RED TAPE RECORDER is A PAIN IN THE ASS!

This crap is overpowered as fuck! People use this weapon almost all the time.. even if you're a great engi, your buildings are still getting downgraded. The impact of a normal sapper was painful when not handled properly, but fine when it was. With the red tape recorder, I can run into a sentry nest with 3 engis and take out all their levels in 5 seconds, regardless of skill or not.
I understand valve was trying to allow spies to be more diverse in taking down solo sentry nests, but now you can't setup a forward base at all, which SEVERELY limits the team. If a bad spy uses it, you're in trouble. If a good spy uses it, you're fucked.
How would valve go about balancing this? As an engi main, we feel that this is really ridiculous. We're all are open up to ideas and your thoughts if it isn't just comment bashing. Thanks :)

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doggi May 1, 2013 @ 4:32am

As a usual spy, I think that the problem is in engie. Specifically in the Rescue Ranger. I think that the problem can be solved giving to the rescue ranger the power of destroy sappers.

mikays Apr 22, 2013 @ 12:11am

*wins

mikays Apr 22, 2013 @ 12:11am

Good point Spy O Brien. Your sentry gets destroyed, you go back to your base to get metal, go back to the control point and you died. And the other team won.

Grug the Unwise Apr 5, 2013 @ 7:34pm

Since you would know I play spy, even I kind of agree, but what would you rather ?, your sentry being destroyed and then having to run back to base to get more metal or just having your sentry lowered a level