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[Grisby]

Japanese man saves Swiss wife by impeding an impalement from a heartless Chinese scientist.

"Mei, you're the real hero!"

Have s76 even gotten any new gold skins?

I think the last one he had was the Halloween one, but no new golds.

 

[Fancolors]

Hanzo continues to get the shaft.

They holding onto that cupid skin

 

[ISOM]

They holding onto that cupid skin

Yuck. Seems like such a corny idea for a skin for him.

 

[I-hate-u]

Zen and Roadhog have been getting a lot of love.

Poor Genji and Hanzo.

Have s76 even gotten any new gold skins?

Yes if you count the Origins skins.

 

[Blues1990]

Zen and Roadhog have been getting a lot of love.

Poor Genji and Hanzo.

Poor Genji? The dude has gotten some of the coolest Epic and Legendary skins since the game was released.

Hanzo is the one that has gotten the shaft.

 

[I-hate-u]

Poor Genji? The dude has gotten some of the coolest Epic and Legendary skins since the game was released.

Hanzo is the one that has gotten the shaft.

I forgot about Oni.

 

[ISOM]

I still don't understand why Hanzo didn't get an Olympics archer outfit like the spray for a skin. It was too obvious.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Hanzo continues to get the shaft.

i wish

winston looks good, i like reinhardt's too. don't like roadhog's and zen's is boring

 

[Blues1990]

I still don't understand why Hanzo didn't get an Olympics archer outfit like the spray for a skin. It was too obvious.

Maybe the characters that didn't get an Olympic-theme skin from the event last year will get one for the upcoming Summer Games 2017 event?

 

[I-hate-u]

I am hopeful they still give the Shimada bros epic skins.

6 legendary skins though, that must be a record for these events.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I am hopeful they still give the Shimada bros epic skins.

6 legendary skins though, that must be a record for these events.

i'm not convinced zen's is legendary

altho they did charge 3000 for santa mei...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Zenyatta's Tang Sanzang skin. (Sun Wukong's Buddhism master)
Winston's Sun Wukong skin. (The monkey king)
Roadhog's Zhu Bajie skin. (The pig monster, another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)
Reinhardt's Sha Heshang skin. (The river monster, yet another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)

It's starting to feel like the same heroes are getting Legendary skins now, but I dunno, still excited to see all of them when the update comes.

I'm also hoping for more PVE. I loved the PVE mode and Overwatch needs more of that.

 

[I-hate-u]

i'm not convinced zen's is legendary

altho they did charge 3000 for santa mei...

It's enough changes to warrant a legendary tag.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

It's enough changes to warrant a legendary tag.

let me dream

 

[TheOddOne]

That Zen skin is bomb.

 

[Blues1990]

I am hopeful they still give the Shimada bros epic skins.

6 legendary skins though, that must be a record for these events.

Reinhardt especially has the highest tally of Epic and Legendary skins added since the game was launched last year. Not that I'm complaining, but I just find it weird.

 

[Ambient80]

Are we sure these are the only skins coming out? At first we only knew of the Mei and D.Va skins, and now they drop 4 more. Maybe others will be unveiled as we get closer to Tuesday? Hanzo deserves some love.

Also, this reaffirms that Zenyatta is the best character Blizzard has ever designed.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Are we sure these are the only skins coming out? At first we only knew of the Mei and D.Va skins, and now they drop 4 more. Maybe others will be unveiled as we get closer to Tuesday? Hanzo deserves some love.

Also, this reaffirms that Zenyatta is the best character Blizzard has ever designed.

I'm sure there will be recolours with slight adjustments like at christmas and halloween but this is probably it for significant changes

who knows, there might be something along the lines of demon hanzo/vampire symmetra

 

[Cappa]

Zenyatta's Tang Sanzang skin. (Sun Wukong's Buddhism master)
Winston's Sun Wukong skin. (The monkey king)
Roadhog's Zhu Bajie skin. (The pig monster, another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)
Reinhardt's Sha Heshang skin. (The river monster, yet another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)

oh my God this is amazing.

Are we sure these are the only skins coming out? At first we only knew of the Mei and D.Va skins, and now they drop 4 more. Maybe others will be unveiled as we get closer to Tuesday? Hanzo deserves some love.

Also, this reaffirms that Zenyatta is the best character Blizzard has ever designed.

Theyve released at least 10-12 skins for every event.... so nope, this should not be all. Remember, we still dont know what Genji and Hanzos skins will be, and I think its all but a given that they will get skins... itd be crazy that they didnt.

 

[I-hate-u]

let me dream

You'll buy lootboxes and you'll like it.

Reinhardt especially has the highest tally of Epic and Legendary skins added since the game was launched last year. Not that I'm complaining, but I just find it weird.

He's tied with Zarya, Lucio and Tracer is he not? Tracer especially got 3 legendary skins after launch.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Zenyatta's Tang Sanzang skin. (Sun Wukong's Buddhism master)
Winston's Sun Wukong skin. (The monkey king)
Roadhog's Zhu Bajie skin. (The pig monster, another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)
Reinhardt's Sha Heshang skin. (The river monster, yet another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)

I get Roadhogs and why they made it, but damn he's gotten 2 events already. Judging by this I'm not hopeful for any more legendaries, which sucks because Hanzo could use one for sure.

 

[Rocketz]

that Rein and Zen skin tho.

I need to see more of Roadhog's to get a better judgement on it. I loved Reindeer but didn't care as much for Frankenstein.

 

[I-hate-u]

Zen,Rein,Roadhog and Winston all already got legendary skins prior to this event.

Poor Ana.

 

[Cappa]

Also, people wondering about Meis skin being legendary or not.... I think its a lock its going to be a legendary... and perhaps a very good one.

Hi there. Sorry you are disappointed with Mei’s winter skin. We don’t have a specific rule for what makes something Legendary or Epic. We just sort of make a gut call based off of what we think is cool. Coolness is very subjective, and based off of the community reaction it seems like our gauge was off on this one. Our reasoning for it being Legendary was that we completely redid the visual effects for Cryo-Freeze (we turned the ice block into a snowman). We thought that was pretty special and we had done it specifically based on community suggestions from months ago when people were speculating that we might have a winter event. Apparently, lots of people don’t agree with us and that’s ok. It’s all good feedback and we’re learning something for future events.

For people concerned that Mei is not going to get another Legendary for a long time, you need not worry. We have something pretty awesome for her early next year.

Apologies that our “cool meter” was off from yours on this one. We’ll try to align better on future content.

- Jeff Kaplan

 

[Fersis]

Zenyatta and Reinhardt look boss.

Rein has the best skins in the game.

Journey to the West skins gonna be my perms. So boss.

Good luck on buyin' 60 loot boxes and getting voice lines!
Im still mad that i couldnt get Zarya's awesome skins >__<

 

[LiK]

Journey to the West skins gonna be my perms. So boss.

 

[Alucrid]

Also, people wondering about Meis skin being legendary or not.... I think its a lock its going to be a legendary... and perhaps a very good one.

- Jeff Kaplan

er didn't we already see the skin to know if it's good or not?

Spoiler

it's not. it's fucking mei.

 

[Blues1990]

He's tied with Zarya, Lucio and Tracer is he not? Tracer especially got 3 legendary skins after launch.

That's right, I forgot that Lucio, Tracer, and Zarya's Summer Games Legendary skins also came with another recolour. (Which is weird, now that I think about it.)

 

[Garrett Hawke]

That's right, I forgot that Lucio, Tracer, and Zarya's Summer Games Legendary skins also came with another recolour. (Which is weird, now that I think about it.)

I feel like they only did that because the summer games content was so light

 

[Cappa]

er didn't we already see the skin to know if it's good or not?

Spoiler

it's not. it's fucking mei.

*shrugs* I like it alot, I think they did a great job I think theyll probably add cool things not just a skin. Like her cryofreeze might turn her into something.

 

[RecRoulette]

Roadhog's is absolutely terrifying lol

 

[I-hate-u]

That's right, I forgot that Lucio, Tracer, and Zarya's Summer Games Legendary skins also came with another recolour. (Which is weird, now that I think about it.)

I am glad they stopped the re-coloring trend. I'd rather more skins for other heroes rather than a recolor for the same hero.

 

[LiK]

Roadhog's is absolutely terrifying lol

It's pretty faithful except for his goggles lol

 

[Shake Appeal]

All four of those above are in contention for the best skin that character has.

Zen has so many good looks now.

 

[Blues1990]

I am glad they stopped the re-coloring trend. I'd rather more skins for other heroes rather than a recolor for the same hero.

If it's something similar to Reinhardt's Balderich/Greifhardt skins, then that's cool. But I agree, it's for the best that there there no recolours for the Epic/Legendary skins for these events.

 

[Prelude.]

Rein looks fucking baller.

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

I'm happy with these awesome looking skins and with the fact that Blizzard does more international events, but this event feels a bit too soon after the Winter one. I need more time to get coins between events

 

[LiK]

Zen is a real Buddhist monk now.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I'm happy with these awesome looking skins and with the fact that Blizzard does more international events, but this event feels a bit too soon after the Winter one. I need more time to get coins between events

this is their plan

drown you in events so you don't have time to save

they quite clearly stated that they got rid of the quick levelling at X01-X22 because they didn't want people getting extra boxes during events and not playing the game in between

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

Have s76 even gotten any new gold skins?

Just one terrible Halloween skin

 

[Incendiary]

Zenyatta's Tang Sanzang skin. (Sun Wukong's Buddhism master)
Winston's Sun Wukong skin. (The monkey king)
Roadhog's Zhu Bajie skin. (The pig monster, another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)
Reinhardt's Sha Heshang skin. (The river monster, yet another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)

Am I reading this right in that the event's only going to last a week? Hoo boy if so.

Skins look nice though. I think I prefer Monkey King Winston to Yeti Winston.

 

[Wyndstryker]

This event is going to destroy people's wallets or lives trying to get boxes.

 

[LiK]

Am I reading this right in that the event's only going to last a week? Hoo boy if so.

Skins look nice though. I think I prefer Monkey King Winston to Yeti Winston.

according to Reddit, it's just the free trial dates in China. Not the event duration.

 

[Nuno Pinto]

You guys playing today? Ill be on later today so I can play with you and the Americans, since its Friday and wont have to work tommorrow lol

Sure, I'll be on later

Zenyatta's Tang Sanzang skin. (Sun Wukong's Buddhism master)
Winston's Sun Wukong skin. (The monkey king)
Roadhog's Zhu Bajie skin. (The pig monster, another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)
Reinhardt's Sha Heshang skin. (The river monster, yet another apprentice of Tang Sanzang)

These look pretty good but c'mon now, I want a legendary Pharah skin, it's time already.

 

[finalflame]

The roadhog skin without the mask is so awesome, but also so creepy.

 

[Blu(e)]

The roadhog skin without the mask is so awesome, but also so creepy.

Take a closer look.

 

[ISOM]

Sure, I'll be on later



These look pretty good but c'mon now, I want a legendary Pharah skin, it's time already.

Is Pharah Muslim? Maybe her and Ana can get skins during Ramadan.

 

[Anne]

This look though.

 

[Cappa]

Is Pharah Muslim? Maybe her and Ana can get skins during Ramadan.

I dont think theyre muslims Ana and Pharah both have tattoed the eye of Ra and eye of Horus so theyre just Egyptian.

 

[Alucrid]

This look though.

i thought ill fitting sports jerseys were bad