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* The "Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings" attribute is listed as an on-wearer attribute as opposed to an on-weapon one. | * The "Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings" attribute is listed as an on-wearer attribute as opposed to an on-weapon one. | ||
* When picking up a level 3 sentry from a distance, the player may be unable to deploy it. | * When picking up a level 3 sentry from a distance, the player may be unable to deploy it. | ||
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− | *When being disabled by the [[Cow Mangler 5000]], buildings cannot be repaired by the bolts. | + | * When being disabled by the [[Cow Mangler 5000]], buildings cannot be repaired by the bolts. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |
Revision as of 21:23, 11 March 2013
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— The Engineer rescuing a building from far away
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The Rescue Ranger is a community-made primary weapon for the Engineer. It resembles a normal Shotgun, but has a small monitor mounted on its top in the location a scope is typically found which shows a moving sine wave. The monitor is connected to a yellow box at the end of the barrel with a team-colored light on its end.
While the Rescue Ranger is the Engineer's active weapon, it is able to pick up any of his buildings that are in his direct line of sight from long range, at the cost of 130 Metal. Hauling a building in this way will immediately teleport the building into the Engineer's possession with a team-colored flash, and leaves a tracer beam that temporarily notifies others of the user's location. Hauling a building (whether with the Alt-fire ability or by manually picking it up) will mark the Engineer for death, causing him to take constant mini-crits while carrying said building. This effect lasts as long as the Engineer carries the building, and for a few seconds after the Engineer redeploys it. The weapon also fires unique bolts instead of bullets, which can repair friendly buildings that they are fired at with no Metal cost. Note that these shots will only repair the building, and not restock ammo, apply upgrades, or damage attached enemy Sappers. Firing at a teleporter will not repair the other side, and firing at a Mini-Sentry will not repair it at all.
As the downside to these perks, the weapon carries much less ammo than its stock counterpart. This weapon can only have up to 4 shots loaded at a time, and can only carry 16 in reserve, resulting in a maximum of 20 shots.
If the user also has the Eureka Effect equipped, the effect of disallowing hauling will override the Rescue Ranger's ability to haul from long range, and so its alt-fire will have no effect.
As with most projectiles, the Rescue Ranger's bolts can be reflected by the Pyro's compression blast. If a bolt is reflected onto a friendly building (from the Pyro's perspective), it will not repair it, and so has no effect. However, if a bolt is reflected onto an enemy building, it does regular damage.
The Rescue Ranger was originally contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "Modified Shotgun".
Contents
Damage and function times
Damage and function times | ||
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Shot type | Projectile | |
Damage | ||
Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 52 |
Base damage | 100% | 35 |
Maximum fall-off | 50% | 18 |
Point blank | 51 | |
Medium range | 23 | |
Long range | 18 | |
Critical | 105 | |
Mini-crit | 47-70 | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.625 s | |
Reload (first) | 1.0 s | |
Reload (consecutive) | 0.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Crafting
Blueprint
Eureka Effect | Reclaimed Metal | Rescue Ranger | ||
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Related achievements
Engineer
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Update history
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- The Rescue Ranger was added to the game.
- Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts using incorrect hit boxes.
- Fixed missing text in the recipe description for The Rescue Ranger.
- Updated The Rescue Ranger so it can be used as an ingredient when crafting.
Bugs
- Reflected bolts can deal critical damage with a headshot as if the reflected projectile was a Huntsman arrow.
- When crouching, the bolts are fired from above the actual location.
- The Rescue Ranger does not glow when crit boosted.
- The "Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings" attribute is listed as an on-wearer attribute as opposed to an on-weapon one.
- When picking up a level 3 sentry from a distance, the player may be unable to deploy it.
- Bolts appear to repair redeployed buildings even when they cannot yet be repaired due to not having finished reconstruction.
- When being disabled by the Cow Mangler 5000, buildings cannot be repaired by the bolts.
Trivia
- The amplitude of the sine wave in the monitor is based on the user's Metal count: having full Metal causes the wave to be at maximum height, while lacking enough Metal to long-range haul a building will make it significantly flatter and having no Metal renders the wave completely flat.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
RED first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.
BLU first-person view.
See also
Weapons | ||||||||||
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Primary | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | — | |
Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter |
Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike |
Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury |
Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber |
Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater |
Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack |
Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star |
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Secondary | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Revolver | |
Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R |
Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack |
Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster |
Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher |
Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana |
Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter |
Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark |
Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | ||
Melee | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife | |
Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete |
Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand |
Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete |
Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete | ||
Primary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
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Secondary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | ||
Building | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper | |
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Taunt | Grand Slam | Grenade | Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast |
Barbarian Swing | High Noon | Arm Blender Guitar Smash |
Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody |
Arrow Stab | Fencing |
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