- Weapon balancing changes
* Gloves of Running Urgently
* Removed self-damage over time penalty
* Heavy takes mini-crits while active and for 3 seconds after switching away
* Attack damage penalty reduced from -50% to -25%
i'm guessing that this is a nerf overall - means the heavy takes three seconds longer before he can get in the fight. shame that you can't build uber with them anymore, but you can do that with a ton of different classes nowadays, so it's no biggy.
* Tomislav
* Spin-up speed bonus reduced from +40% to +10%
VALVE HAVE MY BABIES PLEASE 
* Quick-Fix
* Medic mirrors blast jump of their heal target
i'm still completely WTF'ing at this. wish i was gonna be around for the next week to test it out, to see if it means what i think it meas. how out of the blue and game-changing is this?!
* Crusader's Crossbow
* Reload speed time reduced by +40%
YES. GOOD. this is gonna make this weapon so much better, and i've just started getting into it too 
* Cozy Camper
* Regenerates 1 heath per second
* Reduced movement penalty from -90% to -80%
who uses this anyway? guess it'll come in handy over the pyro update period
* Sticky Jumper and Rocket Jumper
* Added 'flying' sound to blast jumps
PCHOOOOOOOOO
* The Concheror
* Changed rage building source from "damage done and damage received" to only "damage done"
* Increased the rate at which Rage builds for this item by +25%
i think this makes it like the Quick Fix of soldier backpacks. makes it a bit more viable, which is nice, it just wasn't that interesting in the first place.
* The Equalizer
* Removed player move speed modification and added it to a new item named The Escape Plan
* All owners of the Equalizer will be automatically granted The Escape Plan
fair enough, this weapon has had it coming for a while. i'm guessing that The Escape Plan is essentially the speed boost bonus without the damage penalty; introducing a second weapon like that is just about the best solution they could have come up with.
* Crit-a-Cola
* Added +25% increased movement speed while active
* Increased duration from 6 to 8 seconds
maybe someone will actually use it now? 
i can see this syncing very well with the new scattergun.
* Atomic Bonk
* Increased duration from 6 to 8 seconds
to keep it in line with the crit-a-cola change i guess. it felt like it lasted for ages in the first place anyway, but whatever
* All Flamethrowers
* Increased base damage by +10%.
* Backburner
* Removed +10% damage bonus attribute
* Note: Because of base damage increase, damage remains unchanged
* Degreaser
* Added -10% damage penalty attribute
* Note: Because of base damage increase, damage remains unchanged
* Phlogistinator
* Damage defense while taunting reduced from -90% to -75%
so a 10% buff to the standard flamethrower. our resident pyrolords will be better at the theorycrafting than me, but considering that 10 percent per hit goes a long way on a rapid-firing weapon like the flamethrower then this sounds like a meaty buff. Phlogistinator change is trivial, but it's still a bad weapon for bad pyros, so whatever
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