Engineer for free?

(Trestos) #1

Dear Community,

I have been thinking for some time, how to do something to improve the two-week rotation of Mercs something, so more chance enters into the game which you can play Merc. In the end I came to the conclusion that we need a third free character, to say exactly. We need a free Engineer.

  • Why an engineer?
    I find it strange every 6 weeks to see the same engineer, whereas the two free slots deliver more through choice.

  • What give Engineer for free?
    For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game.

  • What is the sense at all to make a third character for free?
    It would reduce the urge to buy something, and since normally the Engineer changes every two weeks, you have to re-import back to the skills.

  • Why not a Assault class for free?
    Because healer, ammunition support and repair main components of the game are. The three classes are not inferior in killing as a Scout or Assault.

I’ve used the Google translator.

Best regards

(Jostabeere) #2

I always wanted to have this: Removing Engies from the “safe free rotation” and force every new player into buying n Engie as their first merc. Make Money rewards so they have 50K Credits at level 10 for sure.

(Trestos) #3

How about a “How to buy a merc and get a nice loadout”-Tutorial, where you get to level 2, gets 70000 credits, needs to buy an engineer and a nice loadout in bronze and needs to equip it :slight_smile:

(Jostabeere) #4

How about a “How to buy a merc and get a nice loadout”-Tutorial, where you get to level 2, gets 70000 credits, needs to buy an engineer and a nice loadout in bronze and needs to equip it :)[/quote]

Level 2 is quite early tbh. 5 or 6-7ish would be better, marketing-wise.

(SereneFlight) #5

[quote=“understandingKaleidoscope;22136”]- What give Engineer for free?
For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game[/quote]
    Meanwhile I’ve been thinking pretty much ever since the dawn of time that free Engi would be nice, I can’t really agree with Turtle being free.
    I think the free engi should be Proxy or Bushwhacker.
(tominatorx) #6

[quote=“SereneFlight;131229”][quote=“understandingKaleidoscope;22136”]- What give Engineer for free?
For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game[/quote]
    Meanwhile I’ve been thinking pretty much ever since the dawn of time that free Engi would be nice, I can’t really agree with Turtle being free.
    I think the free engi should be Proxy or Bushwhacker.[/quote]

Probably Bushwacker then because Proxy is a bit harder to start with. I would assume newer players would find it hard to survive with a merc that has low HP. Also mine spamming would be a thing I think.

Bushwacker is a nice engineer to start with imo. It was the first engineer I bought and it’s a good one to start with. Proxy is a merc that has to jump around + sidestrafing to stay alive so I think new players would have troubles with that. Bushwacker is a more basic merc: decent amount of health, turret that you can easily place, basic SMG. He would be a bit easier to learn imo.

(Jostabeere) #7

[quote=“tominatorx;131255”][quote=“SereneFlight;131229”][quote=“understandingKaleidoscope;22136”]- What give Engineer for free?
For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game[/quote]
    Meanwhile I’ve been thinking pretty much ever since the dawn of time that free Engi would be nice, I can’t really agree with Turtle being free.
    I think the free engi should be Proxy or Bushwhacker.[/quote]

Probably Bushwacker then because Proxy is a bit harder to start with. I would assume newer players would find it hard to survive with a merc that has low HP. Also mine spamming would be a thing I think.

Bushwacker is a nice engineer to start with imo. It was the first engineer I bought and it’s a good one to start with. Proxy is a merc that has to jump around + sidestrafing to stay alive so I think new players would have troubles with that. Bushwacker is a more basic merc: decent amount of health, turret that you can easily place, basic SMG. He would be a bit easier to learn imo. [/quote]

Turret spam is as bad as mines.

(tominatorx) #8

[quote=“Jostabeere;131259”][quote=“tominatorx;131255”][quote=“SereneFlight;131229”][quote=“understandingKaleidoscope;22136”]- What give Engineer for free?
For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game[/quote]
    Meanwhile I’ve been thinking pretty much ever since the dawn of time that free Engi would be nice, I can’t really agree with Turtle being free.
    I think the free engi should be Proxy or Bushwhacker.[/quote]

Probably Bushwacker then because Proxy is a bit harder to start with. I would assume newer players would find it hard to survive with a merc that has low HP. Also mine spamming would be a thing I think.

Bushwacker is a nice engineer to start with imo. It was the first engineer I bought and it’s a good one to start with. Proxy is a merc that has to jump around + sidestrafing to stay alive so I think new players would have troubles with that. Bushwacker is a more basic merc: decent amount of health, turret that you can easily place, basic SMG. He would be a bit easier to learn imo. [/quote]

Turret spam is as bad as mines.[/quote]

mines = insta death a lot of the time

You can still back off if it’s a turret (at least in my experience)

I use both engineers and I can safely say I got waaay less kills with turrets than with mines. :slight_smile:

(Jostabeere) #9

[quote=“tominatorx;131260”][quote=“Jostabeere;131259”][quote=“tominatorx;131255”][quote=“SereneFlight;131229”][quote=“understandingKaleidoscope;22136”]- What give Engineer for free?
For those who is not yet appear in the game would be a good idea: Turtle.

  • Why him?
    Nobody has spent to buy him money because he has not yet been added to the game[/quote]
    Meanwhile I’ve been thinking pretty much ever since the dawn of time that free Engi would be nice, I can’t really agree with Turtle being free.
    I think the free engi should be Proxy or Bushwhacker.[/quote]

Probably Bushwacker then because Proxy is a bit harder to start with. I would assume newer players would find it hard to survive with a merc that has low HP. Also mine spamming would be a thing I think.

Bushwacker is a nice engineer to start with imo. It was the first engineer I bought and it’s a good one to start with. Proxy is a merc that has to jump around + sidestrafing to stay alive so I think new players would have troubles with that. Bushwacker is a more basic merc: decent amount of health, turret that you can easily place, basic SMG. He would be a bit easier to learn imo. [/quote]

Turret spam is as bad as mines.[/quote]

mines = insta death a lot of the time

You can still back off if it’s a turret (at least in my experience)

I use both engineers and I can safely say I got waaay less kills with turrets than with mines. :slight_smile: [/quote]

Yeah you’re right. Mines are the true hell.

(MilkyBear) #10

If Turtle got a deploy-able shield as his only skill, then he would be fine to be free for everyone. If not, then nope.

But sadly, look at the reality, there will be no free merc anytime soon lol.

(Jostabeere) #11

[quote=“sympatheticMotorcycle;131268”]If Turtle got a deploy-able shield as his only skill, then he would be fine to be free for everyone. If not, then nope.

But sadly, look at the reality, there will be no free merc anytime soon lol.[/quote]

A shield that explodes.

(ThiagoJaqueta) #12

[quote=“Jostabeere;131298”][quote=“sympatheticMotorcycle;131268”]If Turtle got a deploy-able shield as his only skill, then he would be fine to be free for everyone. If not, then nope.

But sadly, look at the reality, there will be no free merc anytime soon lol.[/quote]

A shield that explodes.[/quote]

And make cupcakes

jk, I would like to see a engineer for free, so the Free Rotation would have more variety, Fletcher been on rotation (before this one) AFTER the rotation that Arty was on for example.

(DMaster2) #13

Proxy would be the obvious choice. I’m fine as long people that bought her get their 30k credits back.

(Feley) #14

I can agree with this, but I would rather like so that instead of Aura and Skyhammer being free, people on lvl 2 choose their first medic for free, on lvl 4 their first air support and on lvl 6 their first Obj. Spec or something like that…

I know people could make new accounts to get 3 free mercs… But what would be the point if they wouldn’t have other mercs to play…

(Pacmikey) #15

If SD were to do that, it would probably be an obsidian Proxy.