Actually, a meatshot (read: point-blank) with the Shotgun can do between 80 and 90 damage, which would mean it pays for itself unless you're fighting them long-range.

About the Short Circuit: not to mention that it has no need to reload, meaning that, if you stand on top of a level 3 Dispenser, you could probably service your Sentry with a crocket-killing electric field for as long as you damn well please.

Oh crap... They just upgraded back to regular TF2...

So, how does one get these wonderful new toys?

Yeah, okay, I just tried the new Engie items and they are BOSS.

New shotgun is kind of godly if you're accurate with it. You're right, Locke, it DOES pay for itself, and damn well at that. I went into an offline game with Widowmaker, Short Circuit and Gunslinger (to see how Short Circuit and Gunslinger affected each other.... they don't). I threw down a minisentry, walked over to a Pyro, shot him in the face, and immediately had 200 metal. Plus.... oh man, that sound effect. Remember when the Brass Beast came out, and people were all impressed by that CHNK-CHNK-CHNK sound it made when it fired? The Widowmaker is more impressive. It feels like it kills people with the sound effect alone, and the bullets are just insult to injury.

Short Circuit I haven't really had a chance to try yet because my favorite server hasn't updated yet, and bots aren't reliable for testing. But I can say that it does dick all in the way of damage to players, so if you're using it, you'd better use it primarily as a countermeasure. I wasn't quick enough to hit any grenades or rockets with it, so I can't vouch for that either.

I also crafted The Machina for some reason (new sniper rifle) and I can say that it is definitely a sniper rifle, ie. I am bad at it. The tracer looks cool though, despite being a drawback, and I can see the weapon being great in payload maps. Plus... well, it's better than the Bazaar Bargain, at least.

EDIT:

Drops, crafting (surprisingly low metal req's), purchasing (they're a dollar or two each), or get 'em all by pre-ordering Deus Ex 3 on Steam.

I would honestly have pre-ordered the game on the spot just for these, except that I already plan to get it on Xbox instead. My computer probably can't run it that well.

The most assured way is to pre-purchase Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam. That gets you all 8 items.

Alternatively, trade/drop/craft. I'm confident specific recipies will show up eventually.

Speaking of such things, the Original now has a recipe. 2 Scrap + 1 Reclaimed is what I hear.

edit: so, what's the range and spread on a Short Circuit shot?

Pre-order Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam. Or craft them somehow. Or get them in a drop.

Anyway this is just fantastic (sarcasm). I finally decide today that I'm gonna get Deus Ex for PS3, and then this happens. Oh well back to being indecisive.

EDIT-- oh man double ninja

Ah.

... well crap, guess I'll just wait until I can craft them, I guess.

Well, Roland... I guess you'll have to wait untill...

RIGHT NOW!

Original = 2 Scrap + Reclaimed

Diamondback = Reclaimed + Frontier Justice + Dead Ringer
Machina = Reclaimed + Righteous Bison + Sydney Sleeper
Widowmaker = 2 Reclaimed + L'Etranger
Short Circuit = Reclaimed + Scrap + Gunslinger

Bleh screw it. Pre-ordered the game. It's cheaper than it would be on consoles anyway, plus I looked around and I like the way the PC HUD and controls look.

Thanks Locke, but that was less "I don't know if the recipes exist yet" and more of a "I don't have enough items to scrap for this yet".

I blame my attempt at crafting a melee Sniper weapon. Eight items went into making what turned out to be a Shiv, which I already had. =/