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Didn't read the whole post but I'd like to toss my two cents on on the sniper, because I am hardcore waiting for the sniper upgrades, what I'd like to see is...

Sniper Rifle - I'm not really sure how I'd like to see this changed, as far as I'm concerened any improvement on it wold be nifty. I like the fake death shot idea x] But yeah, maybe a semi-automatic rifle sans the charging capability. Can you imagine the chaos? I also wouldn't mind if the only upgrade was removing the sighting dot that gives you away, that'd do a world of good for me. Also, the bullet penetration idea.... I'd KILL for that!

The SMG - I HATE the SMG, I'll use the knife and charge before I use the SMG. I'd be happy with just a considerably larger clip. With that I think it'd make it much more effective and give the sniper some CQC capabilities so they don't always feel compelled to sit far, far away.

The knife - I love the knife as it is, just a good all around melee weapon. The boomerang idea is nifty but I'm not sure I could do any good with that so I would probably not even bother with it. So maybe just giving them a larger melee weapon that has a little more reach to it. That'd be good enough for me.

I don't really play often enough to be able to suggest what kind of wild stat pluses or minuses weapons should get to maintain gameplay balance. But as a strict sniper user, these are changes that -I'd- be happy to see.

But I'm excited one way or another to see what Valve has instore for us.