Fortnite has a long history behind its skins and their releases. First, players saw skins created by themselves. After several seasons and a chapter, crossover skins now dominate the battlefield of the colorful BR shooter. However, this has now upset most players – they want to see homemade skins from Epic again.
What are players complaining about? On reddit, the user LeftResponsibility81 complains that he is tired of all the Marvel skins. However, he is not alone. Many players agree with him and are fed up with ongoing crossovers without any individuality.
They miss skins from the OG times of Fortnite. The look of secret skins like “Ruin” or “The Prisoner” can impress, but Marvel superheroes who would never reach for firearms in battle are slowly annoying the players.
Such outfits embodied the character of Fortnite much more than humans in skin-tight suits who reach for guns to defend themselves on a small map. Fans of the BR shooter are therefore demanding more original and above all secret skins, as they can no longer stand superhero outfits.
Secret skins should be individual but also “secret”
Players have seen through Epic’s reasons: The problem of ongoing Marvel crossovers has existed for months. In addition to the copies of the superheroes Epic Games no longer hides the additional skin that comes with each season. One player says the following and understands why secret outfits are no longer secret:
Yes, I would also prefer them to be secret. But I understand why they no longer do it. People buy collabs more than original skins. So why shouldn’t they use characters that people love to market the Battle Pass? It’s an additional character in the market and would lead to more Battle Pass sales.
says reddit user Wboy2006
Here, Wboy2006 particularly mentions that Epic uses this as a market strategy to get many players to buy the Battle Pass. Why would Epic hide a skin that could be the reason for many players’ purchases? The theory sounds plausible, but in the long term, it will increasingly annoy the fans.
When Fortnite launched Chapter 2 Season 4, the Marvel season, it was a special event. A Battle Pass with many superheroes and a season in which players could destroy their enemies with superpowers.
That was cool and exciting at the time, but now the ever-present Marvel skins in the Battle Passes seem more like loveless fillers to offer long-time fans more outfits.
Will Epic soon stop with the Marvel skins? As long as there are Marvel superheroes, Epic will continue to include them in the game. Most skins give many undecided players a reason to buy the Battle Pass anyway, and Epic cannot afford to lose that. However, there will come a time when all Marvel superheroes have made it into the colorful BR shooter.
After that, Epic must either come up with its own ideas or enter into another collaboration with a brand like DC, which can also offer such an amount of content as Marvel. It remains to be seen what Epic ultimately decides.
What do you think of the crossovers of the Marvel universe? Does it annoy you that more and more superheroes with guns are making the battlefield unsafe? Or do you not mind and prefer to play with your OG skins? Let us know!
