The Assault Engineer's Manifesto

I am an engineer, I build things.

I am not content to only babysit the flag, especially if other players have already covered this responsibility.

I will not accept the lie that my class is not effective in combat, or useless on anything but defense.

I will always lay a teleporter entrance right outside the spawn room.

I will always stick with more powerful combat classes when on the attack.

I will keep an eye open for an opportune teleporter exit that I can lay down at a moment's notice.

I accept that my sentry is expendable, I am content to lay it down and let it build on it's own, leaving it as a level 1 if necessary.

I will not engage in long ranged combat, nor will I attempt to engage enemy sentries, these are for stronger combat classes, if I cannot avoid these situations, I will attempt to hold the line with my deployables until reinforcements arrive and dispose of the obstacle.

I am a close ranged combatant, I accept that my weapons may not always deal as much damage as my opponent.

I do not accept that my weapons are ineffective.

Accepting that I may be outgunned, I am a sneaky, dishonorable sonuvabitch, I will group with more powerful classes so as to not be the biggest target.

I will not engage enemies that are actively shooting at me first unless absolutely necessary, I will wait until a more urgent threat disengages them before closing into the kill.

I will sneak up on my victim while he is otherwise engaged, preferably from behind.

I will attempt to unload my shotgun at my target at as close range as I can manage, preferably point blank.

If I am engaged in a close ranged fight and my shotgun is empty, I will not attempt to reload or resort to my pistol ... my wrench is my secret weapon ... it is the essence of who I am ... and it leaves huge craters in the skulls of my enemies.

I will reload my shotgun whenever I am not otherwise engaged or I am under cover.

My teleporter is my most important deployable, I will always work to keep it up, moving people to the front line.

My dispenser exists for the benefit of my team, not my own deployables ... I will place it in a location that your teammates can see and access it easily.  Like all of my deployables, it is cheap, expendable and replaceable.

If my offensive team is failing, and the defense is distressed, I will abandon my offensive efforts and support the defensive engineers on my team until the time of crisis has passed.

I am an Assault Engineer, I build things, I kill people, I move the line forward ...

This is urgent: YOU'RE GORGEOUS!

This is Not Urgent : I hate my0s

*laughs* Aww, why all the hate?  I would say that this thread isn't exactly the most fitting place to voice that sentiment ... I would ask about it but I think elsewhere would be a good place to carry on any discussion concerning specific players.  I would respectfully request that posts in this thread be relevant to the topic at hand.

ausome post, fully agree

It would be great if we had one of these for each class. I might make one for soldier, but I'm not sure if I am enough of an expert in the field to make it as good as this one is.

I already made one for solly, i agree we need to make manifestos for all the classes, lol

Laughs!  I haven't even started about thinking about the Defensive Engineer's manifesto!  I wrote this because I wanted to highlight a specific playstyle ... one that people normally don't associate with my class ... but hell, knock yourself out.

You have inspired me too give the engineer another shot.  I was frustrated about my turret placement but now I realize that I have to work on it till I find a strategy that works for me!

Hope this would be ok with you, C4Cypher. It's my version of a defensive engineer's manifesto, trying to give it the flavour that you've given to your assault engineer manifesto.

I'm an engineer, I build things.

I am not content with guarding a flag, a CP, or a sentry. I'm content when I convert hostile animate objects to inanimate objects, and I'll do whatever task necessary to make me content.

Enemies who accuse me of an ineffective class just haven't walked around the corner yet.

In defense against an assault, I accept that both my sentry and I can be expendable, as long as I know I'm giving my teammates more time to setup more defenses.

I need not fear ubercharge - I have held the line long enough to take both the heavy and the medic out when they come out of it.

I will unload any weapon at my disposal to anyone coming near my structures, especially those who hold their default weapons.

I will repair any deployable and I will shoot those who come near our defenders - there is no "I" in deployable or defense.

I am an Defensive Engineer, I build things, I kill people, I defend my team so that we can move forward.