Would you like it if in the next game hero kits and the like were converted to weapon skins?

[McSquid82]

I've been thinking about ways to clear the clutter of redundant weapons in Splatoon 4 and this is the best I can think of. So many weapons have the exact same kit just with a different skin and to me it just seems unnecessary. This also applies to the Splat Charger and E-Liter. Since both the Splatterscope and 4K Scope also have the same kits I was wondering if maybe they could just make the scope feature able to be toggled on and off. That way if you wanted a little extra range you could have it but would also sacrifice the ability to store your charge. You could still toggle the scope off for the same benefits you currently have with the unscoped variants, so it would just streamline them into one weapon.

 

[isaac4]

I've thought about having the scope variants be an option you can change on the weapon select screen instead of having them be their own weapons before and I still think that should ultimately be the approach that the devs take with them for S4. I would also take away the added range which would solidify them being nothing more than a simple preference rather than switching to them for any other benefits which I don't even think the scoped variants should have to begin with but that's getting off topic.

For the rest of the weapons, I wouldn't mind if they just made the story-mode versions separate skins that you access through a toggle feature instead of giving them all their own select option.
It'll especially be nice if they end up deciding to give Shot another 3 extra skins again so you don't need to have them all separated anymore.

 

[GhostEX]

personally the Hero skins would be a good idea, the scope variants should have their own kits cause i think that'll be fun

 

[Forma]

I'm down with this for skin variants, for sure. As long as there IS more of a distinction between scoped/unscoped than merely having a scope, though, I get the feeling they'll keep being split apart for the sake of clarity. If clothing styles are as simple as a button press, though... yeah, why not do the same thing with skins?

 

[sly_snivy]

I agree with the Hero variants becoming skins. It would not only remove clutter, but I think separating the weapon progression from each individual variant would be really good. For example, my Slosher stats are split between the two skins, so I have to add them to get more of an idea of where my skill lies with them. It also stops Shot from being 15 star-able, which I've thought was weird. Just add a higher tier so every weapon can do it. Plus, it gives them more content to put in the seasonal content drops. Like imagine rewarding the grind to tier 90 with the Kelp Splat Charger skin, could be cool!

As for the Scopes, I don't think you can join them together, as they are technically fully different weapons. Their range values are different, and only the unscoped one has the charge hold. Unless they make weapon mods a whole feature (which would be cool), I don't see it happening.