Originally Posted by daithi1

To go back to what Kebab said about what was coming next (after spy/sniper). I think it will be engy. The reason I have is the soldier I think everyone will admit is the most balanced class. It is quite easy to play at first but the skill curve goes on and on. Players will never be last with it (well kinda) also players wont always be first (with some equal skilled players). Demo is slightly different. It's a harder to grasp class but there is always ways to do well with it with little to no skill if you know what you are doing. Also at the top level for whatever reason demos always seem to be the most skilled and get th most kills. Engy on the other hand as we have have seen has got less and less effective over time. I really can't think of a sentry position that I can't get at as demo. I just feel that like spy, engy has gotten less effective over time and needs some new stuff to confuse and/or buff the class (like airblast or picking up ammo for cloak).

You are right there mate. However I wouldn't say soldier is very balanced as he can easily gib someone with one lucky critical hit. I had always hated the soldier class from the times of TFC, but I decided to give it a try and found out how to master the class. It's now one of my strongest characters.

About the engineer updates, I doubt they'll add sentry unlocks because I see shotgun, pistol and wrench updates that would be easier to make and more worthwile. For example wrench that'll repair and upgrade faster (or uses less metal) but is worse weapon, something like blowtorch for example.
I'd like to see Engineers railgun make comeback. Just because lazers are cool.