Jeff Kaplan teases the Overwatch community again. Reaper will likely be getting new skins soon.
When it comes to skins and cosmetics in Overwatch, fans show no mercy and pay meticulous attention to ensure that every character gets their share of the skin pie.
However, that’s exactly not the case in Overwatch, and the forums and Reddit are often stormed by players who loudly complain that character X has not yet received any new skins, even though characters Y and Z have already received at least a dozen new outfits in the last 2 events.
Therefore, user Trashy0 also followed this tradition in the official forum and announced:
“Seriously, Reaper has exactly 2 event skins. Pumpkin and Shiver. In events, he only gets voice lines. Am I the only one who sees it this way?”
Of course, Trashy0 was not the only one who saw it this way, and many users gave the comment a thumbs up or shared about their favorite hero who was also poorly equipped.
To the surprise of most, there was a response from Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch. He commented, in regard to the statement that Reaper has too few skins, with a simple “ok”.
It didn’t take long for fans to speculate what skin for Reaper might appear next.
The fact is, data miners have long found some hints in the game files of Overwatch that suggest new cosmetic items for Reaper – although so far there had been no hopes for skins.
According to the data miners, Reaper will receive new items in both the Summer Games 2017 and the mysterious “Event Number 8”, and at least one of them is likely to be a skin.
What skins for Reaper would you like to see? Something dark and threatening again? Or rather something laid-back or even silly from his time when he was just Gabriel Reyes?
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