Competitively, some of those weapons look lame at first glance.
THE POMSON 6000 Does little/no damage? Taking PISTOL over any other Engineer secondary weapon is ridiculous unless your going for an offensive GUNSLINGER build, in which case FRONTIER JUSTICE is a must. If you're not using the mini sentry, you really need some supporting form of ranged damage. The heavy medium-ranged damage that a well-placed shotgun shot provides cannot be seriously replaced by the ability to drain Medics and Spies of their fun. Probably worth sticking this gun in a secondary loadout, though. I can see it being situationally useful if the opposition starts spamming Ubercharges.
THE EUREKA EFFECT lets you teleport to spawn but stops you from picking up and moving your buildings. I guess this one is heavily down to personal preference and play-style but I, personally, can see a lot more use in moving buildings than returning to spawn snappy. I quite often find myself moving a base of Level 3 gear from one point to the next when the opposition is driven back enough. Also, being able to build up your Sentry behind a wall then move it out into position allows you to effectively build up your defence from scratch while under fire.
THE BRAINIAC GOGGLES & MATH ENHANCING HAIR-DO are hats! Perfect for everyone running an Engineer build which is not poor and Irish. But there are other, equally useful hats available already.
THE THIRD DEGREE I'm not sure on. But I'm running DEGREASER+AXETINGUISHER and BACKBURNER(I know, I'm sorry!)+HOMEWRECKER. The DEGREASER has a fast weapon switch allowing us to switch swiftly to the AXETINGUISHER to get sweet damage on the target we just ignited. If you're like me, and have to be on a sugar-high or something to display those kinds of skills, THE THIRD DEGREE might be to your liking. It's just not to mine.
THE PHLOGISTINATOR's 'Mmmph' effect looks very useful. It would be nice to play a survivable Pyro for once. However, Airblast comes in really handy once you start remembering to use it, and I don't think I could go back to being without it.
THE MANMELTER 3600 ZX I want to know more about. If its damage output is significant enough, this could be a really good replacement for the SHOTGUN I use to take out enemy Pyros.
THE BUBBLE PIPE & MOONMAN BACKPACK is a hat and a misc item! Perfect for everyone running a Pyro build which is not poor and Irish. But there are other, equally useful hats and misc items available already.
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