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GC: *laughs* All right. When you unlock a new weapon, in an unlockable pack, it’s given a “level†when it lists on the loadout screen. Any hint as to what that might actually mean?
EJ: No.
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GC: Not a single one?
EJ: Well, to walk back from the system, there’s a set of criteria that’s applied to every one of the weapons based on what its abilities are. So, in the Medic’s case, the Ubersaw doesn’t crit, and it fires slower, but it gets you charge — all of that is combined to form a “level†for a particular item. It’s something that gives us flexibility down the road.
Nice, TF2 won't become mmo