Although it is disappointing that a new mythic skin lacks customization a lot, the point that nearly all skins are related to the theme of the season should be appreciated.
My theory is that they use the budget on Hanzo mythic customization on the Sserafim collab.
The collab do have 5 skins while the last collab got 3… and guess how many skin customizations hanzo is missing compare to other mythic.
I wanna point out that part of the reason it feels that every skin is Seasonally themed is because the season’s theme is just “Halloween” which encompasses A LOT of things. So it’s much easier for them to make/add skins that match the theme of such a season, compared to something like Starwatch or an Omnic themed Season/BP.
For ex - The Nightraven Illari was not made for this Season’s BP and was not meant to be a Skin themed after Halloween or Darkness specifically. The artist who designed it said on Twitter that it was originally meant to come out last season but was moved to this season but that that’s fine because its theme fits the general Halloween theme. Which is true and fine but it wasn’t a skin hyper specifically made for this season. It was just a Moon/Night based skin because Sun/Moon/Day/Night are part of her themes.
So a skin that’s a part of the Halloween/Darkness themed BP and is used in the Diablo themed game mode, wasn’t made for either of them.
Similarly, the Duck themed skins. Those could have easily have been random concepts that they had already made, that they decided to make into actual skins for this season cause they can easily fit into the Halloween theme.
The point is that you can’t use this season’s skins matching the theme of the season as the new standard because the general theme is so generalised and encompasses so much.
There are going to be seasons in the future where the theme is going to be hyper-specific, like Eldritch Horror, which will require all skins to be specifically made for the season. It’s easily possible they won’t be able to make a lot of skins to match the theme and will just throw in some random skins.
Not saying it’s a guarantee. I’m sure they’ve seen the feedback regarding players wanting to see more skins based on the theme of a season and maybe they are changing their internal processes to make that happen, but I wouldn’t count on it.
Honestly, the themes I can’t wait for are Eldritch horror and alternate universe. The potential for skins is absolutely insane. Hopefully they stick to the theme for those too.
The Hanzo mythic is so disappointing but honestly its hilarious that Hanzo players got a shit mythic lol
Tentacle hook roadhog and Skinny roadhog are gonna go so hard.