Generally I hear people say "Oh its just cosmetic", but I feel character customization should actually be considered not just a throw away system in a game to milk money from, but as an important part of the enjoyment of, particularly, multiplayer games. Does it ruin the gameplay for me - no. But I would be far more invested in this game if the customization system actually felt somewhat fair.
So I got like ~5 boxes so far during the Halloween event. I saw 2 legendary coins pop up. One was a halloween skin from LAST year, and one was legendary currency.
To me this is kinda BS. The new skins are 3000. So not all legendary drops are created equal. If you get the legendary currency - 500C - that's doesn't really feel legendary at all. And if you get a skin from last year - valued at 1000C - it just feels like a missed opportunity to receive a new 3000C legendary.
That's shitty as fuck.
Not to mention duplicates don't give you the full value of the item that dropped. What that makes me do is just hoard currency until the VERY last day of the event and buy whatever I still want then, because hey if I buy the 3000C new Zarya skin, but then get it later, I only get 300C for it.
What is this fucking system?
I'd love to hear other peoples' thoughts on the OW loot box system and see if they feel the same or differently.