Seperate skins from load outs,

[Jostabeere]

[quote=“laudatoryLunch;53155”]It would kill the thrill of collecting and trying to get the best with the best skin. And since skins are only cosmetic, they shouldn’t be in the first row. Or in the second. Skins would ruin the aspect of buying elite cases, so if they gonna be implemented, then only for the same prize or even more than one elite case. But then people would be crying and making threads and polls about “Make skins cheaper, they’re only cosmetic”, so I’m totally against the skin system like you want it to be, sorry.

The skin system I’m referring to, still has the same RNG mechanic of the previous system. W

You seem to have misunderstood me, I’m not saying to seperate skins into a seperate shop, I’m saying to seperate skins by having them equipable onto loadouts.

Skins would still only be acquirable through cases, and If I remember correctly, I’m pretty sure I suggested that elite cases would only contain the skins (or card sleeves, in my suggestion), thus making Elite Skin Cases more worth their money, as they don’t have a shitty loadout attached to it.
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Okay. You seem to misunderstand me too. You suggest a elite case with several skins. Lets say 7 different (2 silver, 3 gold, 2 cobalt). You buys a case and get one of them. This technically means, you have a perfect silver/gold/cobalt merc card from your first case since you can buy perfect card with Credits. This lowers the RNG by x27(xX) (9 loadout cards, 3 different weapons, multiple different sidearms and melee) leaving you only with the RNG of 1/7xMerc Number (My math is stupid, I know, but still, you get the thing I mean, hopefully)

Lower RNG in cases means people will get to their goal faster and Sniff will get a good cobalt Arty before he is old, and the House won’t always win.

[Backuplight]

[quote=“moonlitAbility;55096”]so… I actually don’t mind the RNGness. What can I say, im a bit of a gambler, and if it were super easy to get the exact loadouts and looks i wanted for every merc, it would be one less thing to work towards.

That said, in a super RNG based system, I believe you need the ability to trade/sell somehow. Ive opened up 2 cobalts in my career, a phantom (no katana) and a vasili. hate both classes. but if i could trade my vasili to someone with a kira or a class i play that would be awesome[/quote]

Don’t get me wrong, I love RNG-boxes like the next gamer. My issue comes from what’s in 'em vs. how much the cost. Elite cases, as they stand, have nothing I would feel “worth” the £3.99 cost (or slightly less if you buy more, I know).

It all comes down to what you’re gambling on when you buy that box. If I knew I would get a merc skin or weapon skin from a box, I’d be more inclined to try I think. Some kind of trade (not necessarily steam market integration) or way to convert items you find useless into something that isn’t would be very nice. I feel like I’m destined to be stuck with my Obsidian loadout for Vassili, the one merc I will likely never play.

[KattiValk]

I would love it if they did this.

Elite cases are simply not worth their cost due to how lucky you have to be. I will not spend money on something dictated by RNGesus. There ought to be a much better way of getting revenue than this asinine system.