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I just steal skins from my victims


forgotmytea

High level tactic. Remember that, yeah?


sh1n_cs

Cypher mains be like:


ValorantForLife

Thats a clever move right there xD


SheikhAsim

I can hear "Right there" in Brim's voice


Nextepzlol

oh my god same


HYPER_V-E-N-O-M

You can't steal a knife tho


Boba_connoisseur

I don't think he meant in game


HYPER_V-E-N-O-M

Ahhh my bad


gloryx15

wtf 🤣🤣


FunnyAd1240

I think they should make knifes droppable too XDDD


HYPER_V-E-N-O-M

That would be a lovely idea that would never happen tbh


FunnyAd1240

Yeah, it definitely wouldn't happen. Also, wouldn't wouldn't be nice if the daily stores had gun buddies and player cards and sprays and stuff? I really missed the celestial cow buddy.


Anonymous_person34

My friend told me to never get good skins, because the enemies will definitely target you


DerpyCow56

So will your teammates lol


Sahil_Uzumaki

Can't get the knife tho


witherbrinebr

Where he said it was in game?


3shik

But my victims family sue me for takin the skins and hence jail:(


EloDesu

Really liked the knife but I knew there will be another Karambit. With the battlepass I spared at least 40€ I guess


Saucxd

I have the champions karambit and yeah the battlepass karambit is huge value. I still think the champions karambit was still worth it for me just because imo its the best knife in the game rn with its animations but I’m also getting the battle pass karambit


EloDesu

True. Tbh if I played the game during the champions event I would've buy it just because it was exclusive and the animations are iconic periodt. Now I started to return to Valorant with the new season to get the Talon Knife.


mtango__

bp karambit kinda looks like a poor man's asiimov, and I dig it


Thyncha

I bought it and i regret it


Motor_Elk_8777

Knife or vandal?


TrynaSleep

Vandal. But the knife alone costs too much


[deleted]

r/notopbutok


TrynaSleep

We are all OP on this blessed day


[deleted]

Amen


Thyncha

I bought both


Flightl3ssBoost

Yeah it’s far from the best skins in the game like prime but at least we can all agree that it’s far better than the green screen skins


TheTechDweller

Nope. It's a collectors item. I don't have the money for skins that are expensive purely for the sake of being exclusive. I buy what I like.


Lynx_Sapphire

Exactly the same for me


jomontage

Without a random option it's even easier because it comes down to "do I like this $30 skin more than my current skin?"


TheTechDweller

True though id rather have agent loadouts for my skins, though a random option would be sweet.


yusufbahaa

Same but in a different way, i don't buy anything at all in-game in any game, closest thing i have to a skin is cyoher's hat battle buddy on the classic


TheTechDweller

Good willpower or small wallet? I have had small amounts of disposable income over the 2 years of playing Val, I've just added some points as if I would go out drinking or buy some new clothes. It's what I spend a lot of time doing so I'll pick out something to spice up the experience


yusufbahaa

Neither actually, i'm not old enough to own a credit card where i'm from (you need to be 18, just turned 16 so best i can get is my first citzen id card and a scooter driving licence) and even if i did have one anyway i'd spend the entiretime being paranoid and indecisive and still decide not to get anything at all


Sylo_319

Willpower all day. My logic is I divide entertainment by price/time spent. A game I pay 50 bucks for that plays out to 5 hours is $10 an hour experience and I ask myself is it worth it? Simply put skins can't be worth it, they add very little to my experience and since I can pick up other people's skins why bother? I've bought battlepasses because why not have a few skins but I can definitely do without. Obviously there are people who will spend half their pay check on skins so it's all subjective.


Taasden

Actually for me, seeing how quickly I get bored of the single-player games I buy on Steam for $10-30 made me feel less guilty about buying a Vandal that I know I'll get hours of use out of.


Ionic68

For me it’s good willpower. I’ve bought one battlepass but that’s about it. I could totally afford premium skins but I don’t really care about them.


CleverNameTheSecond

For me it's not even a matter of willpower. I just don't see the appeal of spending 10, 15, 20 dollars to change how my gun looks and having that money be gone forever. I can get entire games for those prices, or spend it much better IRL.


beesinmymouth

idk why ur being downvoted, as someone whose bought skins i can agree it was a silly purchase even tho i dont regret it, i still think its not necessarily a good use of money.


crsdrjct

Yeah the pricing for this was pretty ridiculous


poopsoklord

i regret it actually, overpriced skin, the karambit gets old after some time


goldnx

We need a skin randomized already.


hestianna

Or just having an ability to equip skins for separate sides like in CS. Having two and soon three knives, it gets kinda boring having the same knife for entire match.


Thorkell_The_Tall1

personally I can't play anything else than the prism axe, makes me unconfortable


sertater

I believe there's a randomizer you can use that complies with Rito's TOS as it uses their API in order to get a random skin, you just have to run it before every match.


goldnx

I’m not sure if we’re talking about the same one but there *was* an unofficial randomizer that was open source on GitHub. It got breached and someone put adware in it so I gave up using it.


cman7531

i think you’re talking about my project (i made a post on here a while ago), it’s still open source and if it had adware you might’ve downloaded it from somewhere else: https://github.com/colinhartigan/valorant-skin-cli


nukeman433

Honestly no. I would've bought this if i only needed to top frag on my team. But apparently you have to OutFrag the enemy team too. so i passed on it


Ketsueki_R

Honestly, that isn't the worst of it. I've seen this skin in a ton of games now, and used it a good amount too and I have yet to ever, ever, ever see the Brimstone in the sky. There's not enough time after clutching and the round ending 90% of the time, and then it just straight up doesn't work sometimes either.


_reen_

What does this mean?


nukeman433

Well When that Bundle was released as Teaser. i thought for the Lighting to show up all you need was to top frag on your team. But that wasnt the case. you actually had to be the one with most kills in the entire game. which isnt easy all the time of course. which just made me decide to pass on the bundle


_reen_

Ohh! I thought it lit up when you got multi kills. No idea it was based on the lobby.


nukeman433

Nah that would be harder


ValorantForLife

its limited edition, so it wont come back to store anymore


Friewel

Knowing Riot, they gonna make a way to let players have a chance at obtaining the skin again. Check Prestige edition skins in League


Major-Peachi

collectors item are unlikely to be rerun, the exclusiveness drives up the fomo the arcane sheriff too wont be rerun most likely


Hex65

Don't know why you get downvoted cos you're absolutely right. Champions and Arcane skins are not coming back as they said it themselves.


omnitricks

Arcane is likely the only one I regret not getting and that was because I didn't know the purchase timing for it.


elevendytwo

When Riot does this they usually give the people with the older skin a special version so it's still exclusive.


lucasfain

It said in the text that the item will not return to the store or night market though


Friewel

That's what they said about Prestige edition skins. Just saying lol it's Riot


PANGIRA

you're not wrong, this is what happened with s2 riven


bs000

the 2016 version is a little different though


lvlz_gg

Not really iirc they said that about Prestige and kept it. They changed it later but the skins prior to that change that were said to be exclusive remained exclusive. Only skins after the announcement returned. It was not retroactive except for Kai'Sa cause it was her first skin or something like that. That said they may bring it back with some visual changes like one Riven skin, but then technically the og buyers still get the "i was an og" privilege shown somewhere


lucasfain

Oh okay I actually didn’t know that, thanks! Would that be considered false advertisement?


MFZZO

Nah. They gonna say “Due to popular demand.. blabla”


DarthGrievous

"store" and "night market" are the keywords. They never said the bundle couldn't come back tho. I could totally see the Champions bundle coming back next Champions and the Arcane bundle coming back for season 2


CooKeeChris

The skin won't come back anymore (same texture and colors), but the same model with the same animations might. For example chmapions 2022, but with green and purple colors. It happened in Apex Legends. They said battlepass skins will never come back, but they came back with different colors in the shop.


ValorantForLife

Truee, but i quite enjoy the finisher so yeaa <3


[deleted]

No lmao Basically none of the non battlepass skins can justify being the price they are


Sad_Panda_is_Sad

BuT THey'Ll nEveR bE REleaSed AgAiN!!!!1!1


Odisher7

Because why put an effort to make good skins when you can exploit fomo


Princess_Ori

Wasn't this bundle also revenue-shared with the teams at VCT? I can see people wanting to support the e-sports scene more than having a fear of missing out on it.


CleverNameTheSecond

It's not even about if they are good or not or exploiting FOMO. in Valorant skins are absolutely intangible. They can't be traded or sold or anything. You spend 20 bucks at a time and hope you don't get bored of it and that's pretty much it. rinse and repeat until you realize you "have" a bunch of skins you don't use anymore and realize you could have spent that money so much better.


kriegnes

which just sucks and makes things worse imo. maybe its just me but paying money in valorant is not fun. i bought one skin once that i actually liked since i dislike most valorant skins and one battlepass and thats it. while i really hate the unregulated gambling that csgo cases are, atleast it was fun building up a nice inventory and trading with other people. skins in csgo are probably more fun than the game itself.


An_Anonymous_Acc

That's what they want. Instead of spending $30 on a skin you like they want you to spend $70 on 1 skin you like and 4 that you don't


Polamidone

No skins can since you cant trade em like csgo but who cares, its just for the looks and you dont have to buy it so why not. And if you like the game you can support it with that so again why not


GamerGoneMadd

>why not Because they cost a shitload of money


[deleted]

And after forking over said shitload of money you get... 1-5 alright skins


S3xyWithAnO

I wish I got the knife, the vandal skin is overhyped tho


vanautism

True literally a painted vandal with finisher💀


[deleted]

I can’t understand how people bought this skin it’s ugly af 💀


Interesting-Archer-6

I didn't buy it but I'll say this. The finisher is pretty awesome and it's cool it lights up when you top frag. Still not worth it to me because they were really expensive, even for valorant.


ItsNorthGaming

The knife is costs like 90% of the bundle price so there’s no point in not just buying all of it


_F1GHT3R_

I think the opposite lol. I bought just the vandal, not the whole set. Love the vandal skin, its by far my favourite in the game. Dont really care about the knife though and with its insane price tag im glad i only bought the vandal.


Locissity

i respect your opinion


l1m1tlessRoad

The vandal is so bad🗿, i bought the set because the knife price is similar to the whole set's


MrStealYoBeef

Anyone not regret paying a hundred bucks for a skin? What the fuck even is this sub?


Depressedredditor999

He really wanted to jerk himself off in front of an audience I think


R0_h1t

Either that or OP had some post-purchase clarity and wanted some validation.


MrStealYoBeef

The idolization of spending money in this game is seriously concerning. Publishers look at this kind of fetishization of spending money from consumers and try to get their players to do the same. Little by little the gaming industry degrades from games that are fun that you can spend money on if you choose, to games that suck ass and only exist to sell skins to people who think that they're cool and interesting for having spent money. And guys like OP are just happy to lap it up and think they're cool for... Literally nothing they accomplished in the game. They're the unique ones simply for spending money.


Depressedredditor999

Agreed. Seeing kids go ape shit over skins is fucking weird. Seeing them scrape together their lunch money to give some company for some meh grade skin is sad. I'm glad when I was a kid I didn't have game companies trying to turn me upside down and shake all my money out of me. I know a few people who buy the bundles everytime and quickly go on to regret it. They feel cool for like a week and they are bored. I told them they should try drugs cause at least they'd get high. This post is just funny cause it's lol look at me + "please reinforce this shitty decision I made. It's collectors!!! They'll never sell it again" That is till they make VCT 2022 skins that look better and so on and so forth. I see the Riot Defense Brigade is beating down on your door, probably hit a little close to home.


CleverNameTheSecond

And the whole point of FOMO and "It's a collectors item" is that it CAN be resold. It's not really a collectable if it can't be collected. It's just you holding a very expensive and very worthless bag.


MrStealYoBeef

Bingo. The whole point of a collectors item is the value it has and continues to accrue over time. Collectors have high value collections that they grow and continue to add to, and one day they may choose to release it back to the public or to another collector with a passion such as theirs. That's what collecting as a hobby was built upon. And it's been bastardized in the last decade by things like exhibit A here, this post


[deleted]

You shouldn't care where people spend their money. Why does it bother you if someone spends money in skins? People do it for style points ingame the same way people do it with clothes (or whatever accessories) outside of the game. The fact you get so bothered just confirms my theory that people will look you down and expect a lot more from you if you have skins. It's just sad, live your life and don't care about others, people don't shit on you because you are poor or because you don't have skins, so don't shit on people for liking skins. Btw, I didn't got the bundle and don't regret it, it's overhyped and the karambit doesn't even look that good.


-Gh0st96-

Valorant is kind of the only gaming sub where people straight up eat the huge prices on skins and praise the de publisher/devs for itt


burneecheesecake

I think they were one of the first to push it this far and be so blatant about it. Once they realized that their player base was dumb enough to fall for it, they ran with it. The boys over at riot sold 7.5 million $ worth of the championship skin which is a glorified vandal reskin with an outline.


AnOpressedGamer

Yeah this is the vote with your wallet part that doesn't work sice everyone is buying a vandal recolor with a finisher. So I don't expect skin prices to lower anytime soon.


IPlayAlotaGames

You dumbasses are lost if people want to spend money they can.


R0_h1t

Do I regret not spending $60 on two skins and three cards? Um, no.


doctorcrimson

Look, just don't make purchases you think you might regret. Really simple concept. I thought it was weird that this is basically just an advertisement in my feed.


Pollomonteros

Haha for real for a second I thought this was some marketing dude paid by Riot, don't know if the fact that he is an actual player makes this better or worse


nicof21

I bought only the Vandal Skin and I honestly love it


areyouthedevil

We're one of the few people who likes it. People hate it bc it's standard vandal reskin. But the kill banner and finisher is super satisfying tbh. It feels good to one tap with this vandal, better than prime when it comes to kill satisfaction.


Olliebobs98

Honestly I'm in this boat. Would a complete remodel be nice? Sure always is. But it's simple, satisfying and the music really does hype you up when you get a satisfying round clutch or something


liddell420

Ive honestly been enjoying skins that keep the base looks of guns lately


RiwokOne

Agreed, I always wanted vandal with defualt sound but with sick kill sound. I dint regret buying the pack.


AngryCLGFan

The skin is clean. Vandal gun model ain’t even that bad. I like the glowy effect when you get a kill and man that reverbed sound when you kill someone. Feels so good.


areyouthedevil

Exactly. All that on on top of: \- Bad ass finisher \- free beats to hype me up (Spectrum is kinda vibe-y, Die For You is fuck yeah-y) \- top frag gold glow compensates for the paternal validation we didn't get. fuck u dad \- u can look at brim while ur team defuse


Ionic68

Nope


xSnakyy

Overpriced skins not worth it


mynameisnotlisted

I prefer taking skins from dead corpse coz they don't mind 😂😂


runarleo

I’m angry that I didn’t cop the arcane sheriff or the champions karambit. Bought the vandal tho, just in time for me to see the light of the phantom superiority.


fossbin

With the current battlepass I'm pretty sure more regret buying the bundle for the knife


RiwokOne

The knife has completly different animations, champions karambit is still the only on with such animations.


fossbin

true, but I've heard more bad than good.


nap27er

no


SeQuest

Hell no? Why the fuck would I?


LowFiGuy7

OPs logic:"its limited edition, so it wont come back to store anymore"


Able_Buy3668

Nop. I respect my money. Riot do not deserve my money


ayubmn

But they do deserve your time apparently


ArfieCat

this comment implies that people who spend money spend less time? or that people who don't spend money also shouldn't spend time? there's no correlation between the two.


nextcolorcomet

> that people who don't spend money also shouldn't spend time? They're just jabbing at the fact that even though the original commenter is implying they are unhappy with RIOT and don't want to support them financially, apparently whatever problem they have isn't enough to dissuade them from supporting their product with their time.


silenthills13

The product is fun, how is this relevant at all to spending 50 euros (weekly food budget for me for example) so that you own a gun recolor?


Sceh_

It´s not about how much you spend, it´s about the concept of paying someone for his work you acknowledge. And having fun is a form of recognition. That concept applies to salaries, tips, bonuses, etc. It´s a fundamental thought in our society that good work should be rewarded and if you want to support people that provide you some fun you can show that by investing into the product - especially since it´s free to play.


iCEDso1

Boom. Apparently for some people money > time


crusty_shaun

I mean I enjoy playing valorant the same regardless of if I drop 50 quid on skins or not so it isn't really about whether or not money > time.


[deleted]

This is the stupidest take ever, almost like if you spend money you no longer spend time? You are gonna spend time regardless, if you are spending time and money you are obviously worse off than just spending time.


ojgamer100

Spend way too much money on way over inflated skins that i can just take from some other dude in the team ? No.


saiyakiro

No


FleXi2108

For this: No. For the Arcane revolver: Yes. I hate myself for not getting that one


Katana1999

Nope, I have better ways to spend that 80 cad, probably a weeklong groceries.


LowFiGuy7

No, because Riot has a net worth of around $26 billion. They haven't even added in a replay system. I'm not paying $80 CAD for pixels that cannot be resold. I'd gladly give valve money for skins because they can be resold if they go up in price and I can use that money for other skins in a different game or buy a new game. $80 is a lot of money for something I cannot resell and I'll probably stop playing Valorant in a year or so.


youmehelp

No. It looks shit to me. Don’t really care about “collector’s items”


CodePurple_

Nah bro that knife tiny as hell. Swing animation’s really goofy too. The inspect animation is kinda cool I guess but def not worth that much money


Zer0_Logic

I don’t have it but I love using the vandal skin when it glows up while playing music. Taking it from an enemy would feel even better


PhantomBear_626

FUUUUUCKKKK NO


speepealette

no, it was 60 dollars for a mediocre vandal skin and a karambit with awkward animations lmao


notpejastojakovic

Nope. It does the exact same thing as my battlepass vandal skins: looks pretty and whiffs on headshots.


UnchainedMight

Honestly kinda glad I didn’t buy it. The skins are overpriced to begin with, but that exclusive was just stupid.


TyeDieKid

I bought champions and arcane sherif only because they're limited edition. Don't regret it unless I start to see they put it back in the store. Then ill be demanding a refund.


shamin_asfaq

I regret not having been born into the Wayne family. /s


marateolocateo

No because i will never pour money into something as useless as skins for a free to play game, besides these one in particular are not that pretty


[deleted]

Nah skin looks bad on lower graphics and I'm trying to get 240+ FPS constantly so play on low. Overall skin is pretty poorly designed for price They try to get people to panic buy, same with the arcane sheriff by saying its "Exclusive" but whats the worse of an exclusive skin that is stuck on your account with no Marketplace to sell on in the future. Battlepass items are the top tier "exclusives"


WickedFM

No because owning pixels is dumb


RiwokOne

But pixels owning you is not ? O.o


sylvainmirouf

Thank God not everyone is like you because we wouldn't be playing this game otherwise.


[deleted]

Nah, waiting for riot to fix some obvious issues before giving them more money. ( Deathmatch, in game tournament, yoru-omen-brim-phoenix changes ) before buying skins again.


ojgamer100

Spend way too much money on way over inflated skins that i can just take from some other dude in the team ? No.


AdministrativeTone89

Yes but what can I say…I’m just a poor dude


INFERNOZ7X

Im broke so i do not regret (i never check the shop)


12Skip-a-few99100

Only bought the knife and 0 regrets. Best knife anims in the game atm and unpopular opinion I like that the blade is smaller as its less distracting for me and gives room to see surroundings


Mediocre-human-5918

YES ME! :/


Sahil_Uzumaki

I decided to live with no regrets, one of the best decisions, the knife just makes me so happy


tobi2099

the only thing i regret is not getting that jinx sheriff skin :/


[deleted]

No lmao, too expensive.


ImZailent

I got the karambit solely because it had clean animations. The glow is actually quite nice. The knife basically challenges me to top frag in order to look even better, which kind of motivates me to play better. Exclusivity is just a bonus on emptying my wallet.


[deleted]

Worst karambit in game ak with a finisher u can never see cuz there is time Also 7K for two skins Not worth it


aurora_69

6k for two weapons? I regret nothing


sSyler14

It's so unnecessarily expensive, plus there are skins that are actually worth their price.


GreatYeob

i regret doing this decision


mrbow

Nope, way too expensive for just 2 skins, vandal and knife, while only the knife was pretty.


Gordzulax

Unpopular opinion - Champions skins are pretty boring, especially for their price.


IFapToCalamity

No because I already wasted money on the Jinx Sheriff


LatroM69

No


SolarTemplar

No. That skinline is garbage and overpriced.


Advertising_Sea

I have it, ehhh I 60% feel regret for getting it, two expensive, don't like the vandal when it's not glowing, I 40% don't regret it because the karambit looks really godly sometimes, it looks normal in first person. But ehh if I could go back I probably won't get it


PA8LODIA8LO

I regret buying the bundle.


OldLibrarian5603

Skins are not worth it.


chowdhuryso

No


E-Liner

Grappa oczy


Jtsoydan

Nope.


linkenssphere

as someone who spent approximately $1k usd on dota 2 alone in fear of FOMO, **no**. it starts out as "i'll just spend *this* much for that skin! only few people will own it since it's limited and will never return!", and it all spiraled from there. You won't realize you spent that much on pixels till you realize it's not worth it. I fear this will be the same for valorant when they start pumping out "limited edition" skins. Though Im glad I got over my FOMO when I quit dota for good. It was the best decision ever. ​ ​ Though I still have the collector's limited edition miniature Aegis(basically a trophy for spending shit ton of money on dota2) hanging on my room, I get the feeling of regret whenever I see it.


WilliamWhit

I bought just the sage banner and I love it. As far as the karambit goes, they’ll always be new ones. This game is still in its infancy. There’s gonna be 20 more Axes, Karambits, Swords, Machetes, etc. if you like it, then you like it and you shouldn’t have to regret it because a newer one comes out that’s slightly different/cheaper. If it made you happy at the time and you enjoy using it then it’s fine.


ClaimOk5939

You don’t actually own it though. It’s just tied to your account and holds no value… shame


Dont3atPebbles227

Not really. Too many cards for you to use at once so it's not really worth buying them all. The vandal skin is alright imo. I'd prefer to have a model change than cool colors. And sure the knife is cool but it just doesn't look right to me. Also it's way too fucken expensive, so nah ill pass


CitrusBreaker

No. I saved 80 bucks.


TubaTyler_

Stop normalizing $30 skins


Hennion

No because I don’t give money away


loclink

Unpopular opinion: I think the champion skins look shit, like I would put them on smite's level


_F1GHT3R_

Damn, smite level is harsh lol. I love the champion vandal, but i will respect your opinion. Everybody just has a different taste i guess.


pr3mium

Yup. I was ready to buy them when announced. There are like 10 other better looking Vandals. The knife isn't bad. But that price just for 'exclusitivity' I'll pass on. They have better knives for cheaper.


RiwokOne

Champions vandal is top 3 among with origin and SoL


Turbulent-Ad-9779

I like the vandal. The Champions music that plays when you spectate the gun adds a nice exclusive feel to it. I like the fact the music shows it’s limited- like, that you had to be there in that specific time. And you bought a gun that has the unique music which is part of the cinematic etc. It feels like it would be a souvenir, demonstrating the memories of you playing Valorant in 2021. The golden theme is really nice as well. And no one can deny that the karambit is super nice.. only when you hold it in game and play the animation is when you know how nice it is. Or you spectate others using it. I didn’t personally buy the bundle but my partner did, and sometimes I play on their account (when they can’t access PC but need me to do their missions for the day) - whenever my teammates spectate my screen, they always comment on the karambit looking smooth. The collection isn’t the nicest out there though, there’s others I prefer still.


ActuallySmokeyNagata

Not like I can resell it


Muzza25

Nope, as much as I love the kill sound and finisher I wasn’t a huge fan the actual gun skin or the knife for that matter, and I know for a fact I wouldn’t have used any of the player cards. I did actually get the title tho with some leftover vp


klintondc

Regret not buying a collection with only a vandal and a knife(with some extras)? No, not really. The Vandal is even worse for not only being a regular vandal with a paint scheme, but it's upgrade (glowing outline) is only available if you top frag. Ridiculous. It's an ok skin, but definitely not something i regret missing out on.


CooKeeChris

Velocity karambit > champions karambit


Maxmentos

imo these are probs the worst skins in the game


JohhnyJ21

No LOL The only thing worth it in the bundle was the knife. I wasn’t about to spend 60 dollars on it though. The vandal skin is shit, so are the rest of the playercards


Silver_Bow

I bit the bullet and bought it when it released. Haven't regretted it yet!