Cosmetic items/nl

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"Door de geschiedenis heen, hebben mensen hoeden gedragen als een manier om te laten zien dat ze beter zijn dan anderen. “Ik koop hoeden,” lijkt een hoeddragende mens te zeggen. “Ik ben beter dan jij.” In tijden van oorlog, waren hoeden een goede manier om te laten zien welke rang je had, en ze maakten zeker dat de luchthartigheden alleen tot de lagere klassen behoorden. In tijden van vrede, zijn hoeden gebruikt door mensen om degenen zonder hoed te laten weten wie er hier wél een hoed draagt." — Hats: The Ultimate Status Symbol.

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De hoed (of hoofddeksel) zijn accessoires met een eigen 'hoofd' locatie in het loadout scherm. Ze hebben geen invloed op de gameplay, en zijn er alleen voor cosmetische doeleinden. In totaal zijn er 73 ontgrendelbare hoeden. Valve heeft de eerste set van 9 hoeden tijdens de Sniper vs. Spy update geintroduceerd. Veel van de daaropvolgende hoeden zijn toegevoegd in latere updates, inclusief de hoeden die door de leden van de community zelf zijn ontworpen.

Hoeden kunnen vrijgespeeld worden door het willekeurige item drop system, of door het crafting system. But due to their significantly lowered chance to drop randomly and the higher crafting cost, they tend to be highly sought after and subjects of great popularity within the community.

In attempt to make hats more widely available without sacrificing the rarity of existing ones, Valve has made some hats available to players as a reward for completing in-game achievements. Other hats have been added as a bonus for special offers and promotions on games, including Left 4 Dead 2, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, Alien Swarm and Worms Reloaded.

Een korte geschiedenis van hoeden

• Sniper vs Spy Update

De eerste negen hoeden worden geïntroduceerd in het spel, aangekondigd op het einde van de update als een toegevoegde bonus verrassing. De klasse modellen waren niet veranderd, dus hoeden voor de Scout, Soldier, Engineer en Sniper zijn gehecht aan hun standaard hoofddeksels.

• The Classless Update

The next set of hats is patched into the game, including 18 new hats. (with a noticeably higher polygon count than the first hat generation.) These hats often required the user to remove their preexisting hat, altering the models and creating three "hatless" hats in the process. (A fourth, hatless model for the Soldier is in the game files, but not a standalone hat.)

• September 2, 2009

Since the release of the first hats, third-party programs emerge which simulate a normal game server in which players can "idle", thus increasing their playing time and their chances of receiving a hat. Valve takes a stance against this and implements a policy against the use of all external idling applications, and removing items and hats obtained via them. The players who did not use such programs were awarded with the first special all-class hat, the Cheater's Lament.

• 2009 Halloween special

The Halloween event update saw the release of two more special, all-class hats: the Ghastly Gibus, and the Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask. The Gibus was first announced on the Team Fortress 2 Blog and was offered to the first 10,319 users to access a hidden web page. The hat was subsequently made available to all, along with the Halloween mask by obtaining special Halloween achievements. The Gibus can still be worn by players today, however, the Halloween mask was limited to the event only and cannot be worn except during the appropriate event.

• November 2, 2009 Patch

Bill's Hat is added; another special, all-class hat, given to all players who pre-ordered the Valve game Left 4 Dead 2.

• January 27, 2010

Three new hats are added: The Towering Pillar of Hats, the Noble Amassment of Hats, and the Modest Pile of Hat. Special versions of these hats are awarded to the three winners of the Propaganda fanart contest, with first, second, and third placed ribbons attached.

• March 18, 2010

The first set of community hats from Valve's Contribute! site are patched in.

• April 15, 2010

All players who buy Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse within the first week of its release are rewarded with a special hat, Max's Severed Head, which is wearable by all classes.

• May 20, 2010

The second set of community hats from Valve's Contribute! site are patched in.

• July 19, 2010

Alien Swarm is released by Valve and with it a new piece of headgear wearable by all classes: the Alien Swarm Parasite. It is unlocked by completing the 'Hat Trick' achievement on Alien Swarm, making this the first item to be awarded for achievements in a game other than Team Fortress 2.

• August 24, 2010

All players who buy Worms: Reloaded before September 2nd, 2010 were rewarded with a special hat for the Soldier, the Lumbricus Lid.

• September 30, 2010 Update

The following hats were added: Milkman, Bombing Run, Grenadier's Softcap, Chieftain's Challenge, Stout Shako, Dr's Dapper Topper, Old Guadalajara, Napper's Respite, Handyman's Handle, Sober Stuntman, Carouser's Capotain, Pugilist's Protector, Hard Counter, Ol' Snaggletooth, Familiar Fez, Ellis' Cap, Mann Co. Cap and Wiki Cap

Crafting

Hoofdartikel: Crafting

Blueprints

Blueprint	Requires	Produces
Fabricate Headgear	3 Refined Metal	1 Random Headgear
Fabricate Class Headgear	4 Refined Metal + 1 Class Token	1 Class Headgear
Rebuild Headgear	2 Headgear	1 Random Headgear
Fabricate Bonk Helm	1 Batter's Helmet + 2 Bonk! Atomic Punch	1 Bonk Helm

Cost summary table

Item	Total crafting cost	Smelt value
Random Headgear	2 headgear or 2 misc (Camera Beard, Physician's Procedural Mask, Whiskered Gentleman) or 54 weapons = 27 Scrap Metal = 9 Reclaimed Metal = 3 Refined Metal	54 weapons
Class-specific Headgear	72 weapons = (36 Scrap metal = 12 Reclaimed Metal = 4 Refined Metal) + 3 weapons (1 Class Token)	75 weapons

Notes

1. Both hats and Miscellaneous items are considered headgear for crafting purposes.
2. Event hats and other hats of limited availability do not count toward the "Rebuild Headgear" recipe. These include Bill's Hat, the Ghastly Gibus, the Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask, the Cheater's Lament, Max's Severed Head, Alien Swarm Parasite and the Lumbricus Lid.

Trivia

• Sam's Hat, resembling the eponymous character's hat from the Sam & Max series, was to have been included with Max's Severed Head, the Lugermorph, and the Big Kill as part of the week-long cross promotion for purchasing Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse via Steam. It was eventually cut from the game because the modelling team had trouble getting the hat to properly fit each class, though team-specific textures remain in the game files.
• Currently, the only hat that can be specifically crafted and reliably acquired is the Bonk Helm, made by crafting together two Bonk! Atomic Punches and a Batter's Helmet.
• In the Mac Update, Valve referred to Team Fortress 2 as "America's #1 war-themed hat simulator", based on common complaints that the hats recieve more attention than the gameplay itself.
• The Engineer, Sniper and Scout have long had the most headgear and Miscellaneous items available to wear thanks to their own unique "Hatless" items which remove all headgear completely. Since the edition of the Soldier's own unique Lumbricus Lid for those who bought Worms Reloaded before September 2, 2010, the Soldier has the same amount of wearable hats as these other three classes. However, the Hatless items are not technically hats, meaning the Soldier actually has more.

See also

• Item drop system
• Miscellaneous items