Flatline was first, now R99, Wingman and PK are next?
Of course without any refund for the people that bought those, usual Respawn style making no sense changes 🙂.
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I feel that this is getting into pearl-clutching territory. The issue around the Flatline is clearly centered around obtainablity. Of all the weapons that have skins with superior iron sights, it is the only one that has no craftable version with equivalent sights. Anyone who wants nicer sights on an R99 can freely craft Zero Point or its many recolors. There are no unobtainable skins for the Wingman or PK that have better sights, their superior versions have always been craftable.
EDIT I do wonder a bit about Teal Zeal and Slayer's Lancer and whether they might get the knife.
@pandareno1999 It would only be "fair" to get Teal Zeal and Lancer next.
- @DankToliet I reckon it will depend on just how protracted the backlash is over the present nerf. My opinion for the time being is that Respawn was in this case specifically looking to end the constant whining from the player base about not being able to get the S4 Flatline skins. Obviously the given reason of "competitive integrity" is a bit disingenuous, as many people have already posted about.
I'd be very, very surprised if this leads to changes to craftable skins. And I only see the afore-mentioned Flatline skins being changed if the bitter backlash is protracted and the other skins are brought up as talking points in highly visible discussions on social media.
