so is this the whole gold wrench business?

Apparently, the wrench will only be given out to 100 people through random crafting.
 
Meh.
 
I'm disappointed so far. I mean, all we got today was a rather useless page plus a riot button for the steam forums. I wanna know what toys we're gonna get!

I think that you have to be IN GAME while crafting to get it. 
 
Aside from this though nothing is going on and it is pissing me off. 
 
If you wanted my opinion, which you don't, I'd speculate that 25 of these are going to be dropped for the next four days. 
 
But that's just my opinion.

It's empty now, except for the golden wrenches page. Seems a little odd that they'd only give away 100 of them, though. I'm guessing this means tonight will be day one of the update.

TF2 is slowly losing its appeal with all this bullshit random drop and crafting nonsense. Giving out 100 limited edition golden wrenches seems really dumb and unfair.

"Giving out 100 limited edition golden wrenches seems really dumb and unfair. "

The gold wrenches are the same as normal wrenches except that the person you kill turns into gold.

I have no idea what the hell Team Fortress 2 is about anymore.

" @Hamz said:

"Giving out 100 limited edition golden wrenches seems really dumb and unfair. "

The gold wrenches are cosmetic only, I hope? I share your concern if it actually has some legit stats on it. "

" TF2 is slowly losing its appeal with all this bullshit random drop and crafting nonsense. Giving out 100 limited edition golden wrenches seems really dumb and unfair. "

It's up officially now, and so is day one of the engineer update. :)

Hmmm... So now we're gonna see engineers who bind a key to destroy their sentry, just so they can build a level one sentry somewhere, play offensively, and destroy it when they need crits.

 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*inhales* ENGIE UPDATE FINALLY!!!!!!!
 
 
@Dziggy: 
that would only work if they get kills with the sentry, so they would still be helping the team. 

Not amused by the update for my fav class. Making shit random based (AND limited) is bullshit.
I hope they give 100 away randomly and then put in a sick crafting recipe because I'd like for things I touch to turn gold!

@Dziggy:  that would only work if they get kills with the sentry, so they would still be helping the team.  "

This is a strange lead up to the update, I'm in love with the background material though. 
 
Oh well, at least with the gold wrench milestones we know when the blog posts are published.

alright looks like a new map and the ability to take control of sentries 
edit: pictures
 

I'm wondering if, by using The Wrangler, you can shoot things that are out of a sentry's range.

So a shotgun for attacking engineers and an Atari 2600 for defending engineers. Good start.

Woot! It's about time, though...

The Wrangler looks interesting. I can see it being used to great effect on maps like Badwater where Engineers literally stockpile on sentries. On the other hand if a Spy saps your sentry then I can see some great synergy between the sapper and the 3 second deactivation when switching away from the Wrangler. Definitely seems like a nice choice of weapon for the more offensive Engineers.
 
And a new map is always welcome.

nother payload map posted

Ya  this updates starting to get crazy

" @adoggz: Should point out, they changed it. That glove replaces the wrench, not the pistol, so with it you won't have teleporters. "