Comment Re:The key to all this... (Score 1) 196
That has nothing to do with TF2 at all. There is no sudden change in the challenge of playing, or any real effect on the overall team dynamic or the need to keep moving and working on the team objective. Purchasing extras instead of waiting for them is most likely something you will do for your own personal amusement, after weighing up how much money you care to spend on a frivolity.
For instance, I don't really bother with extras for certain player roles that I don't use. I don't care if the spy has a new backstabbing weapon with nifty new sound effects; if a enemy spy gets behind me (and has clue) then I am in much the same predicament, regardless of whether said spy purchased what he is stabbing me with or if he just happens to never sleep.