Ever since the Weekly Chaos Waste expedition was released, the Cataclysm difficulty had no extra rewards and at the same time the only Bitter Dreams skins to be released are vanilla weapons.
This is understandable as a free DLC should give skins for weapons that are free, but since Cataclysm is DLC only, maybe there could be Bitter Dreams skins for DLC only weapons.
There are Eternos Ichor skins for DLC weapons from the Gifts of the Wolf Father, so it is not out of the realm of possibility for white colored reskins for DLC weapons.
Also one personal request, if you do ever even look at this and consider it, please use the Dokcoggrund/Beardling’s Coggrund skin pattern for the Coghammer, as a pure metal coggrund with white accents without the clay looking piston hammerhead would look clean as hell.
If I recall correctly, the Eternos Ichor skins for dlc weapons were released in a way that on a single day we got one non-dlc weapon and one dlc weapon skin.
I guess that maybe after we get the final Bitter Dreams skin, the next cycle could do basically the same - one non-dlc skin (from the previous cycle) + one dlc skin in a single week? This would incentivise people who already got the skin the last time and don’t care too much about the loot to continue engaging with CW weeklies.
Also, it would be nice to see a purple version for some of the dlc weapons that are still missing them, such as the moonfire bow or spear and shield.
And as a personal wish, I would love to see a purple style of skin for more than just one variant (preferably those without so many green elements…) for each weapon, as well as some purple outfits like RV’s Barak Varr themed skin, particularly for elf.
Cataclysm has never offered extra rewards in any mode - that’s part of its core design philosophy. If I remember correctly, Fatshark once stated that they don’t plan to add better rewards for Cataclysm missions, and honestly, I understand why.
You’re essentially stepping into a gray area of DLC ownership, where it becomes impossible to determine who owns which DLCs and what rewards they should be eligible for.
First, adding exclusive rewards would mean that the highest tier of loot is locked behind Winds of Magic ownership (since it’s required to play Cataclysm). Fatshark has never done that before, and it would be the wrong move.
Second, not everyone owns every weapon DLC. That already creates another issue - to earn the reward, a player would have to own both Winds of Magic and the respective weapon’s DLC from the current week. For those of us who just bought the full bundle, it’s easy to overlook this, but plenty of players don’t own all the DLCs.
So no, it’s not a good idea. Not just because that the reward tier shouldn’t be locked behind a paywall. But also because it creates a lot of DLC ownership issues that somehow should be resolved. And I can almost guarantee that someone will always be unhappy no matter what you do.