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It has to fire bigger projectile to have a knockback effect, I think that's fine.

The Scout weapons are direct downgrades, on the Sniper rifle I can't comment really, the SMG could actually be better than the stock one, but no way I (or anyone in their right mind) would use it over the Jarate. New soldier weapon, will see how the 3 degrees translate into the game, but I didn't even try the Cow mangler until yesterday either : ) About the Flare gun: I don't see why would a knockback profit a pyro, since the class is best at close range, also you could use the airblast to knock back...
 
Not to people who can't afford unusuals. Weapons/hats are better than effects

There is no way they would add more effects than hats. Hats are better, but effects would be cool. Blizzard and such weren't the effects of the century, they need to add good effects that aren't burning or cloudy moon. So the average person can buy them.
 
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Let me Reprase that again, a flaregun REPLACEMENT that doesn't suck.
 
2 new scout weapons - awesome.
2 new sniper items that doesn't focus (no pun intended) on bodyshots - awesome for snipers, I guess.
1 new soldier weapon - concept seems weird, but okay nontheless.

So far so good.

Then the new flaregun aaaaaand... that's it. Really? The pyro isn't getting more than one weapon? And just to be even more annoying ANOTHER BLOODY FLARE GUN. How about a new flamethrower (that isn't horribly designed), there's 15 flamethrower concepts here just waiting to be taken advantage of, but no.

Do I think this update is awesome? Hell yeah. New gamemode, new interesting weapons, but it's been such a fucking build-up all along, you'd expect something like another Uber Update, but no, it's a 3-day update, 2 of them being extremely lacking so far in comparison to other Valve updates. One new map, 6 new weapons, if the only thing that's being released tomorrow is Meet the Pyro and nothing else this update will be even smaller than the Australian Christmas 2011 update.

Again, the update is awesome, but seriously lacking when comparing to the gigantic build-up.
 
How so?

The only part I don't understand is what upscopping is, The rest makes sense, although whats it going to shoot that decapitates people????

The focus is just as he shoots people he gains power, kind of like the buff banner combined with the bazaar bargain. Its some sort of weird hybrid.
I just think that as long as you make headshots, you can make even more with focus :)