Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Build It, They Will Come: TF2 Engie Tease

By Alec Meer on May 6th, 2010 at 11:30 pm.

It is Team Fortress news so we must post it because it is Team Fortress news, even in the face of our great despair about what the morrow may bring for the UK. Valve’s monopoly on patch-centric gossip remains extraordinary, the presentation alone ensuring gents like us are duty-bound to cover it. This time, it’s a teaser for the long-awaited Engineer update…

(Bigger version here).

Which tells us precisely nothing. OR DOES IT?

Our arch-nemeses PC Gamer think otherwise. They’ve been through the video to a near-psychotic degree, identifying what they reckon are clues. Robot arms! Flamethrowers! Robots! Mysterious domes! Red lights!

Could just be incidental clutter, but big bastard teasers like Valve don’t tend to put stuff like this out without hiding an Easter Egg or two. So, what do you think we’re in for?

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  1. 06/05/2010 at 23:40 LimeWarrior says:

    OMG finally! I stopped playing Engineer because it was too repetitive. This could open up a whole new world.

  2. 06/05/2010 at 23:41 Simon says:

    I’m betting on either the blowtorch/welder or mallet being something. Can’t wait!

  3. 06/05/2010 at 23:44 Wulf says:

    Robots would be very nice indeed, I’d actually play as an Engineer again, then. >.>

  4. 06/05/2010 at 23:44 DJ Phantoon says:

    I want to see a welding torch as a melee weapon.

    Less damage and slower repair, but sets dudes on fire and will repair faster if concentrated longer.

  5. 06/05/2010 at 23:50 20thCB says:

    Could there perhaps be a clue in the final caption? ‘It’s your turn now?’
    Maybe there’ll be player input in this update, like us voting for player craftin ideas, or fighting over which unlock we prefer (like with the demo/soldier wars).
    Anyway.. interest piqued….

  6. 06/05/2010 at 23:51 Plazmataz says:

    “Now it’s your turn?”

    Could this be implying that the player will be given some level of design customization?

  7. 06/05/2010 at 23:58 RedFred says:

    Should I get TF2? I have been very tempted recently and there seems to be a fair few NZ servers which is good.

    • 07/05/2010 at 00:06 westyfield says:

      Yes. Same to anyone else who asks.

    • 07/05/2010 at 02:16 gryffinp says:

      Absolutely not. Valve is certain to release a sale with the engineer update, so you should hold out until then and swing a discount.

    • 07/05/2010 at 07:09 1nightstand says:

      Dude, when you become good at TF2 and you’re having one of those streaks where no one can beat you… there’s nothing quite like it in the whole gaming world- that mix of triumph and comedy causes a very peculiar elating sensation… quite addictive, FYI.

    • 07/05/2010 at 13:15 Pani says:

      And don’t be too worried about being late to the party. I bought my copy a good year or two after release and had no problems fitting in. Most classes are easy to pick up and play and the community is generally pretty decent.

    • 07/05/2010 at 22:55 Momo the Cow says:

      Honestly, Team Fortress 2 is the best time I’ve had on multiplayer. Like 1nightstand said, the mixture of comedy with some of the most well balanced, satisfying gameplay I’ve experienced is uniquely rewarding, and the community is as strong as ever.
      I got tired of Counter Strike because of all the hyper-accurate twitch players who became unstoppable because they had the best mouses or had played way, way too long. TF2’s weapons are far less (impossibly, like TF2) accurate, and the classes and gameplay balance each other superbly. The different characters create very distinct styles of play, and you never stop trying new stuff or settling on one class or style of play.

  8. 06/05/2010 at 23:59 Corrupt_Tiki says:

    I can’t get TF2 to work :’(

  9. 07/05/2010 at 00:06 Yargh says:

    possibly not related to this post, but when I opened it a popup ad for http://www.celebgossip.net tried to open.
    I really hope it’s not something you wanted to happen.

  10. 07/05/2010 at 00:19 PacifismFailed says:

    only tf2 can save us from the torries:P

  11. 07/05/2010 at 00:26 Stick says:

    Grrrmbllllrrrr. Hffffpppp mrrrsssfffr hudda-hudda.

    (“Oh, so he’s the one who replaced my barely functioning flamethrower with a tabasco spray can.”)

  12. 07/05/2010 at 00:28 Bolt Axyon says:

    I have no doubt that this will be a good one and a “meet the medic” video would be nice too.

  13. 07/05/2010 at 01:01 Orpheon says:

    Look at the background. you see a blueprint with every flash. I think that’s the clue

  14. 07/05/2010 at 01:02 Real Horrorshow says:

    Anyone else notice the George W. Bush Texas “heheheheheh!” laugh? Awesome. Maybe one of his new creations will be called The Decider.

  15. 07/05/2010 at 01:12 Ven says:

    No one at PC Gamer or here noticed he MALLET he was holding? NEW MELEE WEAPON? I think so…

  16. 07/05/2010 at 01:13 Monchberter says:

    I scent a topical update. An Iron Man style suit with slow recharging battery and Crysis style powers?

  17. 07/05/2010 at 01:23 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:

    I’m just hoping I learn to play spy again, before this update comes out.

    Oh, and the “Hehehe” makes me laugh every time I see this.

  18. 07/05/2010 at 01:37 Gorgeras says:

    He solves practical problems.

  19. 07/05/2010 at 01:38 12kill4 says:

    I’m banking on some sort of re-deployable turret, an automated repair dispenser and a jump-pad instead of a teleporter.

  21. 07/05/2010 at 02:38 Nonegatives says:

    I can’t get TF2 to work :’(
    I don’t think you should be playing this at work ;>}

  22. 07/05/2010 at 03:24 Sgt. Hawk says:

    Ahem.
    I SPY VITH MY LITTLE EYE!
    Lol, everyone is looking way to deep for clues, pay attention to how he wacks the *thing* with the */hammer\*, it seems that he is upgrading something.

    Long(ish) story short: New melee weapon, The Hammer.

  23. 07/05/2010 at 03:26 broklynite says:

    I think that the bigger question, which is not being asked, is if one of the upgrades allows the sentry guns to talk. Like, when someone pops in and out of it’s periphery, it could say something like, oh I don’t know…. how about “Are you still there?” and when they come back in view “I see you” and scream when attacked, and maybe even forgive you when you blow them up.

    What? It could happen.

  24. 07/05/2010 at 03:49 gildron says:

    God, I adore the TF2 team. At this point they are like an indie…. But with, you know, lots of money. Having something like ten total employees working on the game. Pretty epic. Their writer/writers is/are fantastic, always.

    Just, overall, this game has got to be the best value for my money ever. I’ve been playing since December of ’07 and I have yet to stop for more then a month or so, just because all of the new free toys keep bringing me back. I really wish other developers would look at this, see the ridiculous sales spikes that occur every time they release an update, then try to do the same thing.

    I like free updates.

    • 07/05/2010 at 08:11 Ninja431 says:

      Yes, I love TF2 too, but have only had it 2-3 weeks. I was instantly in love with the game and would probably be a dedicated Engineer if a good update is released. And Twigg, spider mines? Hardly mines if they can RUN and TAKE THE FLAG, they would be more like scout bots or something

    • 07/05/2010 at 20:44 Dave says:

      If the bots actually tried to take the flag instead of just being highly mobile d-bags, that would make them better than scouts.

  25. 07/05/2010 at 04:00 Davie says:

    Oh! Oh! Maybe the flamethrower parts are foreshadowing “Meet the Pyro”! That would be awesome.

  26. 07/05/2010 at 04:03 cemkino says:

    ENGONEER IS BUILDING IRONMAN

  27. 07/05/2010 at 04:13 bleeters says:

    About damn time. Engineering’s been a pain since the Direct Hit came out.

    Cautious optimism: On

  28. 07/05/2010 at 04:46 Batolemaeus says:

    I love playing Engi, but nearly all updates were a stealth nerf. Pyros suddenly push you away from your point, burn you from afar, kritzkrieg soldiers one shoot you, direct hit kills you and your sentry, scouts go invulnerable, spies snipe you or slowly sneak up and decloak when you can’t see them.

    Overall i’m not very satisfied with the amount of projectile spam. It wasn’t like that in vanilla. :(

  29. 07/05/2010 at 04:49 hurrdurr says:

    hurp durp. mallet. new melee? SEEN THE HOMEWRECKER? the pyro has it, and it’s shit.

  30. 07/05/2010 at 05:30 Arthur Barnhouse says:

    That’s true! you could be building a completely new sentry over and over and over!

  31. 07/05/2010 at 06:06 Brendan says:

    It’s quite obviously a remote controlled sentry gun with either mechanical spider legs or a Wacky Races style “two big wheels, 2 small wheels” setup.

  32. 07/05/2010 at 06:41 DMJ says:

    [Heavy] Engineer is credit to team! [/Heavy]

  33. 07/05/2010 at 06:55 Inigo says:

    I wonder how much the Engie’s VA actually got paid for that. Or was he just given a bag of grapes or something?

  34. 07/05/2010 at 07:14 Tei says:

    MINES!! …. GIMME MINES!!!!!!

    I WANT MINES!

  35. 07/05/2010 at 08:04 v.dog says:

    The hammer is most likely the PDQ; a weapon that allows for much faster deployment, at the cost of not being able to upgrade the buildings.

  36. 07/05/2010 at 08:08 Twigg says:

    I know this is not the time ore the place (but ive been up for 12 hours drinking) i can’t belive the lib dems did so badly! we got destroyed in reading and thats a uni town

  37. 07/05/2010 at 09:18 Sarlix says:

    Oh at long last! Yippie-Ki-Yay-Ki-Oh!

  38. 07/05/2010 at 09:26 Tei says:

    Tesla turrets!

  39. 07/05/2010 at 10:37 Finn says:

    @Mario Figueiredo: que vergonha pá!

    I’ve been having a ton of fun lately, put my soldier aside and started playing more as a medic, TF2 just seems to get better and better, even if they nerfed pyros. *sadface*

  40. 07/05/2010 at 10:52 Azazel says:

    Remote drone plz.

  41. 07/05/2010 at 11:12 Uglycat says:

    The engie doesn’t need any wrench update as they always crit me everytime.

    Srsly, spies need moar love.

  42. 07/05/2010 at 11:19 Sulkdodds says:

    You guys…what if the recent bug that allowed people to build infinite turrets…WASN’T A BUG?

  43. 07/05/2010 at 11:31 Tei says:

    What about a “Inviso Hoover” that make you invisible *wen no one is looking at you* ?

  44. 07/05/2010 at 11:50 RedFred says:

    Okay I’ll hang out for a discount.

  45. 07/05/2010 at 12:18 itsallcrap says:

    I love playing engie, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with.

    On the other hand, I’m very much not looking forward to going back to the way things were before any class updates had come out, where at least four people would decide to go engie EVEN IF YOUR TEAM WAS ON OFFENCE.

    Do the right thing, folks – pick the class your team actually needs more of.

  46. 07/05/2010 at 12:21 Tei says:

    What about a jelly cube that eat people?
    That will totally be a surprise for these ninja scout & spy guys.

  47. 07/05/2010 at 12:21 mytwocentshere says:

    backpack sentry like a mech dude thing would be cool but personally id be happy with a bucket of paint to dump on the floor to spot spy footprints….

    • 07/05/2010 at 12:30 itsallcrap says:

      Hey, that’s a great idea.

      Or something anti-spy, anyway. It’s distinctly unfair that you can backstab an engie STANDING NEXT TO HIS SENTRY and then still get a sapper on there before it blasts you. What chance does that give to the class that has to spend half his time looking directly at the building he’s hitting with a wrench?

  48. 07/05/2010 at 12:23 Legionaryu says:

    Stop! HAMMER time!

    The new close combat weapon is the hammer.

  49. 07/05/2010 at 12:27 andrew says:

    “even in the face of our great despair about what the morrow may bring for the UK”

    People don’t come here for incisive left wing political commentary they come here for games journalism, so how about you have the good grace to keep your political view to yourself?

    People like you love to crow about democracy until people vote conservative and then suddenly they’re all morons. Hypocrisy from lefties? QUELLE SURPRISE!!!

    • 07/05/2010 at 12:35 Rinox says:

      At first I was like:

      “so how about you have the good grace to keep your political view to yourself?”

      But then I was like:

      “Hypocrisy from lefties? QUELLE SURPRISE!!!”

      No AIM internet politics discussion in our TF2 awesomeness threads plz.

    • 07/05/2010 at 12:37 itsallcrap says:

      Actually, I’m quite interested to know what they meant by that.

      Could be fear of a conservative government, but could also be fear of a crippled patchwork-quilt of a government.

      And anyway, frickin’ relax, man. It’s only a blog.

    • 07/05/2010 at 13:26 Hobbes says:

      I think they can write what they like.

      You seem to be arguing that no negative or positive opinion on any election is legitimate, because it’s a separate moral judgement from the correctness of democracy. If so, the only thing anyone could then say would be “in this election, the electorate voted, hooray” which is a bit of a tautology.

      Of course in a democracy people have individual & party preferences, and feel strongly for them, whether or not the electorate are morons, and whether or not democracy itself is effective*. Despite your implication that righties don’t “crow” about democracy, I think acknowledging democratic choice is perfectly compatible with caring about the government we all live under, and that’s something everyone except the BNP accepts.

      *FPTP facepalm, etc.

    • 07/05/2010 at 20:35 TeeJay says:

      @ andrew

      “so how about you have the good grace to keep your political view to yourself?”

      This isn’t your blog. You probably don’t even pay for it via a subscripion. If you don’t like it then don’t read it. Simple.

      Personally I like the fact that this site belongs to four specific individuals who have their own personal opinions about things, not some faceless corporation. People who are just guests here are allowed to make political comments so why shouldn’t the people who actually *own* this site make political comments?

      Or are you some kind of crypto-communist who doesn’t believe in ownership?

  50. 07/05/2010 at 12:32 MajorManiac says:

    Has anyone played Evil Genius?

    I’d love it if the Engineer could build Traps/Switches like the ones in that game. They are mostly useless, but very funny to watch. Would also add a great RTS element to each map.

  51. 07/05/2010 at 13:27 Mr_Day says:

    Personal wishlist for engineer:

    Placing dispenser next to turret will auto fix turret, but slower than using the wrench, and at the cost of the dispenser’s metal stock.

    Wrenchonette – Wrench bayonette added to shottie, alternate attack repairs and smacks in spies*.

    New level three turret – instead of rockets, adds a spy detecting pulse to the level three turret, pulses once every 15 seconds but in a very small radius around the turret.

    Teleporters upgraded with Portal technology – see through to where you want to go! Marvel as you can only see a bricks because the engineer ONCE AGAIN made the exit facing a fucking wall.

    * The only time you melee with a wrench is to twat a spy, don’t deny it.

  52. 07/05/2010 at 13:28 mcnubbins says:

    It’s going to be awesome.

    All the servers will be filled with engineers and buildings for me to sap. Yep, going to be a lot of fun. Unless he has new ANTI-SPY stuff, in which case I will be sad ;(

  53. 07/05/2010 at 13:37 garer says:

    i see a mallet blow torch and parts of an adriod the blue print on wall of an arm the head with 1 glowing eye in the back ground yeah engis gna build android awsome

  54. 07/05/2010 at 13:43 Tei says:

    What about a small jumping pad?

    • 07/05/2010 at 13:49 Mr_Day says:

      He tried to build one, but he gave it an AI and it developed self esteem issues.

      It kept saying that everyone was always stepping on it.

  55. 07/05/2010 at 14:06 Italia says:

    Engineer has indeed been a pain in the ass to play since the Direct Hit was released, and I do believe that in the back of the video is a poster of a soldier. Now if you look at the blueprint, not far from the soldier poster, you’ll see a robot arm.

    What I’m getting as it that it might be some sort of device to catch rockets (and possibly grenades?), grabbing them and sending them back. If anything, it might be a device of it’s own, or simply an attachment to one of you’re already built structures.

  56. 07/05/2010 at 14:29 hagbard says:

    Only DRM will save us from the torrents.

  57. 07/05/2010 at 14:39 Tf2isdying says:

    Tf2 is not tf2 now its an bad edition of what tf2 was before all those stupid updates which i never liked and i will never like in future cause they unbalanced ALWAYS the games Which by they way is very unfriendly to new players and this crap panishing idlers was a mistake only for one reason
    WHY YOU PUSH PLAYERS TO SPENT THEIR PRECIUS LIFE TIME TO GET STUFF ON FPS GAMES IT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ALL ALONG ITS NOT RPG ITS action mutiplayer FPS and VALVE rAPED FPS with this stupid game spending time for a fps games for …HATS!! go blow a goat!!!!!
    By the way dear VALVe and Steam team ….FUCK you ALL!!
    ============================================== I always want to say that cause you SUCK!!!

    • 07/05/2010 at 14:55 Mario Figueiredo says:

      So many expletives and no punctuation.

      Anyways, gaming companies are the best target for emotional response. Who cares about Sudan, or black tides in american shores. Give it all to gaming companies. Those jerks.

  58. 07/05/2010 at 14:49 Sam says:

    Hammer ->
    + faster deploying and repairing
    - Can’t upgrade buildings

  59. 07/05/2010 at 14:53 Mistabashi says:

    In your own way you’ve illustrated perfectly the flaw in Valve’s plan with implementing unlockables and collectible items into a multi-player FPS – obsessive weirdo’s who think getting a hat or a slightly different weapon is the most important thing in the world, and if they can’t get them through idling in servers it’s because Valve have personally screwed them over.

    They always threaten to quit playing TF2, but strangely they never seem to…

    • 07/05/2010 at 14:55 Mistabashi says:

      Sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to Tf2isdying a few posts above, but apparently I’ve been neglecting my prayer duty. Oh heavenly gods of the reply button, please forgiveth me etc etc…

    • 07/05/2010 at 16:06 Sam says:

      I dunno. I quit playing TF2. Whilst I’m not being incoherently ranty about it, a lot of the reason was that I was sick of all the change and the simplicity of the original game being slowly lost.

      So.

    • 07/05/2010 at 18:08 Rinox says:

      Mistabashi wasn’t talking about people who just don’t like the change – he’s talking about the people (kids? OCD maniacs?) who go ballistic everytime Valve comes up with a new item that is not accessible to them for some reason (like the recent service medal or the soldier’s limited edition medal). They are a very loud group and they go very predictably ballistic over every such move by Valve, and you’ll find that they’re very often part of the same groups who complain about every other thing in the game (even every free update). They’re just very bitter human beings.

      The best moment was with the Halo hat. Servers full of people with “not healing halos” in their names…hilarious.

  60. 07/05/2010 at 15:37 Frankle says:

    Maybe a smoke machine and he’s been building it in Iceland. In his volcano lair!!!!!!!

  61. 07/05/2010 at 16:13 Martin says:

    I would love to see the following implemented (knowing that it is to late but what the heck)..

    1. More Choice. Build 3 level 1 sentries / dispensers instead of 1 level 3. Or build 1 level 1 and 1 level 2 sentry / dispenser instead of a level 3 one.
    2. Walking dispenser. Make it robotlike following the engineer or another player wherever they go.
    3. Traps. Ability to build traps like a net that catch the opposite team but no teleporter or dispenser

  62. 07/05/2010 at 16:14 Phelta says:

    If you look at the blueprints in the back while hes using the blowtorch, you can see an image of an ARM! I hope the Robots are coming! hahaha.

  63. 07/05/2010 at 16:54 itsallcrap says:

    *Sigh*

  64. 07/05/2010 at 16:55 Tei says:

    Superfliing Stratofortress ( like modern warfare AC 130 )

  65. 07/05/2010 at 18:16 Zwebbie says:

    I’m rather scared. When the Sniper vs. Spy update came out, there were more arrows flying around than there were in the battle of Agincourt. If half the people now decide to play Engineer, I think I’ll need to stay away from the game for a while for it to cool down.

  66. 07/05/2010 at 19:26 Greg says:

    Perhaps the ability to customise your buildings like you can your loadout, with different parts, interchangeable weapons for the sentry, different accessories for the dispenser, etc? Perhaps even the ability to craft new custom weapons for yourself and other classes?

  67. 07/05/2010 at 19:35 Feelin' Lucky says:

    OMG… maybe we can craft and design our own sentries and buildings…

  68. 07/05/2010 at 21:12 Tei says:

    A zombie!.. made of medic+scout+engi bodyparts !!!

  69. 07/05/2010 at 21:39 Medic says:

    can’t have meet the medic… voice actor quit… =[

    • 07/05/2010 at 22:06 The_B says:

      Googling that gives conflicting answers, but I would assume most Voice Actors are employed on a freelance basis anyway, so they don’t work for Valve, they just get hired when they’re needed. So not sure how he could quit as such and more not accept an offer to do some more work for Valve. (Checking his IMDB profile he’s done voices for many other games that aren’t Valve both before and after TF2)

  70. 07/05/2010 at 22:40 Oak says:

    Tom Francis suggested a dummy dispenser – it would look real to enemies, but to teammates it would be a cardboard mockup stuffed with dynamite. Sapping it would cause a massive explosion.

    I don’t how useful it would be after everyone got wise, but the idea fills me with delight.

  71. 07/05/2010 at 22:45 Momo the Cow says:

    Honestly, Team Fortress 2 is the best time I’ve had on multiplayer. Like 1nightstand said, the mixture of comedy with some of the most well balanced, satisfying gameplay I’ve experienced is uniquely rewarding, and the community is as strong as ever.
    I got tired of Counter Strike because of all the hyper-accurate twitch players who became unstoppable because they had the best mouses or had played way, way too long. TF2′s weapons are far less (impossibly, like TF2) accurate, and the classes and gameplay balance each other superbly. The different characters create very distinct styles of play, and you never stop trying new stuff or settling on one class or style of play.

  72. 07/05/2010 at 23:10 charlie says:

    WTF??? if theres a robot or a drone? how do you control it? or how does it move? i really cant see a robot in TF2 as it would be SERIOUSLY hard to code into the game and a pain in the back-side for players to hide and some how control there flame throwing, mallet retard robot.

  74. 08/05/2010 at 03:52 wyrmsine says:

    There appear to be new, unannounced (?) weapons – I just got a sledgehammer for the Pyro (the Homewrecker).

    Heh. The captcha is “TUUF”. You have to be, to hoist da Homewrecker.

  75. 08/05/2010 at 04:42 /VKS/Lordzod says:

    OMG this is it! follow the lnk to see MORE!!

    http://www.teamfortress.com.br/engineerupdate/day01.html

  76. 08/05/2010 at 04:52 fattredd says:

    I… It… grrrr…

  77. 08/05/2010 at 08:14 Ninjadagger says:

    you guys are right i see the blue prints for sure i KNOW i saw a screwdriver looking object. AND FOR SURE A BLOWTORCH BLUEPRINT SWEET :D

  78. 08/05/2010 at 09:50 Tei says:

    What about a Trap Cow!?. I looks like a normal cow, and goes mooooo, but If you try to milk it, ….IT EXPLODE!

  79. 08/05/2010 at 10:56 markcocjin says:

    Do you remember them hiring DOTA’s Ice Frog?

    Can you imagine a tower defense game in first person?

    Would you like to play against a backdrop of endless drones streaming towards a maze of defense structures?

    I’m not so sure myself.

    • 08/05/2010 at 11:05 markcocjin says:

      But I’m sure willing to try it out! With the way Valve playtests everything to death, whatever comes out would be a product of intense scrutiny.

      Also, I want there to be robot versions of the nine classes to symbolize bots, mobile sentries that have treads, propellers or legs, and of course, giant robots with the engie operating it from where the head is supposed to be.

  80. 08/05/2010 at 12:16 Tei says:

    A sexy women!!, If you get near it, she will kiss you and ask for a long commitment!

  81. 08/05/2010 at 15:24 YuriK says:

    I wish for it to be something comedic, something that might not necessarily help me play but makes me laugh instead.

    or a tesla dome shield, that will also do :3

    • 08/05/2010 at 16:24 Phydaux says:

      I was thinking along those lines too, maybe like a holographic engie generated by a sentry. If a spy tries to back-stab him they is a brief animation and “uh-oh” from the spy as he stumbles through the hologram. Probably wouldn’t be very effective, but I’d like to see the spy take a little tumble. :P

  82. 08/05/2010 at 17:56 batur says:

    i see a metal arm and a hand in the blueprint

  83. 08/05/2010 at 19:40 Tokamak says:

    I think he’ll be able to replace one of his weapons with his guitar. Maybe the guitar will render all surrounding devices immune to sap but you’re required to keep playing.

  84. 08/05/2010 at 19:43 Minex says:

    I think the minefield idea is not the Valve’style. It would be too frustrating for others which is what they keep in mind, according to walwe that”s the reason why there are no grenades in TF.

    “Build It, They Will come” maybe some engineering boost like superdispenser that can be only placed on CP to encourage teamates to care more about the CPs? Or… Oh no! It sounds like the update will replace the teleporter and whole team will have to walk by foot! :)

    The Mothership thingie would be sweet. And maybe it’s not that far from true, IMO the Engie Update will bring something that would make Engie class more effective on offensive maps somehow. As someone mentioned already too many Engies may be frustrating for Blues sometimes when the players defend instead of attacking, this might bring some ballance… :)

  85. 09/05/2010 at 00:01 Brendan says:

    The welder you see is designed with a pretty distinctive sillouete(sorry I can’t spell) and has a light which would make it easy to identify on the battlefield, all other tf2 weapons have been designed with this in mind sooo…. But maybe I’m crazy.

  86. 09/05/2010 at 03:49 LonelyFoxx09 says:

    Anyone ever notice the PROPANE TANK near the sentry like tubes sticking out on the table?

  87. 09/05/2010 at 14:55 HaZ says:

    TF2 = the best mutliplayer game you will ever play, so yes

  88. 09/05/2010 at 15:06 Chaos says:

    Dude… its not portal…

  89. 09/05/2010 at 16:53 Apocalypse ||LU says:

    Maybe there will be a nail gun which will replace the pistol..? Would be interesting.. ;)

  90. 09/05/2010 at 17:31 Dielie says:

    Please refrain from not using proper Punctation on this blog. If you do not, Heavy weapons guy will kill you: WITH THE SANDVICH.

  91. 09/05/2010 at 18:00 Jake says:

    That told me absolutely nothing. we didn’t even get a quick glimpse!

  92. 09/05/2010 at 20:25 BONK!!!! says:

    it would be cool if the engie could set a camera up (on the wall) and show it in the top of the screen, then when the enemys come, it would turn red and he could say it to the rest of the team.

    eks. (red alert! the blu team is under the bridge, soon they will be at the inteligence we need some heavys down!)

  93. 10/05/2010 at 00:25 c4berpunk says:

    engies should be able to build sentries which take the traits of the classes. a heavy sentry would have slow turning and low range but lots of ammo and hp.

  94. 10/05/2010 at 01:00 pew pew pew-er says:

    when you see that wood plank move by before you see the engie you see a metal skull

  95. 10/05/2010 at 03:41 spiderobert says:

    well clearly there is a hammer. MYSTERY SOLVED! the engineer update will consist of a hammer

  96. 10/05/2010 at 12:20 starclaws says:

    You guys are all wrong… Its gonna be a VICE BENCH TRAP!! Enemy runs over it and it locks on their ankle!!!

  97. 10/05/2010 at 13:16 Grenades with scopse says:

    This is what I noticed:
    -In the very first second you see the dispencer like thing in the backround. Looks similar to a new item valve talked about on the tf2 website that they planned not to use that would repair buildings
    -the robotic arm on the blueprint(obviously)
    -A flamethrower tank
    -There is a cord in the very beginning the could be from the guitar and is plugged into something between two boxes above it.
    -THE HAMMER. as people have been saying, new melee weapon?
    -I can’t quite read the poster in the backround, if anyone can, what does it say?

  98. 10/05/2010 at 13:21 Grenades with scopse says:

    I forgot, at the very end in the bottom right corner sitting in the back of the room, there is a metal helmet like thing with a glowing red dot in the center… any ideas?

  99. 11/05/2010 at 03:15 Keiyos says:

    argh I’m soo happy!

    and I don’t know about you but I think it’d be pretty cool to have a turret on wheels. it wouldn’t be as strong but it’d be so much fun

  100. 11/05/2010 at 16:19 kozmickurt says:

    Would that hammer be the “B.F.H.” that is so often referred to by maintenance people?

  101. 11/05/2010 at 21:29 itsobviusnow says:

    If you pause at the right moment you can see that the blueprint behind the engineer is a robot arm…

  103. 12/05/2010 at 02:34 Marsh says:

    I noticed something similar to a radar dish in the first couple seconds of the video. A spy detector perhaps?

    • 13/05/2010 at 00:11 Grenades with scopes says:

      That radar dash is on top of the repair node, a failed building idea that valve tested but they decided not to use, it is similar to a dispencer in shape. There is a post about it on the tf2 website.

  104. 12/05/2010 at 03:04 SexyT says:

    First Traps are useless but other you unlocked later on if well combined can be very lethal

  105. 12/05/2010 at 15:53 TF2 FAN says:

    i think its a suit if u look at the background u can see the the blue prints shaped like and arm and its not a hammer

  106. 13/05/2010 at 00:04 Grenades with scopes says:

    I noticed a lot of things and have many theories, I’ll try not to go into details about the obvious, so here they be:
    -hammer or welder. new melee wep?

    -In the first seconds you can see the repair node in the backround, which valve said on the tf2 blog they would not put in the game.

    -also in the first second is the guitar from meet the engineer, and above it between two boxes in the hotrod hat.

    -the poster in the background is the winner from the propaganda contest. It says something along the lines “give em the boot, right in the fruit” I can’t quite remember.

    -On the blueprint is the robotic arm, as everbody know, BUT WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW is that to left of the arm on the blueprint is a robotic leg. You can see most of it if you pause the video at exactly the right time. It is also visible in a recreation of the blueprint that someone. check out tf2 wiki to see it.

    -In front of the engie is a flamethrower. I don’t think this is going to be part of a firespitting building or robot (though that would be good for spy detection) but it is a hint that meet the pyro is coming!

    -After the camer stops panning, you can see two helmet like objects in the bottom right corner, each with one glowing red dot in the center. One looks like a rectangle, but on closer inspection it actually isn’t, it is just in front of a box or something.

    -at around 8 secs there is the metal dome object thing right infrom of the camera. another robot helmet?

    -AND THE THE FOR THE GRAND FANALY(I spelled fanaly wrong, didn’t I) is what I think is the one observation that has gone overlooked: right before the camera stop panning, you catch a glimps of a red toolbox, with the number 24 written on it in yellow. last time I checked, the engie’s toolbox did not have that written on it in-game. I think that it could be a clue to the release date. May 24th? in 24 days after the video? though it doesn’t seem like valve to set an exact date for something, but who knows

    Overall: robots, the number 24, and hammer + welder. can’t wait, go Valve!

  107. 13/05/2010 at 00:09 Grenades with scopes says:

    sorry about all the typos in my above post, I was typing fast. You get the gist anyways.

  108. 11/06/2010 at 03:39 Godspeak says:

    :O You’ve never seen TF2 before? I actually feel sorry for you right now.

  109. 09/07/2010 at 13:27 Lol engie says:

    ENgie update =
    New shotgun
    Power glove which deploys mini sentrys
    Radar to guide turret shoot dem spys
    wrench like the tribalmans shiv bleed!
    oh and golden wrench for those 100 who crafted it

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