@Stats: I do plan to at least implement a stats system similar to what was on the NanuNanu servers. I really liked the points system (even if it was a bit poorly tuned), I think it was far better than Kills/Deaths and gave people real goals. @Upgrades: I'm not sure upgrades are a good fit, they...

The old sniper rifle had a beam that did damage over time. The current sniper rifle has a beam that is active for 3 ticks (approx 96ms) but will only do damage to you once. The old DoT sniper is never coming back, though we may test a charging mechanic (like Dystopia).