3D Skins

[floral mural]

Hi, just wondering if there are still plans to implement new 3D Hero skins as I have not heard any news on that lately. Specifically I am referencing non-licensed/team created skins, and even more specifically for tier 10 tanks.

[raw spire]

We add new Skins every Season. We can only make a couple skins per Seasons so its generally for the the Season Pass tanks as players expect Skins for them.

[floral mural]

Unfortunate

[shy trellis]

But we want to see skins on older techtree tanks... T110E3, BatChat 25T, Maus etc. There's a lot of demand if you look at the Skins Suggestions channel/thread.

[raw spire]

Hello, we understand that, there are a lot of cool skins we'd like to see too! It's just not feasible due to the time and staff it takes to create a skin.

[neat cosmos]

Should do what Hasbro Pulse Haslab does with a funding campaign. Put out a proposed design, have players commit gold to it, and, if it reaches a certain amount, make the skin.

[shy trellis]

When Update 6.0 dropped, with it came at least 10 different 3D skins for various tier X vehicles. If you guys were able to make and release that many skins within a single update, why can't you do same now? What has changed? Have you lost artists/manpower after that or is making skins less important now or what is the reason?

[pliant basin]

You guys cant clone PC WOT skins? Because it would be so fun and beside that you guys could get nice loots of cash...its a win-win situation

[raw spire]

Nope, skins all have to be handmade by an artist.

[fallow steeple]

Add the skins from pc, E5 is overdue

[neat cosmos]

Just clone the PC artist and they work for free! 😜

[stoic onyx]

pipelines exist and are dedicated to different things. Making X skins means Y work is done. That Y work can be done over an amount of time that you won't see, and for big updates that's pretty normal. Many of the events we do that have lots of "stuff" are done over extended periods of time, it's a pretty normal part of dev cycles and why they tend to be 18 to 24 months long 🙂

[rare schooner]

you guys are just being lazy honestly, pc skins have 50% of the job done already. The design process is basically done.guy sitting here thinking working on this game is some triple aaa game development.

[stoic onyx]

Feel free to apply for a job and come do the work so you actually some idea of what you're talking about 🙂

[fallow steeple]

With respect sir why don't you guys hire more people too add skins, game modes, run ads for new players and scale this game to its potential?

[stoic onyx]

Getting into an area of i'd argue quite obvious limitations so i'll keep it mostly related to this question.

• You can check out the careers page, there is often jobs appearing 🙂 https://wargaming.com/en/careers/
• I've said it before many times but i'll repeat it, skins do not sell as well as people think.
• Any person hired costs X, if they are not part of generating >X then that is not a good hire. The work required to make skins also is the same work as a number of other things, and as i mentioned in my original reply - different things will be prioritised at different times and will require different amounts of work. The value of that time and it's output will obviously be considered in that.
• We do run ads, you are not very likely to see many because you already play, ads by their nature are best served going to people who don't play the game and likely don't even talk to people who play the game.
• We do get new players, the game is old and still has a playerbase many games would dream to achieve - this is due to a constant input of new players. The same ones people will say are ruining high tiers by buying the USP, and then later deny they even exist 😅.
• We had a mode for Metal Fest, a Mode for Banners of Valor, there is regular yearly modes for Halloween and the holiday periods and others. Some would argue CW and WW2 are different game modes. If you have ideas for more modes you'd like to see you are welcome to go to #1024332743070453853 and suggest some.

[rare schooner]

all I see is wg thinking of short term gain orrrr just have the person doing all the skins for every season pass tank start doing pc skins instead?????????????????

[neat cosmos]

I totally get that I would buy more skins if they were cheaper, and that no one is willing to do that work for cheap.

You all did just add some 4th of July tanks with skins and I happened to like them… but

On the season skins—it’s kind of forced sale. If you gave me 4 camo vouchers I’d probably be just as happy. TBF I don’t buy the ultimate pass tanks much though. Skins are not a selling point. Forced pay walls for 3D commanders are also a turn off. Perhaps some type of way to have an options for a skin either for the season tank or another tank would be the way to go. Skin voucher?