I started playing only a year ago, and my first hat was the lion hat. I liked it alot, although I really wish I could've gotten a freezie crown or a pumpkin head. But I understood that that's just what you get for being in the game longer. So over the year, I really grew to like my lion hat, as it at least was a symbol of how long I'd been playing. I haven't liked any of the hats since then, and typically wear the lion mask when in outposts.
Now that they've duplicated it, they've removed my playlength status symbol and as silly as it sounds to type this... it's really not fair. I'm sure if they duplicated first year pumpkin crowns, there would be a much bigger reaction from players. But since it's a newer hat, I'm sure very few people will be vocal about it. Just imagine that whatever you consider to be your "leet" hat got duplicated, and I'm sure you'd agree this was a bad decision.
They either shouldn't have duplicate hats, or if they actually don't care about status (like this decision implies) they should just give out a credit to pick whichever hat you'd like.
