YES WE NEED THIS!

@the goo(n) No worries dude. I've misread things more times than I can count. :)

@RetroMike Yeah.
I read "weapons with unique stats" and that was the takeaway.
I haven't slept. Apologies.

@the goo(n) Guessing you didn't read the description. I'm saying this should be used for cosmetic reskins, not new weapons.

No.
We shouldn't have to pay for weapons.
Reskins? Sure.
Weapon ass weapons? Never.

It's really a shame the state that tf2 is in, even with a recent move with the summer update I doubt that TF2 will ever return to what it was before in terms of content.
So I have to agree that as it stands, this is the best way to add these weapons.

And if they added this something that I would like it to be complemented together are festivizer like weapon attachments that some people did and are in the steam workshop too, it would be interesting to have a probability of them appearing in that box as an extra drop.

@irkis That's fair. Sadly with Valve not making new weapons this seems like the only way the mass of amazingly crafted weapons will do anything more than collect dust. I doubt they will ever use this though.

It's a good concept, some people don't like the concept of weapon reskin , I like it but I have to say that when a good model that would make a weapon of its own ends up as a reskin it can be frustrating. That's why I believe that only weapons that really look like the ones we already have or would work better as one.
But it's still a great idea.

Concept sounds like what Valve would probably do now with new weapons. For honest i kinda approve it lol.

Nice effort but I really dislike the concept. Imagine having dozens or even hundreds of weapons with unique sounds and models in a game that all have identical stats. This would be such a nightmare for readability and steepening the game's already steep learning curve.

Oh Yeah ! ^^ +1 +1 But Valve One ! Not Community ! +1 +1

hopefully valve takes it

Absolutely genius. Godspeed at getting something like this in the game. It's about time!

Please... PLEASE

The key is very creative

idea Make the Quarantined Case

Y'all are putting this idea down like valve sill cares about the game. Unless they suddenly decide TF2 is worth it again, this is your ONLY chance for new weapons content. I can almost guarantee that new unique weapons and stat changes aren't coming.

I think the idea is nice but if this ever happen, all my custom weapons would never become actual weapons(as low as chances are). Purely cosmetic weapons would be such a waste.

nice design, but you have no idea how mistaken you are.

This needs to happen! it’s a very awesome idea!

I do miss replacing my weapon models back in the "sv_cheats -2" days of the Valve Servers (The 'Professional Standard' for the Sniper Rifle, 'Shell Shock' for the Frontier Justice, 'Steel Battalion' for the Family Business, 'Trespasser' for the Diamondback, and so many more!), so while I'd certainly say concerns for visual recognition wouldn't be unwarranted, I'd also say that these would be so much more meaningful & interesting than Weapon Skins ever have been to myself and visual recognition seems to have already fallen low on Valve's priority list if the sheer volume of cosmetics & weapon skins in more recent years is anything to go by, so giving weapon makers this new chance to get a shot at seeing their works find their way into the game is certainly something I'd like folks at Valve to at least take the time to think about if they haven't already.

I like the gun key. that's clever

That is awesome.

based idea 100/10

@Calugula Cant agree, we absolutely dont need new weapons right now, the current weapons we have need balancing out before we get new weapons, and plus, I dont see the issue with weapon reskins, I love them way more than warpaints

cool idea,but..the last thing tf2 needs is even more reskins. its already a bit of an issue,and the war paints made it infinitely worse. they just need to add new weapons already,not reskins or war paints.

that's what i want them to do. don't make new stats, just add weapon reskins. It's a better idea than war paints IMO.

Really nice Idea, but I still don't know why they don't add any kind of weapons. It's not like Karma Charger (pretty balanced weapons), creators.tf (some new idea and balanced), custom weapons (not every weapon is really balanced),, show us that there are new fub weapon ideas that they could easily add. Maybe a week of test playing (some sort of ptb testing) and thats it

I love the key haha

You are doing God's work.

Thank you so very much.

Genius. Love the rifle-shaped keys.

This is honestly genius

YES PLEASE

Talking to a brick wall, unfortunately.

would be nice if these reskins were specifically for weapons that are unavailable as War Paints (Direct Hit, Original, Kritzkrieg, Gunslinger, KGB, Dragon's Fury, Widowmaker, Kunai, etc.)

much support, but also super interested in the model of the case/key itself, looks much more spiffy than just an intel case

Support

I love this idea, great work on the models man, I hope they pick this idea up!