So with the new hats,

[Artinz]

The way it works is that you have a 50% or so chance of receiving ANY item every 25 minutes.

Futhermore, you have a .05% chance of receiving a hat when you get a drop.

No, it doesn't for hats. Hats are on a separate, longer drop timer, because someone has a record of getting Jarate, then a hat 10 minutes later. And it's not a 50% chance to get an item every 25 minutes, people don't get an item every hour, its usually about 2-3 hours in between.

 

[Santiago Ramon]

Has anyone noticed if you tend to get hats of the same class or different classes with the new update?

 

[iGreen]

No, your math is off.
0.05% chance means if you play for 2,000 minutes you'll get one hat on average.

Playing time: 141.1 hours past 2 weeks (alone, never mind the time i've played since they brought out the hats)

141.1 x 60 = 8460. 8460/2000 = 4.23 hats OR 0 hats. Guess which one I got?

 

[Destroy]

Playing time: 141.1 hours past 2 weeks (alone, never mind the time i've played since they brought out the hats)

141.1 x 60 = 8460. 8460/2000 = 4.23 hats OR 0 hats. Guess which one I got?

No hats
I got my first hat (Ye Olde Baker Boy) after over 100 hours of gameplay.

 

[rawr]

No, it doesn't for hats. Hats are on a separate, longer drop timer, because someone has a record of getting Jarate, then a hat 10 minutes later. And it's not a 50% chance to get an item every 25 minutes, people don't get an item every hour, its usually about 2-3 hours in between.

Actually it's relatively commonly known it's 1 in 3 change every 25 minutes. A 1 in 3 chance would be equivalent to an item every 1 1/2 hours on average.

http://www.sourceop.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1627

It's noted that with the new hats, the chance of getting one is exactly the same, however the chance of getting the hat you want is much lower.

 

[Burning Shadow]

Has anyone noticed if you tend to get hats of the same class or different classes with the new update?

Haven't found any hats, but when I play as spy, I seem to get a lot of kritzkriegs... Don't ask me why or how, but I think I got six in a couple of days, and only a random weapon or two in the same amount of time. Maybe backstabbing fully charged medics raises your chances

Also, I don't think that anybody has received multiple hats since the update. If anyone has by playing normally, I'm jealous. The fedora used to be the must have for me, but now I want the camera beard :drool: It's a camera AND a beard! "Perfect for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongman competitions."

 

[Properly Basic]

Don't forget that the amount you play affects your drop rate. For instance, I didn't play all summer and when I first started playing again, I got about 6 (old) weapons in a matter of a couple of hours. Now that I am back and playing normally, I get about 1 item every 5 hours.

There is a tf2 blog post about it on the official site around the time the drop system came out.

 

[GrinningHillbilly]

Whatever, I'm just happy I FINALLY got my Officer's Ushanka for the Heavy. Seriously, just stick it out, and once you get your first, nothing really matters anymore. :biggrin:

 

[jshotzz]

I'm fairly unlucky

 

[Korgot]

xD, I got the scout hat but I hate scout

 

[Haggus McGee]

I did some data collection from drunken fool's program (a sample size of 150 hats) and got some reliable results:

Probability of a drop per hour: 59%
Probability of a hat per hour: 1/364
Probability of a hat per drop: 1/213

Expectation of days to get a hat: 15.2 (of play)

 

[AJC]

All I know it that it doesn't increase my chances!

 

[acefisher1]

I have hundreds of hours, probably around 500, and I have yet to get a single hat. And that is just since the first hats' release. I have never idled or used a program for it either. I actually rarely ever get items anymore as well. I think i've gotten 5 items dropped total since the most recent update. 3 low level medic items and 2 jarates.

 

[Wickedesque]

I recently got a new hat. Vintage Typholean. Basically a feathered hat for the medic.

 

[Sir]

I did some data collection from drunken fool's program (a sample size of 150 hats) and got some reliable results:

Probability of a drop per hour: 59%
Probability of a hat per hour: 1/364
Probability of a hat per drop: 1/213

Expectation of days to get a hat: 15.2 (of play)

360 hours per hat. Ridiculous.

 

[longshot]

lol i just got a hat for the demoman while playing and i bought tf2 like a week or two ago, feel free to hate me

 

[Noobkiller]

with the new hats, your chance of getting one specific hat lowers, while the chance of getting a hat remains the same -_-. TWO FROS AND A BATTER HELMET RAGE
also the chance of hats grows slowly every 100 hours you play, but at 800 hours you are at the 90% chance range. so you have to REALLY UNLUCKY to not get a hat within 800 hours of gameplay .