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Introduction to Spawngineering, a MVM guide

By DrVincentWolf

This guide gives a brief introduction (although the scope of this strategy can probably be discussed forever) to the latest tactic in MVM, the Spawngineer!

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Category: Characters, Classes, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Maps Or Levels, Weapons

Class: Engineer

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7 Oct, 2013 @ 4:09pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

The prons of spawngineering

The cons of Spawngineering

But what IS Spawngineering!?

Spawngineering loadouts

What to upgrade

Can my friend be a Spawngineer too?

But what about spies?

What´s next?

Conclusion

Comments

Introduction

What is build-at-spawngineering (or simply spawngineering for short), you may ask? Worry not my friend, for this guide will detail the secrets of this most astounding tactic and how it can benefit YOU and make YOU a pro spawngineer and be the awe of everybody playing mann vs machine ever!

If you see this you are doing it wrong!

The prons of spawngineering

-Buildings will never be destroyed, no need to use upgrade building canteens ever
-Safety, you will never lose a life
-A perfect view of the battlefield and your buildings, allowing you to keep track of everything and know when to make your retreat
-It´s boring waiting for the robots while other people fight, right? With spawngineering you can play with your teleporter and reach new records for people teleported in MVM (upgrade so teleporter goes both ways)
-See your dispenser will up with metal. Cool!
-With spawngineering, you will be far away from the terrible people making demands of you to put your buildings in danger and/or close to robots

The cons of Spawngineering

-You will never kill anything ever (no matter, it’s not like you could kill anyone as engineer in regular play anyway)

But what IS Spawngineering!?

Spawngineering is, quite simply, the act of building everything at spawn, behind the fences so they are safe and protected from the robots, even snipers. When the robots arrive with the bomb, fire a few token shots at them and run into your spawn for protection. No kills, no death, no problem! And since you do not kill anything, there will be no sentry busters either, bonus! Enjoying playing wave one over and over again, my little Spawngineer.

The best map to do this Bigrock, since it is so big and it will take a long time for the robots to arrive at your spawn. The area around your spawn is also a lot bigger, giving you more options as the rest of the team somehow fails the wave again and again.

Some good Spawngineering spots

Spawngineering loadouts

Frontier justice-When you fire this you may somehow crit for some reason. Very strange but you may even get a few kills!
Short circuit- Your stuff must be protected at all costs! With this you can stay a little longer before retreating into the spawn. If people complain tell them it has been buffed.
(alternative secondary) Pistol- Upgrade it fully. OMG IT ZHOOTS SO FAST SO FUNNEH 8D
Southern hospitality- Instead of retreating into spawn, you may hit the level 3 bomb-robot with this. However, this may ruin you kill/death ratio of 0/0.

Cosmetics objects are optional, but please refrain fror going gibusvision. For some reason a lot of Spawngineerigs choose this loadout, making the spawngineering tactic look noobish when it is infact very strategic.

What to upgrade

You will never have more money than 1200-1500 if you play on bigrock

Here is what I usually buy, but feel free to experiment:
800-Max metal capacity
500-Disposable mini-sentry
200-Primary or secondary fire speed

Can my friend be a Spawngineer too?

Sure! Multiple classes in MVM usually isn´t a very good idea, but as you can see spawngineering is so safe it cannot fail. If someone suggests playing with three of four engineers, that is a perfect opportunity to share the wonders of spawngineering with them.

But what about spies?

Spies will still come and ruin your fun, but since you are alone all the spies will decloak a bit from you and run straight ahead. Upgrade your gun fully and you should be able to kill them all. Consider buying an uber-canteen to help you survive.

What´s next?

In my next guide I will discuss a more offensive variant of the Spawngineers, the build-multiple-sentries-in-the-house-just-outside-the-mine-and-get-torn-apart-by-critsgineer.

Conclusion

I hope that I have with this guide opened your eyes to a new way in which you can play Engineer and still get a kill/death ratio which is not in the negative zone. Now go out there and share the good word!