1) What is a Shotgun Engineer and what do they do?
- Shotgun Engineers are obviously Engineers that have picked the Shotgun as their bonus weapon. Their playstyle consists of stripping enemy defenses and disabling them, then moving in for the kill with a shotgun blast or two.
2) Why play as a Shotgun Engineer?
-It is an unconventional way to play a class with little durability, and provides a unique style of close quarters combat. Instead of completely bypassing enemies to get to their target like the Vanguard and Infiltrator do, the Shotgun Engineer must strip defenses, distract and disable enemies while closing in to make the kill. It is one of the most strategically demanding playstyles in the game, and when mastered, can be rather rewarding. Also, the Shotgun gives Engineers a very strong offensive punch when combined with their disabling and damage abilities, and also makes them very aggressive in their strategy.
3) Powers
Note: All tech powers have additional damage against shields. (1.5x)
Incinerate(Damage, Crowd Control, Effect) - The engineer's main attack versus armor and organics. Incinerate applies a front-loaded damage over time to its target for 3 seconds. If target's protections are down or broken through with this power, and is an organic, this power will also make them panic and provide crowd control over the duration of its effect. For this reason, it should be used against all organics, regardless of protection, as Incinerate strips armor, all tech powers get a bonus vs. shields(1.5x), and also the power does decent damage against barriers. Also a very useful finisher against organics as well for the above reasons. Heavy increases damage done, while Incineration Blast increases radius.
Combat Drone(Crowd Control, Damage) - Integral to any engineer's strategy, this will distract enemies from focus firing on you while you unleash a barrage of death up close. Works at nearly any range, this will hold enemies still enough to pair with your own shotgun stun or line up the perfect shot. Damages shields. Attack Drone softens enemies up by expanding its capability for damage, and Explosive Drone stuns and damages enemies upon death.
Cryo Blast(Crowd Control, Effect) - In theory, this would be a very effective crowd control ability to help the Engineer line up shots, but Incinerate usually does the job better against organics. The only time I found myself using this power was against synthetics or I didn't feel like using a certain bonus power to lock down enemies while I advanced. Useful if you don't have Flashbang, but if you do, then look somewhere else.
AI Hacking(Crowd Control, Effect) -
Video:
Done at the 1st part of the End Run, with Collector Platforms. The Engineer hasn't lost its CQC capability yet.
Shotgun Engineer + Squad
EDIT: This may be more visible.
Shotgun Engineer + Squad AVI
New video, shaking off the rust to possibly make more.
Shotgun Engineer - Retaking the Alarei
This is my first video, and I'd appreciate any tips I can get, especially in recording them, since ripping it from Camcorder DVD seems to reduce video quality. I'm not sure if it's because I'm not ripping them in the right format(using MP4 & 640x480) or is it because of the camcorder. Also, I'm wondering if I should make more Shotgun Engi videos. Until then...
Enjoy.
Modifié par Arhka, 03 février 2011 - 07:45 .
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