Comments on: Valve Steal Third And Fourth James Weapon Ideas

By: Jason L

Jason L — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:42:30 +0000

Something I hadn’t thought of at the time – the Laser/Wrangler, assuming any degree of relevance, invalidates the Spray Paint doesn’t it.

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:03:09 +0000

Abraham Lincoln died in a stair testing accident, remember? He might have some significance on the ever thickening plot of the Team Fortress universe, but he is not the Pyro.

A rampaging robot, perhaps. If giant, new game mode?

God, I’ve had my fair share of Lincoln and giant rampaging robots from Fallout 3.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:46:48 +0000

Yeah, the more you read into it, the more you realise a crazy amount of this update’s stuff relates to honest Abe. If the third unlock is a buildable robot Abraham Lincoln, I will be in love.

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:15:09 +0000

Admit it. You love that image. It is a wonderful image.

And after reading all the stuff up at the PCG live blog, I am mainly left impressed at all the crazy Lincoln speculation. To which I add my own theory: the pyro will be unmasked, and it’s Abraham Lincoln.

By: Plumberduck

Plumberduck — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:20:07 +0000

@DoctorDisaster

That’s a good point, but I was actually talking about the range the engie has to be at from his gun to use the Wrangler. I have this image in my head of crouching, hidden engineers directing their guns from as far away as possible, giggling quietly into their wrenches.

By: DoctorDisaster

DoctorDisaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:07:26 +0000

I also immediately thought, “laser pointer!”

@Ryebread: I hadn’t thought of that last consequence — greater engi cooperation — but I love it. Nothing is more pathetic than three engis trying to turtle three level 1 sentries on their last point. My favorite unlocks to this point have been the ones that enable more quirky moments of improvised cooperation: a heavy tossing his beleaguered medic a sammie; a sniper jarring the enemy team right as they run into your sticky field; running around a corner right into a grinning heavy, only to have his expression turn to shock and dismay as your buddy’s baseball cracks off his skull. I’ll be only too happy to add the “I’ll wrench it!” power slide to the list.

@Plumberduck: I think the biggest advantage to this unlock is that it negates the range concern. A level three’s missiles, properly directed, can absolutely nuke anyone cocky enough to try to range or edge the gun.

By: Plumberduck

Plumberduck — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:26:37 +0000

I’m curious as to what the range for using this thing will be. Right next to the sentry? A few feet away? Line of sight? Might make finding the engie in question the most important part of taking it down.

And yeah, as soon as I saw this, I laughed at another of Tom’s weapon ideas slipping into the game.

By: Ryebread

Ryebread — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:29:00 +0000

Seems like the Wrangler would make the engie even more deliciously vulnerable to spies since A: engie *must* be facing the obvious enemies and can’t spin around spy-checking too much, and B: if the spy backstabs the engie, the sentry would also be vulnerable for three seconds because of that wrangler disadvantage?

Although this ought to encourage engies to cooperate. One would wrangle while the other repairs and upgrades with his wrench.

By: VelvetFistIronGlove

VelvetFistIronGlove — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:59:28 +0000

I’m interested to see how the Wrangler will work in-game: does it point where your crosshair goes? How vulnerable is the engineer while using the wrangler, given that if you switch to your shotgun the sentry shuts down for three seconds?

At the moment it’s often necessary to target the engi first if he’s turtling his sentry, but I suspect he’ll end up the weak point for attacking wrangled sentries.

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:33:37 +0000

Don’t Valve generally hire people who’s ideas they steal?

I’m still hoping for an 1850 version of TF2 as they showed in that picture, I know we have Lead & Gold, but it’s not the same.

By: Jaz

Jaz — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30:46 +0000

Nonomu198: If you spot any mistakes, give me a shout in the comments and I’ll happily fix it.

By: Nonomu198

Nonomu198 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:09:23 +0000

You shouldn’t worry about the wrangler, no fixing means a quick and painful death to the sentry.
It IS a great worry for me and my fellow arena players. Engineers would be able to just build a level 1 sentry and own everyone quickly.

And honestly, I rather checking the forums to find the bits of information around the trash they have in there.
The PC Gamer page has some mistakes and a lot missing information.

Did you guys notice the Engie’s grandpa looks a lot more Australian in the new hidden link picture? He’s even drinking beer.

Compare:
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan/
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrangdigan/

Affected by the Australlium?

By: Ezzer

Ezzer — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:50:05 +0000

The first thing I thought when I saw it was “Wasn’t that Tom Francis’ Idea?”

By: Crowbar

Crowbar — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:22:54 +0000

I’d be interested in hearing what you think about the new shotgun. When I read into the details, it sounded a little over-powered to my poor, nerfed, pyro heart.

By: 1stGear

1stGear — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:52:32 +0000

You should send an email to Gaben asking for royalties or a job.