We're literally getting one every patch now. There's nothing rare or anything with them. They are just skin recolors behind an overpriced paywall. Devote more time to create a skin for another champion rather than making two skin for a single champion.
I usually don't care too much about skins but I totally agree here. From what I've seen, people would rather just buy the skins/chromas outright rather than do these quests. The prestige skins aren't special anymore, it's just overpriced chromas with recolored VFX.
I'm not opposed to them, it's just that the quality has been degrading rather rapidly. Aatrox and Vayne both appear to be minor recolors of their regular versions, while at least Kai'Sa and Akali had slightly more distinct model differences, ever as minor as they were.
AND SEJU DIDNT EVEN GET IT
A RANDOM CHICK WITH A CROSSBOW GOT THE PRESTIGE SKIN LIKE WTF?
What a bad time to be a skin collector...
Meanwhile Ahri and Eve weeps in the corner.
I want my prestige skins for those two already [zombie-nunu-bummed]
And it's pretty clear from the Champions chosen that they're targeting people who probably already sink obnoxious amount of money into this game. Like I doubt it's even subtle at this point. Calling next prestige champ here and now top 5 candidates are: Jinx, Lux, Ashe, Ez, or Ahri. Note on that last one I don't know when she would get one but that's almost inevitable and I would bet 50 bucks in RP that it's going to be her K/DA skin in a random event like Akali. ~~ or they troll us and make Prestige Popstar Ahri LMFAO ~~
It's only the 4th one, come back when they hit 20 by Mid-season ;)
I personally don't know WHY THE HELL Vayne is getting one. She's been a popular pick off and on but really? Did she need a second Mythic skin? The other two, yeah probably wouldn't get anywhere near as much love if one of them got it, though I'd personally love to see Sej have it.
Still want K/DA Ahri and Eve
Riot are too focused on making money, don't care of player any longer and doesn't give a single shit if their game is garbage if you ain't abusing the OP shit. This compagny is going downhill I almost wish it would stop.
I agree. Prestige skins shouldn't be this frequent, especially if you want to keep up interest for them. Forcing people to choose between Prestige skins because they have limited funds isn't fair either, and that is what's going to happen with Blood Moon Aatrox/Firecracker Vayne.
NOTE: I like the Prestige concept, but even I feel they're too frequent. At least every other patch, please, if not even more spread out.
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We're literally getting one every patch now. There's nothing rare or anything with them. They are just skin recolors behind an overpriced paywall. Devote more time to create a skin for another champion rather than making two skin for a single champion.
i actually like my prestige akali, but yeah is just like a chroma version, still, it looks good with the gold frame in loading screen. So goldy. Insead, im dissapointing even if it is basically a chroma, those skins have no special interactions or animations at all, beside the recall dancing. I wouldn't say to stop with them, but to invest more time in them to actually feeling it was worth to buy a snowdown pass and play everyday 5-6 days just so i can buy it.
I think you basically stated why they do prestige skins yourself:
Skin recolors locked behind massive pay walls.
The Prestige skins aren't supposed to appeal to everyone. Their designed for people passionate about a certain champ or are huge collecters. The fact you dislike them kinda IS the point. Their not your thing. But your not forever missing a skin for your favorite champion as a result of not getting one. I think the frequency may be a smige high right now, but they really don't bother me. If they ever released one for my favorite champion, Taric, you bet I'm paying that OUTRAGEOUS price and grinding like no tommorrow to get it.
It's just a buisness model, one that doesn't really bother me since they haven't reduced their previous output of content to compensate. Still a lot of skins coming out, new and rework champions on a regular basis, and some cool events pretty frequently on rotation (this alone is something that has felt reduced from when i started playing).
I'm completely fine with the concept of Prestige skins. Having a special reward with some measure of difficult to get is pretty cool, but the frequency of the skins absolutely needs to go down.
I understand that primarily the prestige skins are a big possible money maker for Riot, but one skin every patch is insane. it reduces the exclusivity of the skins by a huge margin and makes them feel mass produced. If it was once every few patches, especially around big events, I think that would be perfect.
On a related note Golden Chroma's are suffering from a similar problem, far to many of them coming out to quickly.
They're really bad for the game. Just a cash grab and something that forces people to play the game, the two things any company wants. But it borders on abuse.
prestige is basically an expensive chroma
words spoken by a man who I once felt was among the wisest of game directors. " we will quit remaking skyrim when you quit buying it"
which reta- genius at riot thinks its a good idea to release overpriced urine soaked chromas as another skin so rapidly? id love to fucking know
And when everyone is prestige.. Hehe .. No one will be.
I agree, however they are still rare because we'll more then likely never see Prestige Akali / Kai'sa ever for sale again. Hopefully they stop soon before it gets out of hand.
I disagree. I own every skin obtainable und these prestige skins are easy to obtain for me, so i say hell yeah. There is the simple solution, and that is you just dont buy it.
Agreed.
First of all, they're all gold with gold effects in color. Along with it, a passive sparkle effect on each. That alone gives a MASSIVE gameplay disadvantage, especially on Akali and Vayne.
Second of all, if you want to show off the pre-concept or different design again; either change it into a duplicate skin like Pajama / Star Guardian Lux or make them separate like Lancer Paragon / Rouge Blitzcrank.
But seriously, listen to me. These prestige skins are just overpriced chromas. And before you try to correct me, notice how there was a change on Prestige Kai'sa and Akali's outfit. Now look at Aatrox and Vayne. Also let us not forget golden chromas are a thing too, as well as a few chromas which change the color of spells or auto attacks because of the gold variant.
Should I say more? Alright. This whole prestige skins bull is money-grabbing at its worse. I'm okay with a champion having two duplicate legendary skins (Leona). I'm okay with a champion having two legendary skins and a mythical skin (Darius). But when you purposefully ignore other champions or force down the idea of having to cash yourself out for a "free" skin. Kennen's last skin wasn't even epic, and we see four champions getting "event special" duplicate skins.
Before you make another Prestige skin on behalf of the community, we'd rather get new music for DJ Sona; golden chromas for the pulsefire skinline, chromas for the PROJECT skinline, an Ivern skin, a Bard skin, some actual sort of address at trying to lower assassin meta, etc.
In fact, if Riot feels like this is a good idea; how about we get a preview of how you make the Prestige skins like you did making the Illaoi skin?
Please, show us EVERYTHING you changed with Vayne and Aatrox. Tell us why these champions get the prestige skins. What makes these skins so godly that you need to pay 1.33 times the amount of cash then a Mythic skin?
Tell us Riot. Your move because this is total bull.
The only thing cool about the prestige skins was the fact that only kda champs had them but riot quit halfway through leaving ahri and evelynn without. People wouldnt hate prestige skins so much if they had just stuck to the 4 popstars.
I guarantee it takes them 0 effort to make the color change. So no its not taking any time away from other skins. If you people dont like the prestige skins then dont freaking buy it, stop hating, god damn. Prestige Kaisa and Akali are WAY better looking than the regular versions. So get over it. dont like it, dont buy it. Stop crying about it being a money grab. The game is free, they only make money through skins dude and people buy it at will not gun point.
hey, at least that explain the buff^^
The only thing I fear atm is that they have a lot of them in the work (skin dev is a long time thing) and they will just release all of those before stopping the process due to the valid feedback of "too much break prestige"
Honestly the only ones that should've gotten Prestige skins were K/DA. Now we have 2 without them and a bunch of ones that no one asked for or wanted. Just complete the Prestige K/DA set and be done with it. Seriously.
Tbh some people do like owning something others don't have. and that rare "something" doesn't have to look fancy.
The rarest skin in the game is silver kayle, and essentially it is just a chromas, but some people are still willing to pay a few hundred dollars to buy those accounts with the skin.
It's all about preference, if you don't like owning something rare, then prestige skins probably aren't your thing. For me personally, I never felt the need to own any skins, but I enjoy opening chests anyway.
The thing I hate most about prestige skins is that they've basically become a gaudy chroma behind a huge paywall and that there are no other chroma options for those that DO get prestige skins! I'm an Aatrox main and while I don't even like BM Aatrox that much (his face and his crusty little feet bother me lol) I'd still much rather have, say, an option for a purple BM Aatrox chroma than being forced to either choose between base BM or grind for gaudy gold BM Aatrox.
this is not new stuff for me, rito just finally copied what is begin done in dota 2 since years... adding a "gold" version of a rare/costly skin and just making it extremly expensive , they are trying to create a whale following so even in dark times , those whales will reluctantly leave the game and keep feeding them money
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I mainly play Bard and I'm disappointed with Golden Snow Day Bard though I already tried to get it. I wish it'd never come out.
So far, I believe only Kai'Sa and Akali deserve it. Not even upcoming Firecracker Vayne.
