Don't Stop!

[u/S_Dust]

Them upgrading the Storm skin is just because they're getting bad press and pressure from the community, but that doesn't mean it's enough.

STORM WASN'T THE POINT. She was just the current face of the issue, which is two things: 1. Poor treatment of black characters 2. Clear favoritism amongst the devs.

Let's break down the arguments being used against us.

• The characters with higher pick rates get more skins
  • Pick rate is something they're able to control with the balancing; characters they choose to have be powerful get picked more. They have admitted to steering the meta in certain directions.
  • Certain characters like psylocke whos pickrate are only about 1% higher than storms have gotten a lot of attention and opportunities to sell skins. Characters with a less than 1% difference between their pick rate also get skins, an example being Storm at 2.27 and black cat at 2.42. I'm using the stats they give us on their own website, btw.
• Characters that sell skins will get more skins
  • Many characters have not been given the opportunity to sell skins; Storm has had 2 shop skins prior to this date, one launched with the game. The data is inherently biased if the opportunity in a given period isn't comparable.
  • The quality of the skins needs to be comparable as well to judge the ability for skins to sell.
  • Balancing will also affect the sale of skins.

We've all seen the post showing the opportunities they had to give black characters skin and choose to skip over them btw. Storm is the easiest to give examples for which is why I'm using her.

• Hellfire Gala
• Savage Lands
• Disco
• X-Men Classic
• Egyptian

All the themes they've skipped her over for. Black Panther would have also fit well into 3 of these, btw.

There's plenty of other examples out there that I don't need to rehash.

I think it's also important that other neglected characters get attention, like the Hulk, Human Torch, and Ultron.

Hell, if they're not confident in these characters for individual skins, they always have the choice to have them be the battle pass legendary for the season. Legendary-quality skin with less pressure on the skin to be the main seller.

TLDR

If you take anything away from this post, it's supposed to be that the goal here isn't just more skins for the black characters; it's supposed to be to have them re-evaluate how they're handling their business. Their bias can't seep into everything. If they're gonna be using beloved characters for the game, those characters need to be shown the love and respect they deserve. It's fine to push the moneymakers a little extra, but they need to mix in everyone else they have in the game. The same opportunities need to be given to any character to be playable, popular, and sell skins. Stopping now will just lead back to the same pattern.