Engineer Update is up

Believe it's for folks who have crafted tons of items, not just the wrench.
 
Ah the list went up by one person in the space of the time between my posts. I would think it was something going on right now if that happened.

edit: Ooooh the new shotgun is up and it's extremely similar to something I suggested here about giving crits if the engineers stuff gets destroyed.
 
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And the thought is they place 25 awards for crafting per update day and I just crafted most of my spare stuff just after the 25 person... if I hesitate I miss my chance and if rush in I screw up...
 
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You might be pleased to see this then, it comes straight off the blog:

**Also note, wrenches can be found up until the 100th wrench has gone out. There is no per-day limit on the number of wrenches found, and distribution has been designed to be fair to all timezones. Every 25th wrench found will result in the release of more information on the Engineer Update.
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The way I read it yeah as long as there are wrenches left you have a chance. I think the drop rate must have been majorly hiked for the first 25 or else they already had it going before they made the announcement to get up to 25 so quickly. Meaning the next 75 will probably have a lower chance of dropping to spread it out over days.

I also wonder what this means...

*Note that we've disabled the Smelt Reclaimed Metal & Smelt Refined Metal recipes. They'll work again once the Engineer Update goes live.
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Uhh when I smelted my stuff I made reclaimed metal and refined metal without a problem. In fact I made a new hat.
 
w00t for Engineer update this Thursday (though the thread topic led me to believe the update was already live)!

Now if I can only figure out how to score one of these golden wrenches...
 
Icthus said:
It means it doesn't count towards getting a Golden Wrench.

They disabled those live.

That is probably why the first 25 went so fast.
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I looked it up now I didn't know Valve had added the ability to uncraft metal a month ago.
 
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They have reached 50 wrenches so the next weapon has been announced. There are also some pictures of a new payload map.
 
Page has just been updated for day 3. There appears to be a community wrench weapon and the map has been named "Hightower" it also appears to be a plr map. Site is still sluggish probably from being overloaded so I can't get all the links to work.
 
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Hidden links on the update page have been added...

http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/evolutionaryman/


...And doth the below link's picture elude to the Engineer being able to move a level 2 SG? One of the achievements seems to show the Engineer with a toolbox on his shoulder the same way too.
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/engineer_photos

Quite frankly given the scope of Valves previous updates I don't expect huge changes on what an Engineer will build. They had a blog post which referred to an alternate dispenser which didn't work out but things like that would not take as much effort to make as say a robot dog (code wise). Also consider updates like the spy/sniper which did not even update all their weapons.

Also looking at the achievement listing people have mentioned it has a guitar. Some think it might be a weapon but given there are only 2 pictures and one appears to be on a snapshot I'm thinking it will be a taunt. If it were a weapon it couldn't be melee as what would the engineer repair his stuff with it'd have to be a secondary weapon (it's be stupid to hit your stuff with a guitar). The site does say he is getting more than one melee weapon though.
 
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did you notice that engineer-gramps has texas shaped chest hair:
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/handyman/

and here are some of the hidden links you might of missed.
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrangdigan/
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan/
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/v00.php
(TF-classic looking team near mid/bottom above map)

Just three wrenches left till the next page is out in the engie update, keep your eyes peeled for it and any more secretes.
 
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did you notice that engineer-gramps has texas shaped chest hair:
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/handyman/

and here are some of the hidden links you might of missed.
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrangdigan/
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan/
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/v00.php
(TF-classic looking team near mid/bottom above map)

Just three wrenches left till the next page is out in the engie update, keep your eyes peeled for it and any more secrets.
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Snaztastic! I think they are actively changing the hidden links probably every 25 wrench update or something. I do know that handyman link wasn't there when they very first added the others as I checked the code and images of the webpage. That handyman hidden link looks like it fuels the Engineer armored suit rumors.

One wrench to go!
 
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I can see the last wrench being found now. Little impoverished Charlie lives spends his dollar on a copy of TF2 and finds a golden wrench in the wrapper. Yes but that's just the beginning of his adventure as Charlie takes a tour of Valve's magical game factory... and of course everyone would sing :p.
 
<sings>anticipation</sings> Ooooh ooooh I can cut the tension in the room with a butter knife! Mmmmm buttery smooth tension tastes so good!
 
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