the-grind-feedback

[wise steeple]

gentlemen, let us complain

[cloud flint]

I feel like no offline mode is essentially killing a keystone of the series and therefore removing a big part of the excitement

[umbral magnet]

awee man I dont wanna move my paragraph

[dapper badge]

Sweet! Two unruly chats! 🎂

[solar iris]

regardless of the content, I like the idea of these updates laid out in text

[wise steeple]

thats true, very concise language

[umbral magnet]

I do like the format, it lets things be shared more easily and with less of an emphasis on production value or worrying if the video is good enough to send out

[zenith frigate]

i do **not **care about no offline mode.... because i have internet and if youre reading this you probably do too.

[wise steeple]

many dont

[umbral magnet]

I just feel like that's a priviledged answer

[cloud flint]

what??

offline mode in my head is story mode one of the main reasons I fell in love with the series

[umbral magnet]

oh, i even mean just an offline freeskate

[fluid oracle]

Anyone know if there will be a story mode and will we be able to collect items for passing the mission and doing certain challenges?

[burnt tree]

Lmao No. it's live service!

[zenith frigate]

story mode wasnt even really a story mode, all you would do is the same challenges you will be able to do anyway

[glossy token]

If you have questions, use #1331689579920625796 so they may get selected fore the next volume of The Grind.

[zenith frigate]

with dialogue in between*

[visual knoll]

200m grind?! Man I want to see a video of this.. where the heck could that have taken place? 😅

[tawny pawn]

Wait we can be registered to more than one platform for the playtest?

[wise steeple]

my brother in christ, you just described a story 😂 , like yes that is what we want

[tawny pawn]

Also can yall test the game on the steam deck?

[wise steeple]

my bad that was smarmy, but still though like yes people want that offline story experience too

we can have the cake and eat it too, we did it over 10 years ago!

[fluid oracle]

Will skate Add nightmare flip and day dream flip (double varial) variations?

[zenith frigate]

it wasnt even very interactive, it was just a guy saying good job, now do this.

[zenith frigate]

its alr

[fluid oracle]

Will there be playable pro skate characters to use?

[zenith frigate]

its a new era of video games, story modes are going extinct! joke

[wise steeple]

not everything has to be interactive, if anything story mode sort of shows that they care about the setting enough to develop characters within this world that you can appreciate

[vocal basalt]

Game shouldn’t have been a live service in the first place

[wise steeple]

but mb, id still prefer an offline mode over a story anyways, even if the most we get is an NPC like the coach

cause that dude was goated

[zenith frigate]

i blame the youngest generations, attention span is probably the reason why story modes are fading

[wise steeple]

kids are kids right? i didnt know much about the videogame process growing up, but its up to companies like this i think to like break that mold? i mean skate always had an offline mode so to take it away just feels like a gut punch to something we (meaning the community) really wanted

[zenith frigate]

yeah i agree, it has been a decade, the gaming market changed

just kids arent saying "the story was very in depth and interesting" anymore, not like they used to

[visual knoll]

No offline mode IS a bit of a bummer.. that said, it's easier than ever to get online so I sort of get it..

[zenith frigate]

youre still under nda.

[vocal basalt]

I’d take this down before you get NDA

[tall patio]

Tbh I don't care lol

[zenith frigate]

boooo

[fluid oracle]

Need to add more challenges and give us more points for killing the spot.

[sharp ledge]

may i ask what you're expecting from a gameplay standpoint?

[visual knoll]

I just can't wait to save clips personally..

[fluid oracle]

When will we be able to post clips?

[plucky mountain]

whenever the nda lifts, i'd imagine. you probably won't be able to share any clips you've taken so far, though, since they're still under the nda even after

[zenith frigate]

yeah prob

[fluid oracle]

There will be s.k.a.t.e and other modes for pvp right?

[glossy token]

Ask in #1331689579920625796

[next osprey]

Bro skate is so cool except this one thing

Replay ability

If I could grind like one mission consistently and just make money I’d pay for skins

[visual knoll]

I love the ability to create/edit/save replays, and I'm excited to see how that gets fleshed out. I'm hoping it is more robust at launch than currently shown.

[next osprey]

Fr but this new one confuses the heck out of me

[tough wing]

love the idea of the grind blog, I think this will give the fans more transparency

[naive sandal]

Have they mentioned if all our progress is gonna be reset after the playtest?

[sleek flicker]

No story I'll pass

[next osprey]

If they do I’m fine with it because it’s worth it

And I wonder if they are gonna make a skate 3 tribute

[glossy token]

yeah, we do resets between big updates and progression will reset before Early Access.

[fickle delta]

Do we have date release I can’t w8 to play skate again

[tired hearth]

could i make a question about the pricing of the currency or items or is that not really related to the development of the game at all?

[broken crow]

All released footage has a comic, unrealistic art style. Do you plan to use a final art style similar to the original games (more realistic but obviously modern graphics) or is this an intentional choice? In my opinion, the comic style does not convey the raw essence of skating

[glossy token]

#1331689579920625796

[glossy token]

sure. nothing on pricing or items is locked, so not much we can share yet. but ask the question in #1331689579920625796

[tired hearth]

Great, thanks

Also, are we entitled to make more than 1 question? Or should it be kept to 1 post per person?

[glossy token]

you can make more than one.
note: your question was removed because it discussed NDA'd info. That's still a violation until the NDA is lifted.

[barren urchin]

Is there somewhere I can send in ideas speaking about the game maybe in like email form or what

[snow grove]

There is any way to "upvote" some questions for the next Grind update ?
(some seem more important to me and surely not all will be answered given the quantity.)

[barren urchin]

Yeah but you can't ask more direct questions about the game because of NDA agreement if you are a playtester

[zinc furnace]

So just saw the grind vol 1 and while I’m happy they finally spoke on whether or not there will be an offline mode (kinda bummed there’s not) but that doesn’t mean there still can’t be a story so will there be one or is it just free roam constantly kind of like riders republic but for skate?

[buoyant nebula]

"But rest assured, before we launch into Early Access, everyone who has registered as skate. Insiders will get an invite to come playtest the game."

dang, gon be a flood

good stuff in the grind for the most part. maybe itll make my homies finally give in and pay for online consistently instead of a few months here and there (playstation). im pumped that the new play areas (map additions, whatever) will not be locked behind a pay wall. I can deal with ppl having cooler cosmetics if i dont want to pay money, and while i was ready to dish out cash for added areas/DLC levels or whatever, im glad thats not the direction

[broken crow]

Sorry, accidentally posted in general

Are the questions only for the devs to see? Saw a few at first and now they’re gone

[glossy token]

You can post on the playtest forums.

[shadow kelp]

On of my main concerns as well! Hope we get some info soon 🤙🏽

[burnt tree]

It's gonna be Noah all over again, but this time, it'll be gnarly

Jokes aside I can't wait for that to happen, when it does.

[glossy token]

Me too.
It’s super fun seeing dozens of folks skating around, doing stuff.

[buoyant nebula]

Even if it is for a short time, I'm glad those interested will be able to get in.

[split cove]

no offline mode genuinely sucks, singleplayer gameplay was a staple of the previous skate games and it's a bummer that i can't play when the internet goes out or when i don't have good service on my phone or something.

[lyric dragon]

The grind answers was fire, didn't expect that. well done

[glossy token]

already working on Vol 2 and 3.

lots to share.

[modern plank]

Will there be modes like spot battle?

[glossy token]

#1331689579920625796 is the place to ask that so it may show up in The Grind.

[next osprey]

There’s is prob m8

[cunning wyvern]

When could we expect volume 2 of the grind?

[glossy token]

In about a month.

[cunning wyvern]

Sounds good if we can’t see old messages on the questions column does that mean they just disappear or they’re being answered?

[glossy token]

I can see them. We'll select some to answer next month.

Folks talked about NDA'd stuff - as I knew they would - so we hid the questions to avoid violations/sharing leaked content.

[cunning wyvern]

Ahhh okay 2 steps ahead I hear you sounds good thanks for the responses

Is there any way to contact someone directly if we have support problems that we need help with?

[glossy token]

You can post on the Playtest forums if you’re a playtester, but not here.

[cunning wyvern]

Oh alrighty thank you.

[tropic kestrel]

Are we allowed to talk about the things mentioned in the grind here?

I know server wide, you're not really allowed to talk about things. That's why I ask

[glossy token]

You can talk about the content of The Grind, but not playtest details (if you’re a playtester).

[tardy drift]

if this fully 0nline, will p!ng gonna affect the gameplay 🤔

[dreamy lynx]

Wouldn't it regardless in terms of lag spikes?

[slate hearth]

Is there a tracklist yet?

[glass gust]

Will there be a private park builder ?

[dreamy lynx]

Questions go in #1331689579920625796

[glass gust]

thanks

[fiery yoke]

Super interesting to see that you guys are tracking player data. I'm also curious to hear what other data is being gathered? I.e., what's the fastest speed achieved in the playtest, the highest players have gotten, longest air time on and off board, etc etc?
Are you guys able to disclose any of that info here, or am I asking for too much?

Also how many hippy flips have been hit?

[quaint bramble]

Can you track how many nose blunts i've hit?

[wraith basin]

I also wonder how many hippies have done flips

[burnt tree]

You can't discuss that here, can also ask questions in #1331689579920625796

[austere furnace]

there should be a spot in The Grind for rarest tricks accomplished.

[keen basin]

I wanna do the pogo trick 😁

[tropic kestrel]

The grind mentions no offline mode which is disappointing to me. I just hope this game can be successful in the long run so the online is never discontinued.

[dapper badge]

I feel it was kinda obvious when they said the game was free to play and will be supported by mtx...

[idle gulch]

I hope that at the very least we can play in private servers or hide other players

[brazen zinc]

I forgot what is this chat for again?

[frank urchin]

Feedback for the grind

[dapper badge]

https://tenor.com/view/doing-skateboard-stunt-margie-didal-red-bull-skateboard-practice-skateboarding-gif-21741204

[dapper badge]

I need feedback on this grind

[brazen zinc]

I can’t remember what that is

[brazen zinc]

Is clean. 10/10

[frank urchin]

Feebleback*

[dapper badge]

#1365004983212179578

Don't be breaking nda man

[brazen zinc]

Ok so not that kind of feedback

[dapper badge]

All testers have access to their own private forums for feedback
Just hate seein people get in trouble u no

[dreamy lynx]

#1331689579920625796 this is for feedback of what they posted

[vale blade]

my many apologies!

[dreamy lynx]

I want more Apologies

[wraith basin]

Me too. Give me more

[sterile ermine]

Sorry

[wraith basin]

Keep em coming

[dreamy lynx]

All apologies

[summer fable]

in febreaury i complete forms for playtest, how long EA does it take to send it to me?

[dapper badge]

However long it takes, it's random so we all have the same chances regardless of when you signed up
The next wave is in June, good luck homie

[burnt tree]

We made it to may so just a month to go now

[long condor]

Actively ignoring criticism game will eventually be delisted and shut down because there’s no offline mode. can’t believe I lived long enough to watch the skate franchise turn into the braille skateboarding YouTube channel

[lean shell]

having no offline is absolutely stupid. they abandoned the entire premise of the first 3 games and have went for a fortnite styled skate game with weird low poly stylized graphics instead of the gritty look of the first 3 games. the game is so different that i don't even think it deserves to be called skate. i can already tell the soundtrack alone will be insanely different which will already make the game not feel worthy to me. this game is like the zumiez of skate games. hated by skaters loved by absolute npcs. where is my lore? where is my mongo corp and coach frank? where is a game that i would actually pay money for and would be worth it. instead of a microtransaction cash grab that you feed to fans that have been waiting decades for a game. this is corporate funded propaganda. everything the first 3 games goes against is this game! absolute waste of time and money.

skate 2 will always be the superior game and pushing microtransactions to PLAYTESTERS is absolutely appalling and should tell everyone who loved the original skate game what is happening

[dreamy lynx]

Just a heads up, it's pre alpha. Gameplay is the focus, not graphics. Do you think the final graphics will look like this?

Also, you don't have to use mtx... nobody is forcing you. Have you watched all the boardrooms?

[lean shell]

the graphics rent my main concern at all. the micro transactions on playtesters is absolutely ridiculous and i've never seen anything like it. the lack of offline is also concerning as my experience is going to be based solely on everybody else in the lobby. not looking forward to this anymore like i was when it was first announced

[lean shell]

just because you don't have to doesn't mean they aren't pushed. did skate 1 2 or 3 make you pay for cosmetics? no. you could unlock them all but could skip past that with dlc

[lean shell]

this does not mean anything at all the fact they are being shown to playtesters shows what the devs true intentions / focus is

a shop shouldn't even be a thing until release. the visual style of the shop and map are also completely straying from the original games. skate 1s menu was so innovative and special and now i find myself clicking through boring menus and guis whilst the most npc music plays in the background

very disappointed with the future of this game. i pray and hope that the people at full circle prove me wrong but i am doubtful. especially when claiming there are no 'gender locks' on clothing when in reality making every piece of clothing unisex is just to sell more clothes with skate coins

these games were my childhood and seeing them so clearly get ruined whilst everyone sits back and watches is heartbreaking

[dreamy lynx]

How would you test if something works before it releases... unless you test it

[lean shell]

theres many different ways you could test microtransactions without actually making playtesters buy things. seems the only responses you're giving me are about microtransactions and not about the many other points i've made

[dreamy lynx]

You're stuck in the past about how a game looks. I love skate 1 more than anyone and more than the other games. But if you want skate 1, play skate 1.

You're very focused on alot of things that aren't complete or announced or set in stone. Just keep an open mind and wait til it releases and evolves

[sterile ermine]

Idk about y'all but growing up playing the skate series, it was a dream of so many to have an online MMO type world where everyone can get on and play together just like this

[wraith basin]

For real. I'm still gonna miss the offline progression

[long condor]

Yeah its sick that its there but its also horrible that its forced

u should be able to go in by urself find a spot skate it without being bothered or havign to deal with connection to a server

[lean shell]

exactly my point

[lean shell]

not stuck in the past but with the current theming of the game so far you can see the corporate resemblance shown within the game

i'm not saying that it has to be exact to the old games but it should atleast be staying true to the trilogy in my opinion

i feel as though the current art direction leans a bit too close to that corporate weird spaghetti people that u see on adverts and stuff

corporate memphis

[zenith frigate]

Holy blabber

[lean shell]

it's literally the invert opposite from every single game in the trilogy

[dreamy lynx]

Let's not forget how quickly each skate game died. Online was shut down for skate 1 relatively quick, skate 2 was dead online for a long time before it shut down. Skate 3 was down and brought back, and if I go online there are usually different people online but only 2-5 different lobbies going on. And that's really only at night. I don't think i find much if it's an odd hour

[lean shell]

i get that but skate 2 is best for its offline modes anyway i think, and things weren't maintained with skate 3 when they should have been like the emblem creator, things like that which provide more creative freedom

[dreamy lynx]

I really just consider that that are trying to get this game to live as long as possible. This is the route they are trying to take. Gotta hope they figure it out and get it to work.

Idk what the plan is for private servers or private lobbies but hopefully that is what ends up happening

[thorn scarab]

but let’s not also pretend like live service games don’t die too

suicide squad kills the justice league sticks out to me a lot

[long condor]

Skate 3 is still going

Most other free to play live service games are completly unplayable now

even the crew 1 which i payed full price for is fully unplayable now cant even get past the menu

[solar raven]

my main concern with this whole thing is whats gonna happen in how ever many years from now when EA does decide to pull the plug on the game, and we are left with nothing again, back to square 1 like it's 2015 begging for a new Skate game all over again. How are the devs not addressing this and ignoring us? A simple offline patch is such a simple thing, for game preservation, even Ubisoft is doing it now with The Crew 2 and Motorfest, like cmon EA

[long condor]

It’s never gonna happen can’t wait for the YouTube documentaries in 5 years when the game shuts down

[solar raven]

For real though, it's kinda depressing to see EA just not caring about their players like they do

[dreamy lynx]

I mean sure, if you consider only 4 lobbies, 3 being mega park, the other being s.k.a.t.e. at campus lol

[long condor]

But u physically can still play it

this game will be gone

[dreamy lynx]

You don't know that though

[solemn sun]

So there’s no way to play this game if you don’t have an internet connection ?

[glossy token]

There's no offline mode.

[sturdy jetty]

Will there be a way to make a private lobby with friends. (Please yes, I don't like greefers)

[solemn sun]

Will it be possible to hide others players ? They won’t have any collisions right ?

Will it be possible to protect the props you placed from other players ? Or like is there a way to disable the prop placement of other players ? I don’t wanna get hit by a transition ramp that someone just place while I m on a rail …

[dreamy lynx]

Throw your questions in #1331689579920625796 !

[solemn sun]

Hun weird somehow I don’t have access to that

[wraith basin]

You should be able to post, but you won't be able to view the post history

[sturdy jetty]

Neither do I

[brazen talon]

This is how live service works, they wont invest their money forever into it

[dreamy lynx]

Thats not what I said though

[jovial wraith]

I Just hope they add. A offline Mode if they decide to shut the servers down,

[tall halo]

Can’t wait for the leaderboards it’s gonna be so fun

[long condor]

If we are completely ignoring the fan feedback of an offline mode I suggest a hide players option so u can trick urself into thinking ur playing alone

[crystal topaz]

I bet the public community parks are gonna be 100% griefed all the time

[fiery yoke]

Are you guys gonna allow the use of a program called Reshade?

This program allows you to tweak the shaders and add filters to the game, but nothing more than that. This would be nice since it would allow you to customize the filters on the game to your liking without giving you an advantage over other players. I currently use this program with Skate 3 to make the graphics look a bit sharper, so allowing it in the next iteration would be really nice. 🙏

[wraith basin]

That would be cool

[glossy token]

#1331689579920625796 throw this there.

[dusk surge]

I would love this lowkey, being able to give skate. Potentially a more realistic look or tweak it to ur liking for clips etc.

[long condor]

Reshades mega do do

its putting snapchat fliters over gameplay and tanking fps somehow

[fiery yoke]

I mainly use it to give my clips a more realistic tone map and better exposure, but I also use it to apply stuff like mxao, anti aliasing, atmospheric fog, and dof.

I can't speak for how it affects your performance, but if you're presets look like snapchat filters, then you're probably just using a bad preset in the first place. It has a bit of a learning curve, so you really have to take your time learning the ins and outs of it before your shaders actually start to look good.

[burnt tree]

Hopefully there is an option to be in a server by yourself

[wraith basin]

Or to turn off other players somehow

[dusk surge]

its alot more then that if u know how to use it well, and if it tanks ur fps, then dont use it, like- no one would force it on ya haha, i guess its more for the people who want it and can run it at the same time yk?

[burnt tree]

This

[serene horizon]

lack of a server select seems very odd for a free to play live service game

plus player created parks seemingly not being there on launch is a huge miss in my eyes

i get it, it will expand over time, but if the game is missing features some people feel are important at launch, despite them coming later on, launch reviews aren't gonna be great

[dapper badge]

It's not full release, it's early access, all I expect is a few challenges, a map, and some skaters skating around

Can't go expecting full release features for early access

[serene horizon]

it's early access, sure, but the game is still being released, by a AAA company btw. if this was an indie studio on steam greenlight, then yeah i'd see the point, but with a AAA game, it usually means all the expected core functions are there

[dapper badge]

I don't expect anything to be finished if it's releasing before it's finished lol

[long condor]

Game has been in development for 5 years skate 1 took 2-3 years from the ground up thats inventing systems not remaking them and doing a story mode not just a map, u should expect more this mindset is why gaming is dead

This video is a great example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5J9524kFMQ&t=45s&ab_channel=LedIris

[frank urchin]

How long did it take you to make a skating game ?

[long condor]

Ah yes dont acknowledge the valid critisicm and go straight to a dumb rhetorical question

[glossy token]

Reminder

Keep it friendly, keep it constructive. #rules
(applies to everyone in this server)

[burnt tree]

New emoji

[frank urchin]

Game isn’t even out, so how are we meant to expect more ? Development takes time, if they released it too soon and it’s unfinished imagine the backlash, just be patient it’s 2025 and early access is just around the corner

Also, when early access drops it’ll be just that, early, so there’s still going to be a lot more to be worked on and added, I think people are expecting a full release

Thank you Brian griffin from family guy

[long condor]

Wish it Want it Do it

[dapper badge]

If you're just gonna attack me we can't have an actual conversation
"this mindset is why gaming is dead" is reductive at best and doesn't forward even your goals
Have a wonderful day man

[frank urchin]

Do it work it better makes it stronger farther bester longer 🤖

[burnt tree]

Cant wait for vol. 3

[zealous mango]

With the original activities S.K.A.T.E, death races an hall of meat being mentioned. I’m stoked !
Character customisation was also mentioned again, but I wish I could see some examples on that, just like how the environment comparatives were shown

Having “end of summer” instead of a date for early access is also at least something. Overall, vol. 3 was worth the wait

[daring rapids]

Can’t wait for the grind vol 5 6 7 and 8

[frank urchin]

You don’t want 4 ?

[glossy token]

The Grind: Vol 4 for everyone except KYO.

[frank urchin]

🥳

[wraith basin]

But*

[daring rapids]

nope skip it lol

[wraith basin]

Tech companies usually skip 9. Why so early? I'm with Fenn News btw

[frank urchin]

But it was one of Sabbath’s greatest albums !

[tawny pawn]

Will there be steam deck support?

[glossy token]

Throw that over in the #1331689579920625796 for sure.

So, any thoughts on the stuff shared today?

[frank urchin]

Way more than I expected to hear, I feel it’s a pretty huge milestone with wishlisting available and a timeframe for early access finally being announced. Super saiyan hyped

[tawdry lily]

Would've loved info on the inclusion of pros or anything authentically related to share culture, but I think that ship has sailed...

[frank urchin]

Why do you think that ship has sailed ? I certainly don’t, the game isn’t even out yet lol

[tawdry lily]

After so many years of development, you would think you'd have a MENTION of pros. Not a peep.

[frank urchin]

Well when you’re releasing a game in early access you’re probably not gonna show everything that’s gonna be in the full realisation of the game

They basically said early access will be the earliest version that everyone can get their hands on, meaning there’s still gonna be a lot to come

[tawdry lily]

You get a fairly decent idea. If there were pros or a more authentic experience coming, we'd have heard a mention at the very least.
I firmly believe there will definitely be more customization, areas to skate, tricks, and objectives. Because they mentioned that.

[frank urchin]

So by that metric, anything they haven’t mentioned isn’t coming ?

What if (hear me out now) there’s stuff they haven’t revealed yet ?

[tawdry lily]

But if a publisher is making a soccer game for example, they will mention real players and real leagues and teams are involved.

[frank urchin]

Alright if we’re comparing soccer games to a skateboarding game I gotta dip

[tawdry lily]

It's just an example. If you have a skateboarding game, you can expect people to want a mention of skaters in the game.

[placid nimbus]

Will we get first person view in Skate.?

[dusk surge]

Would u seriously wanna skate in first person?… like just asking, I feel like u would get motion sick with how the characters head keeps turning etc.

[sterile ermine]

I skate in first person all the time

But for real though, a first person camera option would be really cool for filming

[dusk surge]

Oh 100% for filming, but I was thinking skating around in first person in general would prob be one hell of a way to get dizzy quick 😭😂

[placid nimbus]

I like playing Steep and Raiders Republic in first-person. Without the HUD, it's very immersive and doesn't make you dizzy at all. I recommend you try it.

[dusk surge]

Oh I love steep and riders first person too, hmmm- yea u might be right there might be smth cool to it

[solemn sun]

Is there a 1st person pov for skate ?

[dapper badge]

Hasn't been any mention of it yet

[solar quartz]

The latest grind was great overall, my only suggestion is, I wish the comparison screenshots were two full screenshots side by side. When it’s split down the middle it’s difficult to compare the before and after since you’re looking at different things

[wraith basin]

I agree. It was hard to see the details

[magic pendant]

It was good, but I wanted to hear about actual gameplay features as well. We still have no word on skitching or manually moving pre-existing objects. I also loathe the loot box double-down. Wanted to hear about new bits of map too, not just visually improved existing map, but I won’t go too far into that as that is approaching NDA territory. Hope there’s a few bugs that get addressed outside of what was stated in the grind. With release approaching, it feels early even for early access. Overall decent communication, I maybe just didn’t like what I heard.

[glossy token]

Lemme get the full versions so you can compare. Check back Monday.

[solar quartz]

That’s very nice! Thanks and in the meantime have a nice weekend

[tropic kestrel]

How do I report a bug I encountered?

[glossy token]

you post in the playtest forums - bug report section

[tropic kestrel]

Okay thanks

[short drum]

Are avenues to maintain stats or at least currency earned and spent for cosmetics when the reset happens being explored?

[glossy token]

With update 0.27, players will be reset.

The only items they will retain will be any items purchased with SVB and any balance of SVB in their in-game wallet.
Levels, Rip Chip purchases, etc. will be reset.

However, when we get to Early Access, everything will be reset - but any SVB spent in-game will be returned to your in-game wallet.

[short drum]

Not arguing but more curious but what was the deciding factor of going the route of making Early Access a separate environment and not just an update of the current pre-alpha client?

[glossy token]

No one said that it was/wasn't.

[burnt tree]

Woop woop the grind is awesome

But what the h happened to the #board-room-5-feedback series 🤔

[solar quartz]

Hey, any chance of an update on this? Thanks !

[glossy token]

just checked back. hang loose

[glossy token]

@solar quartz Check #1365004983212179578
I'm posting them now.

[solar quartz]

Oh these are great. Really can see the crazy difference now. Thanks very much !

[pseudo agate]

Is it out?

[fickle fossil]

not yet

[zinc furnace]

I played the Rooftops and alleys parkour game and that’s a lot of flips but the first person is spectacular

[nova olive]

The skin Art is Not good!

It Looks Like Fortnite.

We need, the original Look, Like Skate2/3 but with netter graphics

[burnt tree]

It’s more sims than Fortnite imo

[lean onyx]

this bleak corporate attempt at copying fortnite and other lowest common denominator cash grabs has left me devastated lmao. everything was so promising until the last minute and it's embarrassing. i was obviously never happy with the fact it was gonna be free to play with bleak modern money bleeding practices, but I could've at least looked past all that if the game actually had something to say with it's presentation. unfortunately we've been left with another scream in the echo chamber of unoriginality and corporate attempts of understanding what people want like it's a MCU movie. skate 3 was cool because it actually felt how skating actually feels. raw, dirty and jagged. not this "gain a following and rule the city!!!!" cookie cutter soullessness that every other extreme sport game has. I'll at least say the game feels good to control as it is. everything else just boils my blood, and I know my opinion probably won't change much so ah well 🤟

[lilac hornet]

Skate 3 was the cleanest looking and you had to sell boards to boost your sales and rule the city. Don't let video games devastate you.

[lean onyx]

I know what I mean I'm too scatterbrained to say it properly

it will devastate me, I like video games and I like thinking about them

[urban rampart]

Game looks good to me tbh, I know it might not be what we all wanted as far as graphics and the new cartoony look of it, but skate 3 will be around for a while longer, and new skate might come back around to you, who knows

[burnt tree]

It'll grow on a lot of people definitely

[reef saffron]

I dont see that

[glossy token]

If you’re invited to playtest, the link is in your email.

[reef saffron]

Oh okay i will check

[reef saffron]

I do not see it.

[glossy token]

#1214598970370957374

[reef saffron]

OHH thanks

[reef saffron]

Is there anywhere that is shows that your progress will save when it officially comes out? And am im sorry if im not allowed to say this

[glossy token]

It doesn’t save. Read #1391171020521607280 volume 1-3

[quasi vapor]

I like the art style and the challenges are amazing

The sort of story is cool and the loot boxes are simple

[chrome mason]

Sad they made the game look like "sims skate" In 2025 you'd think we'd be moving forward with how games look visually...

[sterile ermine]

Much happy!
And private servers coming, YES!

[earnest rune]

wheres that

[sterile ermine]

#1391171020521607280

*Vol 4
It just dropped

[lilac hornet]

Is this just Private Party chat or Private Server Lobby do you know?

[sterile ermine]

Not sure, I'm just happy to see it's coming so we won't be forced to make our own xbox/ps parties with friends and it'll be in-game

[lilac hornet]

I feel old getting ready to type this, but I miss just randomly partying up with other gamers that click even without voice chat. 😂

[sterile ermine]

Same... I feel like a lot of social features are missing from games today.
For some reason even Halo Infinite has voice chat off by default

[earnest rune]

what is the point in rsvp if we have to wait till 4th week to get the same invite of people who signed up after what a joke

Now, even though we sent out emails in June to everyone who signed up previously so they could RSVP,

I signed up before the 27th still not in even tho they said everyone who did is in im so confused

[lilac hornet]

I dunno

[sterile ermine]

Not everyone who did sign up is in. There's still one more main invite day. That has always been part of it that if you signed up you'd be getting into one of those waves. (see the green)
Those that didn't RSVP are the ones that will be getting trickled in after the last main invite date (see pink)

So from this, it seems like everything is still the same as it was before just with the addition that those that didn't RSVP will be trickled in after those that RSVP'd get their invites sent.

Which explains what was meant whenever they said that even if you didn't RSVP you would still be let in as long as you signed up before the deadline

[tawny frigate]

Lack of Linux/SteamOS support at launch is hella disappointing, hope it doesn't take too long for that to come

Seeing as its not even supported thru Proton Im guessing it's something to do with the anticheat

[daring rapids]

No feedback but vol 4 has been a glimpse of the future of skate. Which I’m hoping we get more and more for now on

[sterile ermine]

That's absolutely feedback!

[daring rapids]

Like yeah the funny clips and info on stuff we have seen is cool but I would love to know the future maybe a roadmap would be cool

[sterile ermine]

My take away highlights for Vol 4:

• We're getting game modes and events as time goes on
• Replay editor is getting refined and more features will be coming in the future, and they will be free!
• We will be getting voice chat and more social features.
• There are plans to include private servers in the future!
  [Which to me means one step closer to solving the whole future offline "what if the game dies can we still play" issue that people are worried about]

[glossy token]

Vol 5 is being written, and we've got a lot to share outside of The Grind as well

[daring rapids]

Thanks Jeff hoping we get board room soon as well! I miss those

[honest jackal]

where did they mention voice chat?

and also wasn't it mentioned that there wouldn't be a server browser feature?

ok wait i just read the twitter article ignore me

i would like to note that the map calls it Brickswich and the article calls it Brickswitch

also, "handle held PCs"

[sterile ermine]

Voice: Bottom of the FAQ
#1394725551712895026 message

Vol 2
Server Browser: About midway but I SS it to make it eaiser
#1391174288593125507 message
It didn't say there wouldn't be one for sure but it made it seem like there wouldn't be an option the way the friend inviting was going to be and that you'd just jump into it

[honest jackal]

i read it lol but thanks for the message regardless

[sterile ermine]

Yeah, I saw but I thought it'd be nice to have incase someone else was wondering where it was and/or to pull up which vol the server browser was first talked about.
That and I was already half-way through gathering and didn't want to waste the effort lol

[left flint]

Are there any plans to add a quickplay option so we can queue up for example for sporbattles? As in that the group you are in will get random spots where you go head to head with the others? Ideally where we all take turns and the othere spectate if it's not their turn?

Edit :It seems I did not read through the Grind episode 3 correctly and this was already answered:

What modes will be available? S.K.A.T.E., Death Races, Hall of Meat, OTS?**

• We'll continue to expand our gameplay modes and tricks as Early Access progresses (and beyond), and we'll share more details about this when we have them.

[burnt tree]

Yes more game modes pls

[trim grotto]

will the final game include frame generation? i'd use lossless scaling but i dont know if the anticheat would freak out about it

[lilac hornet]

Throw that in the Q&A chat

[trim grotto]

this server has millions of channels, i cant find that one

[lilac hornet]

#1331689579920625796

[olive wagon]

will there be a battle pass for skate ?

i meant it would a nice feauture to unlock new items

instead of paying for lootboxes

[glossy token]

Fun fact! There's no paid lootboxes.

[olive wagon]

hmmmm,i need to see that

[frank urchin]

Do you think the community manager is lying to you lol

[olive wagon]

i am new to the game ahaha

but of course i trust him

[tidal spire]

Guys the bowl, ramp and mini ramp skating needs a lot of work. We can’t even do basic turn arounds up a ramp when going slower speed and coming off of grinds back into the ramp is super janky. Things like basic rock to fakie, tail stalls, etc are also super janky.

Hope it’s in priority for developing.

[frozen nymph]

i agree with this 100%, i played skate 1,2 and 3 my whole life, and i will say street skating feels great right now, but vert skating is very weird

[frozen nymph]

it feels unnecessarily difficult to get up onto top coping on halfpipes for instance

[lilac hornet]

Search GitHub for 'GUD'

[glossy token]

Great feedback, for the forums. This channel is to discuss The Grind articles.

[frank urchin]

Use the playtest forums this isn’t a support server

[little bison]

I think it would be cool if the server browser would be in the menu when the game opens or when you're in the game you can just pull the server browser up

[glossy token]

Is there a server browser for online lobbies?
We want San Vansterdam to be a living city, where you can hang out with new and old friends. To keep things easy, you won’t have to go through a server browser, you can just login and skate right away. If you want to skate with friends, you can find them in the friends list and join them directly on their server. We’ll continue to expand our social features throughout live service.
#1391174288593125507

[little bison]

oh 👍

[neon topaz]

I just hope cosmetics aren’t all bought. I wanna earn vans and other branded stuff lmao

I also hope there’ll be different board shapes too.

[dusk surge]

as far as i can see in footage shared by the creators who got permission, u CAN earn branded stuff without paying, its just not items others pay for

like if u look in the photo ive sent, u can see a thrasher cap in a free clothing box

its not an item u can buy, its free for everyone

[lethal matrix]

This is a question fir the forums

[languid stream]

Is this the channel we discuss playtesting things in?

[glossy token]

no, as mentioned in the email you were sent, you discuss Playtesting things in the private playtest forums.

[languid stream]

Ah, I never received an e-mail, the cpt just showed up on my account.

[glossy token]

everyone who was invited received an email. check your spam/junk folders.

[fossil mango]

okay ill try there, thank you!

[burnt tree]

Do you have any intel on when mobile play tests start back up again? I’ve used the search function via discord and all I can find is “more details about mobile are coming soon”

[burnt tree]

I need that thrasher cap

[lethal matrix]

thank you jeff

[dusk surge]

you and me both mini

[burnt tree]

Looks so good plus i love red lettering on white caps

But not the other way around lmao

[little bison]

does anyone have any information on grind vol 5???

[sterile ermine]

[little bison]

i hope its this week 🔥🔥

[dusk surge]

coming friday, its about soundtrack stuff (not the release of it, that will come later)

source: the word of Jeff

[hoary maple]

Vol5 comes out Friday

[little bison]

thx thx thx 🔥🔥🔥

[honest jackal]

somewhen

[burnt tree]

Thank you!

[glossy token]

it IS this week!

[hoary maple]

Can u please release vol5 now

[glossy token]

Friday

[solar quartz]

I’m looking forward to more marketing activities gearing up aside from just the Grind. Hopefully soon

[bitter sky]

it’s every 2 month or a month? right?

[glossy token]

The Grind has been monthly since April. Once Early Access hits, we'll move it to weekly - more focused on what's happening live in the game and user content, events, etc.

[bitter sky]

ohh
fair

[tawny frigate]

Hope we get to hear more info soon about events, its been a bit vague so far

[lethal matrix]

sorry to bother you, i dont know who else to ping @shadow birch, its one of the scams

[bitter sky]

hoping for game modes and when we could likely see it

[bitter sky]

is tomorrow’s grind only about the soundtrack or? what do we know?

[dapper badge]

We know it has words in it, at least touches on the soundtrack, and the date it releases, nothing more

[daring rapids]

Jeff said expect more stuff not the full soundtrack... and it wont have release date info or anything like that

[bitter sky]

ohh bet..:more into when we could see new tricks and all that and if the content we have now would be way different in early access or basically this

[fiery hawk]

Basically says, we heard you and we will talk about it. That's all

[frank urchin]

Hey bro did you forger about them mentioning seasons, 0.27.5 update, skate.pass and being able to travel back to the tutorial island

[fiery hawk]

How could I forget the most important things! Tutorial island and things that cost money! Sorry I'm crusty old skate 1 player. Not a huge fan of the way things are being done.

[frank urchin]

lol are you really surprised the free game will have optional purchases that you can completely ignore ? They also mentioned free stuff too so calm down. I’m a crusty old skate 1 player too and here I am stoked we’re getting a new skating game ! Hope you can get stoked too one day 😎

[fiery hawk]

The actual skating mechanics are great. But it just doesn't feel like a skate game to me. Yet. Maybe they will make some changes that people are asking and change my opinion.

[tawny frigate]

"skate.pass"
i give up trying to defend this. modern gaming is cooked. going back to indie games

[lilac hornet]

We'll see you in a few months!

[daring rapids]

One feedback I have is that a lot of the questions dont seem like real fans are actually asking these questions. If you want to dump info thats fine but in the future dont make it seem like these are what the fans are asking.

[frank urchin]

Oky doky

[glossy token]

These are literal questions submitted from the #1331689579920625796 channel.

[lilac hornet]

Yep, there's at least one question on there that I know I asked, if not more because I can't remember all I put in QA (I'm also 1 of nearly potentially 90k users submitting questions). Even then, I see answers to questions frequently asked in general chat.

[zenith folio]

ugh skate.pass ... I'm already fuming about the SVB and how the branded customisations is locked behind a pay wall ...as of yet.
Run time 3 months so definitely going to cost about 20€ ||— if they're trying to be fair.||
And I just hope that the updates bring actual skating music and not just whatever from whoever is currently trending in the scenes, like what they did with at least 2 of the mentioned artists.

[lilac hornet]

Sees MF Doom listed

🤨

It's subjective anyway. You can skate to Katy Perry for all I care, enjoy your jams.

[frank urchin]

Don’t like all the members of turnstile skate ??

[zenith folio]

I got to add, most of the songs are well selected. I just over-dramatise it because my favorite artists aren't well represented with the songs they picked.
For example Denzel Curry and Little Simz — who are mentioned in The Grind Vol. 5 — have a wide catalogue and I could name for both at least 3 songs i would've rather picked. And as jdegauntlet said it's subjective either way.

[hardy wadi]

for the next grind: whar be the darkslides and fingerflips

[dapper badge]

#1331689579920625796

[quasi gorge]

skate.Pass... some stuff there for sure

FTP yeah, but man... the gaming community is so over BP's

[bitter sky]

never really had a problem with BP
it’s always a ….you don’t have to buy it type of thing …maybe it’s the idea that grinds people’s gears

[sterile ermine]

I'm actually fine with it. A lot of MMOs come with a monthly fee. A battle pass tends to be the same amount but for multiple months. And I don't have to buy any I don't like whatever it comes with.
If I like what they present, I'll get it and enjoy it

[vital lion]

honestly the Q&A from the grind vol 5 is kind of worrying. it seems they only chose the questions they liked and wanted to answer and did not address any real issues the community has with the game. from the beginning they told us they were going to be transparent and open to feedback, but imo theyre only giving the illusion of transparency

[keen crag]

considering the amount of feedback about simple things like pants or transition skating it definitely seems like feedback doesnt matter unless its the feedback that confirms their decisions.

"DID YOU KNOW: You can do Gestures while pulling tricks in skate." No i dont care i want to enjoy vert skating

[glossy token]

Thanks for the feedback.
We take the questions from #1331689579920625796 - which we've pointed to since the first Grind Vol.

To note: the Grind, from it's inception, was to talk about what's happening in the Playtest, answer some top trending community questions, and share details about the game, which we've done.

Unfortunately, despite us stating things from various volumes, the same questions come in, like "when will we get offline mode?" which isn't something we have an answer for, as we've answered in Vol 1 that skate. doesn't have an offline mode.

Additionally, The Grind isn't the only place we're sharing information. For example, next week, we'll have some info to share when we bring Playtesting back up. Info like when the NDA drops, etc.

Topics like Transition skating are important, of course. And we've said through various Vol that the game will continue to improve and be added to through Playtesting and even more through Early Access.

Sometimes, to be fair, we don't have an answer to some questions because those things are being worked on - so it's not like we're dodging questions, but, as we've seen, "we'll have more to share later" doesn't go over well.

Those questions are kept in a document (and added to frequently) for when we have details from our studio team on what changes are coming, improvements, etc. so we can answer them then.

There's a saying "it's a marathon, not a sprint" and that does apply to a lot of improvements and changes. The studio continues to iterate, improve, add to the game, identify bugs and their causes, fix them, update, etc.

As we've said about Early Access, it's not the end. It's not "finished". It's sorta the beginning. Opening the game up to the world, getting feedback from more and more folks (and we can't realistically respond to every post, comment, thread, etc.) but we are working with our dev partners on what the community feels is a priority and working to build out more discussion opportunities.

If you don't wanna read all that - I'm a bit wordy sometimes -

TLDR - not every question that gets asked has an answer now that we can share, but it's definitely on our radar, and when we have something to share about it, we absolutely will.
No questions are getting left on the table, but we want to make sure we have a solid answer for those questions that are important to the community.

(that's a wall of text. apologies.)

[visual forge]

I understand you cant answer everything but to imply the only consistent negative feedback is "add offline mode" is disingenuous and paints all negative takes as invalid. Based off of the EA sponsored videos people have made its clear a large portion of fans do not like the progression and the writing comes off as tone deaf. I haven't seen a single person defend it. The entire opening marketing campaign directly implied this game would be made for fans of the OG's. Based off of the sponsored videos, everything but the mechanics is antithetical to the trilogy.

[lilac hornet]

That was only an example.

[visual forge]

exactly im pointing out that when it comes to negative feedback they only address the ones that are invalid or just bad takes. It makes it seem like all the negative feedback is just "no FTP" or "Offline mode" when those are just two bad takes out of the plethora of very popular reasonable critique.

[lilac hornet]

It's still too early for us end-users to have finality in our opinions.

[glossy token]

it was an example. I wasn't implying.

And if you'd been in the server longer than today - we're very glad you're here and it seems like you want to have a reasonable conversation which is awesome, you'd have hopefully seen the hundreds of times I've stated - we want your feedback, positive and negative - as long as it's shared constructively.

And, as I stated, when we have something to share about specific topics, we will. That doesn't mean we're ignoring it.

(sorry - sometimes my hands and brain don't align and words get skipped to be quick - please do not take my quickness as rudeness. if it came across that way, my sincere apologies.)

[visual forge]

this thread and your post is about the grind which I've been following since it started so i don't see how me being new to the server changes anything. Again the entire opening marketing campaign ran on listening to the fans of the OG's. With every grind vol your focusing on things that if anything stray from the trilogy. The takes i said in my first response are consistently posted as much as "offline mode" and are obviously constructive. It just seems convenient that you guys cant respond to any of the valid takes yet consistently bring up ones that are invalid. Vee (shown in sponsored EA vids) and the general writing is hated across the board. You guys cant even acknowledge that? Im just sayin man, it comes off as ignoring your OG fanbase after you used them to market the game.

[bitter sky]

i hear you but most times …i’m not gonna lie it really is just noise tho …or horrible written critiques ngl

[visual forge]

Were the examples i provided invalid?

[dapper badge]

They do needlessly blanket statement "across the board"

[bitter sky]

no you’re are valid

definitely agree on that to an extent ..;but sadly the less constructive words are the louder ones

cause the mechanics like you stated are good …but the rest aren’t “antithetical to the trilogy” as you said …..it comes down to the type of game it is already ….it being F2P and all that …changes some things we would usually have gotten

[lilac hornet]

For what it's worth, I'm an OG fan that's happy.

[dapper badge]

Same

[visual forge]

you guys dont see my point though? Why make the entire opening marketing campaign about listening to the fans if every response to a valid negative critique is silence and if they even respond its to an invalid, stupid take. Again it just comes off as convenient to me and many other fans. Do you guys think "ALGORITHMIC!! that trick was totally viral!!" is emblematic of the original trilogy or fans of skateboarding/ skateboarders?

[lilac hornet]

I don't think about it that hard.

[frank urchin]

There’s 99 thousand members here do you really think they can answer every single question lol

[visual forge]

was that what i asked?

[frank urchin]

“But they didn’t answer the question I personally want them to answer!”

[visual forge]

Who are you quoting?

[frank urchin]

Is that not what you’re complaining about ? Them answering questions that you personally don’t care about ?

You want them to answer different questions right ?

[bitter sky]

same

[visual forge]

Its quite disingenuous to say im the only person who has these takes. If applicable look at the forum. Do you guys really love Vee that much?

[bitter sky]

okay this i don’t agree with ngl

[frank urchin]

Did anyone mention Vee ? You can’t even have a conversation with people without “oh you like thing well you must also like this other thing !!” Dude

[bitter sky]

i don’t like vee
i also didn’t like reda

[visual forge]

i have a feeling you just skimmed through my responses and got mad because that was never the overall point i made.

[bitter sky]

skate isn’t that far off from the other skate imo..:except pros …it looks in line with it

[lilac hornet]

I've never seen a publisher this size be this transparent from beginning to end.

[glossy token]

This isn't feedback on The Grind, it's turning into a back and forth argument, so it's over.

Folks are getting a little rude and that's never welcome. So let's drop it for now and everyone go drink some water.

[burnt tree]

What did Reda do to you?! Dude is./was a legendary filmer for skateboarding

I say was cause I believe these days he left the scene. Focuses on his own art and photography

[bitter sky]

dunno 😂 always found him annoying ..:i could never point out why

[burnt tree]

Haha he yaps a lot. But before Skate 1 released in 2007. I had already known Reda irl and knew going into game he had a loud personality

[bitter sky]

yeah he does talk a lot
didn’t know him before skate so far

[burnt tree]

Did you like shingo behind the cam in skate 3?

[bitter sky]

nope not at all

[tawny pawn]

is there a plan to grant steam decks and linux access to the game?

[glossy token]

#1391171020521607280 docs have info

[austere compass]

I am enjoying the game but are we ever going to see some suburban downhill areas. Always loved those places in the previous games

[tawny pawn]

Is player collison possible to enable? Its actually fun to have random things occur because someone is on the same line as you

[tulip kiln]

Perhaps it's tricky to code, as to collide with another player, both of you would have to have the respective setting set to on.

[tawny pawn]

if you can collide with objects placed by other players it shouldt be that much different

[lethal matrix]

i introduce... being online, two players dont see the same thing at the same time

[wraith minnow]

should allow wireless compatibility for dualshock 4. this game does not use the speakers, gyro or any other feature where it MUST be wired
and that could prevent possible battery damage on the controller if its constantly connected

[frozen nymph]

is anyone else getting an absolutely retched sound coming from their xbox when they start a mission sometimes? my god its insane

[rugged slate]

Game feels amazing! I would just want the church brighter inside!

[bitter sky]

i mean lighting wise it shouldn’t tho

[stark pine]

There is a mission im stuck on called Magical Musical Mystery Tour. I have completed step 9 " Activate or use a fast travel point". It had the line through it. As of right now I have every fast travel location unlocked for my skater level. I am level 6 in Hedgmont and level 5 in gullcrest village. For 24hrs Ive been stuck trying to figure out ways to continue forth in the main tutorial/ missions. It has prompted me to restart the tutorial, but when it comes to the "missions" tab it will prompt that im still on "step 9" and that I need to activate a fast travel point when I already have.... This needs to be fixed soon because how am I supposed to continue the main game if I cant progress through. This is a real issue and im sure im not the only one stuck on this mission. Please fix.

Genuinly love the game but this bug is starting to get on my nerves. I shouldnt be stuck on a mission for 24+ hrs when it says ive completed the step.

You know youve completed the step when it goes from

" Activate or Use a Fast Travel Point "

to

" Activate or Use a Fast Travel Point "

Sucks I cant upload an image to prove my point in my message.

[glossy token]

This isn’t the place to report bugs. It’s feedback on the Grind articles.
Please use the forums for bugs & issues.

[brittle solstice]

@glossy token I uninstalled Skate CPT and Skate, restarted my computer, and then redownloaded skate. and played it.

The major issue I am having is that the Skate CPT will always reappear as needed an update after playing Skate. for the first time, even though i never downloaded Skate CPT post-restart.

Anyway to get rid of this issue without having to do this uninstall / restart / redownload everytime?

[glossy token]

Ignore the update. We’re rolling out a removal of entitlements on Tuesday.

[paper finch]

@glossy token Apolagies for the @

I didnt want to DM or put it in general chat because I dont know where this belongs but my question is

The "OG-Locals" billboard, I've taken part in the playtests of very early branches of the games development and I'm playing the early access at the moment,
Not once have i seen my name pop up on the billboard and I would consider myself an "OG-Local" considering it says on the bottom of the billboard
"Building the scene since day one"

I've asked the question in general and a member told me "People who pay for the creator pack get their name on it"
IF this is true this is unfair towards players who've been there since the early days and glorifies people who've payed their way on to a billboard

So my real question is: Do you have to buy the "Creator Pack" to have your name displayed on a billboard.

[dapper badge]

You have to buy the founders pack to have your name on the billboards, yes.

[pale meadow]

The majority of people in this group are alpha testers that would mean everyone’s name is on the board. If you are so concerned just pay for it

[scarlet wing]

I just want to say thx for keeping joystick tricks in this game and didn't go to Tony hawk pro skater button control route because I personally like the joystick tricks more and the grinding looks way more realistic then 3 . Hopefully this game game be successful free and add a x-games map😎

[granite bone]

@glossy token I managed to glitch inside the dome building I posted a photo in the content channel

[zenith folio]

will there be a new The Grind with the Early Access release?

[dapper badge]

In a week ye

[glossy token]

no, next week.

[fair slate]

This means you want your name on a companies door even if you didn’t paid for it because you stepped as first inside the building when it wasn’t finished?

[bleak bison]

what is this billboard we speak of??

[wet root]

Any reason why we cant use Shadowplay to record on Skate? The game disables it.

[glossy token]

works for me. check your Shadowplay settings (and this is not a support channel or support server.)

[burnt tree]

Isnt it only at 5 mins. That is nothing

OMG NVM hahahha that completely STOMPS on the 60 mins slowmo from the private insiders Day 1

[warm pier]

I seem to have missed something lmao

HOLY SHORTS BATMAN

6 HOURS!?!

[violet jolt]

Ditto. I saw in earlier trailers the Community Center from Skate 1 was there so maybe that means the Suburbs around it will return in a future update. I wonder if one of the bridges will eventually open up and lead to another island with The Rez, Suburbs or SV Dam/SV Mountain. That would be the dream.

[drifting thorn]

I did one time. Didn't have it happen ever since that one time.

[lusty grove]

This might just be me but the starting marker for each mission is always on the deck, overwhelmingly the first thing I do is edit the marker so I’m holding the deck to roll in. Something for the options?

Definitely not a game breaker but I’m impressed with the detail of the settings and this is something I know a few people prefer.

[open dawn]

this is peak

[tawny pawn]

Is there a plan for steam deck support?

[sharp mauve]

skater!

[burnt tree]

I wonder if there is still a 6 hour slowdown here 🤔

[rotund wave]

💀

[warm jungle]

Just a though a way to party with friends before you join a session so you aren’t constantly getting server full notifications

[lusty grove]

Minor thing but when you back out of the loot box preview it sends you back to the first one, twice now I’ve been looking at contents and then accidentally opened the first box. Not raging but just a thought 😁

Also:

• Option to return to marker when finishing a challenge
• make the objectives that have been cleared but not “all of the above” more prominent and persist for a few seconds on failure, I find it difficult to keep track of the “all of the above” objectives and they change so fast on failure that it’s hard to see whether they registered in the first place
• have your score persists for a couple of seconds during challenges that have a score objective (same as above reason)
• option to use L1/LB for pump while on board
• have loot boxes at the top of the store not the bottom
• auto-claim task rewards
• minimap, even a minor one
• ability to flag unhelpful object placemat as well as just turning it off
• single button press to collect music 😫
• a turn counter? I like that there’s no collision but skating together with a few people can be distracting if there are several on one line

[faint needle]

happens to me so much too i keep accidentally buying the first box instead of the damn one i want

[glossy token]

When going to Product Boxes, select the box, then press X (Xbox) or Square (PS) and it inspects the box. You can then buy from there without going back to the main menu of all boxes.

[languid valve]

What is the Skate Bounty

[fleet pivot]

Can yall make it so the game doesnt use 100% of my cpu.

[granite hare]

Really enjoying it so far. Minor gripes on cosmetics as I'm sure more are coming, but please... add some skinny jeans for us olds. Also I would like a mustache option that doesn't look like Hulk Hogan 😂

[glossy token]

check the twitter.
find the spot, pull a trick, tweet to skate with the hashtag #skatebounty

[mossy stratus]

Theres a pair! I forget where but I saw them when looking through the boxes. What would be really nice is stop piecing clothing colors out and let us recolor stuff

[thorny sage]

Regarding Vol.5 of the Grind, there was a question about pros or other people being in the game. With one of the Ads for Skate. featuring Tim Robinson, I would love to hear about him possibly being a character in the game to some extent.

[little bison]

Do you have any information on when the weekly grind is starting?

[glossy token]

will be discussed in The Grind: Vol 6

[slow sun]

where is the new grind stuff???

[glossy token]

Next week.

[near sapphire]

I think the game would benefit from having like a toggle to turn on party player collisions, in other words would be mad funny.

[burnt tree]

I wonder if there is still a 2 hr slowdown here 🤔

[burnt tree]

Wow it really is 2 hours still!

[stoic jackal]

I feel like NPC collisions should come back in this game thats most definitely what made it fun.

[little bison]

Do you have a specific date or time?

[glossy token]

i have a goal date, but will be able to lock it in by EOD Monday.

[knotty storm]

lowkey….. the lootboxes should have more clothes. either that or have a box that’s all clothes. also it would be cool if we could put designs on shirts like we do with the board stickers

[abstract lion]

we need the stezus christ fit back gang, game is incomplete without it

[dapper badge]

Lmao bad scam

[unique sapphire]

hey jeff, hope everything's good with u ! i was checking the "still working on it" video and i noticed that towards the end (i know most early content is never indicative of the final product) but i noticed that general textures, atmosphere, and the vibe of san van felt more detailed. so that lead me to thinking: is the current san van we've been skating in for the early access just a "shell map" of the final product? or are you guys going to procedurally add more detail and content to the world? to be clear, i'm not specifically talking about the art direction (i think thats fine as is) but im mainly asking about the world itself. especially because of noticeable pop in and low poly builds at a distance, it leads me to think we're on a "shell map." thanks for ur time!

[ocean ferry]

hi jeff, ive been following this game since its been announced, and i was excited to play the game until i learned that it was windows only, as i have recently been in a tight spot which only allows me to play games in general on steam deck. do you think anticheat will be lifted at some point? i dont think its necessary for a game like this, since cheating would be very self contained and easily spottable and bannable, not to backseat game dev of course. its just frustrating to not be able to enjoy alot of the newest games because of this overreliance on anti cheat even where its seemingly not needed.

[barren moth]

i think throwdowns should either have a larger radius or be a pre-determined locations, and i would love to have more accessories like piercings and watches/bracelets etc. oh and i dont know if its something in the game already but the ability for console players to open up the text chat

[mossy stratus]

You can change the radius when choosing the spot. The radius can be pretty big, like really really big lol

[nocturne relic]

already said they would be more character customazation in the future like tattoes peircings ect. Game is in early access right now so that will probably come when the game releases

[timber vector]

I’m sure this has been said before countless times but the ability to remove other people’s quick drop items like ramps n stuff being removed? And it can ruin skate spots for a while, I wanna know the thought process behind removing that option

[vale wave]

You can disable them, and you can disable the option to let others alter yours

[little bison]

I'm sorry for sending a message every now and then but you still have a date?🙏

[mossy stratus]

You can disable other peoples quick drops. Just go up to it and hold left stick down

[timber vector]

There was an option to remove all of them without the need to go up to it individually, and if someone wants to be a pain, they can just delete and re-add it

[spare prairie]

Can we get the option to skip the flyover before challenges if we disable VO? Besides the fact that skipping it gives teh waiting for players bug

[arctic rivet]

this game has so many popups and stimulation it feels like im just being fed dopamine let me play the game without having to skip everything

[unreal compass]

They def should have a free roam like mode where you can turn off all the challenge icons and stuff and just skate

[misty robin]

?Jeff am i too hopeful we’ll get some actual skate shops in the game where i can go and see all a brand has got to offer or is that asking too much

[dense rock]

Feedback:
Add more missions to the daily missions rotation or have us get money for doing missions we did before.. just way less, but atleast some money would be great tbh.. its kinda a pain to wait 24hrs for the next rotation even tho ur easily done with all 3 map part rotations within like 2hrs max

[hidden ferry]

Are there going to be other shoe sponsors/brands? Don't get me wrong I love vans but I would also love to see maybe adidas or etnies or literally any of the other countless skate shoe brands in the game. This goes for like clothing and boards in general also. Needs more variety in terms of brands but also style. Would love some skinnier jeans that aren't skin tight and some old school boards as well. Hope this changes when the full game is finally out.

[glossy token]

we've stated more brand partnerships will be coming through Early Access and our seasons.

[dapper knoll]

do we know if we'll get things like depth of field in the video editor?

[hoary bluff]

Feedback

Please add more things to keep me hooked throughout the day after my daily missions, I run my daily missions and can freeskate for only so long before I want to get off completely for the day, I only get on to complete my dailys, play with friends and freeskate for a bit, I love freeskating but I want more gameplay loop please..

[lost ridge]

Same

[little bison]

grind vol 6 date yet 🙏🙏🙏?

[lost ridge]

Honestly we need bigger party sizes 6-8 players, they need a option for players who have beat all the missions and challenges that don't refresh the option for us to be able to reset them all to replay them and keep earning rip chips, ripscore, and neighborhood score at a attainable rate instead of having to wait 24 hours for them to refresh 10 challenges in each neighborhood that barely give us any progress at all. If they updated it every 8-12 hours it'd be better, plus if they made it so playing co-op challenges actually gives players a better reward more people would feel inclined to play more and party up with people as well, the same goes for the throwdown challenges people can put together but with throwdown challenges you literally do not gain anything from it at all.

Overall we just need more options to keep people wanting to grind the game daily instead of daily challenges and tasks because its getting old really fast.

I've been playing since the launch on the 16th and have hit lvl 9 hedgemont, lvl 9 gullcrest, and lvl 6 in market mile. I've finished every single challenge and have literally nothing to do anymore besides the daily challenges and daily tasks that I finish in a hour and a half every day. The ONLY thing keeping me playing this game daily is wanting to hit max lvl on all my neighborhoods and max ripscore so I can have 100% of the achievements on the game. But because the only thing I can do is daily challenges I really wish I could reset all my challenges so I at least can keep progressing my character at a fast level instead of daily challenges only.

[glossy token]

tomorrow

[livid grove]

Please Stop telling me to get on my board. I know. I’m playing a skateboard game.!!!

[woeful crag]

As an experienced player challenges feel way too easy currently and I feel like a lot of that can be pinned down to the fact that you're not expected to do specific tricks, being able to do any flip trick or any grind makes it so you can just spam like 5 kickflips or only do 50-50s and get the challenge done first try, I know it's like this to onboard newer players who might struggle with having to do specific tricks, but as an optional toggle can we access "Pro/Deluxe" versions of challenges that ask you to do specific tricks or more challenging requirements (i.e. a requirement for a 180 spin becomes a 360, or in that one Hedgmont challenge that requires a kickflip and a heelflip change it to a Laserflip and 360 Flip) in exchange for more rip chips and reputation for completing objectives? It would incentivize people to learn to get more precise with their lines and give experienced players more opportunities to express their skill by getting greater reward out of it, which is only a good thing imo.

P.S. "San Van Bucks" is kind of a generic name for the paid currency, the free currency is called "Rip Chips" which is nice and quippy, why not something like "Shred Creds"? That rolls off the tongue a little better I think

[lost ridge]

Shred Creds actually goes insanely hard holy

[minor kettle]

Allow me to save outfit presets and board presets
And to put my board stickers wherever I want 🙏

[dense rock]

Agreed with the challenges being way too easy, i think that a ,,difficulty setting" would come in good like riders republic did it.
Make it so u can pick ur difficulty between ,,easy/ amateur - medium - hard/ pro" and as a extra setting u could make a ,,hardcore" where as example every type of assist n help is turned off but rewards way more than the other ranks. I THINK thats what most people would really appreciate, especially the ones that are used to the skate games (the vets) and even the ones that are just in need of a bigger Challenge.

[lost ridge]

Honestly San Vanoween is gonna be crazy seeing Halloween decorations everywhere, would be cool if we could see spooky jump scare type of animation when riding past certain objects like a ghost pops out or when you do a coffin in game it makes a zombie noise. Really hope they make the map like afternoon/sunset

[lyric gust]

Or even nighttime, Skating under the stars with all the decorations out and about, just vibing with other skaters.

[coarse tinsel]

feedback: yall need to put the replay of the player that hit the quest while doing the coop mission. i keep playing with a group of four and we always miss one thing and when someone hit it keeps showing our replay but yall need to put the replay of the player that hit the last quest of the mission

[dawn sleet]

Probably the highest scoring trick sequence with the most challenges completed

[lost ridge]

San Vanmas at nightime with snow and Christmas lights everywhere is gonna be insane, plus skater santa flying around the map dropping random challenges to complete to earn a (present) Christmas themed apparel/board. Daily login challenges as well to unlock more stuff etc.

[shadow sun]

needs to have games of S.K.A.T.E available like in 1, 2 and 3 and u need to have it say bs or fs when i 180 or 360 ty

[silk cradle]

I think Rip Chips should be Shred Cred (not creds, we can just use reputation points to buy the area loot boxes). Shred Cred is a way better rhyme than Rip Chips, and slightly better than Shred Creds imo. Also since you get Rip Chips for ripping, the association makes more sense than getting Shred Creds for spending money would make (but Shred Cred for shredding makes perfect sense).

I personally would not keep both Rip Chips and Shred Cred(s) at the same time as two different currencies because they sound so similar that a huge percentage of players would not remember the difference. To an uninformed person, nothing about the names gives any hint about which corresponds to real money.

I think making the premium currency sound like actual money (by using a word like dollars) is a good cue for reminding people which is which. On that line of thinking, Cash, Bucks, Gold, or even something metaphorical for money like Cheese, are not bad nouns, imo. E.g., Fortnite uses V-Bucks, Rumbleverse used Brawlla Bills (closely rhyming with Dolla Bills), etc. For me, the only question would be the best rhyme for a word that really means real money in real life.

E.g., Truck Bucks, Steez Cheese (or Cheez), Skate Cake.

A good abbreviation could also work; e.g. if the premium currency were Gnarly Gold, we could all call it GG and joke about being defeated when the game got us to spend more money. ("I just bought more gold." "GG, fam.")

Unfortunately I think that no matter how many better ideas we come up with, and no matter how good the arguments for them or how great the popularity of them, it's probably too late for them to want to change the currency names. I'd vote for Shred Cred and either Steez Cheez or Skate Cake, but there's no right answer, and the risk of confusing people who already bought premium currency as well as the effort of changing associated icons realistically means we're stuck with SVB and RC.

[viral portal]

Throwdown Area size should be adjustable and maybe have rectangular shape aswell so we can use the spots more precisely

[silk cradle]

Yeah optional rectangle shape would be smart.

[lost ridge]

Can you guys add in jesus robes as a outfit and maybe a steezus christ died for our spins board?

[little frost]

i'm quite juiced about this Grind release

[silk cradle]

#game-announcements message

[next beacon]

can we get a low cam like the old games? the current low cam is way too high

[short drum]

With mobile needing more testing, will stats be isolated in its own environment or will we have cross progression still?

[little bison]

The final question is that the early-access roadmap has (new co-op mode) coming in season 2 (december) so does that mean split-screen? Cuz that would be awesome.

[glossy token]

no.

[shell axle]

I wonder how the new brands will be introduced in the game. As far as I can see there is no way to add items into lootboxes as brickswitch will be out in season 2 at the earliest but maybe even later.... The only way to even get some of the new items possibly for free will be in the events or the skatepasse and with the amount of branded free items there is in the lootboxes im doubtfull there will be any meaningful amount of the new brands coming for free....

[mental gorge]

Throwdowns should be placed by skaters anywhere. Randoms, as they skate through the throwdown area, should get a pop up "hold (button) to join throwdown" and after a minimum size requirement is met (can even just be 2), the throwdown will start after a 10 second count down like any mission. It then becomes a live event that anyone can join. Skaters rolling through the throwdown area will see (X:XX time remaining) so they know how much longer they have until the end, where a pseudo-postgame lobby time period happens where people can request a "rematch" and go again.

[burnt tree]

I love the new lighting, hopefully more tweaks to lighting over time

[mossy stratus]

Rip chip is fine but if we're forced to deal with San Van Bucks, they need to rename it to something better and thats where Shred Creds would fit perfectly. It would be nice to also be able to earn tiny bits here and there but such is life

[rustic warren]

can i turn vee off? i hate her

[wet root]

yee

[lost ridge]

Alright after 38 hours logged, Lvl 10 Hedgemont, Lvl 10 Gullcrest and Lvl 7 Market Mile my main issue right now with the game is that daily challenges do not give you enough rip chips or ripscore and if they refreshed every 12 hours instead of 24, I wish we also had more weekly challenges as well. As well as the fact that Market Mile is genuinely taking the longest rn to level up since there was barely any story missions there compared to the other neighborhoods and that theres still a small amount of challenges there in general. I really think we need a option to reset all non refreshable challenges and possibly the option to replay the main story again to keep earning rip chips, neighborhood score, and ripscore at a better rate. Really hope this post is seen and implemented!

[lost ridge]

I genuinely feel that having a Battlepass system similar to Halo Infinite would be a huge help for the players who missed out on a entire season for some reason or the other and wouldn't take anything away and would let new players lets say in season 3 or 4 go back and purchase previous seasons to earn that content still so no fomo

[placid brook]

add top of board colors so we can make the grip tape patterns have different colors to the grip tape

[hearty cradle]

Fax san van bucks sounds dumb

[lost ridge]

I petition Shred Creds what say thee?

[silk cradle]

Shred Cred imo.

Can mean credit or credibility, regardless does not need pluralization, and the plural makes the rhyme worse.

(But I would make Rip Chips into Shred Cred and change SV Bucks to Steez Cheez, because steez refers to style as much as performance, so it sounds more like a reference to cosmetics. Rip Chips and Shred Cred sound like they would be the same thing: a reward for good skating. I wouldn't keep both.)

@mossy stratus As I said before, problem with this idea is that Shred Creds and Rip Chips sound like they would be the exact same thing. Literally no hint in those phrases about the difference.

[fiery dawn]

Latest grind is just positive from top to bottom!! lets goooo

[prisma lantern]

Honestly, the lighting looks like just a few hours have passed in the game, and this change makes it feel like we won't get a day/night cycle. Still, I like the new look much better, and respect to the developers for actually listening to their audience and just proving it.

I also wanted to see more options for equipping items like in Skate 3, but the news that the Skate Pass will include a "backward cap" is another reminder of the harsh realities of the modern approach to cosmetics in games and makes me doubt that we will get good character customization.

[silk cradle]

One well-lit time of day could be the first step to a proper day-night cycle... I'm gonna hold out hope for that one. Would be a very fun idea.

[little bison]

Halloween is coming and in grind vol 6 it said that there will be halloween things around the map so it would be cool to add a night map or a blood moon map 🔥

[jaunty mason]

Need more Markt Mile challenges should be level 10 by now

[next beacon]

Let me turn off the left stick grind exit, or at least let me remap it to X/A like the old games

[azure rampart]

Remove pop out camera from manuals and lower pop out height from them too

[zenith folio]

‘We’re not looking to remake Skate (2007), Skate 2, or Skate 3" — yeah, we understood. I don’t even remember anybody asking for a straight remake. What people actually want is the spirit of those games back, along with a handful of game modes they had — and clearly HoM isn’t making a comeback. Saying you’re focused on the future is fine, but the future shouldn’t come at the cost of forgetting what made Skate special in the first place.

[glossy token]

Exactly. And that’s what we’ve said. Looking at how we can bring legacy stuff to the game while focusing on the future.

[tribal snow]

g

[lost ridge]

Honestly we need bigger party sizes 6-8 players, they need a option for players who have beat all the missions and challenges that don't refresh the option for us to be able to reset them all to replay them and keep earning rip chips, ripscore, and neighborhood score at a attainable rate instead of having to wait 24 hours for them to refresh 10 challenges in each neighborhood that barely give us any progress at all. If they updated it every 8-12 hours it'd be better, plus if they made it so playing co-op challenges actually gives players a better reward more people would feel inclined to play more and party up with people as well, the same goes for the throwdown challenges people can put together but with throwdown challenges you literally do not gain anything from it at all.

Overall we just need more options to keep people wanting to grind the game daily instead of daily challenges and tasks because its a little stale.

I've been playing since the launch on the 16th and have hit lvl 10 hedgemont, lvl 10 gullcrest, and lvl 8 in market mile. I've finished every single challenge and have literally nothing to do anymore besides the daily challenges and daily tasks that I finish in a hour and a half every day. The ONLY thing keeping me playing this game daily is wanting to hit max lvl on all my neighborhoods and max ripscore so I can have 100% of the achievements on the game. But because the only thing I can do is daily challenges I really wish I could reset all my challenges so I at least can keep progressing my character at a fast level instead of daily challenges only.

I also really hope with the Battlepasses they adopt a feature similar to Halo Infinite where players who are new can purchase all previous seasons battlepasses even if they are a little bit more expensive than they were originally released.

I also really hope we get BrickSwitch sooner because the people who play daily will have all Neighborhoods max rank within the next 3-4 days

[wooden glade]

Can we allow silly programs in the game like DS4Windows? because sometimes my controller disconnects mid game and when i reconnect it, the game doesn't recognize it so i have to restart

[lost ridge]

For players who have 100% of the Achievements and Trophies for Skate 1,2,3 could you guys add in a special Skate Board, Piece of Clothing, or a Title/Banner showing they're a Skate Legend for 100% all previous titles. I really think this would be a cool addition and thank you to the players who have went above and beyond with these games and the team recognizing them for their commitment and love for the franchise

[tawdry egret]

Nice graphics, nice setup and sound affects. Only thing that I’d like to see is players able to skip a mission after not being able to complete it after a certain period of time because it’s unfair and upsetting that you cannot move on and progress in the game further due to being unable to pass a mission.

[lost ridge]

Or the option to refresh challenges or the individual challenges in the main challenge

[vale wave]

Oh back to corner city

[boreal prism]

Gameplay Features & Mechanics
•Hall of Meat Mode:Add bone-breaking graphics and physics-based roll/bounce scoring, similar to the Hall of Meat challenges. More broken bones = more points.
•Death Races:
Include race modes with dangerous, chaotic elements.
•Trick Additions:
•Dark sliders
•Handplant variations
•Hitching onto vehicles
•Tuning Options:
•Adjustable trucks (stiff or loose)
•Adjustable wheels (hard or soft)
•Interactions:
•Ability to hit or knock over NPCs with your skateboard (for fun/replay mode content).
•S.K.A.T.E. Game Mode:
Classic trick battle mode against friends.
Environment & World
•Vert Bowls:
Improve speed and flow—currently feels slow or off.
•City Atmosphere:
Make the city look more gritty, dingy, and lived-in rather than sterile.
•Day/Night Cycle & Weather:
Add dynamic time-of-day and weather systems for immersion.

[little bison]

Darkslides, handplant variations and city atmosphere is coming

[granite pumice]

stats

[boreal prism]

•Real Skateparks:
Keep adding real-life skateparks (like the Olympic park when they happen).
Customization
•Clothing & Style:
•Turn hats backward or sideways.
•Add headphones/earbuds.
•Change clothing color and style (like different ways to button up shirts
up shirts unzipped hoodies or have the hood up)
•Add dirt, holes, wear-and-tear to clothing (hats, shirts, pants, shoes).
•Character wear: bruises, black eyes.
•Skateboard Wear & Customization:
•Grip tape turning white from shoe wear.
•Board/truck graphics wearing off from grinds and slides.
•Power sliding leaves marks/sounds on the wheels
•Option to toggle wear-and-tear effects on/off.
•Flip each wheel inward.
•More sticker freedom (sticker-bomb option).
Replay & Visuals
•Replay Mode:
•Add keyframes.
•More filters. (including fish-eye lens).
•Expanded camera options. (For settings as well)
•Graphics & Effects:
•Different filters/settings for style.
Multiplayer & Social
•Private Sessions:
Ability to host private games with friends.
•Bundles & Content:
Keep old bundles in a separate tab so players can still buy them later.
Bugs & Fun Factor
•Good Bugs:
Keep some of the funny, non-game-breaking bugs (but remove cheat/exploit ones).

Sorry had more to say but it was too long. Also I would like for $B songs to play in the game

[alpine jetty]

would be awesome if you finish missions with friends, the replay at the end is from the player who has the most points

[half adder]

Quality of life changes and bugs?

• Give option to toggle in world 3d HUD elements for challenges and speakers.
• HUD is generally very obnoxious, scaling options would be nice for PC players. Might already exist but i haven't found any.
• In line challenges HUD element prompting you to stay on your board, actively blocks your entire view when resetting. Probably a bug.
• Music plays when starting a challenge even if you paused it beforehand.
• Music player plays songs I've unfavorited multiple times. Doesn't seem to work.
• Add a tracker for reoccurring missions, if you played it before and how many times and score. For reusing old challenges assets you could simply change one of the objectives to beat previous personal best. Would add incentive to replay challenges.
• For dirt, grass and especially shrubbery/hedges. Add collision make those surfaces similar to sand, riding in a planter full of vegetation doesn't make much sense. And it wouldn't add much frustration, It would make challenges slightly more, well challenging, and a healthy dose of realism.

[idle kelp]

This game is amazing but we are missing core elements that make skate, skate. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for this game. So much possibilities, it’s awesome! Have fun skating yall.

[keen basin]

It would be cool to load in to small offline skate spot and skate around for 5-6min while in the log in queue!!

[lyric gust]

I'd love to have some more Sawyer Hill songs in the playlist and maybe if possible, add Art School Wannabe by Sorority Noise, i first heard the song in Watch Dogs 2 but it definitely one of my favorite songs to skate to, add some more punk and rock options too.

[mossy stratus]

Another use for tutorial island as a smaller server for queue waits. Although imagine a queue for the queue

[lost ridge]

Maybe just adding daily challenges to the tutorial island imo

[boreal prism]

Will there be hospital flips, finger flipping, and kickbacks??

[past verge]

The game badly needs a proximity chat for friend making purposes lol

[lunar rover]

please change the VO. every character is completely insufferable

[lost ridge]

The option to unbutton a flannel and choose a different shirt underneath, also different style options for hats and beanies, backwards hats, side ways etc, same thing with the beanies tbh idk what the different ways to style them are called but I dont like my beanie looking like the tip of a condom on my head lmao

[misty frigate]

We need some neck face graffiti in the game just like in the original skate

[hardy glen]

I would love if we could save outfits

[next beacon]

Nollie Laser animation has the back foot displaced until you land, way off the board toe-side and it looks goofy

[lost ridge]

I am not earning any ripscore for daily challenges in the neighborhoods I have maxed out and am only gaining about 15-25 ripchips at max per mission making them pointless to even complete in the areas I have completed. This seriously needs a fix because now at this point the only thing I can even do to make progress is complete the daily tasks, and complete the 5 challenges I have in Market Mile that are actually giving me decent progress

[rugged slate]

Are they considering making it possible to go back to tutorial island?

[native marlin]

Yeah, #1405958986041262170

[lost ridge]

Make the Daily Tasks and Weekly tasks where they auto claim

[pale meadow]

They should give you bonus xp if you get all stars on first attempt

[rugged slate]

Bless you

[vale basin]

would bet anything that at LEAST 65% of the player don't even know you gotta go to TASKS to clam that bounes at all

[lost ridge]

Yeah quite literally gaining ZERO ripscore from daily challenges, and only 20-25 max rip chips, please make it so theres either a higher rip chip gain from daily challenges and tasks. Because the only way to make any progress on my Ripscore is through buying packs its hard when I'm barely getting 2k in total a day once I complete all my daily refresh challenges, and daily tasks plus weekly tasks for the 1 day a week ill have the extra rip chips from those.

[slow parrot]

This!! would be so cool

[thorny comet]

Great so far beside the invisible friends bug also would love to see the ability to be able to place more objects just a few like 3 or 4 more also would love to be able to move the stickers on our board and be able to sticker bomb it, would love to see us be able to add stickers or "prints" to our clothes just for the extra touch of customisability

[lost ridge]

Make San Van Skate Again!
This ad is brought to you by Coach Frank running for San Van city council sponsored by STEREO skateboard co

Please we need the coach back in some way

[floral forge]

tbh I feel like they have no direction or clue as to what to do with this game it is SO MESSED up in SO MANY AREAS there is a clear disconnect between depts and a PAINFULLY OBVIOUS lack of knowledge and know-how. This game couldve been SO MUCH BETTER upon early access but we get THIS?!?! FAIL!

[minor condor]

Somebody most likely asked this. Because of the new 55 billion dollar deal to acquire EA. How or will this effect the games direction in any shape or form? Perhaps more freedom for the people at full circle to implement more content like licenses to music, funding for more brands, etc?

[lost ridge]

More than likely brand deals for skate will be more frequent because companies will now be confident they'll make their money back regardless and won't take a hit because of EAs incompetence when to money and now that they have Saudi money backing we can see a uptick in more brands reaching out to be featured especially since Skate is doing so well now

[minor condor]

I hope Full Circle can afford pros to make a comeback into the series unless this buy out means nothing for full circle, then that would be sad.

[scenic flower]

i saw an article saying that they are planning on using more ai. Was really vague so idk where it will be used. might not even affect the game but who knows yet

[minor condor]

They need to watch “the AI bubble is about to burst” video on YouTube. AI is not capable to be implemented in video games. It needs more time.

[lost ridge]

I am currently Level 10 in all Neighborhoods, I cannot earn anymore Rip Score at a reasonable level because the only substantial way for me to earn Rip Chips to buy Product Boxes through daily challenges. We need the ability to reset our main story missions and all challenges so we can keep earning Rip Score progress at a steady rate instead of being capped to roughly 1000-1200 Rip Chips gained daily through the Daily Challenge Refresh and Daily Tasks that only get us 2-4 Product Boxes daily giving us a measly 50 or so Rip Score per box opened. Please I really hope someone at the team reads this and brings it up to their attention.

[barren ember]

Currently in the same boat with ya G. 🙃🤦🏼‍♂️

[lost ridge]

I do not want to spend 100$ on everything I see in the shop just to be able to earn Rip Score at a faster rate than I am with how the game currently is

[agile granite]

What is your actual rip score number?

[echo ivy]

Anyway we can get a filter for challenges on the map? Only see certain types, only challenges we can still claim tickets from? With more areas unlocking I can see current icon swap getting worse.

[near granite]

I feel this 100 percent, I just hit the 8th level of progression and I've been maxed out in each zone since the 16th

[gentle bobcat]

it would be cool to see them in a list with this too

[covert escarp]

the map in general needs a fair few quality of life features like filters and maybe showing u more detail about the location ur looking at on it

[gentle bobcat]

i think that the afk timer should be extended during challenges

[burnt tree]

Is the slowdown still 120 mins here 🤔

[shell pond]

Lemme try(2 hours)

[lost ridge]

6606 atm having all Neighborhoods Level 10

[burnt tree]

Oh wow imaging main chat with this slowdown 😂 😭

[near granite]

Would love to see day and night/back packs hoping we get more info soon

[lost ridge]

As @ancient pivot suggested a Red Bull collab would insane. Especially a redbull stunt park maybe in BrickSwich arena and having parkour specific challenges as well. Would love a redbul hat, beanie, and helmet to have in game

[plucky gazelle]

Fixes for achievements being unlocked despite having 30 hours in the game would be lovely

[gentle bobcat]

it would be cool to have dyed/unnatural hair colors pretty please omg. i need blue hair and pronounce

[wild brook]

I doubt it, but I hope Brickswitch will be available for Season 1. That area was even closed in the alpha

[lost ridge]

Yeah same, after playing the game got 19 days now getting all my neighborhoods max rank, and having every single mission and challenge completed I really hope they add Brickswich in ASAP because if I finish all the battlepass and event tiers I am literally going to have nothing to do

[dapper badge]

We already know it won't

[ebon ridge]

The extravert shop is already there so if it’s a gradual process of getting everything in brickswitch fully available, we could be getting it unlocked as early as Tuesday

[near granite]

Details for brickswitch will come in december

[near granite]

Sadly, it was mentioned i belive in the Grind

[scenic flower]

Brickswitch is literally the best of the 4 corners and it has no content. Its so sad

[steel cedar]

Linux/Steamdeck support would go crazy.

They said they want to be able to have a Skate Game that is accessible on as many platforms as possible. I would love to see this playable on Steam deck

[steep wing]

please get rid of the 30 fps cap and also make it stop resetting the fps cap everytime I load into the game..
and the weird slow mo server lag is annoying if thats possible to fix

[warm pier]

Don’t use the Low setting preset. Use custom and set everything you need to low. The low preset caps at 30fps.
🫡

[remote viper]

This activity queue crap has got to go, or at least give me the option to back out instead of having to wait. I end up doing something on my phone and then not starting right away cause I'm finishing up what I was doing on my phone, I know I can't be the only one too, which is probably increasing activity queue times

[dapper badge]

What do you mean "activity queue"?

[rancid kernel]

for tattoos please add full sleeve or full leg tattoos as an option

[tacit edge]

does anyone know what time does the update drop

[tacit edge]

Yoo its October 7 where you at update

[remote viper]

Couldn't answer before cause of slow mode but, when you go to do a challenge or whatever and it says "waiting for players" and you can't do anything but sit there and wait because there's apparently too many people doing the same challenge as you

[burnt girder]

bugs being fixed today

[dapper badge]

That's not what is happening
Youre skipping the intro dialogue too fast and the game doesn't know what to do
The only queue the game has is sometimes a login queue

[warped crescent]

Fix coming out for this today. Waiting for this as well.

[half adder]

Season pass while in Early Access is poop.

[thorny sinew]

anyone trying to complete some of the new challenges as a party, i just loaded back in after updating

[ancient canopy]

I'm not sure if this is the support channel or not, but there seems to be an issue with navigating the season pass UI. Sometimes if you ask it to go left it goes down, sometimes it won't go right at all in the selectable and many more misinputs.

[echo yarrow]

There's an issue with the co-op aspect of challenges not counting. We've had to repeat almost every mission multiple times to get the co-op credit. It's been almost every single challenge so far.

[prisma lantern]

I was hoping that in this update we would get the ability to completely disable the interface, but no. I really want it.

[fallow nest]

is anyone else’s market mile bugged? it won’t let me level up anymore after the update

[glossy token]

@ancient canopy @echo yarrow @prisma lantern @fallow nest
please report bugs & issues on the #bugs-and-tech-issues - using the link in the first post.

[cloud rivet]

The Replay Editor used to be able to move the camera through the character model, need to revert that change as it now limits camera angles I used to use.

I actually thought my controller was broken earlier as I was trying to move the camera closer and it kept drifting to the right. 😂

[scenic flower]

the big hump in tri towers that has pipes going through it is sand now for some reason when the texture is literally the same as the ground

[tough ferry]

I'm curious, did anyone on the dev team know anything about skate culture prior to working on skate? Because the items added in this update are an insult.

Not only can I not play the game, as it is horribly glitchy and buggy, but the new season and all its content is trash and offers no purpose...

[valid yarrow]

Ngl this update made the game worse, can't even play with friends without them being invisible or the challenge just bugging the game out

[willow crane]

Rip launch glitch

[plucky gazelle]

Let us get off our boards during bearing missions. You give us an option for "All the above in an attempt" but don't give us the freedom or flexibility to do what we want during that.

It's really restrictive

One bug I've noticed is the Rip Score basically being broken and doing double animations when doing a Box unlock or season pass unlock thus resulting in the rip score popping up saying "YOU GOT X RIP SCORE OUT OF Y" when I haven't done that lmao

[fiery dawn]

Are people still holding some hope for night time as we get closer to Halloween?

[shell pond]

Why they removed dlss, fsr and xess have biggest ghosting and sucks 🙁

[cold moat]

is it just me or is the game worse than before the update , cus this game just keeps bugging out , Disconecting , changing settings and not following progress

[neon quail]

Anyone else having issues with reverts? They don’t feel smooth or consistent for me anymore

[empty umbra]

Easiest 13$ I've ever saved 😂. I was so hyped about like 90s apparel n stuff. Go through the pass yesterday. And was like.."uhh what is this". No oversize Ts, the same shoe just recolored 3 times, way to many stickers / profile icons etc. there's like..maybe 1 thing in the entire pass I wanted. But not for 13$ lol.

Also the lack of any tattoo options, or being shirtless lmao. Seen "those people" more times than I can remember.

[dusty cobalt]

make impervaTek parks wood cause that blue and yellow is horrendous, a wooden park is way more appealing

[wooden mango]

Season Tix -- I completed all the Tix challenges on the map. Only have two more season tasks for the final bit of Tix there. The map challenges, do they or do they no reset? If not, then how do we earn more Tix??

[glad monolith]

fix the game

[echo yarrow]

As soon as the mission starts you can get off your board and free roam the line area to place ramps and such. I do it all the time.

Do not collect the first bearing. If you do, then get off the board, you get reset. If you do not collect it and get off the board, you can roam.

[barren moth]

i think backpacks would be a cool accessory to have

[knotty storm]

wait really? I always get teleported back to the session marker as soon as i get off. it won’t even let me do quick drop

[mossy stratus]

I would wear a helmet if it didn't get rid if hair. Surprised thats still a issue in games tbh its 2025

@knotty storm Also, you can inly if you get off the board before you collect the first bearing. You can also use quick drop too. But the moment you get the first bearing, you can't get off your board until you respawn

[jagged pelican]

so disappointed the launch glitch is gone man. that could’ve instantly been a skate. classic. where’s the harm in letting people fly every once in a while?

[velvet ocean]

im disapointed the new update absolutely destroyed the game.

[cold moat]

i have a question , Why is it that the challenges get renewed but there are no challenges where we can get Tix from?

[dapper badge]

The tix challenges as of right now unfortunately don't reset, so once they're done tasks or buying tix outright is the only way to get tix

[near granite]

Until the first event, I imagine they're going to add more challenges for Tix

[carmine pivot]

According to the info page on the skate.pass one of the ways to earn tix is by exchanging rip chips for them but nowhere in any of the menu tabs can you exchange rip chips for tix, only sv-bucks.

[cold moat]

im so pissed , still no new chalanges to earn tixs, so we really need to wait 53 days till line and other chalanges get renewed???

[glossy token]

it was an incorrect item/typo.

correct info from the blog:

As we mentioned for each Season, we’ll also have the skate.Pass. The skate.Pass has two tracks - the Standard (free) and Premium track - where you earn currency called “Tix” each season to buy items from the in-game store, which can be earned via:

• Daily, weekly, and Seasonal Tasks (including completion bonuses)
• Seasonal Challenges
• Daily grants (Premium skate.Pass only)
• Exchange for San Van Bucks

[dusty cobalt]

pls remove the daily progression cap, it makes absolutely zero sense

[mossy jasper]

I agree the daily progression cap is really annoying. Im maxed level and have done every possible challenge over and over again but forced to wait for new challenges and now with the tix challenges which haven’t reset for about 3 days now

[grim grotto]

That’s a pretty big oopsie dude

[echo yarrow]

So, if I've completed the available challenges, how is one supposed to move up in the season task progress? I'm at 45/120 challenges but there's no more to do?

[glossy token]

Daily and Weekly tasks, and new Seasonal Challenges come out weekly

[scenic flower]

will we get more missions or just challenges?

[thorn drum]

Aliens

[modest abyss]

thoughts on a type of constant progression system that's separate from everything else that you don't need to wait to do? like how marvel rivals has proficiency for each hero, we could have a similar way to be rewarded for playing the game between challenge refreshes. i feel this would make the gameplay loop much less monotonous with extra things to do. 🤔

[scenic flower]

epic spammer embed fail

[near granite]

I knew we'd get more, gotta be patient. This isn't fortnite where you can just grind the season in 1 day. We're meant to grow, we're meant to Evolveof the course of this hames future. I've been maxed in the districts for weeks but not capped my overall progress and that's fine.

[versed gorge]

how do i fix slow motion

[vivid fox]

slow motion means CPU is overloaded (for me)

first confirm that’s the case in task manager, mine is always 100% with this game

you can google for a reddit thread regarding fixing it in skate

two things that helped me are making sure skate is using my cpu on high performance mode in windows settings>apps>graphics (i think that’s the right spot)

and then doing the same for the cpu in general (this will draw more power but i personally don’t care,) it’s done in the control panel

if that doesn’t work well for you then it’s just that the game isn’t optimized very well and a newer cpu is required :/

[versed gorge]

Idk bc my processor is the recommend one

[hearty socket]

I’ve played the game for 100+ hours at this point
as of recently the servers are highly unstable I get kicked out of the game constantly plus trying to play co op is a nightmare now(not that it was any better before)because it causes even more instability and most of the time I can’t even play with friends because the servers are full or the game crashes they patched the bug that yeets you up so you can glide around the map that was a horrible decision I enjoyed my time with the game prior to the updates for what it’s worth but now I see the direction it’s heading it’s really depressing and disingenuous if things don’t change for the better I’ll most likely stop playing and I know there’s a fair amount of people that share this sentiment
The disconnect is insane where is the real gritty skater culture where is the real music skaters listen to where are all the real brands skaters wear I care little to nothing about the brands in game and the sub par “sound track” which I mute the along with the annoying VOs and vee while playing my own music in the background
I sincerely hope the game improves in the near future and that they truly start implementing community suggestions bring back old game modes and really start taking our feedback to heart please don’t do anymore damage to this game and franchise before it has a chance to be good

[graceful bloom]

Aknowledge the co op bug.

[hasty rivet]

I miss Skate 2.

[hearty socket]

They will probably never harness lighting in a bottle again like they did with Skate 2 most of the people that made it are long gone from the company you might as well just go play that game instead if you miss it

Lol I just tried to join a friends party and the game crashed yet again peak comedy

[scenic gust]

No offline mode AND super annoying to party up, there’s early access and then there’s just an unpolished turd. Cant say im not enjoying playing, but jumping through hurdles just to get any enjoyment out of the game isn’t fun. Not only are tricks and gameplay not complete (which they said they would get right first) but many core features of the previous games are completely missing with no replacement. So glad u can spend $35 on something that used to just be a code though 👍🏼

[empty hinge]

nice one game i finally loaded into the map and got disconnected 5 minutes after 👍

[exotic flax]

we need chains, tattoos, watches, rings back😤

[hasty rivet]

I also miss make your own board, i liked making my own board art.

[granite pumice]

they should call it skatus

[knotty storm]

weren’t there supposed to be weekly “the grind” articles? last one was in september…

[hearty socket]

I have not and probably never will spend any money on anything in this game please don’t if you care about this franchise until they sort ts out if and big if they ever do

[dawn sleet]

They can't do that because the roadmap has the content you and a lot of us have been asking for.

[graceful bloom]

Aknowledge and address the co op bug. Day 8

[wooden horizon]

Weekly challenges is not smart. In a week I’ll be playing another game. KEEP INTEREST DON’T LOOSE IT.

I like the pass but implementation was a sad reality from what I had imagines there is so much potential

[normal quest]

Skate pass challenges need to rotate asap, how are we meant to progress our passes

[dapper badge]

new challenges get added weekly, says in the blog

[near granite]

Waiting on those and the weekly grind

[wild brook]

I think today is the day we should get new challenges. Pepelaugh to the guy below

[near granite]

Indeed, we may even get that weekly grind but im not sure. Its like the calm before a storm feeling. Still holding out hope for night skatinf

[versed gorge]

Fix slow motion bug for the love of god

[ripe burrow]

Maybe the weekly grind were the friends we made along the way🫩

[near sapphire]

Y'all we need more social features, there is not enough online fun, everything feels solo, party finders and PVP gamemodes like death races and SKATE would be nice.

[versed gorge]

whats this channel for

[dapper badge]

For giving feedback on specifically #1391171020521607280, the weekly (starting tomorrow) blog Jeff puts out on the game

[wooden horizon]

Great idea just adding more and adding more and ADDING MORE constantly!! Are we really not smart enough to learn the servers will get overloaded!!!

I’m looking for a job if we need people that badly it’s just obscenely stupid to me. Why do we keep making the game WORST and WORST. Let’s make it better!!!!! Not worst.

Literally adding so much we can’t even complete missions, every screen is loaded with un-needed info, our map is so loaded we can’t view the map.

A forum to correlate issues meaning EVERY NEW USER MAKES A NEW POST. Is one of the worst ways to manage issues I’ve EVER SEEN

[vivid fox]

it's several bugs
-shows server full when it isn't so people can't join your server
-party members avatars are 90% of the time invisible
-no party member map arrow icons
-party members can barely ever load into challenges without getting softlocked
-co-op challenge missions don't register as completed
this is no where near a comprehensive list of even just the game-breaking bugs, such as random crashes and people still being on tutorial island
the new update didn't solve any of these issues it seems

[near granite]

Even with the update? Was the update jusy more challenges and premium shop stuff?

[thorn drum]

What about the most important one: game closing itself every 30 seconds

[graceful bloom]

Yea obviously I realize that. Many of those bugs are at least aknowledged on their bug list. The co op bug is not.

[dire lion]

Might just be me but I get an error when I go to the blog on ea on iOS mobile. It says “a client-side exception has occurred”

[wooden horizon]

The missions and progression that proceeds into old spots and uses them in lines and makes new missions more fun I’m all for it!

The overloading servers over and over to add new issues and make previous one worst is a NO.

[left salmon]

It's great that the loading screen issue has been acknowledged, but there's a pretty big crashing/freezing issue particularly on Steam that has plagued the game since the Early Access Launch that still hasn't been acknowledged. And ironically they say in the blog to verify the integrity of the files and make sure to have your game updated, but another big problem with Skate on Steam is that when you verify the integrity of the files it comes back saying "3 files failed to validate and will be reaquired", but somehow those files are never reaquired. Skate is very very broken on Steam and it's not being acknowledged.

[violet juniper]

I think those 3 files might be to do with EA's anti-cheat setup files, because they get downloaded properly (I validated again after validating once, just to check, and steam said all files were there), but the moment you open the game, they probably get deleted because they aren't needed anymore

[pine flume]

are we able to add gifting to friends , i want to know if possible ?? and honestly i think skate parks needs to come back like as in making your own park and being able to share it. loving the game but the extent of how small the map feels i bugging me, theres no big hills or very many hills to bomb. hope to see more! great game so far been playing since closed beta but was hoping to also see the male afro added back that i was using at first.

[knotty storm]

i don’t know if this is even possible, but it would be nice for those of us who have to play on low graphics, if when exporting a clip it was possible to rerender it in high graphics mode so the clip looks nice

[versed gorge]

Why wasn’t the slowdown bug mentioned 😭😭

[vivid fox]

slow-motion isn't a bug it's a result of your pc not being top-tier because the game isn't very well optimized, if they make a switch/mobile port this will have to improve someday

[graceful bloom]

Wohooo grind is now monthly instead of weekly good job team!

[fresh mirage]

I wanted to share the boost of speed the character get if we fall close to other elements such as walls or grinds. Thats a bug you need to fix

[glossy token]

strike that/reverse it.
weekly instead of monthly, and the format is a bit different.

[vague spear]

Just so you know, for that slam bug workaround, you can do nested bullets by adding more spaces in the markdown

- First level bullet point
- First level bullet point
  - Second level bullet point```
Will come out as 
- First level bullet point
- First level bullet point
  - Second level bullet point

So you could format the info on the slam workaround like this
> - **Slam target showing up/staying on when not in a Slam Challenge**
>   - **Workaround: Restart game.**
if you wanted

[burnt tree]

Still at 2 hour cooldown ? 🤔

[paper fern]

Hey here is a feedback: how about giving us daily tasks that are actually possible to complete?💀 One of today’s dailies is to complete at least 2 goals in 4 Slam challanges but there are only 2 Slam challanges in today’s rotation.

Also, they aren’t even called Slam challanges in the game 😭 Do devs double check ANYTHING in this game??

I was a defender of this game but every single week it’s getting worse..

[scenic flower]

Are there plans to release the weekly version of the grind on the website like the previous ones or is it discord only now?

[glossy token]

we post it on community channels (Discord, Reddit, Steam, Forums) and our social channels. for the web, we'll do bigger pieces and event blogs/announcements.

[scenic flower]

thanks man, just needed alternative methods to read it bc my friend is banned lmao

[glossy token]

we will feature it on the Steam community, on r/skateEA, it will be on the EA Forums as well, featured in the skate. Hub.

[dry topaz]

Please for the love of God remove bearing collecting from the game. It's a frustrating and totally weird thing that shouldn't be in a share game. Feels like I'm playing Lego: skate when forced to collect.

Bookmarking spots would be incredible. So many great spots that just get lost because I can't get back to them

[glad kestrel]

Are they ever going to add darkside tricks?? Those were my fav

[scenic flower]

Yall need to read the roadmap before asking some of these questions man

[green fractal]

Man, I would hate to be the community manager of this game. I hope you’re getting paid pretty well.

[glossy token]

Fun fact: community managers don’t do it for the money. We do it for the players and the game.

[scenic flower]

Wouldnt be up at 2 am if you werent in it for the community. Mad respect man, loving what you do here even if the game has some issues rn

[glacial hatch]

Speaking of issues - are there any updates regarding daily and weekly challenges not tracking? What about the players who actually bought the pass and can't get their money's worth due to this mess?

[zenith folio]

😂

[visual trellis]

Yeah. I ran into this problem this week, too. Slam challenges never reset so I was unable to complete that objective. Also, bought the pass.

[glad kestrel]

Ahh it’s in szn 3, thanks for telling me that☺️ instead of complaining..like sum ppl

[zenith folio]

free costumes? im all ears

[worldly loom]

Soooo anyone upload the shop for today on here?

[versed gorge]

I fixed slow motion bug by leaving global illumination on dynamic 😵‍💫 Putting this here in hopes of it helping others

[burnt tree]

Woah grind is weekly

[charred rune]

https://x.com/skatedailyshop?s=21&t=ZQ6FVSswuM3D4NLxDzoxUg

[worldly loom]

Ty kindly, I forgot there was someone on x doing it

[burnt tree]

Oh cool slowdown is finally not 2 hours. Lol just in time for weekly grind

[left salmon]

Sigh

Still no mention. It's such a big issue. In general a lot of people are having a lot of problems on Steam. People are having to ditch Steam to play on the EA App. How is this not something that's being acknowledged?

[silk cradle]

Must be a very small percentage is my best guess. They probably focus on acknowledging the most common problems. All of my friends and I play regularly through Steam, and I haven't heard anyone but you suggest that playing on EA instead of Steam helped, though I've spoken to two people who tried that who said it did not help.

[near sapphire]

Y'all pls, the halloween skate parks SUCK because they are so BLAND, the impervatek surfaces are boring and feel like a default backup for glitched textures, why isn't the park made of something like wooden boards or dark concrete?

[green fractal]

Blink twice if you need rescuing

[burnt tree]

We need custom parks, these community parks are honestly mid plus it feels like they aren't 100% made by actual people iykwim.. Cosmetics are "ok" at best and the added props/titles was a nice touch but overall a meh Skate-O-Ween update I still don't know what they are doing with their time and money. Is it patches? is it new game content?

3.5/10 (this is being generous)

[thorn drum]

im done i just can not deal with this anymore. its been like what, 2 weeks of the game closing itself randomly every 30 seconds. i just can not deal with this anymore. the fact the devs dont acknowledge it annoys me so much. but yeah im done with this game. i can not support this game in any possible way anymore.

the sheer incompetence, i never thought i'd witness something worse than the league of legends client. but here it is

[old lake]

Sir, this isn't an airport no need to announce your departure.

[tawdry trail]

When the Daily Challenges gave you 50 XP and 5 Rip Chips, these were my complaints:

• You level up too quickly, and once you hit level 10 in a district, XP becomes worthless
• You don't get enough Rip Chips to incentivize doing the Daily Challenges

So they fixed it with 0.28, they balanced the increase of Rip Chips with the decrease in XP

Solved BOTH of my issues with Daily Challenges

Why did you even need to revert this? This "bug" quite literally fixed two flaws with Daily Challenges

I would highly recommend you increase the Rip Chip amounts and decrease the XP gain again, it was far better and more balanced

[marsh ruin]

The grind is ridiculously tone deaf

For a project that can be hailed as EAs most open and communicative one yet, with playtesting and constant development updates, the release is the polar opposite.

Feedback is not being actively addressed, you won’t even come close to any sort of acknowledgment of any negativity even.

Every grind just seems to ignore the fact that a very notable portion of the player base are not happy and have clear issues they want addressing.

Reskinning cosmetics and charging for them, bad community park and level design, ART STYLE, locking basic customisation behind paywalls, RIP CHIPS, generic content, barely any content

Not a single mention of it in the grind, it just sounds so corporate.

You had a good thing going with the playtest, but absolutely none of that communication has transferred to release and now it feels like another AAA company completely ignoring players, like ants trying to shout at the human stepping on them

[fresh mirage]

The new distribution of RIP chips per challenge is disgusting.

You already put too much lifetime to this game with the 11k RIP score achievement, which asks for globally minimum 100h of grind. Way too much for a game in "Early Access", with a gameplay loop you know thats not fun to do (Spamming everyday the same challenges for weeks).

But now, it is even worse. The grind becomes more difficult and the lifetime extended for the same gameplay loop. It clearly needs to be reduced, not to be increased although getting more rewards for coop part of the challenges make sense.

I should have kept the same rip chips rewards while boosting coop part at 20 rip chips as you proposed to reduce the non-sense of this grind.

Everyone has the feeling that you tried to extend at the maximum the lifetime of your game, but you certainly missed that players won't leave the game once they did all the achievements IF THE GAME IS FUN TO JUST DO FREE SKATE WITH FRIENDS (The purpose of the game right ?).

So I interpret that you are not confident on your own game (Many people become to be close to 11k RIP score for the last achievement so we need to reduce the rewards for their grind to be sure they will still play to our game). You lost 75% of your players according to Steam Charts, but it is still time to make a great game where players are respected.

(I'm 10 / 10 / 10 with 9k5 RIP score with 70h in the game)

[silk cradle]

I think the problem is that lowering the XP gain was likely rejected by even more people because most of us don't want a longer grind.

More Rip Chips was surely well received, except for the coop nerf.

I'm with Kenshin - the game needs to be fun after the pass is over. People play 400, 500, even 600 levels of Fortnite for literally no reason except the goofy fun of the game drags them back into it with friends.

If the game isn't fun when the pass is over, the problem isn't the grind being too short, the problem is the game lacking the kind of gametypes that bring people back all night, especially inspired team competition gametypes, which is far more addicting long-term than free skating for a huge number of possible fans.

For coop, we need shareable custom spot challenges, including line challenges. Also, procgen spot challenges with reduced rewards would give players at least something to do after finishing the standard batch.

For PvP, we need matchmaking and fun team competition.

Combining both could also be fun.

[rancid kernel]

they need leaderboard comps to keep people interested in the game. imagine if the dime park had a leaderboard and the top 3 won limited edition clothing. kinda like mass race on riders republic.

[silk cradle]

I think this is a good idea. I would also raffle off items for people who earn some threshold level of XP in a season to incentivize being one of the players who just play a lot, even if you could never win comp, because it's good for the population of the game to incentivize time commitment from all normal people without making them feel like they're grinding. This would avoid sending the message that they might as well not play so much if they're never going to be in the top X players who get rewards for their rank, because just trying to reach top X players will qualify them for at least some chance at unique rewards.

[floral forge]

we should be paid for suggesting ideas since they clearly cannot understand or flat out won't make the game loop FUN instead of drab, boring, unintelligent, robotic and flat out not worth much time overall. They need SO much work aside from bugs just in general at its core this game is just frustrating cuz it couldve/SHOULDVE been released SO MUCH BETTER, but the direction is a fail and it shows

[zenith folio]

i believe that most of the suggestions/ideas have been on their table before but are handled like "as long the players dont want it, we wont add it" thats how you save ressources and cut useless features, even if its more demanding at the end.

[blazing snow]

why was the realistic graphic style from the teasers scrapped?

[thick sun]

I would guess to save money and time. A big reason why is also that they want to release this on mobile, so having simple graphics would help make it run better on phones. I personally don't think it's going to make it to mobile since the game struggles on PC's but who knows at this point in time.

[blazing snow]

I’m asking the big dogs bro not u 😭 im crine 🤣

[thick sun]

The "big dogs" don't answer discord threads lmao, the only person you'll actually hear from is the community manager Jeff

[sterile ermine]

PC and console have always been the primary focus. Whatever simplified look it currently has wasn't for mobile sake. There's a good chance that's not even the final look as they said they are still sculpting and adjusting the character models in their last dev video

[quaint dirge]

where do you find the dev videos at?

[sterile ermine]

Their channel https://youtu.be/v7krdLF0hiQ?si=ydTqxvO6fG0Lc0HU

[quaint dirge]

Ah thank you, I guess I should’ve checked there first..

[glossy token]

All the videos are also in #youtube-feed

[blazing snow]

Yes bro let’s have a convo and push out the question that most people want answered!!

[burnt tree]

Oh damn the grind is back. Long read this week I appreciated that

[dusty cobalt]

to be fair this week grind feels like a step in the right direction

[glossy token]

we appreciate that feedback. and will continue working to improve the content of TWG as well as the communication from the team.

[fresh mirage]

I appreciated that you said that you listened to your community. Next steps are radical choices in game 🫡

[blazing snow]

why was the realistic graphic style from the teasers scrapped? (only official answers pls I don’t want random people theories)

[silk cradle]

No official explanation. Good day, sir.

[zenith folio]

I'll explain why
||Meow||

[dapper badge]

Changing the haru set from being for all players to just being for the skate.pass holders in the recent #1391171020521607280 feels terrible, like some sort of optimism rug-pull. It isn't "free" nor is it a "gift" if I first have to pay to access it.

[wicked rain]

@dapper badge like the "free" set is for premium users

[charred rune]

Actually insane that they changed that, that was the one thing I actually respect them for

[covert escarp]

they just really didn’t wanna get hit with false advertisement like laws idk what they r

[dapper badge]

Fwiw the mistake was owned up to, and the set is going to be given free. That's the stuff people wanna see happen.

[clever gazelle]

im glad they seen the community was upset about that and changed it back

[vapid apex]

Wow the pants status update is a slap in the face. Gonna be honest… there’s about a dozen things that are more important than a pair of free pants looking to similar to paid pants smh

[thorn drum]

god forbid 2 pants look similar, thats an emergency!
but if the game keeps closing itself every 30 seconds and gives anti virus warnings on start? eh no big deal. as long as people buy our pants!

[zenith folio]

will the free ones just be another one of the same but a different color?

[hasty valley]

they were free pants (earned from RipChips)

[burnt tree]

In game: Roblox btw

[blazing snow]

what game do u want me to be playing? (playing roblox with a real life woman who has a crush on me i met at college)

[thorn drum]

You stated the issue but didnt grasp it. They removed the free ones so people keep buying the paid ones.
Also they "fixed" this right away while the game continues to be in an unplayable state

[civic basin]

Hey guys, I know you've been getting a lot of criticism, but I just wanted to say that I'm blown away so far. It's unfortunate that people don't understand what early access means. The transition skating actually makes me feel winded because it activates my sense memory so powerfully. You guys knocked it out of the park. And the feeling of hucking down stuff is also so satisfying, you get that "sailing" feeling. Also the music choices are so brilliant in how they reference The DC Video etc. To the haters: skate culture has changed a lot in the last 15 years, this is not watered down. Hall of Meat doesn't even exist anymore. There are many active pros in their late thirties and up and neglecting your body isn't as cool as it used to be. It's extremely generous that the developers let you in on the process as much as they do, but they're the ones who actually made those games you love, and they are actual skate rats so maybe have more trust. I am seriously borderline addicted to this game, big congrats to the team for finally getting to this point. This is exactly what I dreamed the next evolution would be.

[tawdry trail]

As much as I have my frustrations with this game, I think the team at Full Circle need serious credit for making the most satisfying, fluid, and technically solid skateboarding simulator I have EVER played.
I have played Skate 1, Skate 3, True Skate, Session, and Skater XL, and none of them land cleanly quite as well as "skate." does, and I think that's truly an indication of the level of polish the pure skateboarding has here. Phenomenal work

[hasty valley]

must be a PC issue, runs pretty great on PS5

[austere perch]

It’s a general optimization issue because players on PS5 and Xbox are also having issues

[hasty valley]

it’s gotten way better for me personally on my PS5. i don’t even have the best wireless connection either and it’s going good.

[misty robin]

he not explaining as youll have issues, but 30% of the steam players havent even been able to get off the starter island and I know people personally who have had issues on both sides of the console with soft locks

[blazing snow]

verify file integrity, mud. 🥹

[thorn drum]

i did that for 3 days back to back every time i started the game. doesnt matter

skate. only issue.

[blazing snow]

ur pc cooked

[thorn drum]

skate only issue. no other game has this issue. and as a year long league of legends player i learned every time its "your own fault" its actually the lazy company f'ing something up.

[hasty valley]

^^^crypto spammer^^^

[quaint dirge]

i was going to give him my social security and birthday

[hasty valley]

direct them all here https://forums.ea.com/idea/skate-bug-reports-en/softlock-mega-thread/12581740

[misty robin]

🤦🏼‍♂️ im not having issues either im just pointing to numbers and trust me the homies who have had issues ive pointed to the bug report

[cedar gust]

Idk where else to post this, but in the next patch can the team please fix the big where a challenge doesn't register you've completed it if you took a while to get all the goals?

[woven jolt]

@glossy token thanks for choosing my photo for this week's The Weekly Grind. article 🤙

[tawdry trail]

If the characters are being updated to their more realistic pre-alpha variants, I think it's only logical to allow people to choose which model they prefer

Just a toggle in the player customization settings

Character Style:
Realistic/Cartoony

[rancid dome]

Through Skate-o-Ween, we learned that the Event economy is not properly balanced and leads to a surplus of event currency that you can't spend. We’re making changes for the 7-Ply event later this month as a result and we’ll continue to evaluate to see if we need to make further adjustments to future events.
This reads like you'll be reducing the amount of currency for events. While that's needed to a degree, I think people were hoping for more content to use it on, not less in general.

[kindred topaz]

This would be best for everyone but something tells me it won't happen because it makes the branding inconsistent. If they change it, it will be for all.

@rancid dome I doubt they will crunch to make double the items for the event with the same economy pacing as the halloween event. If it changes, all that will happen is it will be the same amount of items just way more grindy to get them all. It's why the complaint doesn't make any sense to me. This is how you actually get AI tools being used, because it's either double the work for a deadline or you just make it more grind for the same stuff.

edit: sorry though this was general chat xD

[pale meadow]

what about the directx error that crashes pc when launching skate. only way around is to alt tab to another program until game boots.

[rancid dome]

Im not asking for double, theres just a lot of cruft in there that's only being bought because of the credit surplus. Limit the coins and that's going to be effort on items nobody ends up buying.

[kindred topaz]

I agree that the item quality should improve rather than quantity, and it's a good point about the coin surplus because they aren't going to get good data on "what people like", as people are simply getting everything because they can. Like some socks that nobody would usually buy might get purchased by 85% of the playerbase, and it wouldn't be because people want more of those socks.

[glossy token]

have you posted on the bug forums with details and system specs? #bugs-and-tech-issues has the link in the first post.

[pale meadow]

Surely someone else has I’ve build 2 pcs since then and both do it.

[glossy token]

okay, let me rephrase, please post in the bug forums, as that's where the QV team are pulling issues to triage. you'll need to include as much detail as possible, including a DXDiag, etc .
thanks!

[desert zephyr]

Hey guys, not sure if this is a bug. However, the FS Boneless challenge is not progressing.

What I have done:

• Waited til Mult. runs out
• FS Boneless + Manual + Tricks to combo to 666 without stopping Manual

And

• Started Mult.
• FS Boneless + Manual + Trick to reach above 666

Neither have went towards the progression

[hasty valley]

my mistake was confusing it with a Boned Ollie lol, make sure you’re doing the foot plant one

[zenith folio]

One week event items for event currency, 2 weeks event items for bought currency :clueless: im almost certain they knew what theyre doing 😹

[hasty valley]

i think you mixed that up? the event currency items are gonna be up for another week, the bought currency halloween items are gone

[zenith folio]

i wasnt really saying anything on when they expire, just the week they appeared
(=1week, 2 weeks(2&3))

[glossy token]

definitely feedback we've heard.
so the event currency items showed up in the store week 1, with premium items rotating through the entire event.

[zenith folio]

yeah, wasnt meant as feedback just a quite funny observation, earning chocolate coins left and right but nothing to spend them on gave the expectation that there may be coming more items that can be purchased with chocolate coins

Do you know if the premium items may return throughout the year or do they remain halloween exclusive ?

[glossy token]

i am not sure, honestly. i think they're just for the event. lemme check tomorrow and see. i know other SVB items rotate in and out, but i think the event cosmetic items will remain tied to just those events.

[pale meadow]

Anyone else locked out of claiming the seaonal tasks? i press claim and nothing happens, then i go back into it again and says to claim it, its an infinite loop

[tulip kiln]

I found that restarting the game fixes it

[pale meadow]

Restarted a few times and switched from ps5 to pc still not working lol

[little bison]

They should add more stats in the player card like when did you start playing, how many meters/miles you've skated, and how many tricks you've done.

[shut kettle]

#skate-ideas 🙂

[hasty valley]

same with me, what does completion even award?

[near granite]

Is there a way to convert coins into tix? I don't think imma be able to claim everything. In the pass at this rate. Trying tho, may have to finish next season

[glossy token]

you should be able to complete the pass via Tix before the end of the Season. just make sure you're collecting your daily drops and tasks with Tix

[near granite]

Ah, okie. I haven't been able to play daily unfortunately though, work, family, and sickness :/

[tawdry lily]

Can you give players an idea of what the character improvements will be? Are they graphical improvements or character slots or more customization options?

[glossy token]

we'll be sharing S2 stuff (improvements and whatnot) in the coming weeks.

[high pasture]

i know there’s going to be tattoos but what about other things like more hairstyles and hair colors?

[hasty valley]

i think they’ll be sharing stuff in the coming weeks

[high pasture]

it’s just hard because they’re so vague about everything

[glossy token]

stuff that is a couple seasons off, we’re a little less specific, but we will be sharing S2 info soon.

[bitter sky]

tattoos? isn’t that season 3?

[high pasture]

yeah

[gaunt moon]

skate bug found, stuttering players, caused by turning crossplay off

[hasty valley]

bugs go here: https://forums.ea.com/category/skate-games-en/ideas/skate-bug-reports-en

[gaunt moon]

rip didnt know as its not stated clearly, its somewhere in forums aswell if anyone wants to put it in the right place feel free my bad

[mossy stratus]

It's stated very clearly there's like 2 channels that point you to the forums and so many posts

[tawdry trail]

We've got more info coming through a Dev Blog from the team at Full Circle.

Hoping that this could steady the ship and clarify many common worries and fears about the future of Skate

With its surprising downward trajectory, this is a must and I'm hoping they're clearing things up

[silk cradle]

I'm just going to float this in the desperate hope that someone who works for the company and comprehends the need for this will convince the other brains involved to allow and create it:

We need an ability to report bugs to the devs FROM INSIDE THE GAME. The game clearly has tons of major bugs; we all know this. But you'll have much better information about who is being affected and how, and you'll get that info much faster, if you add a "Report Bug" button to the menu that sends out game state data to the devs for review and allows us to pick a common category OR describe a new bug. Making us go to the forums to report is an inconvenience that discourages bothering to report issues for many players, even those like me who have reported and in general do report some issues directly to the devs in detail via the forums. Fixing bugs is about having more information about them, and denying yourself this information is only going to slow down the process. What's more, an option to report bugs in the menu would reassure countless players that you truly care about fixing them; I believe most of the devs surely do care, but you could easily implement a system that much more clearly shows this if you put someone on that job for a couple weeks.

[marsh ruin]

Season 1 and our first Seasonal event received a lot of feedback that the team has taken on, from accrual rates of seasonal and event currency to items that can be obtained by spending that currency. The team is working to improve the tuning of the seasonal and event currency, as well as improve the offerings in the seasonal and event rewards. Additionally, we’ve heard feedback regarding the community parks updates for events. ```

The team continues to lack transparency and human communication. This is such a corporate response. There's been major criticism over how repetetive the game feels, how lacking in content s1 was and countless other criticisms.

Not one has been properly addressed. This Grind just vaguely talks about currencies and community parks. I thought this entire project was spearheading player involvement and communication? You have an indie game, with a AAA team, AAA monetisation, and AAA, corporate dialogue.

It's just unnatural

[near granite]

Can you confirm or deny plans to add a night mode? It was stated the team at Full Circle wanted to create a living breathing city, this would vastly help that case.

[shell zodiac]

The issue with the seasonal currency is they're just going to lessen the amount we earn. So instead of having 4k+ after the even ends you'll probably just barely have 100 - 200.

Easy solution? ADD MORE SEASONAL COSMETICS TO PURCHASE WITH SEASONAL CURRENCY.

It just feels like the last update where they reduced the chips to 5 per challenge.

[tawdry trail]

Yes, but if the amount of cosmetics we get are the same, nothing is really lost here?

Of course I'd rather have a surplus, but the amount of people confused that they couldn't get more items because they thought they were missing something is quite high

[dapper badge]

I'd rather have an excess of currency than having to log in every single day or else I can't complete it

[languid shoal]

21 days left of season #1 and I need round 13K TIX to complete it 100%
I completed every seasonal challenge and I have no idea how to get 13K of TIX more in 21 days. I have paid version of pass so you need way more of TIX. Todays 2K TIX you gave us #dev not solved our problem at all ❌

[pale meadow]

its unachievable unless you spend money

[rancid kernel]

2k doesnt even cover the cost of one of the 75svb items in the skate pass.

[stray steppe]

dev blog:
season 2: cosmetics, cosmetics, microtransactions
oh and login to the game to claim free tix so we can have more fake population numbers 🤣 (if its really a free gift, then just give it to everyone?? everything is just done in such a non genuine way, EA)

where is the skating and gameplay
or maybe anything about any actual online interactions with this online only game?
so far nothing in any update news had anything else than cosmetics talk (ok lighting change once)

[silk cradle]

I'm extremely concerned about the fact that the team is discussing grind extension instead of fixing the Tix rate so that a season is reasonably completable during that season for everyone who plays often without spending real money beyond the price of the pass. Optional pass level skips are one thing... designing the game to force players to spend money if they want to unlock their whole pass within that season is ruthless, unfriendly business. Every smart player can see this and it will affect their respect for your company and your game. Fewer chocolate coins in the next event won't make the game ANY better, will make more players less happy with the game, and is a really disappointing focus for the team to establish.

[rapid elbow]

I have one question regarding the people wanting the branded stuff on the skate pass. Why ? I understand that people want that but why? That will create FOMO, those pieces will probably never end up on the shop and the stuff from the pass will stay "exclusive "for the people that bought it, i understand that they should change/ tweak the shop items, but for me having idk SUPRA, NIKE, CARIUMA,THRASHER shoes/clothing pieces locked because i decided to not buy the skate pass or because i couldn't finish the pass in time i think it's nonsense but i understand where you are coming from

Im not defending the current shop prices for branded stuff because i think those should be lowered / tweaked ( Paying almost 10 EUR/USD for some virtual shoes is insane btw ) but those things should be adressed

[zenith folio]

the shop's already fomo, it's never guaranteed that an item will return, from the season pass you have at least ~90 days to unlock what you want. Should be an easy task If they tweak the challenge rewards or put more challenges and definitely keep the challenges available throughout the season.

[burnt tree]

WOW graphics in v.29 look soooo much better than v.28 not even funny

[viscid sun]

Loving the updates to visuals coming. Please please tell me you're adding the crunchy pavement to the controller vibrations. One of those tiny things that's super cool about the game.

[dapper badge]

They've been pretty good about that so far, I'd imagine yeah

[shut kettle]

I was away today but it was cool to come back tonight and read https://discord.com/channels/771078623430967317/1437861642326249564 , the upcoming visual updates look great and the free decks were a nice surprise too

[bitter sky]

yeah so they took out a lot of things …dunno if i’m allowed to say but we also had geoguessr too

[hasty valley]

i mean that is kind of what free to play does? like they have to make the pass worth it otherwise people wouldn’t get one?

like Fallout 76 has items you can only even have access to if you pay like 99$ a year or something

i prefer this method because i only have to pay for the content i like. so if they have World Industries for example, i wouldn’t have to scroll past all the Nike, Santa Cruz, whatever content i didn’t want in the first place to get to what i do want.

[glad blaze]

Because they want free branded stuff, obviously. Though everyone knows that the 'good' branded items would be in the paid tier.
Even then though, 10 bucks for (let's assume a total of 3) branded items + the entire pass is a lot better than 10 bucks for 3 branded items alone (which seems to be the price in the store)

[shell zodiac]

It's sad to see the message I sent here was deleted

[bitter sky]

what was it?

[shell zodiac]

Oh it was just from a review about the game. Tbh it probably isn't the place to post it

[warm pier]

I miss the OG Vee.😔

[glossy token]

that’s because stuff before the Playtest NDA lifted is still technically under NDA, so removing the post before you got moderated was better than getting a note from the mods.

[shell zodiac]

Appreciate the clarity 🙏🏻 I should've remembered the NDA honestly

[glossy token]

no worries, buddy.

to be clear, there was a LOT of stuff in the early playtests that may or may not ever make it to the game, based on the way those things worked, etc.
i have one thing i hope they'll bring back one day, but i'm not even sure it was intended. we'll have to wait and see.

[hasty valley]

are you guys adding power lines? cause the shadows in that parking lot look interesting :p

[glossy token]

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-movie-gif-13995935

[late lantern]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-a-goofy-movie-bobby-gif-1323629265362413617

[wooden horizon]

Nothing else matters but the fact we have to login 3-5 times daily just to co-op missions without being bugged out and unable to do anything after starting mission as leader

[hasty valley]

#bugs-and-tech-issues

[wooden horizon]

Yea good to know it’s known and all. We just need it fixed happens everytime, unless your only free skating.

[hasty valley]

are you on PC? haven’t had it happen too much on PS5

[tulip kiln]

The lighting and texture update looks great, i can't wait to roll through my favorite spots and see the difference

[tawdry trail]

It's great to see the iterative progress made to the lighting and vibe of the game

Next stop is fixing the skater faces, that'll make a pretty massive difference haha

[normal quest]

I’d love too see more board variants, such as cruiser boards are penny boards ect. Even different wheels sizes and types would be pretty cool

[trail bone]

So one of my seasonal challenges is to complete session objective challenges while in a party, but when I start a coop session challenge while in a party as party leader, my game softlocks... I just get stuck in the world with no way to pause the game or quit without alt+f4ing or exiting via Steam

[mossy stratus]

They need to fix the slowmo first tbh. I know its not my pc since challenges are fine and my fps is stable. It only slows down if it goes above 40 fps so I have to limit it to 35 outside of the game

On the flip side, it really is weird how used to 30ish fps you get after a while. At first it feels like a slideshow but now I don't notice it

[hoary zephyr]

We need a HUD toggle on/off for the compass 🙏🏻 I like running no hud for immersive experiences

[lost ridge]

Would love to see a reward for people who have 100% of the achievements/trophies added for us truly dedicated players

[bitter sky]

S2 character updates …depending what it is would
determine how much effort they would continue to put into it

[pale meadow]

plat is way to easy

[lost ridge]

0.17% of players are at 11k ripscore out of the 1.5-2million players in total across pc, xbox series x-s, xb1, ps5, ps4

[pale meadow]

I’ve got over 50 platinums this is by far easiest

[lost ridge]

0.17% on xbox prob similar to that on all platforms so probably 0.5% on all platforms which makes it out to 7.5-10k total players have 100% skate. And what im saying is that less than 0.5% of the total playerbase has 100% the game making it rare. Im not saying because its "hard" we should be rewarded but primarily becauee not that many people have 100% the game at all

[atomic relic]

Yo dev people can we stop making objectives forcing people into parties please. Game is chill but I ain't on it to make friends. I know yall want us to play together but that should be our choice not a mandatory thing to progress. Not a fan of this happening more and more.

[dapper badge]

It's a bug not a feature lol, the game doesn't have deliberate matchmaking
I'd make a post on the forums, that bug went away for a while and now it's back

[lost ridge]

Yeah genuinely forced co-op challenges for seasonal tasks, event tasks, and weekly tasks are insane to me since 99% of the playerbase play solo and will not join you if you invite them

[mighty estuary]

Honestly they haven't done a crazy amount of forced coop task but i can see where your coming from. I feel like if they went overboard making people do 100 party task then yea i would be annoyed. Your point on people not joining, I always search for people on here. Makes it a lot easier then inviting randoms. I met one person on release and he stuck with me since. Til this day we haven't spoke in a VC. Like once we finish with the dailies we say GG then head off and do our own things.

[near granite]

So 3 parts that swap out right?

[lost ridge]

True there really are not that much but even then atm the only challenges I do not have finished for the event tasks and seasonal tasks are the coop ones. It would honestly be nice if we could see Full Circle implement a reroll tasks similar to how BF6 is doing it where it gives you a couple to use for dailys, 5 to use for weeklys etc

[mighty estuary]

If your looking for someone, i dont mind helping with those task. Also reroll system sounds like a pretty neat idea

[hasty valley]

i mean “forced” is a little strong since it’s afaik only one event challenge that rewards 75 coins and i suppose you couldn’t get the 400 for doing them all so that’s 475 coins, and with three banners for 75 each that leaves 225 so unless you really want both the pie contest and sweet leaf stickers AND all 3 banners you could survive i think.

[lost ridge]

It still doesn't allow the player the choice to reroll the challenge for a different one so it does force you into co-op play to complete those challenges. I do think moving forward there should be no co-op challenges at all for weekly tasks, seasonal tasks, and event tasks. Because like I said prior 99% of the playerbase plays this game solo and will only join a party to play with friends to mess around and have fun or on the off chance finish a couple challenges. I really do hope someone from Full Circle sees this and makes this change while also adding in a reroll challenge feature to a later update

[stray steppe]

at least matchmake it

[fiery hawk]

I'm just waiting for a realistic character model. The more improvements that are made to making the world look better, which is amazing, makes the current characters look even more out of place.

[lost ridge]

Be able to form a temp party by sending a inv to the challenge to all players in the server

[lost ridge]

I genuinely think if Full Circle made it to where players who have completed all story missions could reset their progress whenever they want and if they had all Neighborhoods Max level instead of earning Neighborhood Score they would instead earn Tix would help alot with player frustrations on the skate pass taking too long to finish. Or just do a full pass on all daily refresh challenges giving them the ability to earn Tix and Ripchips instead of Neighborhood score if the player is at max level. While also adding in more challenges weekly even if it is only 1 a week.

[stray steppe]

you guys must be kidding with all this FOMO stuff
"For details on the blog, check here. Make sure to spend those Tix before the end of Season 1 in the skate.Pass."

and having to claim free stuff in game logging in before some date so you can get population ("free")
"And don’t forget to grab the two free decks - Santa Cruz and Creature - we dropped in the store! You’ll have until Nov 25, 2025 9AM PT to grab them." 🖕

all of these are just crappy tactics which stink and make you look terrible
should take a good look at how Arc Raiders does it

the only way to make people actually play/come back is by making the game/gameplay better (not free stuff/cosmetics, very short sighted)

if its really free or a gift, just give it to me (plus instead of playing you have to waste time claiming free stuff in store, and get double popups)

literally triple FOMO tactics in one grind, wow

[viral atlas]

will we ever get the other year decks in the game like 3 4 5 ect

[zenith folio]

the m-corp deck was apparently in the game

https://youtu.be/cCM3EfAz8FY?t=220 - @ 3:40

[lavish talon]

Is there any estimate when the Co Op / Invisible players bugs in the known issues will actually get fixed? Those have just been copy pasted in the known issues ever since Season 1 was released. What’s the point of listing them if you will never fix them.

[glossy token]

0.29, as noted in The Weekly Grind “fixed in the coming weeks”.

Patch notes will be dropping before 0.29 with list of fixes, etc.

[weak stump]

I'm just wondering.. I was checking the credits seeing all the talented people who made the game! But uhh while looking at it.. it has a section with AI i won't say who's there but I was just wondering... What was it used for. Lovely game btw!

[stray steppe]

it only mentions invisible players in party, but this happens very often when playing solo, all players disappear and you can only see them drop/move quick drops. Sometimes they reappear after like half hour, other times not..best to restart game which takes ages. Teleporting/spectating players does not fix it. Super annoying. Is that known?

[red veldt]

Has anyone else had a problem with the rails at ground floor in the parking garage? On the back side there is two rails and a ramp leading to the truck. I tried for 2 hours to grind on the rail but it acts like a barrier and I can’t skate it. Closer I got was a nose manual somehow.

[elder mason]

I will end up 1940 Tix short of season completion. This is after playing every day, completing challenges and collecting free daily Tix. This wasn't mentioned, and you all decided not to give us the last 2 weeks worth of challenges so people could catch up. How are we/they supposed to "catch up" if you didn't provide a way to catch up?

[near granite]

Calendar says first pass for s2 character update? What's that

[dapper badge]

You've already got all the info

[hallow swift]

u actually didnt collect every tix u can. i bought the premium pass too, and havent payed any extra for more tix. but still, i only need 2850 tix to complete everything in the pass. i will surely finish everything by tuesday. and will have leftover tix by the time szn ends. you probably were one of the few people affected that werent able to finish some of the daily tasks.

[near granite]

So nothing? I'm losing faith here, not gonna finish the pass, looks like doing everything isn't going to get me everything from the new event list either. Oh well

[dapper badge]

More info will come out before the season drops lmao

[lost ridge]

Yeah its actually dogshit how badly the Tix prices per item were thought out for the skatepass. Really should get more free tix every week tbh

[elder mason]

Only premium pass holders are struggling to finish, as free users are holding onto thousands.

[elder mason]

As far as I know, there are a lot of people who cannot finish, and are saying the same as me. We've logged in collected our free, completed all our daily, and weekly challenges. EA said they were doing 40 weekly challenges, and decided to do 28 instead. Supposably it's to let people "catch up" and decided to take the last 2 weeks off. Those 12 missing challenges are shorting all of us who can't finish now. People are saying it's because they are trying to force us to buy the remaining Tix.

[glad blaze]

Pretty sure they said 40 new challenges, not weekly challenges or seasonal challenges. There's 30 seasonal challenges, I don't have a count but there was probably 10 event challenges during halloween. I can complete the pass and I haven't bought any additional tix. So it's entirely possible.

[glad blaze]

I agree that it's unnecessarily tight, and it shouldn't be the case that if you miss a couple of days you can't complete the pass. IMO challenges alone should give you enough tix to complete the pass, dailies or weeklies should just be extra for the people who want to grind. And then they can just add some low effort rewards like titles for anyone who grinds past all the main items in the pass.

[glossy token]

we’ve adjusted it for those that can’t login daily, coming in S2.

[glad blaze]

Any details on what kind of adjustments we're talking about? Is it just a numbers adjustment or are there going to be new ways of earning tix?

[glossy token]

yes

we’ll share it in the blog next week.

[knotty storm]

Everyone: we want more things to buy, we have so much currency
Skate team, for some reason: Heard. Don’t worry, we’ll give you less currency.
(Yes this is about wooden nickels. Not everyone can login every day or complete all the tasks)

[potent rose]

Bro I swear dawg, they want us to buy that sh so bad . No way complete this pass

[daring rapids]

Far as we know more textures on the models to make the look more realistic

[near granite]

I seen the youtube vid that came out earlier lol. And another note, the wooden pickle economy is not great, i can't login daily I have other things going on in life. It also feels like I won't be able to unlock everything without purchasing them? Kinda miffed but w.e. hope season 2 is better is all

[hallow swift]

u clearly didnt read my entire msg

[elder mason]

Your support told me you are aware many people can not complete the event even though they logged in daily to collect free tix, completed daily and weekly challenges and planned on fixing it next week. They told me that information was on the official forums. It took 2 hours to get into live chat, and it turns out there is no such post in forums. Are you telling me, there is no plans to address it this season?

[drifting thorn]

Is the slappy mechanic, specifically for exiting a grind via pressing B or pushing the left stick left or right, going to be cleaned up? As a realistic skater i really enjoy attention to detail or niche mechanics like this.

[hasty valley]

Low effort rewards for people who grind past the main items? What? The other passes I’ve seen give passholders like “double xp” or whatever for challenges, and some of the best stuff is at the highest tiers. Why should they screw over the most dedicated players?

[glad blaze]

Because at a certain point you're hurting your player base. If you're forcing all the coolest and best rewards for the people who have the time to grind all day then you're actively punishing the majority of your players. Ideally you're placing all the good stuff at a level where you have to play regularly, but not grind daily. And then anything beyond those is just neat little extras for the people who do grind, but by design they shouldn't be very sought after rewards. Instead low effort rewards that players can use to show off, like a title.

[silk cradle]

I wouldn't recommend bothering. Obviously players are not "screwed over" when someone else also gets something that they have. That's greatly exaggerating the supposed drawback here to make it sound much worse than it obviously is. Their attitude should tell you everything you need to know about the underlying logic of wanting the grind to be a slog. They feel "screwed over" if they don't have more than other people after playing the game more hours per day. Y'all fundamentally don't have the same values.

Nobody is hating here. Just observing that there are people who want playing more to translate to having more of the skate.pass than those who played less, which is a priority many people don't share. I would never feel "screwed over" because someone who played 1/3 as much as me also finished the pass, because we have different values. No hate, just the facts.

And to help you understand "what he heck" here: Different people complain about the slog vs getting rewards "too fast". It's not the same people.

[hasty valley]

You got it all wrong. It’s a free to play game. Most free to play games do not give all players equal access to the rewards. There is always a premium tier for those who fork over for the pass etc.

My values are that it should all be free etc but I know that’s a bad business model for the higher ups and therefore unrealistic to expect.

It has nothing to do with “having more than other people” it’s about earning something through time and effort and being rewarded for the time spent.

I play every day for hours a day and would like something beyond a “title” but whatever, you’re clearly all prone to hate each other for some reason.

People complain about the rewards on one hand, then complain they can’t get all the rewards too. What the heck?

I said “screwed over” because clearly this fan base feels screwed over at every turn. Personally I wouldn’t care, but the people who do seem to be the vast majority here.

And I found it a little odd that BenBandu said that people who “grind” should get “low effort” rewards.

As is, premium pass holders get access to rewards that are “exclusive” and tix look to be more like a currency you spend as you wish, not necessarily to go wild and get everything

[silk cradle]

If I had the skate.pass my way, everyone who paid for it would get the items at the end of the season in which their ability to earn the pass ended, purely because they paid my company for that pass and I want them to feel encouraged to come back and pay us for the next pass, too.

I suppose unfortunately they're making more money from the fomo that drives Tix purchasing, or this would be a more obviously profitable policy.

The purpose of grinding would be to have the skate pass first, rather than having it at all.

@hasty valley Yes, I am aware we have an extra season to earn the rewards. What I said above accommodates that fact.

I agree that making us unlock rewards in weird orders is just another annoying part of the pass. Making me buy 75 premium currency at over TEN TIMES their value (since 3000 Tix is 1000 SVB, and 75 SVB is 2700 Tix in the pass) just to finish a panel of rewards I've already paid to have is actually insane design that begs me not to ever buy a pass again.

@glad blaze I personally think titles should be associated with time played and achievements, and kept separate from the pass. Let people earn that stuff down the road. Anything that requires people to play virtually every day is going too far imo.

[hasty valley]

I mean people who paid for pass this season continue to have access to continue to unlock season 1 rewards into the next season. So basically what you said minus them being just given away right?

Did you know that? Personally I don’t even want all the rewards and have gotten most of what I want by being stingey with my tix. I wish we didn’t have to unlock all the lower tier page rewards before unlocking the bigger ones like the Gull costume or whatever though.

[glad blaze]

I'm just saying, there's a limited amount of rewards that can be created for a season. And if you place the rewards too high you're making the game a chore for the average player. Even if you place only one good item at the top, there's going to be people who really want that item specifically, that simply can not get it due to the grind required and not having the time to play that much, but would have if they could.

I specifically mentioned titles, because it's something that can be created quickly and in big quantity, and still allow the player to show off because they have some title that required x-amount of playtime or whatever.

Ultimately if you're grinding you enjoy the game, and the reward itself isn't your primary motivator. And if it is, then why does it really matter that you have to grind less for your reward? Surely all you really need for the grind is to have something to work towards and a way to show off that you did grind, and the titles can serve that purpose.

[hasty valley]

I get the sense, based on the Gull costume being the top tier reward, and the Vans Shoe costume being ~25$ etc. that they are purposefully gating off the sillier items so as not to degrade the Skate experience and have EVERYONE be a shoe, or Gull, or Death, or a Demon etc.

I forget if EA does it, but I know Ubisoft usually sells some “skip” for people that don’t have the time to actually play the game (for single player games) so I suppose something like that is more in line with what you are talking about?

I suppose I struggle to see an incentive for getting a season pass (beyond just supporting the game) other than having exclusive rewards. As it is it already has things like the mo-cap suit, meat man costume, retro skate shirts etc. exclusive to the pass itself, and then all the big square items as well.

In Fallout 76 (which I dislike for this practice) the season pass thing gates a lot of really cool (arguably essential) things behind the pass, and gives pass holders boosters (for their equivalent of tix) and extra task rerollers etc. It also is not free to play, and costs a normal amount to even get in the door (so to speak) unless you snagged it through some free giveaway or something.

So in 76 you pay to not have to grind and slog, and get better rewards to boot.

Essentially you are most rewarded for paying and playing, and they sell newer players on FOMO items they missed from past seasons.

@lost ridge If you have the pass you will also have all of Season 2 to continue to unlock Season 1 stuff as well.

[lost ridge]

I am missing 14 items in the Skate Pass I need 12,580 tix left to get all these items. I have completed every single weekly task, and seasonal task besides 1 single task. But I have missed possibly 15 days or so of completing all daily tasks. How in the hell am I supposed to earn 12,580Tix in 9 days???

[lost ridge]

I should not need a season and a half to complete 1 skate pass worth of content. If I get a Skate Pass for the current season I should be able to earn enough Tix + Extra to finish it in that current season not needing to purchase 40-60$ worth of tix to finish the remaining tix I need to earn to finish it. The prices of items in the Skate Pass and Tix earn rates need to be looked at to make so this exact thing never happens again.

[hasty valley]

Yes, and never buy tix (though they did give free svbux so maybe that will help I dunno)

Season 2 is gonna be much longer, so season 1 is a relatively mini season.

[hallow swift]

ur fault for not completing the daily tasks, but sure they could raise it a bit. i havent payed anything extra and will be done the pass on tuesday, and im pretty sure they said that u can finish old season passes in the future so chill out

[lost ridge]

In total I probably only missed 15-20days of daily tasks, and with daily tasks only giving everyone 270-300 tix for completing the daily task for the days i missed would only give me a extra 4050-5400 tix which would then only cover the cost of 3 items I need out of the other 11 I would need to have 100% on the skate pass and then I'd still need 7k+ tix in 9 days which is completely impossible to earn unless next Tuesday the drop 20+challenges giving us hundreds of tix per challenge completed. So even then I would still need to purchase 20-30$ worth of tix to even finish the skate pass within this season

[hallow swift]

i dont like repeating myself. you can finish the pass in future szns. its your fault for missing out on half the days this szns been out. and youre also forgetting about the free 100 tix everyday. finish ur challenges and finish ur tasks.

[lost ridge]

I already have 100% of the achievements in game, I have completed every single mission, challenge, weekly task, seasonal task besides 1, and event task besides 1 single of the newest event challenges. With 97 hours in game my Skate Pass should have been finished a week or two ago without having to log on daily+buy tix to even finish it

[mossy stratus]

A game should not feel like a job nor should we be required to log in daily to participate in content, thats something called a Dark Pattern created to manipulate the consumer in engaging with the product even if they necessarily don't want to in the moment. To require daily log ins is gross. And this is coming from someone who has everything they wanted from the pass lol

[molten flame]

Dude said “I don’t like repeating myself”

[near granite]

Sounds like some people don't have jobs or families. You get it tho, sometimes you simply can't log in

[hallow swift]

keep on stressing about a pass that you can finish in the future. complain and complain is all u guys do. how many times have skate addressed it was a mistake and are making changes. im tired of seeing everyone that just cant deal with it and move on. especially when finishing the pass in a certain amount of time is not necessary when you can finish it in later seasons

[molten flame]

https://tenor.com/view/speak-gif-9578947274896178319

[hallow swift]

dont know why i ever joined this disocrd, full of brainrotted imbeciles that cant read

[lost ridge]

This isn't about "just complete it in the future" it's the fact that I shouldn't have to play 2-4 hours a day grinding out the game, looking for people to play co-op to maximize the amount of tix I get from every challenge, making sure I get everything done daily, claiming free daily logins just to be able to finish a pass that season. Nor should I have to finish a skate pass from the previous season in the new season. I should only have to focus on the pass that is current available without having to go back and waste tix meant for the new season on the previous season because I did not finish it. The main thing is that the there are 10-15 items in the Skate pass that are 1,000tix-2,500tix when they should only max out at 1,000tix flat and never go above that. If I were to have completed every single weekly task, and all seasonal tasks within 2 days of the new season releasing I would still have to login to complete all daily tasks for 7 days straight just to be able to get a single item worth 2,000-2,500 tix. I should not need to login for 7 days straight for 2 hours a day to claim every benefit I can just to unlock 1 single item in the skate pass. The Skate Pass items Tix are priced way out of reach for casual players to even earn playing for a hour a day and still not being able to complete all daily tasks, weekly, or seasonal tasks and force players to no life a skate boarding game for 14-20hours a week in total playtime just to be able to get a expensive item.

[lost ridge]

75svb is 2,700 tix in the skate pass or about 1$ to earn 1$ worth of tix i would have to complete 10-14 hours worth of daily tasks and the daily login bonus just to unlock this single item in the skate pass for the next 10 days straight when the event ends in 8 days. If you do not think that is genuinely a gross oversight on tix earn rates and keeping players wanting to come back and grind the game but then turning the game into a part time job playing 20hours a week just to earn 1$ worth of in game currency then you do not understand why this is bad. Or I could spend 1,000svb to purchase 3,000tix to buy the 2,700tix I need to get the 75svb. Yeah lemme spend 10$ to make 1$ worth of in game currency. No one wants to turn a casual game into a part time job just to unlock a single item dude.

[tawdry trail]

holy text wall 😭 🙏

[potent rose]

Like who’s reading all dat bro 😂

[lost ridge]

Hopefully the devs for actually good constructive feedback on the game

[glossy token]

you’re absolutely right. and that’s part of the reason for the 2000 Tix grant, and, as we’ve previously discussed, the fact the skate.Pass has received a lot of tuning for S2.

In the S2 blog, we even have a comparison chart to show you how much you can earn (very active) and how much everything in the pass will cost.

and there’s more ways to earn Tix in S2, the blog will have all the details.

[lost ridge]

I am very glad you guys are fixing the rates, for the S1 pass currently could we see another free tix grant for this Tuesday to help out players who have completed every single daily, weekly, and seasonal but are still missing tix for the pass before S2 comes out. That would be greatly appreciated by the entire community 🙏🏻

[lost ridge]

Genuinely thank you and the team for taking all feedback and implementing it in game and making Skate. better for us all. Can't wait for Season 2 and what you guys have cooking to be done so you all can have a relaxing and much needed holiday break

[unique raven]

Each day I only play the game for 20 minutes to complete the daily tasks. And the only reason I do them is to get the 11,000 RIP points. Please add more challenges; I've already completed each one at least 10 times. To be honest, I was disappointed that there wasn't a challenge with the 7-ply event.

[silk cradle]

I do respect this gesture, and I want to say thanks and I don't want to seem like I'm posting this response out of a lack of gratitude for the thought... but, for the sake of the future of the game, I also hope the team can see how that's not nearly enough to make up for the absurdity of multiple 2000-Tix SVB purchases scattered through the pass (from the perspective of many players actively engaging with the system). It's not even enough to pay for the 1 SVB block I'm currently trying to clear, priced at 2700.

Don't get me wrong; I am speaking on behalf of other players in this post. I have 400 happy hours in this game, and I'm not stressed about getting every last item in the pass because I don't like most of the things I haven't grabbed yet. That said, I think that for the sake of player retention a lot more effort needs to be made to make pass progression feel fair, consistent, and satisfying to a much higher percentage of the people who buy it. The percentage of people who are happy with this pass design is extremely low, so I would strongly recommend asking more ordinary players for feedback before dropping more passes with "creative" design choices that might land poorly. Many of us could have easily told you how poorly this would go by just reading the specifications of the pass design. I highly doubt I'm alone when I say that I would be happy to read the next one and warn of all the ways that it will go wrong that I can predict, for free, just to keep the game from being harmed by these decisions.

[lost ridge]

Its primarily the fact that I know people who have completed every single daily, weekly, seasonal, event task, and every single challenge for the entirety of S1 and haven't missed a single day and are still short by a couple thousand tix

[glossy token]

if someone did every daily, every weekly, etc and got the daily grants, they would have enough to get everything in the pass.

@silk cradle did you already read the Season 2 blog in my drive? 😉 just teasing. this is exactly what we talk about with regards tuning.

[lost ridge]

I have only missed 10-15 days that's only about 2500-3750 tix in total for all daily tasks, I am also only missing 1 seasonal task for 400, plus the 1000-1500 free tix from the daily shop i would have missed. I am missing exactly 12,580 tix for the remaining 14 items i do not have yet in my skate pass if I were to have not missed those days and completed everything and got all free tix from the shop I would still be missing missing 6,930 tix needed to finish my skatepass. About 20-25$ worth of tix

[lost ridge]

Like even if I missed another 5-10 days on top of that I would still need 4k more tix left in the remaining 7-8 days season 1 has left. And unless there was another free 4k tix somewhere the math is not mathing

[silk cradle]

I mean to support this point, I'm over 400 hours. I've spent $150 (I still have SVB, but I am invested).

I feel like it's fundamentally wrong to deny someone who has spent as much time and money on this game as I have a single skate.pass item, even if I choose to go make footy with friends instead of running extremely repetitive, extremely easy spot challenges. I'm just saying. If someone in my position were mad enough to hate on the game and ragequit over it, I would understand their feelings easily.

[lost ridge]

I've spent 5$ on this game in total after getting the free 500svb I paid another 500svb to get the Skate Pass for 5$. And as someone who hops on makes realistic clips and only has enough time to complete tix challenges, and the tasks I only play a hour or two a day and finish all my tasks then hop off. Like I said I have only missed at most 15days for the daily tasks and free tix grants but still need 12k tix left to complete my skate pass. The math really is not mathing

[lost ridge]

Like it'd honestly be nice if you guys could go in today and change some of the skate pass item pricing and reimburse people who have already bought those items with free tix. So tomorrow people could actually finish the pass before season 2 releases without having to spend 20$ on tix to not have to play the previous seasons pass in season 2

[umbral zealot]

i feel your pain here, but just reading over your comments here and you mentioning after the 500SVB we all got, did you just buy your skate.pass mid November?

[lost ridge]

Yes but I have been playing daily since the games launch and only missed about 10-15 days in total of daily tasks/logins. I got the 500svb and bought anotger 500 to get the pass

[near granite]

Are we keeping the additions to the skateway?