Please Revise Global Region Skin Cadence & Ecosystem

@Roxx Please consider this as comprehensive feedback on skin releases thus far and the foreseeable future. There are many threads questioning why we are getting our skin releases so delayed and for good reason. Many of the skins players have been eagerly waiting for are much further down the pipeline and for seemingly no good reason. We do not know the internal discussions the company is having when making these decisions, but what the community can tell you is that we feel they are in the wrong direction. For instance we have yet to receive the “p2w” skins or any sort of alternative for such to accommodate our region. The skins I’m referring to are the ones from Yoz Jar and the the mileage skins Korea currently have. We understand the tight rope you guys have to tread when trying to find a way to introduce these, but it’s been a year already why have you not found a solution or even given us an update on your continued efforts? Are players who support your company by buying royal crystals going to be fairly respected and compensated by retroactively rewarding them with even a fraction of the mileage points they currently would have if the system had been released upon launch? With how rampant 3rd party RMT is something like this is a meaningful thing and a worthwhile gesture, you should publicly address it.

Moving on from “p2w” options that exist which we currently lack, what about community based ones? Our region has been promised that we would be caught up to KR. I don’t think many do expect a 1:1 copy of the current KR patch but at least try to take significant strides in making our version feel more whole. This includes to a significant degree the better skins that exist in KR. Now I understand your “pipeline” is in place, but does this “pipeline” take into account this game a year, two years or beyond? Are we going to be perpetually behind KR skin cadence? When if ever will we have our own region skin contest and releases so that we aren’t expecting the next newest hottest thing from KR? I am in no shy way directly asking you, “does your pipeline keep the global version forever behind Korea with nothing new or unique of our own”? If this is the case I do not think this is appropriate, considerate or respectful of our region; the creative minds who exist here , our “culture “ and appreciation for the game. If this is the case I highly recommend you revise and make large considerations to make our version feel fresh and exciting and unique in an honest way.

skins are big money makers
to be frank the way it is in KR they sell em once never again
Why would any company release its entire catalog in under 1 year

Thats stupid, if anything you should be asking SG to make more skins to justify the faster release.
The game doesnt have a lot of skins compared to other games and the Art team responsible for skins has been criticized for lackluster creations.

Following is the entire catalog now compare it to CSGO or Fortnite
hell even Soul Calibur 4 had has more options
Blue Protocol think has more on launch

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More skins is preferrable but I dont think it’s changes anything I said or want addressed. My concern is the reasoning for having skins associated in some sort of “pipeline” and drip fed to our region. Even if SG made more skins, which I am all for, are we going to be perpetually waiting for years for old skins, constantly behind several years worth of skins? We should be nearly caught up in skins, not barely halfway through.

it does and makes no business sense

Example:

Company A only has enough product to last 2 years (LOA KR has only ~52 skin sets as of 1/2023) Supply is not infinite and a new product is only made ~10-15 times per year.

You and others are asking that company to sell its entire catalog of money makers, anniversary skins, in one random month with nothing to offer in the future except skins that flopped in KR. The entire risk is placed on the Company A and remember these product are a 1 time offer only. That means Company A would have to reinvest gamble on the fact that future outdated skins will sell well while the current market is going down. Praying they hit quarterly target revenue projections or somebody getting fired. In business nobody cares if you have 1 good year. they want consistent cashflow. If SG wanted to maximize short money they would’ve released entire catalog at launch when all the swipers were active.

The alternative and correct less risky option is to milk by giving west the same crap skins in KR and save money makers Anniversary Skins for once a year. Preferably NA should have its own contest.

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