Overwatch fans butthurt over skins

So there's 90 new collectibles all for free in Overwatch. This includes emotes, sprays, and skins. This is all free. So everybody's happy right? Not quite. People are actually pretty upset at the moment. The Overwatch summer games runs from now until August 22nd. Any lootboxes acquired will have one of these 90 collectibles. You can't purchase any of them individually with credits. Yes....let the butthurt commence.

Players have two choices. You can play a lot and level up to gain levels and get the items that way. Or you can buy lootcrates and hope for the best. Lootcrates are the only way to get these new skins. The fact that its randomized means you can get duplicated items-which gives you credits that you can't even use to buy the new skins you want. You can't use credits to buy the skins. What's all that about? So the best way to get these new skins quickly seems to be to spend a lot of money. Also, there's a chance you won't get the skins you want because its all random. 

Jeff Kaplan responded to the uproar by saying that its a fun little event for free and a chance for people to get unique items. He said he appreciates the feedback but nothing is going to change. He's missing the main reason why people are complaining.

The items don't feel unique as much as they feel locked behind randomness that forces out cash spending. Its pushing people towards spending money on a game they already purchased. The fact that Blizzard doesn't give us the chance to use credits to buy skins ain't right. Blizzard didn't have to do things this way. They could have made the skins available for purchase with credits. They still would've gotten plenty of money from people buying lootcrates. Have the best of both worlds ya know.

The fact of the matter is that this is about skins in a first person shooter. A lot of people really care about cosmetics. Team Fortress 2's success with skins and hats has proven that. Hopefully Blizzard takes the players' feedback and changes things for future events.

Side note: I've gotten one summer games skin so far (and a Soldier 76 emote)-a Japan Dva skin that is hella sick. Hopefully I can level up more and somehow get some of the other skins. Personally, I'm a little upset that I probably won't have the time to get all the new skins I want. There's also the possibility that we may never be able to unlock any of this stuff in the future. But just the fact that I got the unique Dva skin makes me happy. The best part about this event is that if you log on anytime during the summer games you get a free lootcrate which might possibly have a skin. So log on and check out what all the fuss is about.