What do you think is the best new weapon thus far?

[Dreadmaker]

Gabriel :

I'm fairly sure that it isn't stronger per se. However, it gives you 25% of your ubercharge. This is ridiculously good. Think: if you nail 4 people with your saw (not killing, just hitting once), you have a full ubercharge ready. This leads to a tactic called "Medic rush", where 2 medics take turns ubering/stabbing with the ubersaw. If it's done well, you can get a constant uber of about a minute. Every time an uber hits, the medic who is attacking goes and hits as many people as possible with the saw. then, when he's full, he ubers the other medic, and so on.

SO, not stronger on a per hit basis. in fact, it's actually slower to hit. but it's a much better weapon.

 

[Dryft]

I would say that the addition of the compression blast to the standard flamethrower is easily the best. While technically not a new weapon, I think it's a lot more useful than anything else.