I think just removing his bouncy shots and making the Heavy Helper buff only applicable to allies would actually fix the character.
In the case of other Supports, they are all broken imo. Sunflower and Scientist can make their team indestructible because of overhealing still being broken, and the fact that both of them are IMORTAL. TF2 shows us how to balance healing much better than PvZ.
Rose and Wizard are special cases, Rose has the most broken ability in this game (Goatify) and Wizard has a OP primary that can camp miles way using it.
Nice post. I also miss the Engineer from GW1/2. It was more of a support character than in BfN. In BfN, I feel Engineer is more a defensive character.
People complain the character is OP, but I don't share that opinion. Sure, the speedboost might be too much. But next to that what makes the character incredibly strong? Stun? Engineer has had the stun since the first game, which is a great ability on a decent cooldown timer.
The fact that you can have increased shooting speed AND infinite ammo near your turret is ridiculously broken. Was this * even tested in beta? How can this get passed through testing...
On attack, it's strong as well. On defense naturally, it shines. You can easily choke flanks and even suppress large open fields.
Remove the ammo regeneration near the turret and you will have a balanced engineer. Which other reasons are there to nerf the character? The projectiles are bouncy and it's hard to hit Garlic Drones if players have good control. With 125HP you're still a squishy target. The speed boost is nice and the duration isn't that long to make it game-breaking.
@Provin915 ''remove the ammo regeneration near the turret'' - Exactly this! Many ppl agreed that engineer should be nerfed somehow but everyone had different opinion on that, I really like this with the ammo regen, there is no need to nerf him any more than that.
