Hello! I havent been on the forum in a while, but I have some great information here. Recently I had an e-mail interview with Robin Walker. Here are my questions and his replies! Enjoy!

1. What state is the game in?? Beta?? Alpha?

We're still working on lots of the pieces. Balancing the classes takes a long time. TF 1.5 will be out shortly as well, and the lessons we'll learn from it's networking will be rolled back into TF2. We're also planning on putting a few of TF2's features into TFC so we can better understand their repercussions on gameplay.

2. What is this "spyder grenade?" And could you maybe shed a little light on some of the other grenades?

The spider grenade's a recon and offensive tool that allows the Spy to scope out enemy areas before entering them. It's useful to see what enemies are waiting around the next few corners, and it allows the Spy to make better disguise decisions.

3. What are the different things that the engineer will be able to build?

The engineer builds a few smaller things, but his focus is still on his sentry guns. He's designed to be an essential in our territorial maps. Rangers, Gunners, and Marines take a position, and then the Engineers and Commandos move up and secure it with sentry guns, claymores, and so on.

4. What are the secondary weapons, and is their a basic pistle type weapon?

Secondary weapons vary according to the class. Some have basic pistols, some have sub-machine guns.

5. Are there really different looks for each class, such as different looking snipers, and male/female models?

Yes, each class has multiple models, as well as multiple "kits" that allow players to customize themselves. Our goal is that when you line 5 or so of a single class up next to each other, they're not carbon copies of each other.
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. Has the graphics scaling (detailed up close, bland from far away, for smoothness) just been implemented into a much overhauled Quake 2 engine, or did you design a new engine from the ground-up, or from a different game?

TF 2 will ship with a new engine.

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