Please Stop Re-Issuing Exclusive/Limited Time Skins

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Why has Blizzard decided to re-offer and award exclusive limited time skins? I know this is a topic that so many people are extremely upset with, and lots of people will say to just stop whining and such, but it is a real issue that I think needs to be changed. I noticed today that it says in game that the Kerrigan Widowmaker skin will be available via the Winter Fair during the Winter Wonderland 2023 event. Why?!?. To address this skin specifically this was a very limited skin given only once for the Starcraft 20th Anniversary. Even if they didn’t say that it would never be re-released, when this reward was given, I can say with confidence that most players who were around to claim it fully expected this to be a one time reward for a special event, they felt like they were rewarded with something exclusive that no-one else would be able to get later for being a part of and playing the game at that time. And now they release this exclusive Starcraft Anniversary skin for the Winter Wonderland Event years later?? It doesn’t make sense for a number of reasons, but this is not just an issue for this skin. People have suffered from limited time Overwatch League skins, event and challenge skins, and others being re-issued. I have seen arguments against this topic from others who say things like:

"The only reason people are upset is because they dont feel “special” anymore even though at the end if the day people could care less if you got exclusive skins.

Like who are you trying to impress with your exclusive skins anyways?" - Forum reply by GeoGhostX.

He was trying to argue against what my point is, but what he said really proves the main point of this topic. That is exactly why this matters so much. Why do people enjoy receiving or purchasing limited awards, or buying extra skins such as skins from the shop or buying the battle pass, which offers exclusive skins? To feel special. or to show their accomplishment to others. If people wanting to feel special didn’t matter or if nobody cared about exclusive skins, then why would anyone buy them? Why would anyone bother playing in-game challenges or buying the battle pass and playing to level it up to get an exclusive skin? I know many times when I see somebody in game using a exclusive or “limited time” skin I am impressed, a lot of times I’ll ask something like ‘Hey that skin is really cool, where’d you get it?’ Many exclusive skins also serve the same purpose as things you might not even think about, such as all the level numbers, titles, anything from the battle pass, etc. (remember how bad it felt when blizzard took away account borders and level to some degree) All of this proves that exclusive skins do matter and people care a lot about them. That is why it feels so bad when Blizzard out of no where decides to re offer an extremely limited skin. All those feels of pride, accomplishment, and ‘specialness’ are just ripped away. This is why Blizzard needs to stop re-issuing skins that they portray as limited time or exclusive, such as limited time event, reward, Overwatch League, challenge, purchase bonus (such as Noire widow), battlepass, and one-time reward skins. I do not wish any ill will towards Blizzard or any of the Overwatch team, and I sincerely hope this issue gets the attention it needs.

I would also like to add that not re-issuing exclusive skins would not hurt the game. If I am not mistaken, they did not do this in Overwatch 1 (Edit: except near the end) and it was great that way.

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because it is cheaper than making new skins

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Yeah how dare people who weren’t able to get it then for whatever reason have a chance to get them, especially if they’re recolor and not the original >:(

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I’d be fine with this if they didn’t cost a buttload of money.
I was happy to finally see Deadlock Ashe and Deadlock Cassidy return.

Except they cost as much as a new legendary.

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I have exclusive skins I couldn’t care less if they brought them back, it’s just some pixel on you screen after all.

The only reason some people don’t want them to come back, is because they want to feel special, and cool on the internet lol

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Lmao what?? Do you have any idea how many people have Kerrigan Widow? Or Pink Mercy or Noire Widow? There isn’t a single exclusive skin in this game, not one. If only one person on the planet has a skin, then that would be an exclusive skin. But if hundreds do? If 1000s do? It’s not exclusive at all, just rarer than another skin.

People buy skins because they like the look of them, because they want their main to have it, or because they enjoy collecting.

This post sounds so much like you’re projecting your own insecurities. YOU want those skins to remain legacy skins because YOU want to feel special. And it’s really sad and indicative of the type of person you are that you’d rather new players or people who missed out on a certain skin never ever be able to get it.

Their accomplishment? You mean simply existing when those skins were offered for free?

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I’m not reading all that. It was a free skin and they’re letting other people get it. There’s nothing to be upset over.

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OMG…SHHHHH PLEASE.

All skins for more people, always good idea. Stop being greedy it’s just pixels, but nice looking ones.

nobody is upset except snowflakes like you.

They should and must bring all skins for everyone. Tired of this “exclusivity”.

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Because this is Overwatch 2 a new game.
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Lmao i’m gonna puke. Pride and accomplishment for buying things at the “right” time.

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These were all based on an amount of time “invested” in the game. You were showing that “hey, I’ve been playing a lot and for a long time”. You weren’t just present for a sale.

You wanna be “special” go be top 10 or load up that “season 1 comp” profile pic. Otherwise skins should be enjoyable on their own merits and not just rarity.

And doesn’t it feel crappy when people go “you can never get it again”?

FOMO is bull. Being special shouldn’t be about being lucky enough to be playing or have disposable income at a certain date.

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As simple as:

When you go and watch a premiere you watch the movie before other people. You get the spots to take a picture, you get the food, you get the gifts, you get the experience.

Recolors are just the movie on vhs/dvd/bluray/streaming.

Aside from that, i would love recolors to be rewards on twitch, youtube, challenges ingame… instead of giving us stuff from ow1 that people can farm with free currency and veterans simply can’t feel the same energy from an event because they already have the reward…

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True.

Happy holidays. Enjoy the gift!

I have this one haven’t played StarCraft once. I think those that have played would argue they’re more deserving than me. Which is fair.

I genuinely can’t recall if it even noticed it when I got it.

Man most likely three ghosts will be visiting you this holiday season. I hope what they show you changes your point of view. Happy holidays.

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Yes more than one person has them, but still thousands of even tens of thousands of people on a scale of hundreds of thousands maybe millions is still very limited.

I understand how it could seem like I’m projecting my own insecurities but I tried to avoid that. I am voicing my concern and opinion. That’s the main point of making a forum post and I know that many people feel the same way that I do.

The accomplishment was mainly referring to skins rewarded for challenges or levels in the battle pass.

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The Kerrigan skin was already a special rare recolor of the Nova skin. You could already get the same skin with the original coloration. There’s absolutely no reason it should be re-released, especially not as part of an event it has nothing to do with.

Also… Hi Paws! <3

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Why would you be upset about less FOMO?

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Because they’re basically giving the middle finger to legacy players. It’s not “less FOMO”, it’s just retroactively removing what made some of these skins special.

Less FOMO would apply to things moving forward, not things already added and passed.

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To clarify: The part in my post about feeling accomplishment and pride was mainly referencing skins that were awarded for completing things like challenges or levels in the battle pass. I agree that skins that were just offered in the shop should be able to be re-released.

I also understand and acknowledge the benefits and good parts about re-issuing skins so that more people can get them, but in my opinion that should be limited to skins that were not given as a reward for doing something, being part of an event, or as a bonus for something. I think a good solution would be releasing recolors as they have done before or a different version of the skin. Or even something that just says if you got the skin at the original time it was released (currently I do not think Overwatch has anything like this).

I also acknowledge that feeling special is not the only reason people get skins, it is just in my opinion a large factor of it and related to my post.

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Why should skins be gatekept?

End of the day you can’t usually see them unless you enjoy watching kill cam, you don’t technically own them according to the EULA so why does it matter.

They’re just pixels. It really doesn’t matter who has access to them. 99% of them just sit in your hero gallery anyway gathering dust not being used.

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The “middle finger” legacy players are getting isn’t that their skins are being devalued, it’s that these reissue “events” give us NOTHING.

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Why not both?

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