Today's Freebie is: Free Hat!

Free Hat! Free Hat! Free Hat! Free Hat! Free Hat! Free Hat!

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Not just any hat - a princess hat

We're still missing a long dress costume part - something silky and flowing, but also slinky and clingy - or texture options to give that effect

HOLY CRAP! A FREE HAT! IT'S LIKE TF2 AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS ALL OVER AGAIN!

Now when can I get my Phlogistinator beam/assault rifle customization?

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

I demand a Prince hat!

GENDER EQUALITY!!!

Golden Girl aces it down the line.

Ah, I see that wanting to have a wider variety of costume options (which there's nothing inherently wrong with) and wrapping it in the guise of "gender equality" in order to make it sound like you're being discriminated against has roots far back in history.

I STILL WANT THAT HAT.

CONVERSELY, IF THAT ISN'T LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE, I WANT THE PRINCESS HAT MADE AVAILABLE FOR MALE AND HUGE TOONS. IF TIME PERMITS.

Now now, there's a simple solution: instead of a prince hat, we remove the veil and fluffy from it, add stars, and call it a wizard hat. You are to put it on with your robe.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

*flashes back to one week ago*

COH forums : "grumble grumble grumble why don't they put costume pieces as the freebie"

this week

"Grumble Grumble I want a male and female costume piece."

Give males the princess hat as a belt option.

I wish it looked that good. Sorry I didn't grab screenshots, but I can tell that this was some new Paragon trainee's class project, and they gave it away free because it's such a failure.

For one thing, it's tilted at the wrong angle. Go back and watch more classic Disney movies, if you can't be bothered to look at historical costuming books: the hat should not go straight up, like a Dun's Cap, it's supposed to go back to nearly horizontal, so that the lace train hangs down well behind the wearer.

But the bigger problem is that it's designed to require about five different colors (hat, fur trim, lace trim, train, and hair) and only has two colors to work with. So they made the worst possible choice of two. Color one tints the hat and both trims. Color two tints the train. The hair is a blend of color one and color two. Brown hair? You have to have a brown hat. And a brown train. Green hat, or pink hat? Enjoy your greenish or pinkish hair.

There's a limit to how entitled I feel I am to complain about a free hat, but seriously, if this doesn't get at least the color choices fixed, it's entirely useless. Frankly, I feel like a better solution would be to tip it far enough back that the hair can justifiably be eliminated, tucked up into the hat (which I've seen in some historical costuming sources, albeit not often), get rid of the anachronistic fur trim around the bottom of the hat, and have color 1 be the fabric of the hat and color 2 be the trim on the hat and the lace trail. That'd be worth wearing. Or, alternatively, have all parts of the hat be addressed by color 1, and have the hair be color 2, using texture overlays to make the hat trim lighter or darker and making do with transparent color 1 on the trailing veil.

(If you combine pieces from the Gunslinger and Steampunk packs, it is entirely possible to make a convincing princess dress, as long as you're okay with the knee-length skirt. Which, for game engine reasons, we have to be.)

Since it didn't cost me anything, I got over my disappointment pretty quickly, but when I saw the name of the costume piece in the store, I was briefly excited, for the first time since Freebie Friday began.