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 in the 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 variant, 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 megaphone 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 Mode

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.

Maps

Main article: List of maps

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Badlands (King of the Hill)		King of the Hill	`koth_badlands`

Tweaked weapons

Class	Weapon	Changes
Scout	Mad Milk	Changed: Reduced the amount of health players gain back through damage to 60% (from 75%)
	Fan O'War	Changed: Increased the duration the Marked-for-Death effect lasts to 15 seconds (from 10 seconds)
	Sun-on-a-Stick	Changed: Deal fully critical hit damage on burning enemies (from mini-crits)
	Sun-on-a-Stick	Changed: Increased damage penalty to -25% (from -15%)
Soldier	Battalion's Backup	Changed: Increased the amount of damage needed to fill rage meter to 350 (from 175)
	Concheror	Changed: Increased the amount of health returned while under the effects through damage to 35% (from 20%)
	Equalizer	Changed: Suppressed the players ability to call for Medic manually and automatically while weapon is active
	Equalizer	Changed: Adjusted damage scale and reduced the maximum amount of damage the weapon can obtain to 107 (from 160)
Pyro	Backburner	Removed: No compression blast
		Added: Compression blast with 150% cost
		Changed: Reduced damage bonus to +10% (from +15%)
	Flare Gun	Changed: Deal fully critical hit damage on burning enemies, regardless of the range (from mini-crits on point blank to medium range and critical hit on long range)
	Powerjack	Removed: No random critical hits
		Added: +20% melee vulnerability while active
		Removed: +25% damage bonus
Demoman	Loch-n-Load	Changed: Increased damage bonus to +20% (from +10%)
Heavy	Dalokohs Bar	Removed: Weapon cooldown
	Fists of Steel	Added: 20% slower weapon switch
	Fists of Steel	Changed: Reduced ranged damage resistance to 40% (from 60%)
Sniper	Sydney Sleeper	Added: +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	Weapon	Changes
Demoman	Eyelander	Removed: No random critical hits
	Eyelander	Added: -25% damage penalty
	Claidheamh Mòr	Removed: No random critical hits
	Claidheamh Mòr	Added: -25% damage penalty
	Ullapool Caber	Removed: No random critical hits
	Ullapool Caber	Added: -25% damage penalty
Engineer	Gunslinger	Removed: No random critical hits
	Gunslinger	Added: -25% damage penalty
	Southern Hospitality	Removed: No random critical hits
	Southern Hospitality	Added: -25% damage penalty