E-build = No Coverfire

You should not be able to e-build and provide cover fire simultaneously.
2 or more Riflemen have an advantage over engies in that they can kill enemies while they build.

Summary: Remove the ability to fire your weapon while building.

This could also go for sabotage and defusal, but those are less of a issue.

 

but when you ebuild, the building covers your view?

 

Wait, is this "feature" not well known?

You don't have to look directly at what you are building to use e-build.

 

Wha??
then how do you e build without looking at the building?

 

Err... you just have to be near it, I think it works best if part of the building is under you, or touching you...

 

Erm.. It isn't that op as engineers build like 3, 4 times faster..

 

Not sure why you'd want two riflemen e-building when you could have one engi building with a wall and sentry for support and one Rifleman who can get healed or revived by the engi

 

actually you can e-build and cover the area, use the boxes on the barracks to e-build

 

I've done this with turrets. I'll lay down behind it and to the side a bit. You can shoot on the side you're on and see the other side while building. Its not much of an advantage though, wouldn't worry about it.

 

I think the OP is correct if I understand it correctly---that Rifleman are firing weapons while assisting in the building of structures. Shouldn't be able to do both at the same time (assuming that it does happen already)

 

riflemen have "force build"

they "look" buildings in existance, no hands are involved

 

Ah I see, Roflman sticks give them the power of the 'schwartz'.

 

'schwartz'?

im not getting it

 

You said "force build" which I took to mean as in a Jedi mind kind of 'force'. Hence Spaceballs the movie (y'know Use your Schwartz).

 

people actually e-build stuff?!

 

yes, yes i did mean starwars, but i dont know spaceballs

 

You heard it first here folks

Who wouldn't know about a sci-fi show that spoofs everything else...

 

no. Engi's ability to build extra fast by losing ability to shoot other infantry.

 

Preventing weapon fire while pressing the use key would probably come with a bunch of bugs.

Also it is RARELY a good idea to build anything as a roflman.

I would much rather be attacking a roflmen trying to construct a barracks than an engineer. If the engineer kills me I fail, and the building is up. If the roflmen kills me, I laugh, respawn and go attack again.

 

Natural Selection already did it in Half-Life 1. It is very possible to do it right.