I want to see moar Pyro.Jr :D

We want more Pyro Junior!

Wait...so Pyro has a kid? And who's the mother? Sniper? DID SHE BEAR A CHILD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLEFIELD? WHAT IS THIS, METAL GEAR?

2fort is kindergarten (how to turtle)

dustbowl is middle school (spamorama)

badlands is high school (fair fight)

MARIO_KART is your mom's basement (4chaaaaaan!)

I still can't think of a college-type map....

[url=#user_comment_36045]@Lobster[/url] But the engineer is much easier to play, not to mention that he got a a primary weapon that gets very easy crits whereas the spy got a new weapon that is difficult to get crits with. So, engie is easier but spy has an advantage. U mad?

I DEMAND ARC

@ Misoski i think that the old pyro is talkin vout dustbowl

[url=#user_comment_36045]@Lobster[/url] The wrangler work surprisingly well for spy checks, just spray some machine gun fire around the area, most spy's will scamper off to avoid getting shot.

Of course the spy ruins the engineer's fun. The spy ALWAYS ruins the engineer's fun, since he can just sit there, cloaked for INFINITY time, waiting for the engineer to do ANYTHING that is not "look for spies directly around sentry."

Sniper got anti-spy, but engie? Ohhh no.

Just in response to the artist's comment about how a single sentry holds back teams: It used to be like that for the old sentries, and people figured out how to get past them, it will be the same with wrangled sentries.

wait... the pyro cant talk!!

@codename: slenderman

One of them hilarious intermanet jokes, the type that you have to laugh at because you see it over, and over, and over, and over!

please answer this question: who the f--- is zack/frank and why should i care?

Medic-tan?

'I don't want to go too school, it's full of noobs'
story of my life

How cute, Pyro gave mini-pyro the hat he won when his wife never came home.

even tiny pyro has more hats then me

[url=#user_comment_36027]@Foxeh[/url]: That's some terrible spelling you have there. Also, protip: kill the engie first. Problem solved.

sheild needs nerf
if somone's tanking it, nothing but a damn good spy, 2 heavys at poiny blank, or 7 stikies can kill it

I like this one. my fave

The beanie is sooooo appropriate.

until a spy ruin his fun

i agree that they should be rewarded for being able to aim, but the double fire rate might be JUST a tad too much, perhaps a small amount less or something, cause 2x speed is a LOT (althogh it does mean you runn out of amo realy fast.. i think, i dont have the wrangler)

[url=#user_comment_36008]@Batabii[/url] Which is where the teamwork bit can come in. Having a buddy tank your sentry, while your wrangle it is a rather effective tactic. I've tried it with a couple of friends, it's actually rather fun, and rewarding.

Seriously, you should keep going with this. Ish sooooo cute.

Hey, if an Engie's got good enough aim to be able to accurately juggle targets and prevent an entire enemy team from moving forward, more power to him. You can't nerf a player's good aim.

I cant believe that the majority opinion here is that the wrangler is balanced! Dont get me wrong though, I think that too, but it felt like a minority opinion.

[url=#user_comment_35971]@Dave[/url]: No, I just made up something random that had no relation to the comic /sarcasm

@Combat Engineer: The problem is the same as unwrangled sentries. Sure, you can head for safety, but then nobody can repair it. So most engineers aren't willing to risk their sentry for long to save their own life. Plus the laser is highly obvious.

wait this can't be heavy's medic? she already a grad...
unless tf2 doesn't count HOMESCHOOLING.

I would hope for as much win in this arc as the last one with the heavy teaching the children.
Thanks for the great art, and greater stories.

PLEEZ CONTINUE THIS ARC

Something tells me that little pyro is gonna fall in love with little medic. . . And then that lady (the administrator/secret evil world overlordess) who's always yelling at us will break them up via intense violence. . .

And then Pyro was a sakuya.

Honestly, if they nerf the wrangler, someone gunna die. Or not, if I cant shoot them anymore.

Didn't the pyro dad say the back burner is good? And that pyro's could cloak at one point? I hope they make an arc outta that. On the wrangler side, I really think it is balanced. The Wrangler makes up for the pistol's range and cornerer countering with the sentry it self?

It leaves the sentry MUCH more vulnerable to spies; but the advantage is that its much more versatile. I used a wrangled sentry to give me cover on the last point of granery whilst I capped the point.

Tbh the wrangler isn't that bad if you just learn to kill the engy first. The vast majority of people playing with the wrangler are just terrible, they sit right behind or on top of their sentry and use the wrangler to aim.

Now me...I'm practicing how to use it for long-range fire support.

I treat Wrangler Engies the same way I treat normal Engies or Heavy-Medics. Take out the support (Wranglin' Engy), then destroy the killer (Wrangled Sentry, now in reboot) before he knows what happened.
Also, +1 for making this an arc.

[url=#user_comment_35958]@NoTorso[/url]: More like one of those regular schools that try to adapt the special needs people to a one-size-fits all thing. Next class is CP_Well. A bit more advanced, but not overly so, IIRC.

Wait...What if Pyro and Sniper broke up and then Pyro got together with...Engie-Tan? I dunno anymore, but I think Engie-Tan (Orange Hair, from the earliest strips) may show up in this arc.

Sooooooooooo...
Anybody remember that the Snoipah cheated on Pyro? Lets get back into that discussion. That was fun.

I look forward to watching itty, bitty babies fighting.

[url=#user_comment_35972]@Brokkoly[/url] to bad they patched them out :( a guy on my team was gonna tell me how to get one through other measn last night but i got sniped then auto balanced ='(

I seriously hope that Valve does their usual thing, and buff the Frontier Justice and Wrangler, and nerf the Gunslinger.

Oh yes. This is gonna be epic.

I can see the heavy teaching a class of "BABIES". But I can see the Engie or Medic teaching the class more because they are a little more (ahem) knowledgeable.

YAY!!!! I love the baby pyro, almost as much as baby level 3 sentries

[url=#user_comment_35963]@Batabii[/url]: Dude, did you even read the comments?

is the teacher going to be a heavy?? XDDDDD entire class is baby!

I just spam Direct Hit on Wrangler Engineers.

Anyone else see our old HWguy as the teacher of this school? I'm also expecting more light on sniper+pyro.

Yay, borderlands =D

>Implying, that this Arc needs a diaper changing station

@Heavy Weapons Guy: Entire team belongs to baby?

ITT: People bitching because they suck at 2fort.

So, new story arc I hope? The 2fort kindergarden makes sense, because thats where most new players seem to start out. I wouldn't doubt if Jo makes it 32-man insta-spawn, too

WHO SENT THESE KINDERGADENS TO LEARN FROM 2FORT?!

This is sort of canon, considering the current Engineer seems to be the son and grandson of past Engineers.

The kids are learning to play TF2 on 2Fort? Wow, this is the TF2 equivalent of an under-funded, inner-city, public school where you just can't get a decent education.

I've had great fun ruining the day of Wrangler engies as Sniper; SUDDENLY, ARROW IN YOUR FACE! :D

I also managed to cap a final point as scout because the engie was too slow at turning around and aiming for me. Wrangler can be dealt around. Just don't fight it head-on.

This sure looks like it could be a cool new arc.

Changing paths + Multiple CP = Steel?

Is this a new arc or what? The last line of the Pyrokid sounds like a next comic will have some relation to this. And I bet Pyrokid is gonna find his special someone there too, and he be like "I DUN WANNA GO BACK :< *sadfaec*"
If that ain't the case then I guess this is cliffhanger like Demo+Snip

Apparently I've been playing on the wrong servers. Engies where I play try desperately to use wrangler, but snipers and spies are always taking them out.

I love the wrangler.
Why? Because every time you see one, it's like a boss battle! You and your team must work together to destroy him! And when he does down, there's usually a massive drop in his teammate's morale!
We're crowded with them for now, of course. Soon enough, they will scatter.

A good joke with the wrangler... the noobs whose don't reload their sentries XD. See so oftent, and so often they B.A.D (burn and die)

Suppose that Valve was counting on the player for the nerf, not the gameplay

I really am interested to see if this is Sniper and Pyro's kid... This oughta be good...

The Wrangler doesn't even have its own taunt. Grounds for nerfing are unsound.

@Lord of the Dance: well he did just get nerfed... so i guess the jury pitied him...

And then, the entire class is bullied by the kid engie

[url=#user_comment_35917]@Peddie[/url]: It seems that the wanted/expected nerf is to keep the sentry from locking on to the target when the wrangler is in use - as it is now, it allows for a margin of error, and snaps to the target if you're close. Try shooting someone long range with it; you'll see the laser dot jump.

Hey Jo, if you're looking for some good mindless action, check out Wet- it's like playing in an action movie.

I "Wan" to go with you?

Not so sure about the Sniper argument, if the engineer has a sharp eye he could simply spray bullets in the Sniper's direction, forcing him to retreat if he doesn't wish to die.

If anything the Wrangler needs a regular sentry's turning speed, now engies can kill stickies with their sentries.

A sad fate awaits. :(

ENTIRE TEAM IS BABY'S!

Smell that children? That smell's like a story arc!

Anyway, the wrangler is... interesting, While it does suit my personal play style when I'm playing defensive engie, the sheer amount of engie's running about with them, and the buff they get when getting wrangled is.. agitating to say the least.

I demand this to be a story arc.

Heavy Weapons Little Girl is babies. Engie made diaper changing station for her. XD

As far as nerfs go, I think the Frontier Justice needs one on the crit limit. 30+ is nuts, even with a 3-shell limit. Its like uberkritz on steroids.

But I think the mini-sentry or engie needs a Gunslinger buff again. Like some speed. Why give melee to engies that a Demoknight laughs at?

The wrangler is...well, a mixed bag. It allows him to CHOOSE his area defense, rather than let the sentry gun decide. A spy is coming? Blow him away. Heavy and a Scout? Nuke the Heavy.

But if you don't see the spy, you've made yourself EASIER.

A good sniper or two with an great eye may just as well turn the Wrangler Sentries into playthings.

However with the engineer get out of their cubbyholes they call their buildings to looks at where to shoot, they have made it sickeningly easy for Snipers to get easy headshots off of them, and then giving the entire team Lego pieces sitting for 6 seconds to blow up as they desire.

I somewhat disagree with you on what you say about the Wrangler. True, the Wrangler has certainly made the Engineer and his sentry a force to be reckoned with.

Wait I just noticed...did Pyro win custody of the kid?

2 Fort is babies!