Make Cosmetic Hats Useful

[Jackard]

Why would you do something like this instead of just adding a costume slot?

Because a costume slot could theoretically override any piece of clothing, including metal helmets. The idea here is to limit how much you can obscure your actual set up. If you're wearing armor, you're wearing armor.
If you're wearing a pilgrims hat (Cowboy/Sherlock Hat/Whatever) You're not. However, if the limitation could stand, grand!

This amounts to the same thing, provided that cosmetic items can't conceal that you're wearing armor. Hence the "One hat will cover up anything shy of actual armor, the other covers actual armor." We don't need what someone is wearing obfuscated.

1. Who gives a shit if it conceals armor? It's only one piece.

2. Jorb could make all headgear cosmetic only, what would you say to that? Solve your little "problem" real quick.

[Lunarius_Haberdash]

You're mad as a hatter, sir.

Thank you kindly Jorb. Though it's worth noting that madness is all too often a source of genius and insight.

[Danno]

Make the cosmetic appearance viewable for:
-people on your kin list
-fellow villagers when you're within your village/land claim
-yourself unless you're in combat

[Archiplex]

How about the hat can copy the stats of any other non-armor hat you own?

Or make it a cosmetic stat, and allow other people to turn cosmetics off.

[shubla]

Cosmetic hats are cosmetic no statsp ls

[Kaios]

We don't need what someone is wearing obfuscated.

Makes sense but you could just add a checkbox to options which disables viewing cosmetic items (on yourself or other players or both) and you no longer see what cosmetic item the person is wearing, just their normal gear. If they added cosmetic slots, that is.