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Yo sup! The problem here is, I do not think there is a way to ever, ever make the short circuit competitively viable. It's main design of 'energy ball deleting projectiles' is a great, fun idea, not a very balanced one. The entire secondary slot for engineer is just dominated by the WRANGLER's existence. I mean, I would rather have the sentry gun's health TRIPLED by just pulling put a weapon instead of having to waste 65 metal on what could be used to repair the sentry when I tanked with the wrangler. Again, I'd like to point out another flaw in this post: The short circuit.... really isn't all that 'overpowered' in competitive, and I'd argue that in casual the current stats are quite balanced as well. In 6v6 format, engineer just isn't good, unless you're defending last. That means this post can only be talking about Highlander format, which in most games, engineers use the wrangler. Also, payload carts are only a problem on ONE side, on ONE gamemode. The Kritzkrieg Uber lasts for 8 second, long enough for any demoman or soldier to destroy everyone on the team. The engineer only have 3 shots (at max) to counter their 4 rockets / 4 pipes + 8 stickies, and if the medic was smart enough, they would either just switch Kritz target to a heavy or just use uber all together. Offensive engineers (not the Twitter offensive) tend to use the short circuit, sure, but there are also a handful who uses wranglers instead, against experienced players, short circuit isn't going to deny any uber push. This is more or less of a direct nerf, which I don't think it needs, at all, this would only drive engineers away further from the short circuit. The second part is the same thing, just another nerf 😕 This, again, doesn't solve the payload cart problem, instead it just nerfs it, rendering it more un-viable The main problem here once again, is that the short circuit isn't overpowered in competitive tf2 in the first place. The jarate milk solution could work but just removes the entire balance premise of metal management for the engineers. Once again, this is an interesting concept on trying to balance weapons, but for I don't think Short Circuit is a good candidate for trying to rebalance for the competitive scene. Have a nice day