SMITE SKIN RANT!

[@revenge3265]

Headless *HORSEMAN* *Chiron and Guan Yu exist* HiRez: "Loki would be perfect for this!"

[@fenrizwolfbroodx5322]

Revenge Sniper Its Norseman...HiRez wanted to make a fucking pun. I swear they are high most of the time (besides being a shitty excuse for a company).

[@WingXCustom]

That's just such a reach too... They really wanted to sell another Loki skin.

[@revenge3265]

@@WingXCustom Honestly lmao

[@zeke8640]

also Hachiman

[@skuxboy777]

Hachiman too.

[@ItachiUchiha112]

I have to agree wit this rant, they can't just keep releasing skins for the same gods over and over, I was just thinking the same thing as you the other day about guan yu or chiron being perfect for a headless horseman skin

[@antwonvalentino9866]

Knowing Hirez we might just get that wish

[@lukaskolanda6796]

First god that came to my mind was hachiman..but i guess he has a 'spooky' skin already

[@albornoz190]

what a good idea! :o

[@Themasterjtg]

We live in a tyranny *ZHONGERS RISE UP*

[@JB1Corinthians1558]

As a Guan Yu main from the early days of smite before the reworks, I am so glad you mentioned that out of all people he is the one that should have gotten a headless horseman skin. But instead it goes to Loki as usual. He has just recently got the eso looking skin & the masquerade skin. Not to mention Loki already has a Halloween skin in the Grim Mariachi! So why the fuck does he need another?

[@donaldthump6461]

Yeah, btw headless "Horsemen" would actually be a really good skin concept for Guay Yu

[@Caleb-sj6kg]

I want to see a gardener Terra skin with ivy flower walls for her 2 and a floral water fountain monolith for her 3. I also want a special emote that shows her planting a flower in the ground. (:

[@sosea_exe]

Really getting a retired Grandmother type of feel from this idea... but I accept it nonetheless.

[@SmashingSnow]

Sounds awesome

[@Dirpman42]

@@sosea_exe GMILF

[@ZeroJ]

@Duke If you really look at Zhong, he only has 2 skins because I don't think it's fair to count his recolors as skins for him. The only two skins he has are his Ghostbusters 1 and his military one so he has two skins. And as an older guy. It's insulting to see other people have six times the amount of skins that he has.

[@Zefo_No]

To be fair, those are still 2 of the best skins in the game. But also yes, he needs some more love.

[@isaacx2718]

Hel got 4 and she is 1 of the oldest gods in smite she was there when smite started it's been like 6 years now, and 2 of her skins were released because they had to, order and chaos was there forever before they released it and inner demon was released because of that shity adventure,I still love all her skins though.

[@Matteushertz]

erlang in the same way and HIS SKINS ARE NOT EVEN GOOD

[@Mr-ubs]

Matheus Hertz Agreed! I ask for an Erlang skin every hi-Rez video

[@dildoballins8545]

>HIS SKINS ARE NOT EVEN GOOD You say so, Queen's Guard is awesome

[@Sacred9000]

The sad part is ultimately we only ever play with one skin per gods most of the time so there isnt really the need to have that many skins for 1 god in the first place. AND ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY GETTING ANNOYING is the reusing of concepts from other skins. Honestly just cause cosmic worked out on agni and sol doesnt mean we need a cosmic skin for all gods now

[@DrkWolfieGaming]

I actively play with a different skin every game if I own more than 1 skin for a god. Just because you only use 1 skin, doesn't mean others do.

[@Yilmaister]

I like it when they take a Concept like the pirate theme or the gentleman team and give a skin of those to one god of every class (gentleman Ymir, Sun Wukong, Anhur, Kukulkan and Fenrir for example) so that you could have a whole gentleman team, but it sucks when all the cosmics are mages (except medusa and chernobog)

[@Sacred9000]

big differance about the gentleman and pirate is each individual skin had its differances like you could play the neith and the kali and it didnt feel like you were playing the same skin. the skins today feel copy pasted with only a few minior details added

[@tommyhosler6058]

@@Yilmaister and kehpri he has a cosmic skin

[@reenahrune5992]

1000% agree. Skin themes are highly annoying, especially the galaxy and tech ones. They look HORRIBLE.

[@i_is_patrisha2578]

I can hear the aggression in your voice. Im scared

[@AhmadLad]

He's German. His voice is aggressive by default!

[@randomheadshot4291]

@@AhmadLad Imagine a german being aggressive....

[@KakashiHatake-pr8db]

I_Is _Patrisha don't worry

[@WingXCustom]

Well deserved aggression! Rise up! *Holds Radio over head while blasting From Heads Unworthy - Rise Against*

[@dan240393]

I'd honestly rather they did a massive update on older base skins. Because the difference between some of the older base skins and the newer base skins is night and day. Smite is starting to suffer from that graphical disconnect that WoW suffers from. Failing that (because no cash, no chance) I would much rather see new skins on skin-starved gods that I don't even play, because it makes the visuals more varied and interesting. For a game that plays so heavily on its gorgeous visuals, the Gods themselves are often really dull because skins are so heavily concentrated.

[@BlueJayy]

TerminalVerbosity I have to heavily agree with this. It’s weird seeing some of the older base skins compared to how polished all the newer Gods are

[@U8myface]

They did that with imo the best "simple" skin in the game (freya northern lights) but made it worse for some reason

[@fenrizwolfbroodx5322]

TerminalVerbosity WoW doesnt suffer from that,the graphics get better with each new expansion,ye the older zones look a bit worse but even those got updated. Agree with the rest tho

[@dan240393]

Pete x Thats what I mean. The character models have seen massive updates but most of the world hasn't. So when you're levelling there is a massive visual disconnect between your character and the world they're moving through. Which is the problem Smite has when newer and older god skins share screen space.

[@RaptureRocker]

Everytime Hi Rez has tried to update something visually, especially gods, the community throws a temper tantrum and throws it in their face. So now Hi Rez said "Nope." on visual updates, and we're stuck with horror shows like base model Isis.

[@kaboomonme]

When I realized the General Nosseris skin was going to be in a huge chest that I basically have no chance of getting, I was pretty annoyed. I was excited for that skin but I can't even get it even if I bought gems, because I would need to spend hundreds of dollars to even realistically have a chance of getting a skin for a god I really enjoy playing. Oh well.

[@andrzejkafel4470]

I always said that the pokemon Erlang Shen skin looks like an old 90s porno version of ash of pokemon

[@pyranna2003]

That porno exists! Pikachu is the stuff of nightmares!!!

[@Acusumano25]

when a 30 year old plays the 12 year old on an adventure >_>

[@xiii0722]

Take my LIKE good sir

[@malachithomas651]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if they have nu wa ANOTHER skin throughout this Odyssey

[@h4ywyr340]

Zhong dressed as nu wa

[@Zemo_TheGamer]

Datamined bro. They do.

[@TheUmbranGeek]

I’m both happy and disappointed by that

[@TheNamesRJ]

Nu wa skins always come in a recolor for some reason. If not now then later

[@KlaireMurre]

I'm def ok with nu wa skins but fr this way they make skins is so shit Never making skins for specific gods.

[@darkfire5938]

Xing Tian needs a halloween skin

[@Matteushertz]

TRUE.

[@sirsteve8999]

The headless horsemen would've been perfect for him BUT they made it for "Loki".

[@U8myface]

@@sirsteve8999 even guan yu would have been good

[@pivotnaza]

i meah hell... even hachiman deserved the horsemen skin over loki.

[@beeznutz1928]

Matheus Hertz I think his “head” would make a great jack-o-lantern

[@WildWolfGod]

The fact that skins appear in chests with 55 items really makes it harder to get skins we want crammed into chests with recolors, wards and other unimportant cosmetics. I'd love for the pick from 3 options in chests to stay a permanent option. I also think the fact that skins being exclusive to certain chests makes getting certain ones hard because they only appear once in a blue moon after it's introduced to the game in the patch. :( I get Hi-Rez wants to make money but the options shouldn't be so limited. I'd love to buy skins directly so I can get the ones I want instead of just sinking money into a pit. I have all of the DJ/EDM skins because I rolled for the Nox skin and got it as the 15/15 item in the chest. Call me salty or cheap but that's just me.

[@Jacklekins]

I rolled a few chests once and got all voice packs and icons. I was pissed off so I decided to not do again. Unless it was a small content box and on sale.

[@WildWolfGod]

@@Jacklekins That's exactly what I'm talking about. Looking at the Odyssey Chest I'm already saying "Nope, not gonna roll it. There's too many things in there."

[@krunchergold6095]

Omg, I hate how some exclusives are hidden behind chest with more than 5 items in them. The chances of me getting a certain skin are slim to none and it forces you to wait for sales.

[@Jadizi]

Im getting buttraped trying to get that moonlight Isis and loading frame and it's just 18 or so items 😔

[@kroxigordundee7767]

I only used the slavic chst roll bc otherwise i wouldnt have the one i seek.... So now i only us mastery skins...

[@Navrex07]

I think it's also based on what I like to call "easy to create" skins. A lot of the gods you mention who have an obscene amount of skins don't have any complex "additions" to their overall models aside from their weapons. Like in Zhong's case he's overweight AND has his scroll and soul bag so they need to make concepts for those parts of his skin as well. Whereas Bacchus is probably easier to make skins for cause he's just a fat drunk at the end of the day. Then Erlang Shen also has his doggo. It's the same problem that occurs in League where champions with additional models are usually more feared by the art team (I say feared rather than lazy cause they put in a lot of work for the most part). The champion Zyra for example has plants that is unique to her kit, how can you make a good skin for a mage who summons plants without it breaking? And there are A LOOOT of great concepts made by the community, but the art teams of both companies really want to put their "Titan Forge" or "Riot Games" touches to them and that's an entirely different topic. As for the ridiculous amount of exclusive and limited skins? Yea I have no words, you explained it perfectly.

[@dozzy9984]

Well, they weren't scared to put a flying ship that eats people as a skin additional model/special effect (which probably is based on something, but because I don't know about that, it looks plain silly and forced to me). So maybe it's not because of a fear or being lazy, but just because of bad skin sales.

[@Darvobek]

Oh duke, I simply adore you. The whole intro of "don't agree? Tough" was so fun.

[@Tokumastu1]

Sad thing is League of legends handles it's skins better. Event skins aren't exclusive to that one moment and can be bought later on without any issues, all tier 5 skins are available 24/7 for direct purchase and seasonal skins always come back for direct purchase during the corresponding season like the Team skins during worlds and all the holiday skins during that time of the year. Hell it's been proven that if the costumer can get the product they want immediately they're more likely to spend money on it. The only repeat mistake riot makes is having champs with way too many skins while leaving other out to dry.

[@jaross2000]

Tier 5 limited skins are fine I find it similar to how you reward players for playing so long it if you see archon it shows you how long they been in the game a lot of games have the problem of no rewards that show how long you've been playing.

[@punishernumberone3295]

i don't know if this has changed in the 3 years since i stilled playing lol, but when i stopped, there were a good amount of skins that werent possible to get anymore, like the season 1 christmas skins

[@dozzy9984]

Something like 2/3 of all skins ever released in LoL are all locked in one chest and called legacy skins, that include +/- 10 legendary skins. And they also have like 30 skins that are locked out and will never again be avalible.

[@punishernumberone3295]

up until the day i stopped, i always wanted that damn pax twisted fate skin. i was at that event, but wasn't playing the game at the time :(

[@martiiryven]

punishernumberone they did the "legacy vault" idea of when every once in a while they open the vault with legacy skins available for direct purchase. however now they have the loot crate system. you play games n if u get an S rank in a game, u get a chest n if u get honoured, u get a key fragment. collect 3 frags n u get a key. a chest has a chance to drop a champion or a skin shard (including legacy). they also have special hectech skins that u only get via these chests or by collecting 10 rare gem drops thrpugh the chests / purchase. like i played before n wanted skins that are now classed as legacy n i think i enjoyed having vault open. i play now aswell n the chest system is working fine. Considering a lot of much better looking skins are out now n none of them are locked hence they got the backlast for it previously in form of championship riven. The newer skins overshadow the old ones so thats why they get away with the chest crafting system

[@GegiZ]

I just don't understand who keeps asking for these nuwa, nemesis skins. Are other skins of these gods bought so extremely that Hirez feels the need to release 12 skins for them?

[@GegiZ]

Also, yeah Baron's very new but he is being played on high level and on casual level constantly. What makes Hirez think that not making Baron skin will be a good idea?

[@mismismism]

Right? And some of them are so similar to ones they already have. Who wanted another futuristic skin for Nemesis? Who wanted another slight remix of the base Anubis skin?

[@XanKreigor]

They base skins on a) popularity of gods and b) how many skins are being bought for each god.

[@tylerd80495]

Nu Wa skins just sell so they make those a priority. I don't blame them but it is annoying.

[@titorodriguez3989]

Another TesseracT fan! I was just reading the comments when I stumbled upon your photo! Nice to see someone with common interests! Also, totally agree that they need to vary up the Gods that they release skins for

[@ViraLCyclopes]

Bakasura hasn’t gotten a skin since 2016

[@cashbags951]

He’s getting a new skin in the next patch, and it’s a very nice skin

[@xiii0722]

your voice has been heard

[@Gamerstar-jo5pi]

Nu Wa hasn't gotten a skin in 23 days.

[@king_tutt7063]

@@Gamerstar-jo5pi thats outrageous. I won't stand for it!

[@migueljmrivera5785]

WE WANT ZHONG SKIN ZHONG SKIN OR RIOT

[@secret3811]

*"RIOTING"*

[@takei97]

Yall been Rioting longer than the wait for Half Life 3.

[@Oh.Nah_]

takei97 silly boy everyone knows Valve can’t count to 3.

[@Nhyufll]

Raise your zhongers

[@Xesli]

Nu Wa technically has THREE recolors. Her KZbin skin, her volleyball skin, and her space skin. If you include old wa (which was already in the game at previous points) then she'd had four skins that technically shouldn't count. So if you're cutting chaac some slack for having the same skin, just recolored, then you should with Nu Wa too please.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

Another thing is i want them to flesh out some more pantheons.. like i can just out the top of my mind think up 5 different gods that aren’t in the game yet that i would love to see.. for example for the japanese pantheon.. add in a tengu or bloody Orochimaru.. a tanuki based god and i can think of many more along those lines i can also think up several egyptian gods that aren’t in the game yet and that defenitely could have an awesome concept.. like for example Hathor.. seeing as she is a goddess of love that can turn into a giant cat would give them alot of leaway to create her.. Bes the god of babies and pregnant women.. i don’t see a god in the game yet that protects children.. make him a small guardian a bit old vamana esque in stature.. also Horus.. WE NEED MORE CRAZY BIRB LAUGHS... also would be genius if they give a crazy bird laugh to a tengu based god as they are..

[@marciotadeu8859]

Seven Macaw from the mayan pantheon would do well for a forgotten pantheon, plus the bird laughs

[@pathannage5231]

When you are saying "edgey" skins it sounded like ecchi skins! We all want to pick the echii skins I'm with you on that!

[@TheUmbranGeek]

Man I didn’t even need to watch the video and I already agree with everything.. my biggest problem is I hate how whenever they make a new skin , they have to make a whole new chest (that doesn’t need to be made) just for that skin. They haven’t made a direct purchase skin for the sake of a direct purchase skin it always has to be shoved in a chest or tied to an event. That was my problem with skins like EDM Nox, I was so excited to get a new nox skin but then I found out it was put into chest for no reason (luckily I won a code for it through an art contest but that’s besides the point)

[@yooziinsertname5667]

if it's besides the point don't mention it

[@TheOSTLobby]

Beekeeper Zhong skin: his minion is a bee, his ult has bees come out of the cage, his 2 saps honey as exorcism. Why is Lo-Rez always ditching my boy. Zhong was an animal back then, now he’s even better but why is it that gods like da ji already have more skins than my mans?!? It’s honestly insulting... #WhereMyZhongersAt?

[@LegendaryDreamslayer]

Da Ji has more skins because she's a more popular and frankly more viable character. One wrong item nerf could easily send Zhong back into a near unplayable state in most modes but Da Ji due to the design of her kit is nearly impossible to truly nerf in any mode. That kind of eternal strength makes her popular as a player who learns to play her will be able to rely on her forever. Her strength makes people play her, then because she is played making skins for her becomes viable. I see like 1-2 non-assault Zhongs a month. I see Da Ji daily.

[@whobbeee1006]

Also, one thing I hate is that they just slap "limited" on every 2nd skin they come up with. Before "limited" meant something special, for example Poolseidon raised funds for first ever SMITE tournament during beta. I even made a post in reddit talking about this subject and it got hundreds of upvotes, but the developers ignored it.

[@quilezcooper6439]

when Ah Push got his shadow spirit , zhong kui should of got a spirit skin his whole thing is about ghost/spirit skin . bacchuus got a evil spirit skin that would of been perfect for zhong kui. also they need to update his ghost buster skin it would have fit perfectly

[@secret3811]

>:U WE STAND FOR JUSTICE. Zhong kui is miserable cause he has no skin

[@bronsonbgood9136]

The only skin released that I think would be semi okay besides the ones you said would be the Nu Wa one and that just becasue she only has one direct purchase skin so it feels nice to be able to purchase one even if only for a little bit

[@skodedickinson6544]

Every Smite player has Guan Yu, EVERYONE! Yet he's lacking on the skin front, used to believe it was difficulty with having to concept a horse too... Then Hachiman came out getting loads of skin love showing that theory was bullshit. Nothing wrong with this rant Duke, I feel the same way. Were getting around 9 or 10 skins a MONTH yet they're over saturating us with bullshit favouritism.

[@idontcaresir]

nobody buys a skin for a god they don't play. Hirez has the stats for most played gods. Make skins for highly played god= more money from the skin

[@KurouzuZehaha]

Today I got that military skin and I love it the voice pack is amazing also I think I'm going to play more matches with Zhong kui

[@blainefiasco8225]

I used to think it was because no one played Zhong, but that last buff made him stronger so I don’t think that’s it. Does anyone have any idea why they don’t have more skins for him?

[@justins5689]

It is probably his popularity and his model and kit being hard to fit a theme

[@xMafloN]

It's hard to make skins for his model and he's not the most popular god, even though he gets more playtime nowadays

[@antwonvalentino9866]

I was expecting one skin at least this season but no luck

[@AmericanAppleProd]

@@justins5689 im waiting for butcher, painter, monk zhong kui

[@justins5689]

@@antwonvalentino9866 tfw you've been playing for over 3 years without a new skin

[@jackbenimble4903]

I’m more of an Erlang skin than a Zhong skin... but sure Justice For the Dong!!!

[@nika-og4vu]

Jackben Imble there's no justice for my dong

[@daniv2vil]

you forgot about xing tian, about 2 years without a real skin, and i really don't count the tiermonster as a t3 skin and it is really old

[@Robrulesall2]

I’m glad you made a video on this. Personally i think more ytbers who i see as the “voice” more or less for the community should talk about these skin issues so hi rez can better understand. The phrase quality over quantity is something I’ve had come to mind recently when thinking about smite. Hi rez is literally a factory pumping out skins every patch. We get more and more gods while the previous gods get left behind in every aspect (balancing, skins, etc). I think it’s unfair for us as players/consumers to be bombarded with these skins that don’t matter to a portion of the community. I feel as though hirez needs to take feedback on the whole range of issues around skins. It would definitely show smite in a better light in my opinion

[@realanimalshorts]

8:37 Please keep in mind there is a fair amount of Loki smurfs that just buy that skin with the free gems you get from your level up rewards and quests.

[@austenberry1558]

What about the new Achilles odyssey skin? Literally the laziest skin in the game. Default abilities with the revenant Achilles voice pack. Absolutely lazy.

[@justjupit]

It's literally a Tier 2 skin. As a fucking odyssey reward. Embarassing.

[@oz966]

he's a giant fucking minion

[@kingofgrim4761]

justjupit last year their was that Tormentula or whatever skin for Arachne which was a t2 lol

[@TehReasoning]

Truthfully that skin Should have been his default skin to be honest.

[@masonkendrick9143]

@@oz966 that is literally why i love it

[@besiidjuu]

I’ve still been waiting for a chronos skin jesus

[@nerdyrena]

The rant that was well over due but happy that it was finally made. I just hope Hi-Rez takes note of it and make more skins for the gods that only have 2 or 3, especially the older ones. I feel recolored skins and golden, legendary, and diamond don't really count considering all gods have them. Over all good rant video. 👍👌✌

[@chrisCANguitar]

It would also be nice to if they finished everyone’s mastery skins. Anhur, chronos, Janus, zong, Kumba, fenrir, Rat, kulkul, geb all need their mastery skins updated.

[@Khriztion]

2 of Hun Batz's skins are when he was still Wukong.

[@skarmorydx3565]

They even said that a Skin of Zhong Kui was arround the corner (on Twitter) But it's like its pushed away each day/patch They don't have an excuse to not put skins on other gods, specially the relatively new ones, Chernobog came on like...10 patches ago? and He already has 4-5 skins, also, even that Baron Samedi has 2 skins (counting recolor) he is getting a 3rd one on January or arround from the Non-ban challenge thing or Commendation system they implemented. I think Anubis kinda can go safe, cause like you said, He has 4-5 skins that are recolors or relatively similar, and he already has 2 limited skins and also were final rewards behind a chunk of other skins That thing of not knowing what skin to use happens to me with Kukulkan too, there's soo many good skins, that I don't know which to use, I even loved getting most of His skins to only use 1 or 2. And as of the Datamining, apparently He is getting another one on this Odyssey

[@ethansouls77]

I loved it. Really emphasizes Hirez tendency to go for what's more profitable rather than just providing every character with a variety of skins

[@GNatanel]

"There has to be a point of over-saturation for a god, where the metric of how much they are played shouldn't matter that much anymore..." There is one problem with the argument that you're not seeing. Exclusive skins. You're speaking from the perspective of a whale who owns every skin and wants some for other gods. However, new players can't own every skin. They can't because almost all the skins are exclusive/limited. How does Hirez solve the problem? Release ANOTHER skin for the god that already has a lot of skins. Loki might already have 11 skins, but new players can't buy them. Release the 12th. 2 months later, release another one for the players who join after this one is locked away. This is why they keep getting skins. If all skins were available for direct purchase, skins would be more equally distributed. There would still be differences, but they would be minor compared to what we have now.

[@SimonCleric]

One thing I can say for myself - a skin (or looks in general) absolutely can dictate if I will play the god or not. Zhong, Hun Bats and even Vamana before they changed him from ugly baby into the Avatar, are easily my least played gods. Cuz I just don't care for their looks. And even if they were the strongest gods in the game it wouldn't have changed anything for me. So yeah... skins matter.

[@thecobblegend7602]

Hera will have 3 skins before zhong gets another

[@nejcn001]

Since game is fully f2p without any p2w bonuses, i'd be fine with skins available only with real money.

[@jboogi90]

Neith is on skin number 16. Let that sink in.

[@giantdad5934]

What is the music in this video. Description seems wrong.

[@OmegaLittleBob]

That wasn't a rant. That was actually a fairly well thought out argument. Well done

[@abhijeetsiddam6145]

"which one of you idiots asked for this skins" made my day XD

[@Camelton]

This is kind of off topic, but what are your binds to move? Because mostly everyone has WASD, but you have W and A for your abilities. Just a little curious.

[@DukeSloth]

Made a recently updated video on that! :) esdf kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHa8qnqVd7-am68

[@Camelton]

@@DukeSloth Interesting! Never seen key bindings like that before

[@cookieoppressor9700]

I have that with Hades. I have the Ragnarok skin, why on earth should I use a different one?

[@Pumparump628]

I would've loved for Geb to have gotten a halloween skin, I talk about it all the time with my friends, even talked about a hoodlum concept from rayman 3 where he'd basically be one of the heavy hoodlums or just a scarecrow who when he rolls his head just gets bigger and turns into a laughing pumpkin, his shield could be little bats or mini pumpkins around his allies, his ult could be him pulling up a pumpkin patch. Also would love it if his voice was like Oogie from nightmare before christmas or Jack

[@507Soccer]

Are they gonna add any more skins to the clan chests I got like 10,000 honor. I've already got everything in there.

[@LegendaryDreamslayer]

Lol yea I've got something crazy like 70k honor saved up now. That system had cool potential but they probably realized it wouldn't make them any money and would take money to add skins to. In my opinion EVERY recolor should be in that store. Despite me already having them all.

[@507Soccer]

ya it should have the recolors I think I have almost all of them though lol

[@Zenocius]

Wasn'r there alrdy a grim reaper thanatos skin? The new thana skin is that but technologized

[@albornoz190]

how possible is to get carnival neith? :c i have been on the look for 3 years :c

[@CheddarGetter]

So with Paladins this was a big isdue but at a smaller scale obviously. They have just kinda revamped the skin economy. Exclusive stuff is coming back around in discounted bundles for direct purchase through the daily deal system. And there's stuff from all varieties of chests and all that. The direct purchase options have been opened up for new skins as well. Then they have the 'vault'. Not too sure on that one yet. They also just introduced Unlimited skins. Not sure how this will work long term. But it is very expensive. I just hope SMITE will get going in the right direction.

[@LittleIslander100]

If you mention Chaac having partial copies you should've mentioned that Ymir has three Cacodemon skins and Nu Wa has two recolours of other exclusives she has. Not to mention Old Wa being a pre-existing design and Water Dancer, which I assume was the half-point you were referring to.

[@anexusthanatos4021]

I agree. I love thanatos and bought the skin but once I get my hands on his grim reaper I'm done. And for God sake Athena and nu wa both got like three or four skins just this year loan

[@discountdisco2273]

Same could apply to Annie, Katarina & Miss Fortune from League of Legends. Too many skins to choose from and they keep making more for them specificly. There are champs that have like 3 skins or so but never get a new one in decades.

[@LudiKisobran]

I would love for Mercury to get a decent skin, the Flash Rip-off is cringey as hell, the Run.Exe I can't even get it without praying for RNG to be on my side, the Mohawks skins are terrible, the Kung Fu one isn't that interesting and the prize fighter is literally the most ugliest skins

[@PsyCyPsy]

Skins are a huge factor in the popularity of gods. I have played Vulcan a few times throughout the years but when chef Vulcan came out i fell in love with the skin and now I’m a Vulcan main. Lol

[@Raime-tn1to]

I want a samurai amaterasu skin or medival that would cool

[@jacklong7386]

I remember some employee said that there is a Zhong skin in the works sometime at the beginning of the year. It better be in the Odyssey.

[@MADD-KATT]

No love for Bakasura?

[@tehbrooksta8365]

I just came back to smite after four months break and I had this 50% off any skin coupon and I realise while trying to use it that it only affects the non exclusive skins and there is 2 new non exclusives since I stopped playing. nice.

[@L1ttleK1ng757]

I completely agree. I hate the fact that almost all of the cool skins are exclusive. Like I'm willing to pay money for extra gems if it meant getting the skin but I can't because I'm too late for the event or it's damn near impossible to get it through the event.

[@CriminalIntent89]

how about less skins more balance

[@paulnoell39]

Isn’t 5.18 supposed to drop today??

[@AzoiatheCobra]

zhong kui needs a slim shady skin

[@demonlewds]

Zhong should get a skin where he's a chubby skeleton for Halloween and he makes a joke about how long it took him to get a skin that he became a skeleton

[@itsjustkeith6202]

Its been 2 and a half years since Zhong Kui has gotten a skin.... And he hasent even gotten his mastery rework yet....like he was one of the original gods...

[@reenahrune5992]

100% love it!

[@thetimmon]

wait, was that your three that killed the Ra at the start of the video? or was that minions? if the first, jesus, i didn't know Zhong's 3 hitbox stayed out that long

[@greninjaguy5264]

*YES SLOTH, FUEL THE FIRE!!! LET'S USE THIS CONFLAGRATION TO BURN DOWN HIGH-REZ AND HAVE BETTER OPTIONS TO GET SKINS, AND SKINS FOR THE NON INCLUDED*

[@CommanderCamp]

Another god that they seem to be tossing out skins for is Sol, she has received a season ticket skin 2 seasons in a row now, i addition to a lot of other skins outside of that. It’s really annoying seeing the same gods get skins pumped out for them, when there are clearly more unique concepts and gods to work with. Good video duke, solid points.

[@shutendoji470]

So nobody is going to talk about the fact that they're selling each new skin for 750 gems WHICH IS 15$ RIGHT NOW? (not bundle).

[@KakashiHatake-pr8db]

Former Rear Admiral Diez Drake expensive

[@shutendoji470]

Like Fat Loki (AND NO IM NOT GOING TO ROLL YOUR SLOT MACHINE FOR 400GEMS) Dragon Ares, and a LOT of other new skins. They're shooting themselves in the foot.

[@coreyeddy7313]

I do wish as well for skins to God's who need it the most but also fix or rework some God's who feel out of place in the meta biggest example being bastet

[@Jadizi]

Arachne is a travesty! Kuku is SO season 1

[@milkshake8735]

This is just a thought, but warframe has a system where they let the players design their own skin, and then the ones voted for the most are put into the game. Smite could try to experiment with something similar to that.

[@LongLiveQueenCee]

Thank you duke! Omg my friend and I were LEGIT just talking about that it’s crazy! For the Love of GOD no more NU WU and Loki skins pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee! We get it!

[@Galeigh]

we worked hard campaigning for that chef vulcan skin, of course we're gonna use him just for it.

[@Dekuwarrior]

My favorite was Ravana getting that awesome Scorpion skin just to have it removed after a few weeks and being "replaced" by another uninteresting Disco skin almost a year later(right after the Disco skins for Neith and Ganesha). To be fair Warner Brothers is to blame for the skin removal but I hated how I had to wait so frickin long for my favorite god to get a new skin just to have it be something so unfitting to the character.

[@FufflesTheLion]

honestly, I want a remodel for Zhong and Hun Batz and most of all some kind of revisit on old skins, just to fix them a bit...

[@zferolie]

An exellent video that needs to be made. As I said in a past reddit thread: "If you build it, they will come". Hirez needs to make skins for the gods with less skins, and more people will then play that god. Its simple. But nope, have another nu wa skin when her Xmas one is still best :) And Fuck another Loki skin, shiv me now loki. Zhong, Hun Batz, and Arachne need more skins. for sure. I remember how much we faught for Arachne and Guan to get new skins and then we finally got some with that old Hades event 3 years ago... but then just 1 more skin for each since then...

[@LegendaryDreamslayer]

Lets be real though Arachne's skins are amazing. Like all of them. I don't not want new Arachne skins but she doesn't exactly lack good skins.

[@Edstahh]

Man,no hate at all but I'm cringing so hard by the way you're using Zhong.I don't think u got a heal back from your 1+2 combo during the whole clip !

[@geminiangels5653]

I agree I'm still waiting for a new erlang skin

[@Mr_Giraffe989]

Khumba is one of my favorites. I was devastated when I saw his new skin in an Odyssey chest with 590 items. I'll never get the skin.

[@MrBigshotGamer]

I'd like another Chronos skin. Only the edge lord one is available with just gems. I really would love the super chronos 64 or whatever it's called, but it being with nearly 600 other skins makes it nearly impossible

[@shutendoji470]

Starts @ 0:57

[@MoeMouto]

I’ve been what some would call a skin collector for almost 2 years now, but at this point I’ve stopped buying every skin that comes out because, unless they’re really impressive, I probably won’t use them over other skins that the god has, so it’s pointless buying them. I think this kind of goes along with you over saturation point you made, if a god has too many good skins then people won’t buy the new ones unless they’re really good, like Loki, Athena, Bellona, etc.

[@lllXRocKsAndRoll]

been waiting for a great hun batz skin since 2014

[@GeardoGaming]

Chernobog I can excuse even though he is new. Skadi actually has a lot of skins, she got that scavenger one for free if you bought the Spring Split ticket. Not all Nu Wa skins are exclusive, heck you can still get Nu Wa plus Water Dancer skin for free when new. Direct Purchase, this meaning the recolors you can buy for Favor? Limited skins, some gods have 2 of these, one at least has 3 Limited. Some of those gods with a lot of skins are the 11 free gods.

[@Rioureverso]

My small rant that I’ve been saying is “there’s been so much repeated skins i.e Techn/mech/cyber style skins it makes it hard to actual buy. There’s been 11ish skins this year and that’s absurd. Yes, they are cool and no, I don’t have to buy them but when you want to do these events like the Odyssey but they keep hashing the same theme...it makes me not want to buy

[@alexkostov8701]

What would be better is reducing the skins per patch which is from usually 6 to maybe like 2-3 (even tho its gonna be rough for the Odyssey crap), delaying the patches by a week or two ( as someone who doesn't play Smit every single day it feels like there's a patch every second game and new stuff is added) and also rework the old skins, make them look up-to-date and create new ones for gods who have non.

[@metalmichew2]

This applies to diffrent games too, Lux in league of legends has a shitload of skins and still gets more, while Illaoi has about 2 i believe, and yes i know that lux is way more played than Illaoi and i think that playrate gives those characters more skins aswell, As far as i know, not a lot of people play Fafnir or Erlang shen (even tho he was buffed somewhat this season) I think that due to that its a thing that a loki would get way more skins because people want to show that skin off.

[@phantasmic1000]

I've honestly sworn off buying skins in this game,either the skin I want is locked behind chests or its for a God I don't even play,league handles their skins better because about 90 perfect of their skins you can directly purchase,the 10 perfect is the ranked skins and the hextech exclusive skins you get with gems,they do have limited seasonal skins but those come back same time every year and their ultimates skins you can just buy straight up instead of spending around 60 bucks in smite for a bunch of skins or stuff you probably don't want

[@Moh4a4d]

They also REALLY need to rework mastery skins for a lot of gods (Kumba, Zhong, etc.) It's not a high priority for them, considering they won't make any money, though.

[@Carnax6969]

Regardless of community desire, this just shows how inept the character design team are if they keep making similar concept skins and recolours.

[@ahubb21]

I feel like Hi-Rez could make a lot more money by having all skins (maybe with the exception of the limited) to be direct purchase. Hell, League and HOTS let you direct purchase AND use chests so you can either just buy what you want, or try your luck. I love Smite, but I hate that some of my favorite skins in the game are locked behind RNG. RNG isn't inherently a bad thing, but when it takes weeks to earn gems for ONE chest, or when real money is on the table, it's just a shitty practice.

[@smart7927]

They put out skins for God’s that clearly get played overall, You hardly see any Zhong players so it’s understandable as to why he’s overlooked so much, it’s simple bargaining, if the character is popular then it gets attention.

[@derrickdavila2057]

*WHY DOES NEITH AND NU WA KEEP GETTING NEW SKINS*

[@anightgirl]

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