The official Team Fortress 2 blog has a new post that finally sheds a little bit of light on the upcoming sniper update. The most interesting part is
“In an effort to reduce some of the aggravation that other players feel towards the Sniper, we chose the goal of designing an unlockable that encouraged the Sniper to get a little closer to his target.”
What could the sniper possibly wield that reduces his range against the target? It sounds weird, but I’m definitely paying attention to this.