SuperSonic1305
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Making Legendary skins slightly worse if you can just get unique weapon looks with any skin.
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Rumor: Overwatch could be getting new weapons or weapon skins
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Psychoward
Banned
No thanks, I don't have faith in them to keep it consistent and I liked skins being matched to the weapons.
Also more clutter for the loot boxes
Also more clutter for the loot boxes
Jawmuncher
Member
Differnt guns with the same effects is my bet. Unlockable weapons that change damage and such starts entering the "too complex" sector
Raylan Targaryen
Member
A game that was hugely successful for nearly a decade, and still one of the most played games on Steam?
TF2s problem is that it's the third wheel to Valve. CSGO barely gets any love, so just imagine the state of TF2
Angelus Errare
Banned
I like how ppl are foaming at the mouth thinking they're non-cosmetic weapons when there's absolutely no indication other than ppl arguing "other games"
Mushroomer25
Member
As long as they're only cosmetic, no problem. Would be nice to get a second tier of cosmetics.
If this turns into TF2 where every character has sixty different shotguns that all do different random bullshit - this is where I step off the Overwatch train.
If this turns into TF2 where every character has sixty different shotguns that all do different random bullshit - this is where I step off the Overwatch train.
Ricerocket
Member
They've had a weapons skin tab for the longest time. The only thing you could change was normal or Gold skin. What's surprising is how long it's taking to get weapon skins in beyond gold from competitive play.
MissCauthon
Member
Hope we get new models that do the same damage, Just different sounds and looks thats all i want.
RandomExpletive
Member
Cool, hopefully they're not too garish or out of place. Most of the character skins are alright so I'm guessing their weapon skins won't be too bad.
0% chance these affect gameplay, but even if they did the backlash would be so great it'd be reverted overnight
0% chance these affect gameplay, but even if they did the backlash would be so great it'd be reverted overnight
Maybe you buy them with comp points, as the golden guns. The game has been out for over a year, and nowadays, most people that has been playing competitive regularly already have all the gold weapons for their main characters, so it would be a good way to keep them using those points into something.
But who knows? Probably it's just loot boxes.
But who knows? Probably it's just loot boxes.
Frozenprince
Banned
This is 100% just more cosmetic shit to shove in loot boxes and pad those more.
They do ruin the aesthetic of legendary costumes thought. Im just waiting at this point for you to piecemeal costumes together with no regards to aesthetic.
They do ruin the aesthetic of legendary costumes thought. Im just waiting at this point for you to piecemeal costumes together with no regards to aesthetic.
I'm sorta okay with that since nothing new has been put in normal lootboxes since launch. Not okay with non-cosmetics but I'm not worried about that happening either. Blizz has been pretty consistent with that.
Gentleman Jack
Member
TIL that TF2's weapon diversity is a bad thing.
Because reasons.
Because reasons.
breadtruck
Member
Did you actually mean to say "idled" when you say "played?"
I was referring to the balance of TF2. Which basically devolved into a giant cesspool of shit. Overwatch has enough balance tweaking going on as it is without throwing new weapons into the mix.
What does CSGO need? Everyone plays Dust 2 and Office with deagle, M4, AK, and AWP. Who needs new maps or guns?
Besides, CSGO is closer to what I alluded to as being okay with in Overwatch. Changeable weapon skins, not new weapons.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Pretty much.
It was fine for a while but things like Heavy's flame ring gun and laser rockets and random gimmick weapons made it all too much. Three weapons per slot would have been ideal.
Psychoward
Banned
yep there's always a catch
a friend and i were talking and we both agreed that instead of letting you switch weapon skins and skins separately, they'll make it so weapon skins are an entirely different category
so if you unlock banana winston you still need to unlock banana winston gun to use banana winston's gun on other skins
effectively doubling the loot pool without adding a single new item, it's almost (evil) genius
of course they might add a few brand new weapon skins like the sombra and soldier ones that aren't tied to character skins
racketpunch
Member
Weapon skins? That's nice since the gold skins look like booty.
GreenMonkey
Member
TF2 derailed when it got too many weapons IMO. You would encounter a pro or a demoman but who knows what loadouts they have.
Feel the same way about Battlefield and CoD and their damn loadouts and mods and such.
Hard when you can never tell what weapon the other person has...what damage/spread it has, clip size, etc.
Overwatch - Soldier76​ is a soldier76, tracer is a tracer, every time. More like the days of Quake where you see the weapon, you know what it is.
Feel the same way about Battlefield and CoD and their damn loadouts and mods and such.
Hard when you can never tell what weapon the other person has...what damage/spread it has, clip size, etc.
Overwatch - Soldier76​ is a soldier76, tracer is a tracer, every time. More like the days of Quake where you see the weapon, you know what it is.
Spring-Loaded
Member
They need to add "other character" skins, where, for example, Reaper could look like Mei but still function as reaper
Forsaken82
Member
In what possible way could they POSSIBLY introduce new weaponry to characters that have been carefully designed around a singular weapon? Valve already made that mistake with TF2. I doubt Blizzard is stupid enough to follow that design. this screams weapon skins to me which makes complete sense.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
That's the stupidest idea ever.
I think it started pretty reasonable in TF2, each character basically just had one or two alternative loadouts that allowed for a somewhat different playstyle. It was the later proliferation of even more weapon sets that began to blur the boundaries of the classes and make things difficult to balance.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
It could be the case that they are adding more stuff to offset it so you effectively still get NEW items at the same rate as before. You'll still get dupes, just out of a larger pool. Every fake needle in the haystack could simply be replaced with more boring hay that nobody wants.
Wtf is this? Abso-fucking-lutely not.
TheRedSnifit
Member
Nobody idles in TF2 anymore, lol. Hats almost never drop and weapons are worth a fraction of a penny.
Dust2 isn't even in comp rotation anymore. And if the CSGO Reddit is any indication people would love to have new maps.
LurkerPrime
Member
Stat-affecting weapons would be a huge mistake. I hope they don't go down that dark path.
Cosmetic weapons I could understand from a business perspective. But they'll feel like a waste when I'm getting them instead of skins, particularly when the release version established that skins affect weapon appearance. It would also make me wonder how, in particular, legendary skin's weapons would be affected--would they be split off into their own thing and given to the player automagically, or what?
Cosmetic weapons I could understand from a business perspective. But they'll feel like a waste when I'm getting them instead of skins, particularly when the release version established that skins affect weapon appearance. It would also make me wonder how, in particular, legendary skin's weapons would be affected--would they be split off into their own thing and given to the player automagically, or what?
spindashing
Banned
Nah... I'm down for cosplaying skins though. Like Lucio wearing a D.Va themed outfit.
Psychoward
Banned
I'd be down for cosmetics if they could be obtained directly with money without rolling the dice and trying again.
This is why I see it happening, especially with the changes to loot boxes so you don't get dupes ALL the time. What better way than to greatly increase the item pool with something simple like different colors for skins already in-game(what I'm expecting this to be)?
Then again, I'd go so far as to say they need to have great weapon skins outside of the gold one simply because the current system encourages people to play a mode in competitive that they don't want to play for that extra thing to earn. The game probably needs something to work for in quick play and the like sooner rather than later. Making loot boxes more profitable by reducing dupes is only going to go so far.