@Jesse, Your examples aren't really repulsors. Instead these are side routes, which should clearly be communicated as possible paths, but not the primary one. The drop down should clearly look like the way to continue, not a dead end - otherwise players will not take it. Also you need to ...
Also in regards to CounterStrike, there is the balancing factor of Money. Even the worse weapons see some use, at least in the beginning of the round. Also the sole existence of money REQUIRES the game to be different. If more expensive weapons weren't better, they'd be broken and wouldn't ...
I've written the post I mentioned earlier in reference to a post from Adam Bishop. You can read it here: http://gamearch.com/2009/06/27/no-unjustified-murder/
@John Smith: Isn't what you cannot do as much part of the mechanics as what you cannot do What I mean to say is that since you're an active part of the game you interact directly with it via the rules. And you somtimes end up thinking of the game ...
