Idea Engineer Rework idea

Engineer, as we all know, has almost no place in the meta, and is probably one of the least played classes on casual as well. It is not played by beginners because of its difficulty with using speed pad/regen effectively, and It not played by regulars because of other classes doing what it does even better. Not only this, but it doesnt really fit its name. This possible rework should fix all of these things while creating new, and bringing back old mechanics.

Armor: Iron helmet (prot 1), leather chest plate (prot 1), leather leggings (prot 1), and iron boots (prot 1)

Steak: 5

Weapon: Iron Sword (wooooaaaah it can go on offense)

Buildings: teleporter, landing pad, refill station, and buff station.

How the buildings will work in general: buildings will have a certain amount of HP. Hitting with a sword can take it down, but they can also be shot at. (Not head shotting though) Killing the engineer will despawn all buildings placed by this engineer. I am not sure how much HP to give these, but I'm sure once we make the concept we can test that out.

How the teleports work: the teleporter can only be placed within a 10 block range of your spawn. (Prevents telecapping) If a group of players step on it for 3 seconds those players will be sent to the landing pad. (Yes, you can send an offense push to one location if it is set up) The landing pad can be placed anywhere that is not near a flagroom.

How the refill station will work: Your welcome medics! (All classes can use this, but I think this will help medics the most) you can have your items slowly restored by holding right click on this building. Holding right click on this building will restore one steak per 5 seconds. Once you are full on steak, there is a 15 second cooldown to get more. (I am not sure how to make this work for chemist though. . .)

How the buff station will work: this building will give off an aura that gives nearby teammates a resistance/regeneration 2 buff, only for a brief moment unless constantly in the aura. The buff aura cannot be placed on your team's half of the map, preventing op stalemates. (If it cannot be coded that way, enforce it in MMR by stating buff aura cannot be used during stalemates)

Conclusion: with this change in engineer, it will be a great support class that will be paired up with the medic, keeping each other alive. I think teleporting is a viable thing to have in competitive, and without the turret will not be broken. Engi will need to set up their buildings in one location, and protect it with the rest of the offense. It will bring some new strategies, and a new meta. I am open to any suggestions/feedback, let me know what you think!

 

Thanks man! I think having res 1 and regen 3 would be too OP, but I could be wrong, thanks for the feedback!