Big Bang patch glitches, surprises, features, comments...

This has always been that way.
Once I got my level 90 Pirate hat, over a year ago, I couldn't PPQ anymore (well, I could, but this relogging to get out got old really fast).
I've been wondering whether I could do it now, after BB. Thanks for answering that for me.

I am unaware of when the Pirate Hat Fragment Etc. item came into being, but dropping the level 90 hat is not even a big deal now. It can be easily regained in as little as 22 or fewer PPQ's if you kill a lot (500 kills per PPQ), which is easily accomplished if you party a pair of level 60ish players which is all I find waiting there anyways.