Will there be TF2 hats for preordering?

[timur]

Originally Posted by jalex3

don't forget many people got it in the potato pack or when it was really cheap, I have not installed most of the games from it. ownership does not mean you care to play it at all.

which is also what some people do with Hats.

For some reason. Honest, why would someone go THAT far for hats?! But people do, and many of them

[jalex3]

Originally Posted by timur

which is also what some people do with Hats.

For some reason. Honest, why would someone go THAT far for hats?! But people do, and many of them

because that want to and can afford to, either way I'm not against them having their fun. Game died the second they added a store.

[Colt .45 killer]

yep Jalex, very true. If anything that is a successfull representation of how many extra sales have been made by adding KF to a pack, sales that obviously wouldnt have been made regularly...

[SCandChives]

Originally Posted by Falkenhorst

You really have no concept of good marketing. Word of mouth is not how to sell a game. Bob telling Joe at the water cooler or Boris85 posting on another forum is not going to sell the tens of thousands of units the Tripwire need to make enough profit to make another game.

Minecraft says otherwise. But still, for this game I agree, word of mouth alone will not work.

[jalex3]

Originally Posted by SCandChives

Minecraft says otherwise. But still, for this game I agree, word of mouth alone will not work.

needs more pc gamer and RPS.

[murderous_eagle]

I'd rather see another KF pyro hat (dosh helm), but as a TF2 owner...

HAAAAAAAAATS

[Flogger23m]

If it means more money for TWI without lowering the quality of RO2 then why not...

[Shadrach]

Apart from the failure from people to understand the obvious sarcasm of the OP - personally I'd say anything that gets more people to buy RO2 is good - unless we're talking about death's head hats here. Which I hope they're not, in any way, whatsoever, talking about adding to a game like TF2.

Even the german WW2 helmet carries some pretty negative associations for most people and shouldn't be in TF2.

Germans pointy helmets (ww1) and russian "bear" hats would be good as they look ridiculous anyway. Imagine the Medic with the Kaiser helmet

[Merin Redplate]

Isn't the Pickelhaube already in TF2?

[jalex3]

Originally Posted by Merin Redplate

Isn't the Pickelhaube already in TF2?

yes and so is some Russian ww2 cap

[Actin]

Originally Posted by Shadrach

Apart from the failure from people to understand the obvious sarcasm of the OP - personally I'd say anything that gets more people to buy RO2 is good - unless we're talking about death's head hats here. Which I hope they're not, in any way, whatsoever, talking about adding to a game like TF2.

Even the german WW2 helmet carries some pretty negative associations for most people and shouldn't be in TF2.

Germans pointy helmets (ww1) and russian "bear" hats would be good as they look ridiculous anyway. Imagine the Medic with the Kaiser helmet

Since the helmet is still in use today I don't see the problem with a fritz (apart from the steel instead of kevlar...)

Also as proud TF2 owner I welcome hats (not that I care, i just want to be known that I have taste, what better than RO2 hats).
However an IS2 as a level 4 sentry upgrade would be nice

[Nylle]

Originally Posted by kainhall

im thinking TWI should also put the swasticka in...but the old iron cross in the german version...cuz its ilegial over in germany...

VALVe would probably never allow that, and if there will be hats or helmets the insignias would probably be the TF2 "icon" instead of a a swasticka or hammer and sickle.

[Nimsky]

TBH the hats only damage TF2. If the hats give TWI a bunch of extra sales it's worth it. They have no effect on RO or TWI whatsoever, except some extra profit.

TF2 on the other hand does suffer from the hat nonsense, and Valve pretty much ruined TF2 when they added item drops and crafting. I haven't played it ever since. TF2 is now essentially a marketing tool rather than the fun casual game it used to be. A great example of 'doing it wrong'.

[Nylle]

True Nimsky. The hats are like a drug. I like hats, but I do miss the old days back in 2007

p.s. "In VALVe we trust."

[jalex3]

valve always manage to stuff up great things. portal 2 being a console port is a nice example. (before anyone says its not look at the menus and settings )

[SCandChives]

Originally Posted by jalex3

valve always manage to stuff up great things. portal 2 being a console port is a nice example. (before anyone says its not look at the menus and settings )

A few "consolish" menus and limited settings don't necessarily mean its a console port. Just means they were lazy with some aspects.

If people wanna buy RO2 to get hats for TF2 I don't really care, they get their jollies and I get mine.

[Frostedfire]

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[PsYcH0_Ch!cKeN]

Originally Posted by Frostedfire

mamma mia mamma mia...

I see what you did there!

Cross promotion can only help here. It would bring in many sales and that's what TW need. Don't forget that there's already a relaxed realism mode designed specifically to pull in the CoD/BF/TF2 crowd who otherwise might not touch the game (wtf!!1 no croshare thiiis is siht) so why not actively advertise to them? It's not as if adding hats to another game (already buckling under the weight other assorted headgear) is going to magically change the game mechanics of HoS.

[NoxNoctum]

I know you're half kidding Smokey but tbh it would be a bit cool to have *very mild* customizable uniforms. I'm talking different uniforms that were ACTUALLY used in quantity at Stalingrad. So you could have the standard German gray, snow camo, etc. Throw in the option to have a helmet or softcover like this for example:

http://www.surcompany.com/listing5-h...3/ssgry2bb.jpg

Could be pretty cool. Though it could get out of hand. If everyone was running around with officer hats that would seriously kill the immersion for me.

[BlackLabel]

DH did that well on my beloved Sepp Buldge maps...