okay, so to counteract the blatant promotional-ness of the potato pack, there's apparently some kinda cryptic messaging in the games.
be it just one big "potato" fool's day joke, or something that actually comes together with portal 2 has yet to be seen.. but don't hold your breath. would explain the name of the hat, though.
oh well.
on the topic of weapons, ****ING LEAVE THEM ALONE. the only differences i really use all the time are bonk on scout, EQ on solly (who doesn't), ubersaw on medic, GRU on heavy, gunslinger when necessary (/friendgineering, etc), and the spy watches the four times i've played spy.
the items need to be balanced, they don't need to have more and more of them. ****, look at what happened to yu-gi-oh (the card game. yes, i played yu gi oh. yes, i was pro. amazoness deck represent.)
point is, new items are just going to be upgrades to older ones, and essentially change the game as a whole. the medic is becoming less necessary as every class except for the demoman, sniper, and spy has a way to heal themselves, and the classes have become very blended, imo. there is no need for team play, when there is one class that can cover all of it's own weaknesses.
i dunno. i feel like i've been over this before, so i'll leave it at that. /rant.