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TF2 Engineer update incoming?
- Thread starter delirium
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By the way, to answer the person who asked about other games using the single-player-progression-in-multiplayer-game concept, Enemy Territory: RTCW did that in some, perhaps even most, maps. Some maps were more like TF2 "push" style in that you could capture a spawn point and start spawning ahead, but if the enemy captured it then you would end up behind again. Touching the flag for an instant captured it...I don't remember if some spawn points required remaining in the area like in TF2.
Other maps had progressions, where you had to dynamite a wall or something, and if you could manage to protect your engineer, get the dynamite planted, and not have it disarmed in a certain amount of time, you would spawn forwards for the rest of the map, spawn times might be changed, etc. Fueldump was like payload -- you had to escort a tank, blowing up walls as you went along, and the tank only moved if you were next to it I think. In the end, the tank blows open a fort so you can dynamite a fuel dump...assuming you weren't playing one of the map versions, such as vanilla maybe, that allowed you to use a covert ops to sneak an engineer into the fuel dump and blow it up ahead of time.
There were a lot of good things about that game, especially for a totally free FPS with lots of mods and custom maps, though I mostly liked playing on EXP-save servers so I could have all the top-level abilities and such. It's kind of surprising if TF2 people haven't ever tried it.
Lastly, a question of my own! People have been talking about a green team, but has a multiplayer FPS ever actually implemented three or more teams in some sort of team deathmatch? I would assume that some Quake/Unreal/etc. version had this, but it seems like it could be interesting, especially if objectives were involved somehow.
Other maps had progressions, where you had to dynamite a wall or something, and if you could manage to protect your engineer, get the dynamite planted, and not have it disarmed in a certain amount of time, you would spawn forwards for the rest of the map, spawn times might be changed, etc. Fueldump was like payload -- you had to escort a tank, blowing up walls as you went along, and the tank only moved if you were next to it I think. In the end, the tank blows open a fort so you can dynamite a fuel dump...assuming you weren't playing one of the map versions, such as vanilla maybe, that allowed you to use a covert ops to sneak an engineer into the fuel dump and blow it up ahead of time.
There were a lot of good things about that game, especially for a totally free FPS with lots of mods and custom maps, though I mostly liked playing on EXP-save servers so I could have all the top-level abilities and such. It's kind of surprising if TF2 people haven't ever tried it.
Lastly, a question of my own! People have been talking about a green team, but has a multiplayer FPS ever actually implemented three or more teams in some sort of team deathmatch? I would assume that some Quake/Unreal/etc. version had this, but it seems like it could be interesting, especially if objectives were involved somehow.
SuperAwesome
Member
Valve took speculation from the video into consideration:
robot arm for the engineer.
robot arm for the engineer.
Demigod Mac
Member
There's been some drama going about with the golden wrenches.
Drunken F00l somehow discovered the drop pattern, and was able to predict drops. A guy named Derek got VAC banned for using this knowledge.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1349541
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGL8kCgnLEo
(video of it happening)
Drunken F00l somehow discovered the drop pattern, and was able to predict drops. A guy named Derek got VAC banned for using this knowledge.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1349541
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGL8kCgnLEo
(video of it happening)
EmCeeGramr
Member
note the texas chest hair, distinct from australia
edit: poor radigan, losing his dignity
edit: poor radigan, losing his dignity
Diablohead
Member
power glove eh? would be rather wild if it removed the wrench in favour of a completely new play style.
fuuuuuuuuuuck maybe, anything is possible with valve.Wren said:
SuperAwesome
Member
Wren said:
that doesn't really make sense considering the storyline--the engineer is supposed to be making completely new weapons based on Radigan's own designs; while he's had the glove even in the beginning of the comic.
Also, I'm glad there's no guitar.
Wish I had known the wrenches were based on specific drop times, wouldnt have blown my whole crafting load at once. It was quite alot of crafting too, I went from no metal to having nearly enough for a hat. I think Im like 1 reclaimed metal away or so.
Ah well though, dont really care that much, sounds like more trouble then its worth anyway.
Ah well though, dont really care that much, sounds like more trouble then its worth anyway.
demosthenes
Member
Wren said:
Would be hilarious if it has become genetic that each son is born with a robot arm instead of a normal one.
demosthenes
Member
denomes said:
Yes but the current engineer wears a glove on his right hand and none on his left...we may finally get our answer :lol
Diablohead
Member
Well one answer is that the pyro stole it for headwear, but that's not the best result valve could give usdemosthenes said:
SuperAwesome
Member
Twig said:
Do you guys think it'll add new functionalities/buildings to the PDA as well? Honestly, if there's no new sentries or anything, I'll be disappointed.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Only able to construct level one buildings so that the Engineer can still function as a barebones teleporter/dispenser provider, but enabling an all new offensive style of gameplay?Twig said:
I'm in
TouchMyBox
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Yasae said:
$30 an hour doesn't seem terrible to me. :\
Diablohead
Member
spy's zapping my 'tache
#98 was just found
#98 was just found
jaundicejuice
Member
Rickard said:
So he's easier to tele-frag?