Yeah, there was a really nice ideea on the steam forums: If you get hit from far away you are blinded for a shor while, from medium distance you lose colors and from short range your vision is blurred.
Once more and more scouts improvre their aim with the sandman, the weapon, as it is, turns into a make or brake type, like the medic's uber.

Also, FaN is utterly useless. The knockback is good when you can't flank an enemy and the fast rate of fire makes it good for finishing off oponents. However, it's useless in the long run and what convinced me of this: I stealthed on sniper deck on badlands, there were two snipers, both scoped. With scattergun they would've both been dead before having the chance to pull another wepaon out. With the FaN I couldn't kill either because the knockback was usless and I only had 2 bullets. Also, if not taking sandman into consideration, the fan is useless altogether against soldiers and demomen, classes that you need to put pressure on with damage, because if they get the chance to settle the terrain in their advantage you'll be dead in notime.
2 bullets? just lol.

Bonk will probably only be picked on a couple of maps where you can run behind enemy lines and camp base (like badwater).

Anyone else noticed the FaNs spy checking ability?

I kinda don't like it, but the knockback doesn't effect your team mates, unless it's a spy. Spy jumps back a little, spy gets slaughtered. Bah! Found out on the recieving end.

I think it should be a daze effect, make it so that when hit you get double vision, so its a lot harder to hit things, and also your character is slowed by like being hit by natascha. Maybe even have it so that the bat does +25-50% vs dazed enemies.

It would probably suck but its just a suggestion

I like double vision, would be pretty funny! <3

Also it wouldnt be so unfair on heavy's since they would not get owned by a just a scout on his own. I didn't find the sandman too bad when i was playing soldier, but It was certainly unfair against the other team when me and mr.awesome teamed up, him stunning people and me hitting them with pipes

that was good =]]...
but yeah if the stun is removed and it turns into a daze or w/e. it should deffo get a +dmg, it does less than the normal bat atm. or it should stay the same but 100%critz if dazed(like the pyro axe).. that's because the scout deffo need some kind of good weapon. since the other two are quite useless if you ask me, they are fun, but useless.

that was good =]]...
but yeah if the stun is removed and it turns into a daze or w/e. it should deffo get a +dmg, it does less than the normal bat atm. or it should stay the same but 100%critz if dazed(like the pyro axe).. that's because the scout deffo need some kind of good weapon. since the other two are quite useless if you ask me, they are fun, but useless.

I'll take scattergun, pistol and normal bat over the unlocks any day, sometimes use the sandmam.

mh...i'm playin with the FaN, Sandman & Pistol atm~

the only thing i like bout the energy drink is the sound the scout is makin while runnin around XD (awesome knows what i mean <3)