If you are one point off your ult and the only orb around is the weapon upgrade orb, you can drop your current gun and then consume the orb. That way you'll have both guns and can pick whichever one you want. Same goes for the golden gun...

I just started playing this game yesterday and in the 8 or so matches I've played 5 of them had at least one person calling others racial slurs or f****t. Normally I just disable voice chat in almost every game I play but comms seem really...