Anyone have any tips for having fun as engi?

[road work ahead]

I have always wanted to main him (just play him alot) but it seems like I always have a awful time it just feels like i am not doing much as him as i wonder if i am doing something wrong so please try your best to explain why this is the case.

[BubbaTheFedoraWearingNeckBeard]

Battle Engineer with Gunslinger, Frontier Justice and the stock pistol.

For basic engineer I recommend two loadouts

Southern Hospitality with both stock pistol and shotgun OR the Jag with the stock weapons

Or if you want to go all futuristic the Eureka effect, short circuit and the pomson.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

Originally posted by BuffyTheFedoraWearingNeckBeard:

Battle Engi with Gunslinger, Frontier Justice and the stock pistol.

Yep... You get to functionally do more then just baby sit a Sentry all day while your team does everything for you.

[Dye&]

Engineer is not fun donot belive everything everyone else says to you he is not fun

[The deadly Cutsman]

Play another class

[PyroFireGamer]

Originally posted by gary (doo doo brain):

Engineer is not fun donot belive everything everyone else says to you he is not fun

wrong he is fun, I would know Because I'm an Engineer Main.

[Radolf Hortler (Real F2P)]

the goal is to annoy the enemy so do your best to piss them off thats how i have fun with engy

[videomike_Ultimate_Plushie]

I can only help so much because I'm not certain why you aren't feel accomplished with him. Engineers worth is in his ability to support. You can of course try new tactical setups as people have reccomended. It might just be you don't like the class. There's a reason I hate and refuse to play medic.

[Victor]

Get your initial setup and roll-outs figured out on defense. Have your 4 buildings ready as much as possible, by the time the match actually starts.

Every time you die. Every time a point changes, every time a spawn changes, a sentry goes down, when your team or their team takes a certain corner choke, or the cart reaches a certain point, can all in-effect mean a new roll out situation to which you should go through a mental checklist of '**** I need to do in this case' as the team's engineer.

My best advice for fun? Be more aggro, engie has a freakin' 90 meatshot damage shotgun, he's medium-scout that can build a sentry. And if you're good with hitscan as scout that translates well into engineer.

Other advice, a lvl 1 contributing to a fight, is going to be better than a lvl 3 that isn't. If you're good with hitscan, sometimes it's just better to treat your lvl 1 like a bigger mini. A heavy can go down with 1-2 decent meatshots, if your sentry assists to soften him up and distract him, and they even give you a nice box of ammo for you efforts, that it and some pocket change, will just let you build another lvl 1.

Same goes for teleporters and dispensers, a lvl 1 is better than a lvl none. If you got 200 metal and are running by a 100 metal pick-up, and you haven't built all your buildings, dude just plop down a dispenser or tele exit right there and continue on, there's really little reason not to. If you die, you can upgrade it at spawn, and take it to get back faster than if you hadn't put it down. If it dies well who cares, it was essentially free, and if people get annoyed it's only lvl 1, well they tend to upgrade it themselves.

And try the Jag. You die and your sentry goes down, if your tele is still up, you can make a lvl 1 at the spawn door, run back to the supply closet to get back to 200 metal, and carry it through your tele in a matter of seconds, practically fast as a mini will set up. (you can also do this with minis and just carry it through as well. 2 more back ups worth in metal already on you)

[Ren Is Away]

bind r "unbind all; quit"

[callie [she/her]]

Originally posted by PyroFireGamer:

Originally posted by gary (doo doo brain):

Engineer is not fun donot belive everything everyone else says to you he is not fun

wrong he is fun, I would know Because I'm an Engineer Main.

why is your name "pyrofiregamer" if you main engineer

[Saul Goodman]

Originally posted by Snek!:

Originally posted by PyroFireGamer:

wrong he is fun, I would know Because I'm an Engineer Main.

why is your name "pyrofiregamer" if you main engineer

OP is called “direct hit enjoyer” when he mains engi

[mna99]

Try playing Engineer on offense. Most people focus on defensive Engineer, but running Engie on offense can present interesting opportunities to make a huge difference during a push. Dropping a Level 3 Sentry near the point and getting away with it is amazing.

[PyroFireGamer]

Originally posted by Snek!:

Originally posted by PyroFireGamer:

wrong he is fun, I would know Because I'm an Engineer Main.

why is your name "pyrofiregamer" if you main engineer

Just because that's my name, does not mean I don't just main Pyro.
I'm a multi main.
I main Pyro, Soldier, Engineer and demo-man, there are just fun to play.

[PyroFireGamer]

Originally posted by shiib:

why would you want to play engineer

because he wants too.

[PyroFireGamer]

Originally posted by Ren:

bind r "unbind all; quit"

wow your mean.
he just to wants to play engineer and have fun.