You probably remember me, since i was the Heavy back in the game But yeah, i agree that some of the "items" are breaking the balance a bit. Faster uber... almost instant cloak replenish, Engies regenerating metal over time. That's all i can think of. But at one thing you're wrong, you don't have to pay for the items, since you get free GC when you play. I got my Supercharger (aka Faster Ubercharge) without paying at all. Then i decided to donate 1 euro, and bought the Invisible Man (Faster Cloak). I still think that random crits are a bigger problem than these items, since the items are a way to encourage people to donate. Without money, there would be no servers, right?