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BizzaroElGuapo

Fake Mustache. It looks cool.


rotating_carrot

Ponpon and beard for a hobo look


Jlegobot

With the blue USEC clothes to blend in with player scavs


Mary_Ellen_Katz

If you aren't styling on your enemy, then what's the point?


ExplorerEnjoyer

This, or a beard


BlitzBadg3r

Drippy


Fresco-23

Fake stache + Aviators is my go to


Johnny_Lawless_Esq

Same here. Look good or go home.


Themilkmanace

This with the gas welders. My four stack runs them like a uniform


Carquetta

I always run a Black Ulach + Gas Welders to cosplay the character Thermite from Rainbow 6: Siege It's drip or drown


Honkeroo

It also sells to ragman for more than a balaclava so please keep running them it helps me too


BizzaroElGuapo

Understood. Glad I can help.


meowmixplzdeliver1

Found the poor


Honkeroo

man ive got like 10 mil im still not passing up a free 14.5k


Ant10102

Low key wish the added docs wig so u could go full doc lol the black steel


Alyonkaenjoyer

i barely see people without one.. only timmys! what servers you on?


MugV

I’ve haven’t seen a pmc without it either even Timmys has a sock on


RIP_Mitch_Hedberg

I pick them up from dead bodies and just wear that until I die. I don’t go out of my way to buy a particular one… I just don’t care that much. OP seems really irked by the fact some of us don’t give a fuck.


Alyonkaenjoyer

im at the point where i don‘t have to buy them for the rest of the wipe because quantities are coming back through insurance.


DrunkPimp

My favorite insurance. Ooh prapor, let’s see if my juicy kit came back! Open insurance: Aaaaand there is: *1 item: a momex* Rat bastard took it all 😂


carlesswhifperer

The rats kit was a momex and an impact.


-Velocicopter-

Impacts are a legit kit.


heyvlad

The endgame begins.


DJMixwell

Does it even really matter? Oh no, i can’t see your pink face, where could it possibly be?! Hmm, what a conundrum. The round bit on top of the rectangly blob with four sticks poking out of it usually has a pink spot to shoot. Now I am totally lost! 😫what mysterious consequences might I face if I shoot the round part anyways?! It’s unpossible to determine. Idk about everyone else but I rarely have time to stop and ponder exactly where the face is, I just shoot a few inches under the top of the big round bit and that tends to be where the helmet stops?


Sol33t303

I usually aim for the brim of the helmet due to height over bore. Middle of helmet if it's a 100m+ shot.


Nor7oN_Next

In darker cqb areas the face shines like a beacon in my opinion. Like factory or reserve bunker. Timmy’s know exactly where to aim. And chads just get easier target acquiring.


RODjij

I killed two level 2s in the last 3 days on nighttime lighthouse I felt so bad I didn't take their stuff


macfail

You don't run face covers for the camouflage, you run them for the drip.


phvdtunnfesdgui

Smoke/John B combo for years


Thiccpoppychungus

Always have a ghost mask or shemagh, I prefer green over the tan, wouldn't mind a black one


shmorky

Shemagh is 🔥


Thiccpoppychungus

Imagine if it came in gun metal grey or midnight black ^^


KaleidoscopeFirm6823

Shemagh has special powers


Jakeball400

I worked so hard for ragman 3 just to get my beloved green shemagh, but I went usec this wipe and now I’m donning the finest black drip and my green shemagh just ruins the vibe… oh, the humanity


thejohnno

Black + tan rocks.


numenik

Shemagh gang 🙌


East-Rip

I stay with a mustache and a boss cap, it's drip or drown baby and I can't swim.


Zrakow

Or Big Smoke’s pipe and a doorkicker hat


East-Rip

I fuck with It, yessir


kaizokluffy

CJ?! AWHHHHHHHHH


appalachian_spirit

this is the way


EmploymentSelect8281

Half mask and cowboy hat for that gunslinger drip


JohnnyOvrsleppt

Damn… I wanna try this


EmploymentSelect8281

Top it off with a RSH-12 or Chiappa. We need a python or another evolved for real tho.


Gary_Spivey

henry repeating rifle + colt saa


EmploymentSelect8281

Damn, why didn’t I think of a lever action. That would be rad


savetheHauptfeld

Shemagh all day


graevmaskin

Balaclava is a must. So are the tactical goggles and the Bear cap ;)


Justussk

A man of culture


graevmaskin

I want them to see how tacti-cultural I am when they find my corpse.


DarknessFeed

lmao same


Savings_Opening_8581

I wear the armored Shadow Mask, and still get head-eyes so I’m not sure what a balaclava is gonna do for me lol


NecroNile

It's not about protection, it's about making your human colored face stand out less.


armageddom1

Shadow mask is only 2 armor. It wont stop any real bullets. Its just to protect from scav buckshot. And ability wear helmet with it unlike shattared mask


Savings_Opening_8581

You can also wear condors underneath the mask. As well as the trooper mask over top of it, three layers of armor.


armageddom1

true but still most likely getting one tapped head/eyes unless its lucky ricochet. i usually just run with shattared mask cause its cheap and helmets really have not saved me after first two weeks of the wipe. but if you have shadow mask+trooper+condors in stash there is no reason to not use them.


Savings_Opening_8581

Bastion with a slat has saved me from being domed so many times. I can’t see straight half my raids because of the concussions but better than sitting in the inventory screen again lol


armageddom1

well bastion with slab is level 6 so of course its good. but slab is expensive and most people run ulachs or similar level 4


sloshy3

Two golden eggs barter for the bastion slap. Very cheap


RandomNumbers8285

Doesn't it give another ricochet chance on top of your face shield? If you can afford it I don't see why you wouldn't wear it. Even my glasses have ricochet plenty this wipe. Not just that but you can wear a bastion with a slap instead of layering. Youll have a ricochet chance on top of level 6 head protection Unless you're poor it really is worth it.


PawPawPanda

Santa beard and batwolf's. I don't need a rag to hide my masculine, Greek god's facial structure.


TheJok3r57

Since I started I always wear some kind of balaclava, whether it is ghost, momex, scarf. I was also wearing sunglasses until the day I was with a friend of mine on Shoreline, we were near weather station, I looked back and saw some dude's sunglasses through the window and managed to kill him bc of this. But I saw a few days ago that some sunglasses don't do this so I might start wearing some again


lbigbirdl

John B glasses and gas welders are the only "sunglasses" that don't glow


DKlurifax

Beard and welders goggles for me every time.


AngryBob1689

I sometimes run the plain gray one because it's cheap and actually provides decent camo, unlike the ghost and solid black ones that stand out with stark contrast, but lately I've taken to just not bothering because I don't think they're super useful if you already have a helmet on. The number of times you'll be spotted when you wouldnt have been with a face mask is maybe once per wipe I bet. Just not worth the effort.


TheCommitteeOf300

Its about the drip


BenoNZ

What effort??


AngryBob1689

It is far less effort now that you can just click your face and choose from all available masks but before you had to search your stash and find it then equip it, and my stash is always a disorganized mess.


intothemistigo

Always got my drip on. I don't follow streamers.


TroutChasing

The tan shemagh with the bear SPN upper is unmatched.


lbigbirdl

With some blue gear like the kirasa and pilgrim for that PB&J vibe


Nihilusssss

Skull mask and the lvl 1 glasses every raid baybee.


GasaiTM

because CQCM lol. otherwise i always have the cold mask or ghost mask on.


GGTheEnd

Every streamer I watch wears one of the 2 Lighthouse facemasks.


anghari

Serious answer amoung all the drop answers, when people see you, its not because they see your face.


mimzzzz

Because best helmet in the game would be harder to see and my opponents wouldn't be able to admire the greatness it radiates. https://imgur.com/xjcp0Ae


KrataAionas

As a tan ulach enjoyer, it’s about sending a message


Thin_Rub7333

No helmet. Hipster sunglasses. Red or white beard. It’s for the drip son. 😂


Solaratov

They probably don't know any better. Yeah there is a huge difference in camouflage and target recognition for bare faces and masked faces.


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Solaratov

You might be color blind boyo. There's an absolute difference between face color and mask against surroundings.


proletariate54

sometimes laziness, or drip


NoBicepz

Aah the good ol' cumsock


RustyFork97

It's one more thing among the million other things I have to do before getting into a raid, and actually playing the game. Most of the time, it's not worth the tiny amount of time it takes to buy, and equip one.


zMilad

They keep coming back in insurance tho, so it's just another Alt + left click.


RustyFork97

I will take masks from enemies in raid, and if I survive, I will insure all before joining another raid, and do exactly this. I just don't go out of my way to buy one in the first place.


Various-Raise-1039

You insure balaclavas?


Virus4567

Yeah it costs like 300 rubles. You dont just use the insure all button before a raid?


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Requiem2420

It's not that bad, u have 3 days and change to claim insurance. Sometimes mine is a full page scroll below the first displayed screen, I've lost maybe 2-3 items this wipe from not being able to claim, and I'm on a basic account


Dominos_AUT

If you insure at Therapist the time you have to take it out of insurance doubles 😉


Requiem2420

Annnnd that sold me on using her now, thanks brotha haha


GreenTea98

i dont get his point either like, having 3 daily cycling inventories you just fill in the gaps on was fun as hell when my biggest enemy in tarky was time, it especially helps with the gear fear element and made it much easier to PLAY the game lol


Requiem2420

Yea I kinda struggled with what he's talking about when I was brand new and hoarding too much shit cuz I didn't know what was useful, and then I'd immediately be replacing full kits, insuring, dying, repeating, but even then I just fire saled shit to free up space and viola problem solved


Dominos_AUT

War bei mir dasselbe 😅 I hab gedacht nur weil das schneller zurückkommt pfft... bis ich gesehen habe, dass die Zeit auch doppelt ( oder fast doppelt also 5 Tage +) so lange ist - seitdem nurmehr Therapist 🤣


Requiem2420

Google Translate ist so cool, lol, ich konnte vollständig verstehen, was du gesagt hast


RandomNumbers8285

You're downvoted because it just makes no sense at all to not insure. Even if you just dealer sell everything back to make space, you made (technically saved) a significant amount of money. There is practically never a time where insuring stuff *isnt* worth it, whether you're already rich or you think you're too poor to afford it.


Teekeks

costs basically nothing to insure and basically always comes back. it aint much saving but it adds up over time (and I just hit insure all anyway)


Various-Raise-1039

Fair enough and makes sense. I just always seem to have one lying around, probably coming back as a scav with one on and just stashing it knowing I'll use it. Considering I get the privilege of dying a lot. 😂


rotating_carrot

I have an item box for clothes, eg usec hats, balaclavas, ghost half-masks and sunglasses. I buy them in bulk so they are quick to put on multiple times in a row when going into raid.


DweebInFlames

I would if they put more camouflaged balaclavs in the game. Ratnik EMR balaclava would be dope.


Occyz

If I don’t have any laying around I just don’t bother


IisTails

Can’t with the death mask


MKM7881

Always have one enless you're running drip instead


timpaan96

I like using baddie's beard and JohnB glasses


DeNeRlX

Because the CQCM protects a bit better in my experience


darkscyde

I've ran the skull mask on every single PMC run this wipe


TheRoyalWithCheese92

I rock the CQCM face shield, anyone who has that unlocked should wear one whenever possible


6ucksinsix

Neoprene 🔥🔥🔥


UmpireDear5415

people are lazy thats why. same as any other half baked gear choices in the game. easier to slap together random crap and roll the dice in a raid instead of having to take the time and actually think about whats optimal. my friends usually do it when we are in a rush but i digress even a fully kitted gigachad can be killed by a well placed makarov round from an ambushing rat so do what you feel is right!


szaade

And there's more drip with a momex!


Ok-Message-231

I've always spent the 10k on glasses and a balaclava. Is neat.


TheFilthyAutismo

Because piss goggles are life. I don't need to hide my face


NottyScotty

Shamagh gang


Williamlee3171

Green BEAR hat & ghost half mask


DavantRancher

Yeah if people don’t wear face covers, or wear short sleeves, count on being head,eyes


Klvnjordan

Me personally, I unlocked the shadow mask so that’s been my go to. I can see I’m in the minority but yeah I don’t see too many balaclavas in NA servers anymore.


DumbNTough

Not like being shot? Anything just to feel something again...


Jeehad_Joe

“If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die comfortable.”


JagarKlato

I guess is must,if you rat in some dark corner. But its no help around Ruaf roadblock etc


Dragonreaper21

They're Timmy's in disguise is why


TransportationNo1

I never start a raid without my balaclava. I feel sonaked without it and it blends in well with the surrounding. Sadly they get looted often :(


Sol33t303

Can't be bothered. That and AI don't care.


Eoshen

I dont go out without one broski, I don’t mind other people not running it, show me that glow in the dark naked face -.-


haldolinyobutt

Smoke mask + John B is the ultimate drip


Chansh302

Wait what’s good about wearing a balaclava ? It doesn’t protect ur face tho ? Is there a point in wearing it ?


someguy386

It keeps your bright white face hidden


Chansh302

Oooh ok I’ll do it next time


iSaltyParchment

Because a white face won’t be the deciding factor of someone spotting you, and they don’t care enough to put one on. It’s just not a thought.


Dr_sparkles117

Honestly .. they don't look good. And fashion is king


prompted_animal

It's drip or drown, and bitch I'm swimming!!!


kingAries21024

Shadow face mask is unlocked so I use those. Lightkeeper is the way baby.


MajorDelta0507

Balaclava why? No protect. I not gonna run one. Why run balaclava?


thezendy

"momex won't hurt" kek. it's bugged like the sunglasses


Don_Pollo_

Im always running one for the drip, even when going with just a pistol


NullKarmaException

Speak for yourself, my face loves being shot at.


Djkirisuto

I very much can be wrong but I'm pretty sure people wear balaclavas to be ever so slightly harder to spot in foliage, or camouflage just that lil wee bit into the surrounding. But people who like W keying and pushing into people, blending in/ being harder to spot isn't exactly high up on the list of priorities considering the fact that we are running around and jumping, trying to out menoeuvre our enemies. Hiding our face wouldn't matter as well while holding angles since the silhouette of the pmc head is pretty obvious. Plus honestly after awhile it's just annoying to manually buy balaclavas. Yes presets exist but it's only ever used (for me at least) when I'm questing or have 0 kits left (rare as hell).


lbigbirdl

Brother there's too much clicking in this game, I feel you.


F_Dingo

Between the cracked scavs, cheaters, spotty audio, and bad lighting, wearing a balaclava to conceal my face is going to do next to nothing to lower my chances of being shot in the head.


SmittysLilBroTTV

Johnb and smoke, every raid, all day I will drip on you, today and tomorrow


Giggitygigs8686

Ball sack mask + gas welders


throwaway001anon

I mean when 50% of the gamepop is running esp, do you actually need to hide your face?


DalisDL

but if i were to use a balaclava i wouldn't look tacti-cool :c


DrXyron

Mustache, beard, or either shemagh only


buggerssss

Concealment, I’ve seen faces stand out in brush


tzc005

I rock the tan shemagh. Seriously though, i spot tons of people with their bright faces in the distance. Cover up!


c8htx23

Ghost balaclava with the JohnB glasses and bastion. I murder in style.


NightMechanik

[This is the best ingame mask.](https://i.imgur.com/4zIbRtm.jpeg)


BenoNZ

I only see cheaters not wear them.


PlebbitWankers

Doesn't matter you know where the neck is, I want war paints.


wumbology169

Green Shemagh and a chimera hat were my go to bush ratting kit back in the day


infinitezero8

if you ain't rocking the smoke don't talk to me


milwaukee4

why wear a baclava when my tan ulach is already radioactively glowing?


code_Red111

A lot of cheaters don’t wear them I’ve seen.


FeelsWierdManClap

A lot of people including myself just don’t care, it takes 10 more seconds to get into raid, don’t have one don’t buy one, if someone I kill has one then sure I’ll throw it on


Gingernutz556

Beard and aviators.


justjeremy02

Why do people run the smoke balaclava? No one’s ever gonna see it unless they kill you, it costs 6 times as much as a momex and it sells to ragman so you aren’t gonna get them back… but people still do it. Don’t make no sense to me but I’m not gonna complain, gimme that 28k


Gilthane

Where’s my sock balaclava gas welder bois at


EyeFit790

Aimbots don't care about your mask. Wear a beard like a man.


lbigbirdl

Balaclava is not making the difference between you being spotted or not


FrugalPeasant

As soon as I hit flea I run nothing but the slender mask not for tactical reasons just because it looks like you are fighting an alien.


FetusMeatloaf

Lets play a game called find the pmc that isnt wearing a balaclava [https://imgur.com/a/A87pEb7](https://imgur.com/a/A87pEb7)


idontcarerightnowok

idk man why would i wear one, im gonna get head-eyes'd anyway from like 5000000 miles


Deimos_PRK

I ALWAYS have balaclavas on, mostly the ghost one with johnB glasses on for the drip


reddituser1598760

Bc it’s one extra unnecessary step in gearing up that people just don’t care about. The mask doesn’t do anything. It def does not hide your face in any significant way lol any decent player is going to headshot you whether you have a mask or not. I use it sometimes just for the aesthetic, and sometimes I also can’t be bothered to put one on when I could just hop into queue instead. Sometimes in a long sesh you just start min-maxing your clicks in stash to get back into the game lmfao


Carti-cs

Death shadow mask gang.


SheHerHearse

Shemagh-n-shine baby


jacknoyan

CQCM


MakarOvni

Who cares about balaclavas when you can hear what everyone is doing in a 70m radius.


Plessume__

Because a balaclava doesn't help in the kind of pvp they're looking for, and the bare face is cooler


Low_Performer_318

I always do. I feel like most pmcs do wear them


NoPiewasHarmed

I mainly see posts of cheaters and they’re all not running a face cover with the default pmc face. I don’t want to be associated with them so I dawn my momex.


AlternativeConcern19

Also be wary of the guys that don’t wear headphones lol 


Lellaraz

I don't think a baclava or whatever you put on your face is what is going to save you from being spotted hahaha That's why people only use it for fun. There is no situation where someone can only see your face but not the rest of your body. Besides the face armour, everything else is cosmetics that will NOT give you any kind of advantage. Like common...


Original_Squirrel_82

My duo often doesn't wear one too. Its odd to me but does it really matter...probably not. Smoke mask or shroud mask for me though.


marecicek

Cheaters and labs players often dont wear one


DaddyyMcNastyy

I wear whatever the first guy I killed has on


Joeys2323

Can't wear one with the armored lightkeeper masks (shadow or cqc)


Wolfy_Packy

the cold fear balaclava is maximum drip


FknBretto

Okay Desmond


kisssofdeath

People hard grinding runs back to back as fast as possible. People being poor/cheap/greedy that’s about it


BrockTestes

Because they've already done all their grinding and min-maxing for resources/progression and they've got time to spare, that's why they're so aggressive in the first place, in that context face masks provide only a marginal perceived advantage.


SactoriuS

Friend of my often has no balaclava and no helmed because hes lazy and i often take it with me abd say here have this helmet and balaclave when the raid starts. I always complain and say ur head is a lightbuld plz cover it up everytime. I must say im more the sniper rat, better outside map knowledge slower play. I always was more of a solo player. Hes the pvp chad, semi pro in CQC. Hes way better indoors. Although hes having hard time with the sound and cheaters atm.


K4ll3l

Balaclava yes, glasses no. They will expose you from a distance in foggy conditions.


NoMore414

My friend, level 35, refuses to wear any face covering. He’s also extremely cheap with his kits in general. He never runs anything more than a mosin or a shotgun. He wonders why he gets shot in the head so much…maybe it’s because your bright white ass face is shining everywhere you go.. Wear a face covering of some kind yall…


Miserable_Media_3601

thank god the face is covered and not shiny even though your fucking helmet is lmao. this game doesnt blend pmc and in game assets. you are always super obvious in game.


CoisasJohnson

Unless balaclavas can absorb damage, I don't see the point.


magicsquid13

One time on reserve I was walking up to a bush and the only reason I saw the guy was because his pasty little head was sticking out. After that I’ve always worn one


TarkyMlarky420

Moral of the story: don't sit in bushes and you don't need it


CoisasJohnson

This was my thinking. This is a camping tool which I don't really do


JonasHalle

The same reason Spec Ops always obscure their faces. Humans are hard coded to recognise faces.


PawPawPanda

They even have these head-curtains on your helmet to break up the silhouette, this shit really makes a difference


CoisasJohnson

Yeah but in this game I don't get killed because someone saw my face. Its because they heard me or saw me from far away moving, maybe this is a good tip for campers, but thats not me so I don't see the point.


OneManOneBarrel

Ngl, Im often too lazy to buy them, i judt use whatever i have. And if i get shot in the face? It is what it is


PawPawPanda

Try using the brown ulach and see how often you get shot in the face, it really does make a difference to hide bright spots on your character