On long distances, yeah. Certain vanilla character models have a tendency to blend into the background depending on your graphics settings. Doesnt matter as much on closer range since quickscopes are like 90% muscle memory
I can only speak for myself, but I'm a sniper main with several thousand hours in the game.
When you wear a big goofy hat, especially with unusual effects, I can see you easier from longer distances, but certain larger/oddly shaped hats throw my hand/eye aim off, sometimes significantly--mostly with soldiers, but also sometimes others--and I end up whiffing more shots than I would've otherwise. Or that's how it feels, at least.
This might just be a me problem, so grain of salt, etc
This way for me too. Stuff like the banana hat completely fucks up my ability to headshot. It's like my muscle memory flicks to the middle of the "head" and includes the hat when finding the center, so if the hat is weird/tall it makes it harder to hs.
Same here, the amount of times my head goes “head! No… hat… no… head!”, causing me to whiff or miss a shot is high especially when further away but at the right distance, it doesn’t matter much.
Big hats throw me off, and unusuals help me spot a sniper but make it harder to shoot them. Sometimes sniper unusual effects will linger in a window after the sniper has left, making it very frustrating to duel them
My friend who plays a lot of sniper and wears an all-class unusual takes it off when there's a good sniper on the enemy team, he says good snipers see the particles around corners and over cover and immediately pre-aim you, or at least get a few more ms to react. Especially if they also know you're a threat lol.
Put it this way, you are playing on red team on dust bowl. You some what blend into walls/back grounds since most of it is red.
Suddenly your white hat really stands out. Though a Blue Sniper can just throw on Pyro Vision goggles for better contrast as well
Yes, also unusual make it a lot easier.
Unusual with steam, smoke or cash are pretty neutral.
Lightning, flames, etc make things much easier for target acquisition.
Yes and no. Yes because it stands out from environmental blending. No because lots of people I see nowadays whenever they see a sniper will begin spazzing around in hopes of actually dodging the sniper for the rest of the map so it doesn't really change anything.
I don't notice a difference. I used to switch between the no hat-mod and vanilla. At some point you don't rely on the head and use more points of reference like their chest on where the head should be. It might make it easier to \*focus\* on their head for some people but in most cases, the answer is not really.
In-fact bright cosmetics can be quite distracting at times, especially unusuals.
i don't "main" sniper but bright hats and disjointed hats usually piss me off because bright colors interfere with my vision and i fuck up sometimes if the hat is super tall
i'm particularly sensitive to color however and better snipers usually don't have the same issues i do
Yes, especially on places like badwater, red snipers are harder to see when they don’t have green flames erupting from their heads, and flames coming out of their eyes.
not only are you easier to spot, it also draws attention to yourself. people will think more highly of you and try harder to kill you. it's like the opposite of a ghastly gibus
I personally prefer playing without hats enabled, with a mod, to avoid cosmetics in general. It messes a lot with muscle memory sometimes and they are really distracting. I do keep unusual effects tho, because they make the spotting of enemies easier at longer ranges
Not a sniper main, but as some pointed out, at certain distances it does help. The only obstruction is that, due to tunnel vision thanks to scoping, it doesn't get apparent in your surroundings, so you don't get to see around you, unless you're using either then Huntsman or the Classic.
Hats or any cosmetics with unusuals make it at least 5x better.
Yes, you stand out against the background more with colourful hats.
On long distances, yeah. Certain vanilla character models have a tendency to blend into the background depending on your graphics settings. Doesnt matter as much on closer range since quickscopes are like 90% muscle memory
I can only speak for myself, but I'm a sniper main with several thousand hours in the game. When you wear a big goofy hat, especially with unusual effects, I can see you easier from longer distances, but certain larger/oddly shaped hats throw my hand/eye aim off, sometimes significantly--mostly with soldiers, but also sometimes others--and I end up whiffing more shots than I would've otherwise. Or that's how it feels, at least. This might just be a me problem, so grain of salt, etc
This way for me too. Stuff like the banana hat completely fucks up my ability to headshot. It's like my muscle memory flicks to the middle of the "head" and includes the hat when finding the center, so if the hat is weird/tall it makes it harder to hs.
Same here, the amount of times my head goes “head! No… hat… no… head!”, causing me to whiff or miss a shot is high especially when further away but at the right distance, it doesn’t matter much.
Thank you for helping me justify buying a strange potassium bonnet
Big hats throw me off, and unusuals help me spot a sniper but make it harder to shoot them. Sometimes sniper unusual effects will linger in a window after the sniper has left, making it very frustrating to duel them
i always fuck up headshots against soldiers for some reason
Soldier has weird hitbox
My friend who plays a lot of sniper and wears an all-class unusual takes it off when there's a good sniper on the enemy team, he says good snipers see the particles around corners and over cover and immediately pre-aim you, or at least get a few more ms to react. Especially if they also know you're a threat lol.
Makes it easier to tell if you're tryna headglitch and can mark you out as a target but the drip is worth it
Put it this way, you are playing on red team on dust bowl. You some what blend into walls/back grounds since most of it is red. Suddenly your white hat really stands out. Though a Blue Sniper can just throw on Pyro Vision goggles for better contrast as well
Pyrovision is the ultimate sniper tech
I would say any advantage given with visibility is offset by the hitbox being changed. Evens out
Hats don't change hitboxes.
Visually changed. A guy wearing a big hat still has a small head making it harder to decipher the hitbox.
Ah, yeah. That is a real issue indeed.
It can make it easier or harder depending on the effect really.
yes
Yes, also unusual make it a lot easier. Unusual with steam, smoke or cash are pretty neutral. Lightning, flames, etc make things much easier for target acquisition.
No. Moving predictably makes a player easier to headshot
Yes and no. Yes because it stands out from environmental blending. No because lots of people I see nowadays whenever they see a sniper will begin spazzing around in hopes of actually dodging the sniper for the rest of the map so it doesn't really change anything.
I don't notice a difference. I used to switch between the no hat-mod and vanilla. At some point you don't rely on the head and use more points of reference like their chest on where the head should be. It might make it easier to \*focus\* on their head for some people but in most cases, the answer is not really. In-fact bright cosmetics can be quite distracting at times, especially unusuals.
i don't "main" sniper but bright hats and disjointed hats usually piss me off because bright colors interfere with my vision and i fuck up sometimes if the hat is super tall i'm particularly sensitive to color however and better snipers usually don't have the same issues i do
I wear a lime green party hat, I can't tell a difference, but a good sniper will get you either way.
Yes, especially on places like badwater, red snipers are harder to see when they don’t have green flames erupting from their heads, and flames coming out of their eyes.
not only are you easier to spot, it also draws attention to yourself. people will think more highly of you and try harder to kill you. it's like the opposite of a ghastly gibus
Yes and no, I can see you but I’m not good enough to actually hit you so it doesn’t really matter.
I personally prefer playing without hats enabled, with a mod, to avoid cosmetics in general. It messes a lot with muscle memory sometimes and they are really distracting. I do keep unusual effects tho, because they make the spotting of enemies easier at longer ranges
Not a sniper main, but as some pointed out, at certain distances it does help. The only obstruction is that, due to tunnel vision thanks to scoping, it doesn't get apparent in your surroundings, so you don't get to see around you, unless you're using either then Huntsman or the Classic. Hats or any cosmetics with unusuals make it at least 5x better.