Well you can now get items with achievements again, but you can also find them the old way as well. 

Just read this on Shacknews (link for those interested) and I'm still a little baffled as to why they didn't choose this method to begin with instead of making the abrupt switch from achievement milestones to random loot and then reverting it to a balance between both systems.

As Shacknews reports the actual number of achievements required for the Sniper & Spy milestones is pretty low compared to what it was for the other classes. Can't help but feel this may have been intentional to sooth the pain of angry players.

Good. Should have been both systems in place in the first place. 

I dont agree with this at all, its annoying to see them do this. The new system basically stopped people from being achievement whoring assholes. Granted it wasnt perfect and they should have implemented some kind of diminished chance to get items you already had, but theyre basically rewarding people for being cheaters this way.

WHAT YOU SAY ??

Finally, at least Valve isn't trying to drive everyone off.

I really do not understand the point of having both systems going at the same time.  So many people will be getting items so quickly, that you might as well give them out to everyone right away at the launch of an update.

I was playing and some guy logged in, and it just said achieved a tonne of milestones, and "***** has found *****" about 7 times. Was pretty epic.

I think valve needs to stop trying to adding these gimmicks for unlocking items and just give them with the updates.

don't know why they removed it.....

They should have done both from the start.

I think it's more like they were testing the new system and seeing just how long it might take to unlock new items.