07-09-2010, 02:52 PM
I bet you guys who have TF2 are busy achievement farming to get the new weapons, huh? Well, it's impossible to do it with bots now. Valve removed that ability. I, however, managed to get them all in the past hour (without cheating, jackasses), and I tested them all.
The Engineer gets a plethora of new stuff. The first one I noticed was now he can repackage his buildings and haul them across the battlefield, setting them up in a new location. This keeps the building's current level and everything, but the Engy moves about as fast as the Heavy when carrying it.
Verdict: A+
It saves a hell of a lot of time when relocating all your equipment to the front of the battlefield. Shame you can't do that to the stupid Engies that build at the last control point during setup.
The Frontier Justice
The shotgun everyone was squawking about back in the Mac vs. PC trailer. The Frontier Justice only has half the magazine capacity as the normal shotgun and does not get critical hits. It relies on the Sentry Gun to give it it's power. When the Sentry Gun dies, the Engy gets guaranteed crits with it; 2 for every kill the sentry made, and 1 for every assist. The taunt is also a brilliant surprise.
Verdict: A+
This makes the Engy a bit terrifying, as he should be. He spent the past 3 years rebuilding his beautiful Sentry Gun every time one of you assholes blew it up. And he wants revenge.
The Gunslinger
Now we know why the Engy wears that rubber glove. Apparently that's what he was working on in the second trailer. The Engineer went and replaced his right hand with a robot hand. Masturbation jokes are forbidden.
With the Gunslinger, he gets a second taunt kill. He also gets another 50 HP, but loses random crits. Finally, he swaps his normal sentry gun for a cute mini-sentry gun that deploys extremely quickly for 100 metal and can take potshots at enemies. It's extremely weak, however, and can't be repaired or upgraded. The shots are also extremely weak. You'd be better off someone aimbotting with the Engy's pistol.
Verdict: C
Not exactly worth the organic hand, Engy. Hope an update comes out soon to validate using the minisentry.
The Wrangler
Replacing the Engy's useless pistol, the Wrangler allows him to take full control of his Sentry Gun, giving it a shield in the process. This will allow him to shoot pretty much anywhere he pleases with the gun, at the loss of the gun aiming on its own during your time holding the controller out and 3 seconds after you put it away. It's also very tricky to aim with, since you'd need to see where the enemy is and make sure your Sentry can hit it. The enemy could also see where the gun is aiming with a bright colored laser emanating from the gun's barrel, more obvious than the Sniper's. On the other hand, that Soldier on the other end of the goldrush map is about to have the grin wiped off his face when the gun starts shooting at him far away from it's normal range. And that spy is not going to have a very good day when he gets blasted from the gun while cloaked and disguised.
Verdict: A
This could be very difficult to juggle when trying to not get shot yourself (even though you still have full movement when using it), but please. We all had that dream where we wanted to manually aim the Sentry gun. 3 years of dreaming has finally paid off.
The Engineer gets a plethora of new stuff. The first one I noticed was now he can repackage his buildings and haul them across the battlefield, setting them up in a new location. This keeps the building's current level and everything, but the Engy moves about as fast as the Heavy when carrying it.
Verdict: A+
It saves a hell of a lot of time when relocating all your equipment to the front of the battlefield. Shame you can't do that to the stupid Engies that build at the last control point during setup.
The Frontier Justice
The shotgun everyone was squawking about back in the Mac vs. PC trailer. The Frontier Justice only has half the magazine capacity as the normal shotgun and does not get critical hits. It relies on the Sentry Gun to give it it's power. When the Sentry Gun dies, the Engy gets guaranteed crits with it; 2 for every kill the sentry made, and 1 for every assist. The taunt is also a brilliant surprise.
Verdict: A+
This makes the Engy a bit terrifying, as he should be. He spent the past 3 years rebuilding his beautiful Sentry Gun every time one of you assholes blew it up. And he wants revenge.
The Gunslinger
Now we know why the Engy wears that rubber glove. Apparently that's what he was working on in the second trailer. The Engineer went and replaced his right hand with a robot hand. Masturbation jokes are forbidden.
With the Gunslinger, he gets a second taunt kill. He also gets another 50 HP, but loses random crits. Finally, he swaps his normal sentry gun for a cute mini-sentry gun that deploys extremely quickly for 100 metal and can take potshots at enemies. It's extremely weak, however, and can't be repaired or upgraded. The shots are also extremely weak. You'd be better off someone aimbotting with the Engy's pistol.
Verdict: C
Not exactly worth the organic hand, Engy. Hope an update comes out soon to validate using the minisentry.
The Wrangler
Replacing the Engy's useless pistol, the Wrangler allows him to take full control of his Sentry Gun, giving it a shield in the process. This will allow him to shoot pretty much anywhere he pleases with the gun, at the loss of the gun aiming on its own during your time holding the controller out and 3 seconds after you put it away. It's also very tricky to aim with, since you'd need to see where the enemy is and make sure your Sentry can hit it. The enemy could also see where the gun is aiming with a bright colored laser emanating from the gun's barrel, more obvious than the Sniper's. On the other hand, that Soldier on the other end of the goldrush map is about to have the grin wiped off his face when the gun starts shooting at him far away from it's normal range. And that spy is not going to have a very good day when he gets blasted from the gun while cloaked and disguised.
Verdict: A
This could be very difficult to juggle when trying to not get shot yourself (even though you still have full movement when using it), but please. We all had that dream where we wanted to manually aim the Sentry gun. 3 years of dreaming has finally paid off.
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