Skins reuse
Keep dreaming as in not gonna happen, why? Because there’s no profit in it, right Anet?
Keep dreaming as in not gonna happen, why? Because there’s no profit in it, right Anet?
Did you write these exact words on my threads as well? You’re free to have whatever opinion you like. Just feel that there’s usually an over exaggerated, unnecessary, hostile negativity behind posts like these….
OP: Never really had this problem before… If I did, I would probably just acquire an item with the same stats without the “possibly-desired-in-the-future”-skin.
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I wouldn’t call this a player problem. I’d classify it as an ANet making money problem. I have bout 8 sets of armor skins off the gem store for 7 of my characters. Transmuted them up to 80 in mnay cases. My Guardian is wearing pieces from Primeval, Aetherblade, and Braham’s.
Now, the new armor skins came out and I thought I’d buy them for at least one piece in the set for 4 of my characters (yes, I’m still doing my best to maintain alts despite ANets every effort to kill them and force me into one, but that is an entirely different topic). So I took stock of what I’d need.
I realized that two of the pieces had an existing skin I paid money for, so applying it over the top would have been a waste of money. I laughed at the thought of buying 125 quartz and charging it over 5 days to make another (this will get to be more of a deterrent when ascended armor arrives), and I wasn’t about to spend more money on a splitter to keep what I already paid for. I didn’t lease the things.
I realized the time gating and vertical progression to come has locked me into my skins because my comfort level at spending $10 for more skins when I only get to keep one was a bridge too far. So I’ll keep rocking my existing armor. They could release 100 skins, I wouldn’t buy anymore unless the piece fit with what I had and was for a slot without a skin I bought.
People who bought the new staff skin and put it on an ascended weapon will realize that in the future, they not only need to buy the new skin, they have to buy a means to keep the old one. Some will. Many won’t. Some that will might do it once. There is a dead end here for ANet making money off these.
I’m not complaining. These are whimsical purchases that in the end I could give a rat’s kitten about. It’s just a game to me. This is how Anet is supposed to make money and they are punishing the customer who has already shown a willingness to support them. They didn’t get $40 of mine, I didn’t get a new shiny. No one won here. They can look into it or not, but there it is.
My only complaint with skins currently is the new gas mask skin. You get it from the new meta and its a one time use instead of something you can make multiples of from the achievement tab. I like the skin a good deal and want to use it. Problem being is it looks good on multiple characters I have.
The other meta items I have apply to all my characters. So why not this skin?
My only complaint with skins currently is the new gas mask skin. You get it from the new meta and its a one time use instead of something you can make multiples of from the achievement tab. I like the skin a good deal and want to use it. Problem being is it looks good on multiple characters I have.
The other meta items I have apply to all my characters. So why not this skin?
I’m not sure what you mean…‘apply to all my characters’. I have a set of dragon wings, which I can use on one character (at a time), same with the holographic wings, same with this or that. Why is the gas mask different?
Keep dreaming as in not gonna happen, why? Because there’s no profit in it, right Anet?
Did you write these exact words on my threads as well? You’re free to have whatever opinion you like. Just feel that there’s usually an over exaggerated, unnecessary, hostile negativity behind posts like these….
OP: Never really had this problem before… If I did, I would probably just acquire an item with the same stats without the “possibly-desired-in-the-future”-skin.
Maybe it could haven been worded a better way, but it’s true. Anet isn’t making them unlockable because they want people to give them more money if they want the same armor on their alts.
And I don’t understand your way of getting around this problem ? From what I understand, you’ll just get another item without the skin you want ? …
Actually Colin touched on this issue at PAX (go youtube it). They do want to do some sort of skin locker for PvE, so that people that have earned or purchased skins can more easily reuse them. So they become available for the whole account. He specifically mentioned maybe using transmute stones as the currency for obtaining an additional copy of the skin. Nothing has been set in stone yet, because while it’s something they want to do, they haven’t gotten to it yet. Give them time.