He was also intended to be used primarily in multiplayer, built upon the Engineer's more supportive skill tree (Construction) for which hand cannons are the ideal weapon.
In this case, I created him because my previous main character, around level 40, was running into extreme, frustrating difficulty in the third act. He's actually my second engineer, and probably the sixth or seventh character I made – although most of the others had only been played for a few minutes. Here's the moment I realized I loved Torchlight 2: It's the screenshot right above this.