the-grind-feedback

[spare pike]

Like obviously, different things for different players.

But I'm a street spot skater mostly. I like ledges, and rails, and parks and things.

Not huge rails on top of a stadium and 900MPH

So nothing I learned, will ever translate into the rest of the game for me.

[silk cradle]

Yeah, when people are pressured to do things they don't naturally enjoy for the cheese, they generally don't love it.

I wonder what could be done about that...? /s 😭

-# RC and Tix for all skate tricks. /chant

[spare pike]

Like that's the other important thing.

Difficult challenges, if the reward is not just ethereal, but also tangable, it helps.

I've played guitar and piano for 20 years. I don't care that stuff is difficult to play or master, if I eventually walk away with something good.

Heck, skating is the same.

Hitting the concrete, the bumps, the bruises, the difficult times when you couldn't land that trick you were practicing for hours and hours... when it starts going dark and you go "one more try..."

And you nail it.

And you come back next time, and do it again.

It's worth it.

If stuff in the game was like "here's a difficult challenge, but you're gonna get some stuff you're gonna use a lot for the rest of the time you play" (even if its techniques or whatever) is awesome.

How the heck you'd do that I have no idea 😄

@silk cradle part of the reward of difficult stuff in the game for me is trying to clip it and share with the community as a "here's how i did it, hope you guys manage to do the same". sense ya know. but obviously not everyone can do that, or wants to do that.

Anywho, going on a bit of a tangent for here me thinks 🙂

[silk cradle]

Big difference here is that your progress in guitar and actual skateboarding is not strictly and arbitrarily time gated - your natural body, patience, longevity etc. are your only limits. When you pursue a lifelong challenge and the reward is not time gated, that often goes well. If you ask 10 random kids to learn to play Abstract Math within 1 month, you're going to get 10 really disappointed kids. And everything difficult can be a player's personal equivalent of learning an insane musical piece.

[spare pike]

Actually, Jeff ^^ @glossy token
If the Skate Reel gets further developed and made it into the game, being able to clip and share completed runs for things to help other skaters would be awesome.

It would be cool to see on difficult tasks, how other people did the run.

Other games like Polybridge for example, you can preview winning runs to help you. 🙂

As much as I like sharing stuff here on discord, a lot of players aren't here ha 😄

[pale meadow]

@glossy token any future plans of Grom getting free loot boxes like san van? And brickswich unlocking?

[fleet monolith]

wanted to say just how much better this game looks without the yellow filter muting everything and making the graphics look dated. the event skatepark on the island in particular looks awesome with how the floodlights hit metal, the specular on the ramps, and the wet spots on the ground. great job on that!

[shy elk]

Not sure if it’s a bug or not but the “Grind the bus” task in the Uphill Battle speed line challenge is bugged

I’ve 50-50 the bus, noseslid it and no matter what I do, the task never completes

[silk cradle]

It may be that we need to land it before we hit the bearing or grind for X feet before the bearing or something... But FYI I passed that task by grinding the bus on my first pass.

[shy elk]

I think it still is bugged, as there is no task requirement stating we need to hit the bus in a certain order
Furthermore, it is also ironic because the last green-bearing is literally on top of the bus, indicating that the bus is the last stop (pun intended)

[silk cradle]

I agree it's not working as intended; I only meant to offer a way to get the Tix, not a correction to your claim.

(I also failed to get credit my first successful run on that challenge, presumably because I got the bearing as I was grinding.)

[severe nova]

Hey guys! Not sure if I’m the only one noticing this, but since the Nike SB update there’s been a huge nerf to late flips.

Before the update , a lot of late flips were possible in flat. Some were really (really) hard to land like Nollie Hardflip Late Impossible but others felt like classics to me, like Ollie Late Shuvit for example. Since the update, those are impossible to do on flat.
It honestly bothers me quite a bit because late flips have always been a big part of my style since skate 3

I Hope EA Will bring back lateflips as they were before the update 🫶

[shy elk]

It’s a bit odd, I’m not sure why late flips would be affected by any updates.
It’s definitely possible for them to change the code up, but why late flips would be affected is odd.

[shy elk]

No worries, I appreciate the suggestion, I’ll give that a try as well to see if it works out

Also it looks like this issue with the challenge was stated within the Bugs/Glitches forum. I don’t know these were separate within the discord
So glad that people are aware

[severe nova]

Yeah i really dont understand 🤷‍♂️

[lost ridge]

Yeah I grind the bus before the green bearing and it counted and finished

[undone mulch]

One artist al I wish they added switchfoot my favorite band

[lost ridge]

I think a good idea for the Season where they add in Legacy Skate 1,2,3 spots at community parks would also be to add in some of the communities favorite songs from each game maybe 1-2 from each one would be good just for the nostalgia trip back down memory lane.

[frozen nexus]

Just remove the forced quests, no one wants to be forced to do an hours worth of quests because the game made you. And all for rewards nobody wants. You dont even get the option to drop the quest so by force you have to do it.

[tawdry trail]

I agree that we should be able to hide the quest stuff

[pale meadow]

Quests is content though. Hopefully they backtrack and are working on a story. But doubt it

[lost ridge]

I just want to be able to have no hud fully

[tawdry trail]

I like the quests but they're not a replacement for a story mode

[vernal token]

I'd like to see (specifically for the speed line challenges) a way to see you best time on them. They have the spot for the record but it never actually saves there, even within the same session.

[bleak scaffold]

Hi guys, where can I find the skate EA shop? I’m looking to get hoodies and stuff like that

[glossy token]

there's not one.

but sometimes we send out stuff to folks.

[lost ridge]

Yeah true, a relaunch of the game for 1.0 with a flushed out and refined story would help alot. Basically a Skate. 2.0 relaunch similar to 2077 2.0 especially if they go all in with marketing

[pale meadow]

Yeah I agree there’s still time but with early access they really need to push harder to keep playerbase to fund game.

[pale meadow]

Any news on more trophies/achievements?

[spare pike]

@glossy token
FYI in the grind this week about the intel issue, the text says "You can read more about the issue here and download a diagnostic tool here to see if your PC has this issue." but the text doesn't contain links.
#1496262664819839127 message

[glossy token]

thanks. I’ll update it.

[glossy token]

fixed.

[gray mural]

whats up with that challenge on grom that makes ya glitch in and out of this dimension?

[glossy token]

#bugs-and-tech-issues please. with details/screenshots/video

[pale meadow]

I think the prices in the Store should be a lot less. Ronin skin is a quarter the price of a full AAA game.

[lost ridge]

The prices in the game are fine, I just wish I was able buy and use individual items from more realistic costumes

[spare pike]

they objectively aren't. i say this as someone who has put an awful lot of money into the game.
but we've had some cosmetic skins that are almost $20-$30 usd.
this is a full game on steam.

even if this was remotely the "norm" in a free to play style game, we shouldn't really be happy about it.

[glad blaze]

Yeah I wish it was priced differently, because there’s a lot of cool items, but I’m just not comfortable spending between 5 - 10 bucks on a single item in the store. In most other games it’s usually that price for an entire skin which is at least a bit better. Single items really shouldn’t be much more than a buck at most, so that you can get a full character getup for 5 - 10 bucks.

And any item that isn’t an existing brand or related to a collab should IMO be purchasable with rip chips, even if it’s at some absurd conversion rate like 1 SVB = 1000 RC. At least there would be a reason to grind RC once you’ve leveled up all the districts.

[zinc vapor]

i fall on both sides.

some items are fairly priced, but most feel pretty absurd. the “Year” decks are probably the best example for me:

-# Example:

- Year 1: Free    - Rare
- Year 2: 150 SVB - Rare
- Year 3: 500 SVB - Legendary
- Year 4: 500 SVB - Legendary
- Year 5: 500 SVB - Legendary

i was so stoked to collect all of them, but the price jump killed it. i bought Year 2 for 150 SVB (which felt super fair, around $1.50), and i would’ve happily kept going at that price. at 500 SVB each, i went from wanting all of them to not buying a single one.

the rarity is being used to justify the price, rather than the item itself offering more. i don’t understand the decision.

from a short-term perspective, i get it. higher prices push big spenders toward “status” items. but when that rarity doesn’t feel meaningful, it does the opposite and makes me less likely to spend at all.

& if items like costumes are going to sit at higher price points... they should have more going for them; like style variants or some level of customization. something that adds real value.

the quality of the work itself isn’t the issue at all, the artists are amazing at what they do. it’s more that the pricing doesn’t always match how players actually value or connect with the items in my opinion.

[zenith folio]

I've said it before on the forums — lower prices throughout results in higher earnings, simple psychology. Also most the items dont feel like they worth another $5 (for a hoodie for example)

[dapper badge]

Loosely ties into the season end auto-buy with your tix
Who decides the rarity and by what metric? Some really basic simple items are ultra rare and vice versa

The whole economy system is at odds with itself

[glossy token]

if items like costumes are going to sit at higher price points... they should have more going for them; like style variants or some level of customization. something that adds real value.
i'd like to be able to change my shoes for the Reaper, or put the hood down and use a mask (skull would be cool).
i hear ya.

[zinc vapor]

yeah i understand what you mean. for the hoodie example, i think the branded items tend to align with the price for the most part.

it's often "Shoes" that still throw me off. "Vans Half Cabs" are 500 SVB, where the occasional retexture will be 900 SVB. i'll still buy the item if i really want it, but it doesn't always feel right

[zinc vapor]

i usually finish my pass pretty early, but i agree with you for those who need to rely on the auto-exchange feature.

& yeah the economy feels inconsistent in general. i do have faith this stuff has been, or will be discussed while we're in early access

[zinc vapor]

yeah exactly what i'm thinking as well. i put together a few options, just needed to finish up what i was working on.

Style Variants:

• Toggle for VFX and SFX (this may already be an option in settings, but i'm not 100% sure)
• Toggle for Gloves, Headwear, Backpacks/Backblings, etc.

i also think there's opportunity for the shoes on costumes like you mentioned. "The Grippler" holds zero value in my eyes, but if i could use the socks and sandals on their own, i'd look at the costume differently.

not only would the flip flops be a great novelty item, but the asset could now exist for females as well without the socks

[granite pumice]

skatus

[bleak scaffold]

Hey Jeff, oh okay. Yeah I saw that happen with one of my friends. Just wondering, what usually leads to someone receiving stuff from you guys?

[glossy token]

i wouldn't know without know who your friend is.

[bleak scaffold]

Spinne.skate, He’s a friend from the game Skate.
He contributes to the community activity with his media platform, Vansta Magazine. He does good work

He had posted some SKATE products on his story that were given to him as a “thank you” for his involvement.

[spare pike]

I think ya answered your own question. 😁

I know a few people who run communities and have … in different ways just helped the community as a whole grow, that have gotten some loot as a thank you. 🙂

[pale meadow]

When’s the next big development update announcement coming? @glossy token

[severe nova]

I already posted about this, but please bring back late fliptricks in flat. 🙏🙏🙏

[charred arch]

Uhhh, what is the grind?

[zenith folio]

https://discord.com/channels/771078623430967317/1391171020521607280

[copper ice]

Almost impossible to play some parts of Grom when free skating. The amount of drop-in objects just being randomly deployed to destroy lines is next level frustrating. Need to be able to disable these I think if possible. Back to San Van we go!!!?! 😋

[lost ridge]

I have them all disabled, go into quick drops, click settings, scroll to the bottom to multiplayer and set Quick Drop Visibility to Mine Only.
You'll still see a small semi translucent outline of their QD Items but you won't hit them anymore. I do wish they had a option so all hidden QD items from other players were fully invisible though instead of semi.

[copper ice]

Thanks man… I’m not good with the details so didn’t know about this but that is more than helpful! 🙏🏼👊🏼
I don’t really understand the need to throw drop-in objects out there with no purpose other than to destroy the experience for others… kind of bewildering, but appreciate the heads up on a fix! 👍🏼

[pale meadow]

They should really make another setting where you don’t see other peoples quick drops makes the game look ugly when there’s heaps of invisible drops you can see

[lost ridge]

Yee honestly those QOL settings for HUD would help alot. I genuinely just want the option to see nothing on my screen at all have zero hud whatsoever and have the semi invisible quick drop objects be completely invisible. Heck I'd say even make it so I can disable other players visibility and audio if they are not in my party as well.

Like trust me I don't mind seeing other people but at times when theres 20+ other people crowding around a single spot I can barely see anything let alone theres also a ton of semi invisible quick drop items everywhere at a spot as well

[near granite]

Makes it difficult to run a spot for film in places like the Nike park. What usually takes 10 minutes takes an hour because either can't line up, mainly because I can't see the spot lol

[visual trellis]

Toggle menu for different types of challenges on the map.

[lapis heart]

yall please fix the glitch when entering those man hole teleportations - when doing it two times it will often crash the game

[glossy token]

Have you posted on the forums linked in #bugs-and-tech-issues ?

[sonic sorrel]

The Arms On The Hoodies Are Alittle On The Baggy Side.

They Be Givin Me,
Shop Lifter ViBeS.

[spare pike]

Some of the new features for the video editor are great, but one new feature has introduced an annoying problem is the ability to hide players and control other skater volume aren't actually linked...

The issue is...
Visual-wise you can:
Show everyone, you can hide all players, hide non party players.

Audio-wise you can only:
Control the audio of yourself. Control the audio of everyone else.

Meaning you can visually hiding non-party players, but still have their audio in clips.

Perfect example of this, is this clip here:
#skate-videos message

Only party skaters are visible.
And you can see at the end of the clip we have a small celebration because we hit something cool, we're not skating, but the audio has a huge grind in the background of a hidden player.

It doesn't ruin the clip at all, but it's weird on the immersion side of things. 🙂

It would be great if the control options for Audio/Visual matched, or at least the capabilities matched.
I can't imagine many scenarios where you'd want to visually remove players but still hear them.

[late lantern]

While I'm thinking of it - the other thing worth pointing out is that sometimes when filtering players via video editor, party and friends are interlinked, when I think it should be separate. There are currently 3 options for player filtering:

1. None (everyone is visible)
2. Friends Only
3. All (Player Only)

There should - be a separate selection for friends and party only. As it is, parties can be a little wonky already (soemtimes the colors of party members duplicate, some are invisible at times, especially post-challenge screens, black screens of death, false readings of usernames or online and party status etc)

They have certainly gotten better since S3 began, but UI issues like friends or even group members disappearing (or appearing) when they shouldn't be in replays is also a factor worth addressing as well.

[spare pike]

I think last roadmap update community servers were in the "we're talking about it" phase.

If we do eventually get community servers....

Linking them with the new (currently beta) features of Discord would be awesome. This allows discord communities to spin up their own servers for their members/players. 🙂

I believe it lets the community pay with discord boosts, and then discord essentially pays the third party (via shockbyte i believe) to create the server for their community.

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/35370817986839-Game-Servers

[glossy token]

we're looking at more integration with Discord.
I am not sure if 3rd party servers are in the discussions. definitely something to chat with the team about.

[spare pike]

Sweet.

The little orb redemption thing was cool. I feel like I missed the one that got you a skateboard on your profile tho. 😅

And yeah probably a muuuch longer term thing in terms of projects, but would be a cool feature eventually. 🫶

[lost ridge]

Honestly I would just like to see a couple new vaults and body flips added to the parkour in game. Would be really cool to see that aspect get some more love

[lost ridge]

Maybe even some areas around San Van that have dumpsters we can dive into that are full of leaves, maybe holding LB+B we can do a Christ Air Leap of Faith into the Bins

[pale meadow]

I think finger flips and under flips should both be in season 4 because at this point underflips are what we are probably gonna get in season 5 id love for some new tricks like primos or some type of system for manuals maybe pressure flips, caspers, ect

[pale meadow]

@glossy token you guys should take griefers more serious every game there are people putting rails up blocking mega ramp on grom this is ruining everyone’s experience

[brave matrix]

I read that if you stand near them, press down on the stick to view their page and then block them it disappears

[pale meadow]

Did that doesn’t work

[lost ridge]

@pale meadow I haven't had to deal with that stuff since launch. Add these settings and you will never have to deal with it again

[glossy token]

The reports are reviewed. It’s not instantaneous. Report them properly.

[rancid kernel]

so at the start of s4, does everyone need to pay 500rip to enter grom or only those that didnt buy s3 pass?

[lost ridge]

If you buy next season's skate pass you will get free entry to Grom and free entry to the other new area they are adding. They will more than likely have a similar thing for the other new area which will probably be the Brickswich Arena as they did with Grom this season where it'll be early access to Skate Pass owners and then a event that opens it for everyone and once that event is over you will have to pay 500 rip chips to get a 24 hour pass to the area

We currently have the Brickswich Arena, The Reels Theatre in North East Hedgemont by the Beach, two boarded up walls in The Vault SkatePark that go under 160 Seaside BLVD in Market Mile that all can be turned into new areas for San Van. Plus Fun City from the og playtest days that still hasn't been seen since pre release.

[blissful hound]

Guys, I need some help. My game won't open. Actually, it opens, but it gets stuck on an infinite loading screen, especially on the last screen when it's about to enter the game. I've already downloaded it from both Steam and EA Play.

[glossy token]

If you buy the S4 Pass, you get Grom and the new area unlimited access as a pass member. Otherwise, it’s 500 Rip Chips for Grom. When new area opens, it will be 250 for a day pass.

[lost ridge]

Would be cool if you could buy the pass and unlock a area permanently, but then have to buy the next pass to unlock the next area. Something like a Skate Pass Premium or Skate Pass + heck even just releasing a 40-50$ yearly season pass for the game that gives you all passes for that year and other benefits for being a season pass owner.

Something akin to the Rainbow 6 Siege membership they have monthly or yearly options that give you special membership only skins and other benefits

[trail bone]

When did the season 2 premium pass go away? I thought it lasted through all of season three?

[graceful stump]

It says the season 2 premium pass expires in 29 days

[graceful stump]

If you go to the skate pass tab then hit X on xbox or square on playstation, it says Legacy skate.Pass

[trail bone]

Oh good I couldn’t find it lol, it only said season three

My burnout of this game has gone away luckily so I can’t wait to get back into the swing of things c:

[cosmic cedar]

I just got back in yesterday day and grabbed the Nike sb shoes socks and stickers I grinded for it at the sb park before it goes away one day left

[trail bone]

Ykw I need to do that too ngl

[hasty valley]

not exactly Grind related but @glossy token the EA Dyno says “deletino” in this post:

#skate-ideas message

[late lantern]

Good, that means you read it

[hasty valley]

haha it wasn’t for me thankfully

[glossy token]

yes, it does.

it's on purpose. (every time someone mentions "deletino", a moderator gets its wings. jk)

[inland narwhal]

Excited for new area

[pale meadow]

Just wondering if we will get more known music in skate. All the songs I’ve never heard of apart from maybe 1 I really liked Torus - The Overload

[lost ridge]

It would be very cool to see Stickers be able to be used as Tattoos. This would make people care more about stickers especially if they're able to use them as Tattoos. Even vice versa with Tattoos being able to be used as Board Stickers would be a huge W in Player expression and giving a majority of the stickers that some people might not care about give them light to be viewed differently and used as Tattoos.

[rotund steppe]

not the worst idea, especially if they added a contrast slider too, could easily blend in some work

[jade apex]

Would rather have them onto clothing tbh

[lost ridge]

I mean they can do both tbh, they could give us a blank hoodie, long-sleeve, t-shirt and tanktop that we can choose 4 or 5 different colors on and have front/back or sleeves to choose where to place the stickers for our boards or the tattoos we have unlocked.

[heady valve]

At least let us put a simple logo on a shirt. That was like standard for PS2 era skateboarding games.

We could even choose the color of the shirt

Actually nevermind that. Where's the gosh danged shirtless option for male skaters.

Absolute recession indicator not including a shirtless option in a skateboarding game

[sick plume]

There are a bunch of really known artists in the game though. Motörhead, Public Enemy, Judas Priest, The Beach Boys, MF DOOM, Bad Religion etc.

[pale meadow]

Only ever hear of Motörhead

[sick plume]

Also what's your view as "more known music"

[jade apex]

Unfortunately (fortunately) that was before microtransactions..

[pale meadow]

I dunno but every skate game I knew pretty much every artist except for this one. I listen to a lot of music but it’s just weird to me I’ve never heard of the majority of the music in skate. I would say more known artists would be like the offspring, adcd, Metallica, lynyrd Skynyrd, cold chisel, creed, Linkin park. To name a few

[misty robin]

@glossy token will there be a mid week patch with the new driver updates dropped from AMD?

[silk cradle]

The Gods of Modern Social Etiquette have deemed this unacceptable. 😭

[lost ridge]

Just make your own Playlist on Spotify and listen to that. I made a Playlist with all the Skate 1-3 songs and all the Skate. songs on it. Asking them to put on 100+ songs in when you can just listen to your own music while playing the game is insane

Like yeah I get it but theres 1,000 other things that are more important that should be added than a couple new songs.

[lost ridge]

"Only ever heard of Motörhead" is insane especially that all these are top artists that have dozens of huge hits besides motorhead alone

[glossy token]

As a refresher of some of the tracks from S1 - S3.

S1

2hollis — "destroy me"
ALEXSUCKS — "Whatever I Want"
Amyl And The Sniffers — "Facts"
Bad Religion — "Against The Grain"
Bar Italia — "Fundraiser"
Car Seat Headrest — "Fill in the Blank"
Denzel Curry (ft. Ski Mask The Slump God) — "HIT THE FLOOR"
Dinosaur Jr. — "Freak Scene"
Eart, Wind & Fire — "Fan the Fire"
EKKSTACY — "goo lagoon"
Frankie And The Witch Fingers — "T.V Baby"
Gang Starr — "Full Clip"
Ice Cube (ft. George Clinton) — "Bop Gun (One Nation)"
Jake One (ft. MF Doom) — "Trap Door"
Joey Bada$$ — "Pardon Me"
Joey Valence & Brae (ft. Z-Trip) — "NO HANDS"
Little Simz — "Mood Swings"
Mk.gee — "Are you Looking Up"
Operation Ivy — "Sound System"
Skegss — "L.S.D"
Sonic Youth — "Teen Age Riot"
Sunny Day Real Estate — "In Circles"
Turnstile — "NEW HEART DESIGN" [1, 2, 3, 4]

S2

Big Boys – “Fun Fun Fun”
Witch Post – “The Wolf”
New Order – “Age of Consent”
Eight Dayz – “What’s So Strange About Me?”
Fishbone – “Ma and Pa”
Idles – “Hall & Oates”
Safe Mind – “6′ Pole”
Death Lens – “Power”
The Replacements – “I Will Dare”
Freq Motif x Mauvey – “Standing Ovation”
Cherry Cheeks – “70 Degrees”
Nation of Language – “I’m Not Ready for the Change”
Suicidal Tendencies – “You Can’t Bring Me Down”
Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
Killing Joke – “Eighties”
Public Enemy – “Public Enemy No. 1”
Motörhead – “Overkill”
Boy Harsher – “Lost”
Ovlov – “Baby Shea”
Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak – “No Cap”
Rudimentary Peni – “The Cloud Song”
Jelani Blackman – “Charged Up”
Destroy Boys – “Crybaby”
The Bombay Royale – “Monkey Fight Snake”
Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Full Experience – “Disco Devil (7″ Mix)”

S3

Billy Preston – ‘Nothing From Nothing’
Judas Priest – ‘Running Wild’
Molly Hatchet – ‘Flirtin’ With Disaster’
Roxy Music – ‘Virginia Plain’
The Germs – ‘Lexicon Devil’
Curtis Harding – ‘The Power’
Duckwrth – ‘Wyl’ Out’
Thundercat ­– ‘I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time’
Lambrini Girls – ‘Love’
Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist, Anderson. Paak – ‘Ensalada’
Death – ‘Keep On Knocking’
The Beach Boys – ‘Stoked’
Witch – ‘Nadi’
Gans – ‘A Fool’
The Budo Band – ‘Curse Of The Ivory Fang’
Desmond Dekker & The Aces – ‘007 (Shanty Town)’
Rose Royce – ‘Daddy Rich’
Eric Burdon, War – ‘Magic Mountain’
Con Funk Shun – ‘FFun’
Lene Lovich – ‘Lucky Number’

Not knowing every song or band on a soundtrack is what skateboarding games have always sorta done. They highlight artists that may not be as well known, or overplayed on the radio (or now streaming sites), to help expose more people to different styles and genres. That being said, absolutely not every song is going to appeal to everyone. Not every song is going to be a Top 20 track from Billboard Music charts. THPS brought non-mainstream music to the forefront, as a way to take the disparate parts of skateboardingg culture and bring them under one mixtape-type killer soundtrack. By getting the music into more hands, it helped boost the "lesser known (aka non-mainstream)" appeal of these bands (examples would be like The Suicide Machines).

And while the above list may not have tracks you know personally, the bands are no slouches. The Germs (one of the original punk bands are super well known in the punk circles, with Pat Smear on guitars - who later was in Nirvana and now Foo Fighters; The Beach Boys - everyone knows who they are; I mean, Ice Cube, Sonic Youth, Earth Wind & Fire, Dinosaur Jr., BAD RELIGION. )

I take these seasonal refreshes of the soundtrack as an opportunity to hear some music I know, some tracks I may not know by bands I do know, and an opportunity to discover music I may not have in my regular personal rotation.

And yeah, Torus rocks. (i'm a big fan)

Also, licensing isn't easy, or cheap. Especially for a game that has a regularly updated soundtrack. (I mean, Skate 2 got delisted because of licensing agreements that couldn't be resolved.)

[heady valve]

It just ain't right. I skated for years without a shirt. It's a staple of the culture lollll

[heady valve]

Nail on the head.

Skate soundtracks should be diverse, with occasional really popular songs sprinkled in.

What I admired most about THPS and old Skate sound tracks is they would find lesser known songs from staple artists and that in itself helped introduce new listeners to a band and also gave people who know their usual stuff a chance to hear something new.

I was pretty critical of this games soundtrack to start out but since adding in new music they've done a pretty good job honestly

[rancid kernel]

i wish skate did radio stations like gta. music styles for each station

sometime i just wanna skate to a playlist of only 90s rap, somedays i wanna skate to only rock, or only edm

[dapper badge]

I don't use the in game music much, usually bumping to Spotify, but skate. did show me Skeggs, real happy bout that one

I don't want a soundtrack with just popular music, that's boring, that's just any other "x music" Playlist on YouTube or Spotify

Hopefully more control over Playlists for in-game music🤞

[radiant basin]

They kinda do but its more like albums

[old lake]

It would be really cool if you could get the licensing for the song J Mascis + The Fog "Back Before You Go", which was featured in the 2002 skate video ADIO - One Step Beyond.

[sick plume]

In my opinion a good skating game soundtrack has a good mix of bigger names
and more obscure, lesser known artists. Take for example THPS 3+4's new songs: They added Alice In Chains, Kendrick Lamar and Lupe Fiasco, but there's also Common Perry, T.C.M.F. and Strawberry Fuzz that are way less known.

Skate 2025 struck a pretty good balance, especially in the later seasons. I especially appreciate adding Big Boys and Fishbone in S2.

[lost ridge]

Yeah like I have the music set to 0 since I always use Spotify instead of the in game music

[late lantern]

I always check the Skate playlist on Spotify to then add what has been added to my master list that has it all lol

[lost ridge]

Shoot that master list would love to have it in my collection

[fiery elm]

add fast food to the game

[mild solar]

lol

[mystic summit]

That would be hard can’t lie

[jovial crater]

can yall add more hair colours to the game and also fix how the clothes sit on the character especially the hoodies

[dapper spruce]

Thank you posting this, I was actually scrubbing the EA skate web page a week ago to find the complete track list. Thank god for Discord honestly.

[heady valve]

Quick some one make a playlist

[late lantern]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5a3Wx7c2i0sN1dRrlEDzmP?si=29895962291f4446

[lost ridge]

I've finished The INSANE Gap 4 times now the 540 into the barge is not registering 99% of the time. Yes I am landing it and it's just not counting

[glossy token]

#bugs-and-tech-issues is where bugs go.

[brazen hearth]

the new challenges are awful and all you get for them is a profile title

[mild solar]

lol

[glossy token]

you get a hat, shirt, pants, and a deck.
if you complete the entire event (by shutting down the Challenges), you get a title.

[misty delta]

please correct grind out animations, its unreal. @glossy token

[near minnow]

Bring back skip for any challenge, these are the same 40 challenges we see every day I don't want to waste any more time by watching a 30 second montage for each one, also give us the option to start all challenges off board, because I don't know anyone that enjoys a slow push rather than just running into it.
Please refresh these daily challenges, because most of these require grinding and the spots are jank to grind on. I rather do 'own the spot' than another other challenge type, hinting that we should have a filter on what challenges to focus on.

[near granite]

Its pretty rough. Just had to quit the warehouse roof manual challenge because im unable to get on the roof, like Im losing all my speed... To further elaborate on myself here, rough doesn't mean impossible.

[tall halo]

please turned-based spot battle or skate be the "competitive" mode for season 4. If its a tag mode or the meetups its gg

[lost ridge]

I put a ramp at the start of where you're supposed to jump up originally. I did a hippy jump front flip into a spread eagle and that usually makes your character go straight up vertically and landed on the roof from that and got it done

[pale meadow]

Hippy jump up there

[near granite]

Hippy jump yes! I didn't even think of that, I also didn't time sink that day had to go to work! Thank you for this!

[misty robin]

@glossy token will there be a fix for the new updated driver for AMD graphic cards

[near granite]

With these challenges anytime I hippy jump to do such things it ends my run

[pale meadow]

Shouldn’t do. hippy jump then press Triangle or Y to land back on board

[near granite]

Triangle, when pressed ends the challenge. I get hit with the stay on the board blurb

[silk cradle]

Not if you're in midair from a flat ground hippy jump... I completed the challenge that way my first run, too.

[near granite]

Thats awesome it worked for you! Me not so much always get the pop up. Flat or not, maybe I'll try again, not a huge follower of Zex hes cool and all but these challenges aren't my bag, glad im only gonna miss out on cosmetics.... Happy for those who are able to do it. And good luck to those trying still! I just dont have the time to sink hours into these!

[silk cradle]

I understand. Sorry if you miss anything you wanted due to how hard that jump is. Time is the enemy.

[mystic dagger]

you can put 5 big ramps near the roof and make it onto there if you want to hunt for the cosmetics

[mental zodiac]

I had joined a random and got carried through most of those. I only have one challenge left to do. Though I can't make the billboard grind myself. lol

[lost ridge]

In Season 4 can we have other players quick drops items disabled by default. I've seen a handful of players in here complaining about griefing and not knowing that there's even a setting in game that can disable all QD items.

[inland narwhal]

I’d love for finger flips teaser

[wintry crypt]

primo slides 👁️ 👁️

[pale meadow]

I’m hoping the finger flips include doing a flip with fingers from the ground instead of already being in the air

[spare pike]

Random question.

If an issue has been reported on the EA forums, but isn't included in the grind list of "known issues"

What does that mean broadly?

For example, when in fakie stance, if you set a marker and return to it, you now face the wrong direction.

The game doesn't remember the stance you're in, it just seems to remember the board orientation (presumably).

This has a couple of over the past 4 or 5 months but it's never come up as a "known issue". Same with the MP4 export. Not sure this has ever been put as a known issue in the grind, but staff on the forum have said it will be looked at?

I'm guessing the stuff in the grind is just "these are probably the most common bugs the community will care about hearing about each week" not an exhaustive list of things?

[glossy token]

not an exhaustive list of things
correct.

i've escalated the replay editor failure. as far as the stance issue, I haven't seen a bug logged (but I'm not QV so I may have missed it).

[spare pike]

I put one up there with some clips back in January (I think) and there’s been maaaybe one or two other posts about it.

Hardly major. But it came to mind today as I was skating fakie. Teleported back and skated straight into a wall 😂

[spare pike]

Thought so. Ty man. 🤝

[jolly shadow]

when season 4 starts this issue will be ongoing for 6mths and not once has it appeared on #game-known-issues
https://forums.ea.com/idea/skate-bug-reports-en/can’t-export-mp4-videos-from-replay-editor-pc/12986132

this user posted recently the same issue here
#general-discussion message

[fresh meteor]

@glossy token it would be nice if there were more otl's for the last week of the season for people with no friends who cant possibly hit 35 goals

[jolly wadi]

i logged one afaik, though i may have just whinged about it to my mate and forgotten to - it's a bug i've experienced too though, but only when i booted through steam and not Epic

it wasn't just that i was in switch, the game was behaving like i was pushing reg, down to the control prompts and everything

[spare pike]

i think @late lantern has this issue too maybe. at least we were talking about it the other night 😄

its why i brought it up on my post before yours 🙂

[late lantern]

I have all kinds of issues tbf lol

Oh, technical ones

uh yes, this is also happening to me

I guess speaking of which @glossy token I took your advice to export in .webm instead.

While that works for exporting in-game, the results are subpar. I noticed after putting it into a simple video editor (or even previewing fullscreen in discord) a LOT of pixelation in the final result given how much is needed to buffer at dynamic angle and speeds. It simply doesnt hold resolution like .mp4 does.

It works to slap it in discord for a quick preview window file, but I wouldnt consider .webm files a good alternative for quality footage.

My "solution" for this right now is to just use apps that capture display with hotkeys and turn off UI when previewing edited clips.

[jolly shadow]

i didnt even read that.. something triggered me to post about it coz i just had enough.. sure there's a workaround, but the in-game method produces the worst quality files that arent compatible with all devices and recording externally is just cumbersome for quick shares...

[late lantern]

Try SteelSeries GG app. I dont mind it. And its very discord-friendly.

[jolly shadow]

[ sassy cat looking up . gif ]

[glossy token]

yeah. i use Shadowplay on PC, PS5 console recording.
we've got the issues (there's a couple) being investigated by the studio and working them into the Known Issues (with, hopefully soon, an ETA on a solid fix that requires no workarounds)

[wintry crypt]

primo

[fresh meteor]

It would be cool to hear about the increased OTL'S that i asked about yesterday. I put $40 dollars into the game nearly every week since playtest access for skins. I would hate to miss out on a reward because of the forced party aspect.

[lost ridge]

There genuinely isn't enough cosmetics in the game to amount to 1,400$ its been 35 weeks since the game released. Maybe use the servers #otl-team-up and find people like I have and you would have finished the OTL Task for the cosmetic 2 weeks ago like I did.

I know you prob like playing solo but OTL are almost impossible to do solo at times.

[fresh meteor]

@lost ridge i think in total im looking at somewhere between 600-800 in purchases and have a bunch of left over svb sitting there. I cant post photos here but i have the receipts. Also, im not saying it isnt partially my own fault that im not done by now, but i was just hoping someone would see this and maybe just put all of the OTL's out for the last week or something.

[fresh meteor]

after counting i can confirm i have spend $775AUD in total on the game

[lost ridge]

That's honestly insane man, honestly like it's your money but yeah you don't need to spend that much on a game. I've probably only spent around 100$ usd on this since launch.

[fresh meteor]

I wanted a full collection. I'll be more than happy paying money for the OTL challenge rewards if they come to the shop if it means i can "100%" this game as much as possible. I even bought all the charity boards.. which actually means ive spent $790AUD because to my memory they were $5 each

[north shuttle]

You know if they close the game down next year that you will not get any of that money back right?

[fresh meteor]

well hopefully the devs at least see that i evidently am fine with spending a lot of money on their live service game, seeing as a lot of other players will probably think like this too and spend less than i already have

@split fjord am i meant to feel humbled because you pointed out that i can freely spend my own money how ever i want?

[lost ridge]

If you wanna check player numbers have someone on ps5 with the beta ui feature check for this week's player counts, then add playstations to steams and xbox is prob half of playstations

[fresh meteor]

im not really expecting anything 🤷‍♀️ im just more pointing out that feedback/advice is not getting responded to regardless of how much time or money people put into the game

[glossy token]

hi.
the schedule for events is fairly locked.

there have been OTLs all season long, through Grom and San Van. as far as I know, there's no plans to add extra OTLS in the last 2 weeks of the season beyond what's already scheduled.

while we don't always respond to every comment here, it has absolutely nothing to do with how much money you may or may not have spent. that doesn't increase or decrease the value of the feedback. nor does it increase or decrease getting a response, but as you reposted something that was moderated/removed, i've responded here.

unfortunately, if you were unable to get the OTLs done this season, you may not be able to complete before the end of the season. and as far as rewards from events/tasks/missions coming into the store (either the featured area, weekly rotation, or the Essentials shop, I don't have any info to share. it is on the list of requests/suggestions that I send to the team).

[sick plume]

One OTL that's located on the roof of the Chum Bucket aka the Brichswich stadium

[zinc vapor]

i’m happy to help out with otl most weekdays and weekends if you ever need in the future 🙂 my ea is: whyboolin

[lost ridge]

Yeah, especially that OTL last a while and it's been said time and time again that if you need help to reach out in the correct channels for help and people will be there for you. This is a community not a prison where no one helps each other

[north shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/skate-3-insane-board-control-flip-gif-6336722271541307269

[lost ridge]

Since Hedgemont community park is being moved over to the seaside area maybe we could see a in construction high rise building that has 4 or 5 stories tall. Just a bare steel beam frame and the cement floors each floor with different homemade cement areas to skate. Top floor could be a hastily put together plywood vert ramps and maybe a trash chute just big enough for players to skate down leading into a couple halves of a premade cement tunnel that still needs to get installed for a metro line under SV.

Plenty of scaffolding on the side of the building to climb up or create your own lines going down each level

[lost ridge]

#off-topic

[glacial oak]

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This will include, but not be limited to:
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This isn't something we want to happen to anyone, and discussion of moderation in-channel will result in a 3 day timeout.

[lost ridge]

@glossy token with the Introduction of Tattoos in the game from Season 3 could we possibly see a new contest revolving around them similar to the T-Shirt contest we had previously? I know there are probably alot of tattoo artists and artists in the community as a whole and would be really cool to be able to see them compete with one another to have their designs added in game. Would love a battlefield logo tattoo similar to the one you have on your forearm irl added 👀

Maybe a top 5 since the tattoos might be easier to add in game than the t shirts

[rigid galleon]

can we expect a season 4 blog today, or later in the week? :)

[zinc vapor]

thursday 🙂 #general-discussion message

[rigid galleon]

thankyou!

[lost ridge]

When can we see Enjoi added as a brand to Skate.?

[hasty valley]

I noticed that the new quest has some audio bugs, don’t know if that’s already known. The Jpeg Mafia track triggered fine from the stereo but the other two showed a bugged icon and didn’t play, but i manually went to the playlist and they play fine otherwise.

[lost ridge]

Yeah I literally had zero audio for that entire mission

[dim glade]

Consistently unable to get past the first menu because the game can’t connect to the internet, my internet is working fine 9 times out of 10 when this happens cause i immediately pull up marvel rivals or Diablo 4 and they both load up perfectly fine. It was an inconvenience the first or second times, but it’s getting to be a bit beyond a joke

[glossy token]

post bug details on the Bug Forums #bugs-and-tech-issues

[small linden]

So cool ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[tall halo]

X games spot battles 😼

[tall halo]

For the spot battles. Will it be I go then after my run the next person goes. Or we both go at same time then when someone bails they spectate the others??? 🤔
Please be like skate 3

[glossy token]

I believe it’s take turns.

Will triple check.

[tall halo]

Okay. I hope it’s like skate 3 where we take turns and don’t go at the same time so we can see others full run/route that they do

[glossy token]

oh. it's in the blog.
turn-based.
you do your run, then watch the others do theirs.

Spot Battles go down over 3 intense rounds. You throw your run, then spectate the competition while plotting your next move. But don’t zone out - every skater’s line could change your strategy. You’ll need to stack the highest-scoring sequence possible in a limited area and within the clock. And there are zero rebates. If you bail, your run is DONE for that round.

[oblique forge]

The new starter pack and the dem bones pack both look great and I'll be getting both 100%. But the pricing isn't specified for the dem bones pack. Will the deluxe dem bones pack be $50 like the founder's deluxe pack was?

Also everything else in the season 4 blog looks great, cant wait for tuesday🖤

[glossy token]

Correct.
Dem Bones Deluxe is $50 USD
Dem Bones Pack is $25 USD

[tall halo]

Okay yea I read it, I just wanted to confirm since it mentioned being somewhat like a throwdown. But it being like a throwdown im sure means it’s not one big trick but probably 30 seconds to get the highest score you can get which is sick! Hopefully at the start of season 5 yall can get matchmaking to work and make a global leaderboards 😼

Also when other competitive modes gets added a ranked elo system would be hype @primal monolith

[primal monolith]

yes! it would it would!

[modest flint]

Can we expect to see some new cosmetics in the ‘Essentials’ section of The Shop with the upcoming season?
Which items get swapped out?
There should be a time indicator on the limited items.

[glossy token]

for the Essentials shop, it's pretty static, meaning not frequently updated/added to.
stuff does come through at times, and brands (like adidas or Vans or Thrasher) may do brand refreshes/updates.

[modest flint]

much appreciated chief

[fresh meteor]

would be super sick to see challenge rewards appear in the recommended tab in the shop

[pale meadow]

@glossy token hi mate, can you confirm if the rip score in season 4 will allow us to go beyond 30,000?

[modest flint]

The “Recommended For You” Section in The Shop is a great addition.
Although I feel the refresh times should be shorter than 96hr.
24hr would be optimal, 48hr seems fair.

[warm shell]

We need more feminine clothing😢

[jade apex]

I'd like to think all "male" clothes in game are unisex. Female characters have an advantage here. They even even have leggings. We guys don't have skinny jeans yet 😔

[sick plume]

Sounds exciting

Really, it does, I can't wait 🤩

[warm shell]

Like I wanna see cropped sweatshirts,hoodies, and also High waisted shorts too. Also some active wear too, or track shorts. Like bro, my character looks so bad rn😭