Hatless Update

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see April 14, 2011 Patch.

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Now if you'll excuse us, we'd like to get back to our years-long quest to design the ultimate hat. "For the game?" you ask. Uhhh, sure. Now pass those sequins.

— TF2 Official Blog

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The Hatless Update was a major content update for Team Fortress 2 and was released on April 14, 2011 Patch.

The update included changes originally tested in the Team Fortress 2 Beta such as the coaching and voting systems, Training Modes for the Demoman, Engineer, and Spy, Badlands' King of the Hill Mode, and several item tweaks.

Other additions were the introduction of styles, dynamic model loading, and the association between servers and Steam IDs. Bots had their AI improved and duels were given the option of being class-specific. The painting and voice chat systems were also improved. A 'Sort by Rarity' option was added to the Backpack for sorting items.

Additions

Coaching system

Main article: Coaching

The coaching system allows players to be able to call on others for help with certain objectives, or to provide advice and feedback on a person's abilities and gameplay. A player can volunteer to become a "coach" through use of the headset icon in the main menu. "Students" may place requests for a coach through the whistle icon. After a matching process and authorization by both players, the coach is automatically connected to the student's server.

Voting system

Main article: Voting

Team Fortress 2's UI was rebuilt to support a basic voting system. This included voting for the next map to be played, the kicking of a player, and the scrambling of the teams.

Training

Main article: Training

The Demoman, Engineer, and Spy now have their own training lessons. A new achievement called Ready for Duty was added for users who complete all training courses.

Styles

Main article: Styles

Styles are different versions of appearance or painting of an item which can be chosen by the player to be in effect instead of the regular version.

Item tweaks

Class	Item	Old	New
Scout	Mad Milk	Players heal 75% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk.	Players heal 60% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk.
	Sun-on-a-Stick	Minicrits against burning players -15% damage done Base damage: 30 Mini-crit: 41 Crit: 90	Full crits against burning players -25% damage done Base damage: 26 Mini-crit: 35 Crit: 79
	Fan O'War	Marked for death status lasts 10 seconds	Marked for death status lasts 15 seconds
Soldier	Battalion's Backup	Takes 175 damage to fully charge	Takes 350 damage to fully charge
	Concheror	20% of damage done by teammates is returned as health during buff	35% of damage done by teammates is returned as health during buff
	Equalizer	~	Damage formula tweaked, no longer possible to one-hit-kill certain classes when at low health Automatic and manual Medic calls are suppressed
Pyro	Backburner	No compression blast +15% damage done	Added compression blast, 50 ammo per blast +10% damage done Base damage: 153.5 / sec. Crit: 460.4 / sec.
	Flare Gun	Mini-Crits against burning players at close range, full crits against burning players at long range	Full crits against burning players regardless of range
	Powerjack	+25% damage No random critical hits Base damage: 81 Crit: 244	Random critical hits enabled No damage bonus +20% damage from melee sources while active Base damage: 65 Crit: 195
Demoman	Loch-n-Load	+10% damage done Base damage: 92-135 Crit: 297-363	+20% damage done Base damage: 103-147 Crit: 342-388
Heavy	Dalokohs Bar	25.7 second cooldown	No cooldown
Heavy	Fists of Steel	60% less damage from ranged sources while active	40% less damage from ranged sources while active 20% slower weapon switch
Sniper	Sydney Sleeper	~	25% faster charge rate

Subsequently reverted

The following item tweaks were introduced with the Hatless Update, but were subsequently reverted in the April 15, 2011 Patch.

Class	Item	Old	New
Demoman	Eyelander	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146
	Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146
	Claidheamh Mòr	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146
	Ullapool Caber	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 35 (149 explosion) Crit: 149 (300 explosion)	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 26 (149 explosion) Crit: 79 (300 explosion)
Engineer	Gunslinger	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146
Engineer	Southern Hospitality	No random critical hits No damage penalty Base damage: 65 Crit: 195	Random critical hits enabled -25% damage done Base damage: 49 Crit: 146