This is how it should work from the beginning. Instead of adding 3 different colors of the same effect, just allow players to change it as they wish. Less clutter of so many effects.

Conceptually really cool, gives players more agency on how to style their loadout.
Unfortunately, this would cut into profits valve gets. I commend the effort though.

i say we just remove unusuals entirely, workslop keeps making them and having to add in 40 different colors, name one person who owns any of the 2023 summer effects on a good hat and it looks good, gen 1/2 and 3 were the only good unusuals and now it's just straight up slop and trader bait

This change would apply to future unusual effects, and not touch any existing ones. This would likely not affect the economy.

i don't think this will be added because it would basically turn 1 unusual hat into 2 or 3, and it would mess up the market

I'd just be happy we wouldn't have 30 versions of the same effect because effect creators can't help but make every effect 7 different colors.

would probably do stuff to the tf2 market but ehh who cares i love this idea

not sure about this i'm not a trader but this could do something to the economy

@The legendary super heavy at least it can decrease visual bloat. Just remember how there was like 20 names for every variant of effect. That's a mess. If that proposition will be implemented we would see 4-5 names instead and only on close inspection players can see the catch.

Okay, that makes me think how it will reflect on economy... Probably will make some effects cost more, but unique ones that has only one style can be more expencive too... Shit, I'm not the guy that cares a lot about trading but it will be interesting to see what this thing can do to it.

This is a really good idea, should make trading easier too!

never getting added unfortunately due to the mental illnesses traders suffer from

To be honest this is genius idea, I kinda get tired of unusuals that have 2-3 versions being added every year. Why not just make them being a styles?

yes please less bloat

I doubt Valve cares or has the time to implement a new system like this. But I also think it's a little unnecessary since most people probably wouldn't change the style to a different color once that have the one they want. Versus the current system, where players just trade/buy exactly what they want, which Valve benefits from.
It would be nice to alter things though. I have a pumpkin moon hat I wear all the time, but I hate the cycling face sprite on it that adds a bunch of random movement and noise to an otherwise really aesthetic effect. So I'd love it for that

this fixes nothing with the bloat issues but its pretty cool

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Wouldn't solve valve's bloat addiction problem, but a nice change for the players