Ive Somehow made an engie shotgun unlock.....

[Jimmy]

I need help balancing it, any ideas?
Its meant to help the offensive engie finish off opponents and boost his team mates to provide cover for his lvl 1 sentry.

feedback is needed!!!!!!11!!!!one!!1

 

[Owlruler]

don't make it halve the damage done, No-one would use it outherwise.

 

[Jimmy]

My second engie unlock, the portable sentry. does double the pistols damage, and has a 20% slower firing speed.

 

[The Political Gamer]

I smell a troll.

 

[Okrag]

I smell a troll.

Nope, someone made a tutorial on how to do this [ame="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=978749"]here[/ame].

 

[lana]

Make it 75% damage done with no crits.

 

[Fearlezz]

Nope, someone made a tutorial on how to do this here.

This doesnt say how to give non unlockable weapons attributes tho.

 

[Randdalf]

What purpose does your new shotgun serve though?

 

[Okrag]

This doesnt say how to give non unlockable weapons attributes tho.

But that is an unlockable weapon, it just uses the shotgun graphics.

 

[Jimmy]

What purpose does your new shotgun serve though?

for the offensive engie, to save him building dispensers everywhere and to encourage finishing of your lvl 1 sentries targets. pretty much to encourage offenive engineering.

and Political Gamer, this isnt a troll, sorry to dissapoint you

 

[MrAlBobo]

...im unclear how this helps offensive engies <_<

looks like it gives you less of an ability to kill people

 

[Tapp]

At the moment the combat engy is essentially a slow scout that can't double jump. The last thing we need is a buff of any kind for the shotgun. your idea could work, though I think it could have a different positive effect. And portable sentries, while most believe is a great idea, could never work. What people would want is one that builds faster, and the P.D.Q. does that fine.

 

[grazr]

...im unclear how this helps offensive engies <_<

looks like it gives you less of an ability to kill people

Looks like he's trying to make the engineer more useful. A'la jarate/Natascha style.

I was gonna suggest a double barrel shotgun, but then it'd just be considered a version of FaN.

A gun that leaches ammo off enemies to increase your carried metal counter like a version of the medigun would be cool. But i guess not much use if you're only using a lvl1 sentry.

 

[MrAlBobo]

Looks like he's trying to make the engineer more useful. A'la jarate/Natascha style.

I was gonna suggest a double barrel shotgun, but then it'd just be considered a version of FaN.

A gun that leaches ammo off enemies to increase your carried metal counter like a version of the medigun would be cool. But i guess not much use if you're only using a lvl1 sentry.

ah...the team based useful instead of individually effective thing <_<

 

[Tapp]

I like the ammo-leaching idea, any way that the engineer can generate metal in combat will help out an offensive engineer.