What if we could combine 2 of the Alienware cards into a merc we want with the Alienware skins? That’d be really cool and would add some diversity as well as some good RNG (Example, your Skyhammer got the Timik? Combine it again and you might get a good one, on the other hand you might get the timik again)
I guess it’s a pretty decent idea, any thoughts?
So you trade your two cards for one card, is that your idea? If so it’s a bad one, sorry to say. Here’s why, you only get those two cards. You cannot enter a code again for another. Until they do a giveaway for different mercs you can never replace those two Alienware cards. So now you have one instead of two and can never get another unless they do a different giveaway (not just replacing keys for what you have already redeemed on Steam), you’ve lost a card permanently.
I don’t think that’s gonna happen for Alienware cards. It’s just a special promotion, and they aren’t going to add in a trade in system just for some not particularly rare promotional cards that you can only ever get 2 of. It’s just a random one off really.
Well, there ARE alienware skins for all of the other mercs… just none of them have been given away. Expect more in the future from Alienware. (This was talked about by AWLenard in the Alienware stream around the time when the skins were released).
Well, there ARE alienware skins for all of the other mercs… just none of them have been given away. Expect more in the future from Alienware. (This was talked about by AWLenard in the Alienware stream around the time when the skins were released).[/quote]
That’s AWESOME. I love the Alienware skin but I got the Timik on Skyhammer and that gun just makes me a sad panda.
I like the idea - but considering they are promotional ones, I can understand why they would not change it… It’s like the Obsidian cards. They are for the founders, and for specific mercs, trading them up to make them for other classes would ruin what they were designed for x3
Again, I like the point! I just don’t want to see it happen, personally c: Hopefully @Ardez is right about the possibility of seeing more Alienware skins for other mercs 
GIMME! -grabby hands- plz ;-; I NEED ALIENWARE SPARKSSSSS!!!
If a system like this is ever worked on (or is being worked on) I don’t think it would/should be aimed at limited editions only. Too much work for too little gain. The issue here is getting a loadout you don’t like, which is the case across the board with the loadout system. Secondary issue is that you want the cosmetic effect of the loadout, which again is an issue with the loadout system itself. Once you fix these two things you fix the problem for loadouts as a whole, not just for limited editions.
I’d imagine the best solution would be to allow some kind of re-roll of a loadout at the cost of credits. How much exactly should be based around the fact that you can buy a specific bronze loadout for 17k, you shouldn’t have to spend (on average) more than this by rerolls.
Cosmetic separation is something that would really help my desire to actually try and get skins in the game. As it stands, I just want the right loadout - what it looks like doesn’t matter. Something I think would work here is if each card’s skin became unlocked for your account when you acquired it. You would then be able to either “equip” the skin or apply it to a loadout card, either works.
Applying it to loadouts would need some attention in the respect that once trading eventually appears, any kind of skin unlock system would have to come with an account binding solution to stop skins being simply shared around. Some kind of equipment system would be preferable imo, since it would allow for mix/matching of merc and weapon skins.