Currently, the upgrade levels are defined by arbitrary levels, like Novice, Advanced, etc. However, this makes it impossible to tell what those upgrades actually do, especially since certain classes have their item become become stronger than others.
For example, let’s say someone first upgrades their item while playing as Survivor:
This is when the item is at Novice:
This is when the item is at Ridiculous:
As you can see, the range of the item at Ridiculous is only about 2x that of Novice.
Now, let’s say that same person, in a different game, decides to play as Electrician. With their previous experience playing as Survivor, they would likely not upgrade their special item because of the minimal increase in range.
This is when the item is at Novice:
This is when the item is at Ridiculous:
As you can see, the increase in range is very different between the two classes, but since the player wouldn’t know the difference in ranges without upgrading the ability to max both times, it isn’t likely that they would discover this.
This could be fixed by showing how the ability changes when upgraded:
