquisition Simulator

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

Djinn Why Are You Such A Filthy Liar. The Class Tables Don't Match, You Said They Matched. You Promised Us They Would Match.

Yeah, sorry. That's my poor English again. What I meant to say was that you'll all be annoyed when it turns out I "updated" it incorrectly.

Seriously though...I don't know what I did wrong. We'll need to get Potato on it.

[Fawkes]

Downloaded and on my way to SHAFT!

[Myatar_Panwar]

Two minutes in I get the wrangler as a random drop.

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Its freaking awesome

[AlterForm]

Two minutes in I get the wrangler as a random drop.

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Its freaking awesome

Please describe its mechanics.

[Myatar_Panwar]

When you bring out the wrangler, your sentry will automatically get the bubble and will follow your mouse movements. So if I am pointing at this door, the sentry is also pointing at it. It also emits a red/blue laser when you are doing this.

If you hit M1, then the sentry will fire. M2 is for rockets.

I don't know what the ammo count is for, but it is at 32.

[Sir_Hobbit]

Well, I've been lurking and playing on Chocolate Hammer for a while, should go ahead and introduce myself. My Steam name is SmiteKnight and I own Team Fortress 2. It's a great server you guys have, especially with copious amounts of Redfort.

[Valaqil]

*RAGE*

The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes. (For the last ten minutes.)

EDIT: Solution is is to go to Settings -> Download/Cloud then change your location to somewhere else. Update downloaded and now I can play.

[kpenguin]

Just my luck. I finish downloading the update and SHaFT is full.

Hurry up and update the server, Potato and/or Djinn.

[xp194]

Mini Sentries are the Cutest Thing since the Companion Cube. Seriously. They're adorable.

[chiasaur11]

Mini Sentries are the Cutest Thing since the Companion Cube. Seriously. They're adorable.

I dunno, man.

Three whole Pixar films between the two.

[Wandiya]

Noy, does this Steam thread grow fast, I post a link to the final day and it grows about 3 pages in 3 hours?

[chiasaur11]

Noy, does this Steam thread grow fast, I post a link to the final day and it grows about 3 pages in 3 hours?

Welcome to the future, kid.

[Demons_eye]

POWAH FIST!
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[shadow_archmagi]

POWER FIST MEANS:

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POWER HUG

This needs to be implemented into the game somehow

[Phase]

Alright, now that my engineer has a remote control, a robot hand, and a cool shotgun, I'm gonna steer clear of TF2 for a while. I've been feeling like it's a bit of a cluster**** recently anyway, and hundreds of engineers running around won't help that.

Besides, I have three single-player games to finish and three waiting in the wings.

[Myatar_Panwar]

Oh and by the way, the hand does indeed replace the wrench.

[surikesu]

Oh and by the way, the hand does indeed replace the wrench.

The best part about this is that the engineer will literally punch buildings to repair or upgrade them.

[chiasaur11]

The best part about this is that the engineer will literally punch buildings to repair or upgrade them.

Manly as all get out.

[surikesu]

The Southern Hospitality is craftable with an ambassador and scrap metal.

Its stats are:

+ 5 seconds bleed damage
- No crits
- 20% Extra Vulnerability to Fire

It's a decent wrench alternative, exchanging crits for bleed damage and an inexplicable fear of fire.

[Griever]

The best part about this is that the engineer will literally punch buildings to repair or upgrade them.

Reminds me of the Monks back in Final Fantasy Tactics that pretty much revived people by punching them.

[ZeroNumerous]

Reminds me of the Monks back in Final Fantasy Tactics that pretty much revived people by punching them.

Actually they revived people by screaming very loudly.

[Rutskarn]

The best part about this is that the engineer will literally punch buildings to repair or upgrade them.

I thought they could only drop mini sentries? You can't really muck with those.

EDIT: I suppose he could still build dispensers and that.

[NeoVid]

Dear god... carrying buildings doesn't prevent you from teleporting. You can build a level 3 sentry at spawn and port it to the front lines.

[Thanatos 51-50]

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Shadow.
I think I love you.

[Mando Knight]

Jus' remember, kids. Texas + Australia = Crazy-awesome stuff. And robot hands.

[Volug]

EVERYONE! Look at this...

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It is a level 3 sentry! But...

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IT IS SO TINY!!!!!

It is deadly weapon

[NeoVid]

What the hell is the kill icon in the second image?

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

What the hell is the kill icon in the second image?

The spinning mechanical hand kill taunt.

[KBF]

What the hell is the kill icon in the second image?

The hand?

You can start it up like a lawnmower and it'll spin around. That icon is when it tears people into a million pieces. It's a killtaunt. He has two. At the same time. Manliest class hands down.

[LurkerInPlayground]

Assessment of Update:
Engineers can now do offensive pushes. Or rather, they can support it very well. Seeding a lot of Gunslinger sentries at the Blue opening for cart-push maps is pretty cheap and effective, given the accessibility to metal/health.

The Wrangler pretty much allows the Engie to do ranged support fire. Pesky and nigh-unavoidable hitscan dakka. It's effectively a machine gun emplacement that can keep the opposition pinned down. It can also pin Snipers.

There is a bit of drawback though. Wrangler Engies tend to be over-focused and won't react as quickly as the sentry AI to enemies showing up at point-blank. Stab-saps are easier because of the three-second window and the tendency to tunnel-vision.

Still, I forsee problems on some maps since what was once may have been an uncontested Sniper overwatch can be threatened by an Engie spamming dakka into his nest ceaselessly. Doubly-so if a pocket Engie gets involved.

Also, Valve needs to nerf the ability of the Engie to pick-up and move somewhat, since it can be done defensively. Is your level 3 about to die? Did an Uber show up? Pick it up and run away. It can be a very effective way to save the Engie's metal-expensive toy.

Dear god... carrying buildings doesn't prevent you from teleporting. You can build a level 3 sentry at spawn and port it to the front lines.

Level 3's take longer to re-deploy. Depending on your situation, carrying a level 2 or a level 1 is more effective because they re-deploy more quickly.

You don't necessarily need extra firepower to get the effect you want:
1) You just need the few kills to power up your Frontier Justice when your ninja sentry inevitably dies.
2) You're are using the Wrangler to pressure the other team, while your team is making a push. Again, I cannot overstate the power of ranged hitscan dakka. It is *very* annoying.