Report: Learning to Engineer

I only have any real experience with 4 of the 9 classes in TF2. This past weekend I decided to change that and try a couple of classes that I don't normally play. I figured that I would try Spy and Sniper. It didn't work out too well.

I figured I would start with Spy, as the Sniper playstyle holds less appeal for me, and joined a server. There were 2 other Spies already, but it's 2Fort and I didn't think anyone would mind. No one did, until we gave up 2 quick caps due to lack of defense. Some guy asked if one of the Spies would go Engie. He was polite about it, so I switched since I thought I was probably the worst Spy of the three of us. And so, I spent a few hours playing as the Engie.

Things I learned:

• Teammates are sometimes ungrateful. There's always a guy who never seem to like where you build anything. You want it somewhere else? You go Engie.
• As much as I hated Spies before, I hate them even more now. It did give me some insight in how to play as a Spy though.
• Engineer is boring. I always suspected as much, but if the rest of your team is good, there's not a lot to do as a defensive Engie. Wait for a spy, break his sapper, hunt him down, wait for him to re-spawn and make his way back, repeat.
• Demomen suck.

On the upside, I have more points in a single life as an Engineer than any other class. And the longest life (22:22). I probably could have stayed alive for longer, but I'd get bored and wander into firefights with my shotgun looking for a reasonable place for a teleporter exit.

Overall, it was sort of fun. I'd do it again, but I'd prefer to do it on a less organized team so that I have more to do.