(This thread has been changed/edited, which is why the replies might not make sense.)
TL:DR:See this thread:
I know a lot of people are upset that Demon Hunter is purchasable in-game now, (even though it was stated in the beginning that it would be avaliable this year) but regardless of that, I understand that people donât want their $40-$50 purchase to be shafted away with something that others got for free, making their skin feel worthless, and I can definitely understand why Blizzard would back out on this, I donât think something like this just so happens to accidentally change after all the backlash.
At this point Iâd be fine with it becoming a Legacy skin, that wouldâve been the smarter decision from the very beginning rather than saying itâll be re-released.
No. It was clear from the day it was announced that it would be available later. Iâve waited 6 months, now I expect Blizz to deliver on what they actually promised.
If they are removing it like speculated, they should at least give us a limited time to buy it before they do (even if itâs real $ IDC) maybe around a weekâs worth of time to do so.
Especially considering a lot of us held off on buying it because they said it would be available later.
Its on the people who didnt read. It was promised to be available, and it should be. Not a reskin, or a recolour or even a badge. It was promised that original skin would be available. You cant go back on that.
I mean, just trying to think of a solution here, whether there is one or not, didnât know people would really care this much about a little scarf change considering you want exactly what they âpromisedâ.
Like I said I donât really care that other people have it, but it was never âpromisedâ that it would be delivered exactly as is, it was just stated to be released as an item which it is, a small change like a scarf recolor seemed reasonable, but since you demand it to stay I guess notâŚ?
Its a change though. Youre not getting the original skin, and if youre somone who wants to collect all skins, or all sombra skins, then now you cant get it.
It also brings an air of superiority to those who have it because they can brag and say âi have the proper skin, and you have the cheap knock offâ
It doesnt fix the issue, it was stated to be available. If blizzard goes back on that, theyll lose a lot more in just integrity.
I think when they say something will be available in the future, it is implied it will be available as is and not as it is not. I think itâs nice that youâre coming up with ideas, but come on, that is a bit of a stretch.
And you clearly donât know this community very well-- they get twisted over things that werenât actually promised, you should expect no less when it comes to things that were, in fact, promised.
There shouldnât need to be a solution. Blizzard stated from the beginning it would be made avaliable later on.
Blizzard: This skin will be avaliable later
Pass holders: okay cool
Blizzard: Okay, weâre going to release it soon
Pass holders: Um what??!! I paid 40$ for this skin???!! How dare you release it???!
If it were items that were stated to be limited time only like Noire Widow and Pink Mercy then I would understand being annoyed at Blizzard for changing it. But thatâs not the case.
People didnât buy the skin for $40-50. They bought the virtual ticket for Blizzcon and with that a bonus to unlock Demon hunter skin earlier than everybody. So no, no need to change anything about the skin.
Not a big deal to me but I paid $40 for the skin. I didnât use the VT at all and couldnât even tell you what the other loot was. I saw the skin, thought it was dope, and bought it for that. I didnât even play sombra at the time.
I just want to lay out some facts:
Blizzard has no obligation to make it available again
Blizzard has no obligation to make it exclusive forever.
Blizzard can do whatever they want here, itâs 100% up to them and they have made no small print or contractual clauses that would force their hand one way or the other. An advertisement saying the skin will later be available is not legally binding, as much as you want it to be.
Itâs pretty much impossible for a large corporation to do right by everyone. Whether itâs steam, apple, blizzard, Tesla, you name it - you canât make all your customers happy. Thereâs also internal things out of your control that are never made public, that provide context for why you did what you did.
What Iâm trying to say is releasing this skin (or not) has virtually 0 bearing in the avg consumer sentiment about Blizzard. Itâs a non-factor.
They said it would be available in 2019. So far theyâve only been four months of it.
So two of those months arenât even in the year they said itâll be available again.
Sure, the reason you bought the VT was the skin. That doesnât change anything of what itâs stated.
Correct, but the skin is already on PTR for 1000 coins, so itâll be available just like they said when the VT was out.
Yes they have obligation because it was stated in the fine print at the end of the text⌠and also on many sites letting people know it will be available in 2019.
Same as point 2 here. So yes, some people actually buy the VT just to get the new skin. But fact is that it was just a unlockable bonus to get it first than everybody.