Engineer Secondary: Targeting Pistol | Team Fortress 2 Classified | Page 1

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 5:55 AM

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exact numbers are flexible obv, just spitballin

heady knoll Mar 17, 2026, 7:22 AM

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The only time target priority matters is if an uber eats up your sentrys attention but at that point your sentry is just dead as it has less health anyways

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Why do so many people make a weapon with that and act like that is a strong upside

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 8:35 AM

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heady knoll Why do so many people make a weapon with that and act like that is a strong upsi...

my thoughts on making it worthwhile to use would be to make it track and shoot marks from any range, and to have it work on disguised (but not cloaked) spies. Another way it could suck less is if it gains a firerate or damage buff when targeting a marked player, but that might be too good.

heady knoll Mar 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

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Well if you put your sentry in a spot where it can make use of infinite range then it's just gonna get spammed down in an instant

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As you need your pistol out to make the sentry target so you can't heal

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 8:37 AM

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maybe it could remove the targeting time on marked enemies instead?

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like it can instantly shoot as soon as they enter los

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there's something in the idea of "buff sentry by choosing target", but it'll take some workshopping

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don't want it to be too crazy since it also gives you more metal

heady knoll Mar 17, 2026, 8:39 AM

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Yea about that. Why....

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Why does it also give metal capacity

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 8:40 AM

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i thought it'd help encourage a more defensive playstyle while compensating for the hp debuff

heady knoll Mar 17, 2026, 8:40 AM

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Or you remove both???

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So you keep the sentry as a sentry

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Why do you give it a hp nerf just to give it a random upside

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 8:41 AM

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ehhh, i could but then the gun feels kinda empty, like a dollar store wrangler. what would you suggest to make it feel more rounded out?

heady knoll Mar 17, 2026, 8:43 AM

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Give the engie a reason to use the gimmick. Reward him for killing a targeted enemy with his sentry

prisma hill Mar 17, 2026, 8:45 AM

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maybe i should push the tracker thing onto a shotgun designed after the rescue ranger, shooting little tracker pods n stuff, then i could justify some stronger buffs to him and his gun on kill

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actually might be kinda cool

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i could focus this pistol on the metal buffs while giving it some other gimmick, like giving your buildings passive bonuses or smth when you shoot them

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overheal/recharge time maybe?

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