my question to the escape plan nerf is this. has valve forgotten altogether about the equalizer? if there is a weapon that is never equipped that would be it. why is it not getting a buff??

the so-called 'data' can be a bit biased because when people play against weapons they just don't like they don't try as hard to think of creative ways to counter it, especially when they can just moan and get it banned. a lot of tf2 weapons are currently situation based. if most unlocks are made available then i'm sure we'll see much more off-classing, mind games and creative strats. It gives the team which is quickly adaptable an advantage as opposed to the one which runs and practices the same strats over and over again. in other words rewarding creativity over perfection.