It'd be cool to rework engie's short circuit mouse 2 into an anti-rage utility weapon
Short Circuit
-50% universal metal intake (Passive)
-25% holster speed
Primary Fire
+No longer consumes ammo
(My thoughts on m1 not taking up ammo is that the main use of the short circuit would be it's altfire mechanic and by default short circuit's m1 ability has the same exact functions as a normal pistol without any of the range)
AltFire
+Same capabilities as its default states (consumes 65 metal per shot, destroys projectiles), however on hit now reduces the boss' rage by 5 percent (trying to find a balanced percentage)
The anti rage mechanic serves as a more utility based weapon for engie that would encourage more so on focusing metal intake into reducing rage percentage instead of finding an area to camp in and set up a nest. The debuffs on holster speed and metal intake is to reduce the ability to quickly take out the weapon, spam shots, gain metal from a dispenser, and repeat. The idea is to compliment this weapon with the gunslinger (Build a minisentry and still be able to fire 2 alt-fire shots) as the the drastically increased time to create a lvl 2 sentry with a default wrench would be ineffective to set up a nest.
Gunslinger
+15% speed boost when active
+30% less metal required to build a minisentry
+160% Build Speed (1.5s to 1.35s)
+Sentry Bullets now cause after burn effect
+10% Knockback on minisentry bullets
+No Longer gives speed debuff on building hauling
+Default Stats (+25 hp)
In general using a mini sentry over a normal wrench already sacrifices a lot of dps potential and is a disadvantage in ff2 as the small increase to hp serves little to no difference in survivability. So I want to make the mini sentry more so an annoyance to the hale rather than pure dps. The speed buff gives the ability to move quicker and offers a better survivability tool. The idea is to incite the opposite play style of a normal ff2 engie, build an annoying mini sentry and be able to forget about it and focus on other means instead of being confined to a single area