AiR²³ Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 By now people must see how rare unusual weapon skins are (at least for Commando, Assassin and Elite Grade). It should also be obvious that the chance to get a strange+unusual weapon is non existant. Yet i've been following the Gunmettle update's unusual weapons closely and there seems to be zero hype. Zero demand. No clicks on trades, no bookmarks. Not a single "crazy" offer like you should expect when new updates introduce new, rare stuff. What do you think, why is there no market for unusual weapons? It almost seems like everyone thinks those will be obtainable for the price of a strange festive in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexlicious Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Because skins are shit and ruin the weapon, if they released effects for regular stock weapons, I would have bought it instantly, but the skins are just not my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mengh. Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 People realise that the skins are just reskins. Some, looking like they were just picked up from a trash yard due to the wear, which can discourage people, even with the good-looking effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77777777777777777777777777 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 There was hype when they were released. Nobody cares about them because: • As Hex said, they look like shit. • An unusual weapon can be battle-scarred, well-worn, field-tested, minimal wear or factory new. There are many variants, and they're either too cheap or too expensive. • Add to the former the stat-track factor. • They're going to drop hard as more and more crates are released. • Some of them are just inferior to some unlocks. Tomislav is way more fun to pub around with than Stock minigun, no pyro main will ever sacrifice the Degreaser just to have a shiny flame thrower that handicaps them, and so on. • They're way less visible than unusual hats, and there are only four effects. • Add to the former the fact that most effects just don't fit with most skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noot ♥ Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 No point of having skins when you are playing on low or medium res, it's just a blurred piece of poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
❤ΣκαπανέαςGr❤ Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I sold all my cs shit and built my funds to max.I wait for a nice elite rocket luncher to buy not interested in anything else at the moment. so I say its just the top tiers that are wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discovery Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 skins are shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I honestly only think the Sniper skins are good. If they start to add skins to more weapons and expanding the number of skins on the stock weapons I can see them getting more popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1+1=3 ? Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Because skins are shit Agree. The high tier skins are shit not to mention those low tier ones. Look at what csgo skins look like eg Hyper beast, Fire serpent, Dragon Lore. Those are the skins I want and I am willing to pay a lot for that. Not the skins that like a 6-year-old kid drew that at his art lesson. Take a look at how ugly sand cannon rocket launcher is(top tier skin so called). http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/440/Sand%20Cannon%20Rocket%20Launcher%20(Field-Tested) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpoemage Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 For me at least it's that I'd rather have a strange and I know it's going to be a long time until a strange unusual of a weapon I actually want is unboxed, and when it is it won't be worth the crazy high price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmca Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I like some of them, liquid asset and pink elephant come to mind. Also isotope with the green skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehhhhhh Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Strange + unusual + factory new Anything less is crap and not worth buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AiR²³ Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Strange + unusual + factory new Anything less is crap and not worth buying. I had strange + unusual + mw Liquid Asset and i received a total of 1 offer during a 8 day period.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Recluse Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 i really enjoy weapons more than hats but when this came out I lost interest. It's the same thing with CSGO, WAYY too many variants and I don't feel like completely relearning a new thing just to get a few cool weapons. Just such a terrible idea. They could have made the unusual effects applied like killstreaks but no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankingBot Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 there's 4 different effects for 1 weapon, and all of which can't be seen once you switched to another weapon in game. My unusual hat can be seen so long i wear it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMan Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Aren't all skins atm are valve-maded? (in tf2) What's the point in comparing popular community skins vs boreal mesh and sand dunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I think what it comes down to is simply this: I would much rather have a stat track skin than an unusual skin without stat track. It'll cost me substantially less too. Basically, I'm not paying 50 keys for a weapon that doesn't even count my kills. Functionality > looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gren Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I had strange + unusual + mw Liquid Asset and i received a total of 1 offer during a 8 day period.... How much did you end up getting for it if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Nick♥ Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Strange + unusual + factory new Anything less is crap and not worth buying. This is something I look out. Waitng for a purple range sniper with energy orb or isotope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Agree with those who say the skins are shit. If I wanted to buy an expensive weapon, I'd rather buy an Australium one. They look much better, have Strange stats and generally are cheaper than the Unusual skins. Not to mention this whole Battle Scarred-Factory New thing is messing with my OCD so hard. Why would I pay a lot of keys for something that isn't perfect to me? Because anything below a Strange Unusual "Factory New" (which could be going for more than 1000 keys) is not perfect in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargatius Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 You wouldn't see the shitty weapon skins if there was a skin workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonbonbon Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Personally I like quite a few of the skins in this update, but only the factory new ones since if I want to have a gun with a pattern on it, I better be able to see that pattern. And that applies to all the conditions for these guns; some want only battle-scarred, some only want minimal wear, and so forth. That applies to the unusual variants as well; if I want to go for an unusual one, I would want one that is non-strange and factory new with an unusual effect I found matched the class that would have that weapon. As you can already see, that is a lot of requirements to look for. I may find one that has the effect I want, but the condition is not factory new. I may find a factory new one with the effect I want, but it's strange. In short it becomes a pain to try and find one that fits all your requirements, if one has even been unboxed and depending how many of them actually exist yet. So in the end, unless you are really, really looking for one, it's not worth the hassle most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senpai Absol~ Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 They'll become wanted when good skins come out there is some good skins, mainly the sniper skins that look good Once they aren't fucking overpriced, hopefully people will start buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqkAudio Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Aren't all skins atm are valve-maded? (in tf2) What's the point in comparing popular community skins vs boreal mesh and sand dunes? This so much. People don't even seem to realize that these are valve made so of course they aren't very good looking. I mean, take a look at the first collections that were released in csgo. All of them are bad. Just like the current tf2 ones. http://csgostash.com/collection/The+Alpha+Collection http://csgostash.com/collection/The+Assault+Collection And for the love of god, do not say that glock fade looks good because it was considered a shit looking skin back in the day. Give the game time for community skins to be released. This is history repeating itself all over again as the csgo community said this very thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatrix Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Personally, I like a few of the skins. I actually sold my old S .ProKS Sticky to buy a StatClock Carpet Bomber and I love the thing. I like the ones that actually have a design on them (e.g. Carpet Bomber has stickybombs all over it), not "lelelele shitty camo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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