Gun Skins!

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

I'm 95% behind that.
the 5% is because I don't think it should cost any money to upload a skin.
You'd still have to buy the skin anyway, so one person shouldn't have to pay extra to add something to the game that would be available to everyone.

Unless you're talking about personal skins :O

[Supaman771]

Originally Posted by Fiberwyre_P2P

I'm 95% behind that.
the 5% is because I don't think it should cost any money to upload a skin.
You'd still have to buy the skin anyway, so one person shouldn't have to pay extra to add something to the game that would be available to everyone.

Unless you're talking about personal skins :O

I meant like, you upload your own skin, similar to uploading a head. (Yeah, personal skins)
In which you pay to add it, and u get it at the same time (like a gang).
If it isn't quality enough and gets refused, you get refunded.

They already asked for submissions for public skins. I thought part of the concept of this was customization and individuality. I wouldn't want to make myself a skin and then see everyone else using it.

Or it could always be a check mark when uploading, to make it public or private (like heads). Then just add a fee to privatizing it. Maybe even guild-only privatization (hue).

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Fiberwyre_P2P

I'm 95% behind that.
the 5% is because I don't think it should cost any money to upload a skin.
You'd still have to buy the skin anyway, so one person shouldn't have to pay extra to add something to the game that would be available to everyone.

Unless you're talking about personal skins :O

This makes things a little more complex BUT... I strongly feel it should not just cost an entry fee to submit skins but a large entry fee.

The redeeming factor here is that I also believe the person who submits the skin should make a small percentage of the profits from every skin sold.

This way people are discouraged from submitting low quality skins and rewarded for submitting high quality (high sales volume) skins.

[-HateD-]

Originally Posted by Stephen

This makes things a little more complex BUT... I strongly feel it should not just cost an entry fee to submit skins but a large entry fee.

The redeeming factor here is that I also believe the person who submits the skin should make a small percentage of the profits from every skin sold.

This way people are discouraged from submitting low quality skins and rewarded for submitting high quality (high sales volume) skins.

Era doesn't have a big enough playerbase for this kind of economics. Waste of developers' time in my opinion.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by -HateD-

Era doesn't have a big enough playerbase for this kind of economics.

Yes, it does.

[-HateD-]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Yes, it does.

Stephen you're on for maybe an hour a week actually doing stuff. 80% of the time people are just afk/idling at unstick. Gun skins are awesome and all, but I think people would rather see something new gang wise than a skin market with uploads/profit.

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

Originally Posted by -HateD-

Era doesn't have a big enough playerbase for this kind of economics. Waste of developers' time in my opinion.

I agree. Not to mention that the people who would actually be capable of making quality skins is a small subset of that already small playerbase.

Also I feel like I should address this:

Originally Posted by Godzilla

I really hope that you have created some more unique looking skins, recolors are nothing to be proud about.

The plan was to make basic colors for every gun, that way there would at least be SOME skins for every gun, THEN to start making custom, good-looking skins.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Fiberwyre_P2P

I agree.

The playercount of GK is much smaller than Era and generates significantly more gelat sales daily. Playercount is a moot point.

Originally Posted by -HateD-

Gun skins are awesome and all, but I think people would rather see something new gang wise than a skin market with uploads/profit.

It doesn't have to be one or the other. Also, quality is a relative term. So long as something is nicer than the last it is considered "higher quality". Players don't expect masterpieces.

If Era can improve their value in Graal Online then a few VERY beneficial opportunities become available. Would you rather your low quality $100 Era Dollar gun skins in an uncompetitive market today or a significantly better server in 6 months? Your choice boss.