To buy all the skins and emotes from the Anniversary Event in Overwatch, you need over 50,000 Credits. Players are complaining, Blizzard is listening.
The Anniversary Event started a few days ago and invites the community to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the shooter. The event features special skins and emotes that can appear in loot boxes. Those who have no luck with the boxes can also purchase the content with credits. However, for the 108 items, you will need 56,475 Credits.
The prices are a cause for complaint, as they have increased significantly compared to other events. Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch, explains that Blizzard is closely monitoring these complaints.
The skins already cost 33,000 Credits
In a Reddit thread, user Desks_up created a table listing the prices of a total of 108 items. His result is that players must spend 56,475 Credits for all items.
- 11 Legendary Skins: 33,000 Credits (About 58.2% of the total cost)
- 24 Dance Emotes: 18,000 Credits (About 31.9% of the total cost)
- 48 Voice Lines: 3,600 Credits (About 6.4% of the total cost)
- 25 Spray Logos: 1,875 Credits (About 3.3% of the total cost)
The eleven legendary skins contribute significantly to the high total cost of the Anniversary items. A few cheaper skins might be a welcome alternative for the community.
Of course, no player is forced to buy these items. However, fans enjoy purchasing cosmetic items for their favorite heroes, and the total cost has now risen compared to other events.
- Uprising Event: 36,825 Credits for 95 items
- Year of the Rooster: 37,050 Credits for 99 items
- Winter Wonderland: 33,075 Credits for 94 items
- Halloween Terror: 31,500 Credits for 94 items
In the Battle.net forums and other social networks, players are complaining about the increased total costs. Game director Jeff Kaplan responded to the complaints in the forum and assured that Blizzard is closely examining the feedback.
The threads about the loot box rewards of the Anniversary Event, other events, and loot boxes in general are being monitored by the team. “The feedback and suggestions have helped us a lot,” writes Kaplan. “We had extensive discussions about the feedback we received this week. While I can’t announce any direct changes, I thought it was important for you to know that we are listening.”
This unfortunately is no promise that the prices will look different in the future. But it sounds like Blizzard is on the side of the community on this issue.
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