Engineer Update! Day 2
by Hey You on 06/07/10 at 7:40 pm
25 more wrenches have been found and Information on Day 2 of the Engineer Update has been announced. Many surprised were in store for Day 2 of the update news, so lets get started.
First off, the Engineer will be receiving a new pistol replacement with a device called “The Wrangler.” The Wrangler is used to control the sentry gun’s target; it creates a shield that absorbs 66% of all incoming damage as well as doubling firing rate and increasing missile launching rate. Downside you ask… well the sentry gun is defenseless (inactive) for three seconds after the Engineer switches from the Wrangler, it eats up more ammo (so you might want a little help from your Engineer friends replenishing ammo), and the sentry will not target pesky bad guys while Engineer-controlled.
Second a list, 35 new Engineer achievements were announced, two of which were about a guitar (”Honky Tonk Man” and Six-String Stinger”.) This has many Team Fortress 2 players speculating the engineer will get his trusty guitar as a mele-weapon or it will be apart of a taunt of some sort.
Last but defiantly not least, was the announcement of a new payload map. The third of official payload maps, this map is set on top of mountain, and has A, B, and C control points (which could mean anything). Listed on the pictures are, “Built on mountain - why?,” “Abandoned?,” and “Blow it up to be safe.” Map looks like it will a great addition to many server rotations.
Valve has also increased the weekly item drop limit to let everyone pull the lever at a chance to get The Golden Wrench. So get out there and play some more if you though you reached your limit.
