Its pretty bad that we have not gotten any new skins really(just recolors) and new weapon skins since launch for the non aquilas shop, but every week get new skins/weapon skins for the aquilas(ie. real money shop). Especially when you consider that they are adding things like black weapon skins(a very desired/generic color for guns) to the paid shop. Black, silver, gun metal, etc. type weapon skins should already be in game and obtainable in the non aquilas shop. Its dumb that we only have a basic red skin and a turquoise camo skin that matches with nothing as are only skin/color options for guns. Its also dumb that all the skins in the shop are recolors, and especially when you consider you could get unique looking skins with in game currency in v2’s shop. How the hell does FS also release new weapons to the game(bolter pistol, pickaxe, etc.), but don’t add a red and/or turquoise skin for them as well(at least). A lot of people care a lot about the fashion, rp, and esthetic side of the game, so it makes no sense why most of it is gatekept by microtransaction BS. Ps. why are gun variants color coded between green, poop brown, and bright blue? we aren’t dumb and don’t need color/visual differences to differentiate the variants. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE GOD EMPEROR GIVE US SOME BASIC METAL, GUN METAL, GREY, BLACK, etc. TYPE COLORS FOR OUR GUNS!!! it looks ridiculous to have a full black outfit that’s themed to be something specific, and then be running around with a bright blue rifle.
Around 3-4.2023 we got a massive number of new cosmetics to the free shop. Then 3 months ago, so rougly a year later, we got the penance rework which likewise added a ton of free, unique cosmetics and new kinds of fluff too.
Sure yeah it would be nice if we got even more I agree. But claiming we’ve gotten nothing since release isn’t true at all. The number of free cosmetics available rn is probably like 5-10x more than what we when the game released, and more importantly a ton of them are unique and look nice unlike the uggo reskins we used to have.
What really needs to happen is one last overhaul of the shop after they finish overhauling everything else.
They want to keep price gouging on recolors, but I have a hard time believing that would be even half as effective as just setting up a system similar to Destiny where you are charged once for a color scheme and can apply it at will after you buy it.
They could even put extra color palettes into the armor bundles for a perceived added value. It would definitely help take the sting off of it for some people.
As much as I would like recolors to be ultimately free, they take much less development time and could be priced appropriately.
Also if they don’t ever plan on stopping with the FOMO crap, they could at least add more pages to the shop. 2 weeks for a single new page for a grand total of 3 at any one time, feels almost completely contrary to promoting FOMO. What fear do I have of missing out on something that will sit in the store for over a month? I can get over my impulses easily in that amount of time.
And if they make the rotation faster, then that just means I don’t have to wait half a year or more for something to come back. The system right now is just weird by any metric.
Their original plan was one page, and like with the whole ‘oh we allowed you to decide which 2 things get bricked on your weapons’, the current shop is a compromise between the red-hot fury of people who hate getting gouged and executives who want to gouge them.
Also, going in the Book.
It’s just so weird how they clearly wanted to copy a lot of Destiny’s social/retention aspects and then only went halfway.
- We have an emote system that only works in the hub area and there’s next to no options
- We have said hub but there’s almost no emotes/coop emotes, only half the npc cast is available to talk to, and there’s not even a ball to bounce around (as ridiculous as that would be in 40k) so it feels a little lifeless
- Character appearance customization is lacking in the sense that there is only one real style you can make with it - crackhead. I’m not saying I need Korean MMO levels of beauty here, but a normal setting would be neat.
- A loot reward system with all those cons that I don’t need to rehash here
- The cosmetic system differences as mentioned above
I guess they got crossplay right at least. Destiny doesn’t let you turn it off on PC either 
I’m going to tell you exactly how I feel the in game currency should work.
Every weapon or skin that you unlock via penances or just leveling up should have a corresponding set of skins that unlock at the in game currency cosmetic shop.
It’s that simple 0_0
Fatshark still forget the commissary exists
Recolors were added to the shop(not new skins). The penance skins are good, but its still very little when compared to v2(launch/first 2 years v2 even). I have all the penance skins as well, but most people cant put the hours I put in to unlock those. Do not give FS excuses when they are releasing super unique skins every week in the paid shop
the character appearance thing is just a YOU problem, as I have a lot of cool outfits that are themed around different lore specific things. Fashion sense is something one must learn in life
Fatshark forgets we exist
also just add aquilas level quality cosmetics to the non aquilas shop. If v2 can do it, then so can darktide
yep
I honestly don’t remember everything they released a year ago but I’m pretty sure some of them weren’t reskins? Not completely sure tho. 
But either way, most of them definitely were reskins yeah.
And I’m not making a single excuse for FS. I just don’t like disingenuousness as a rule, it’s a neurodivergence issue and I can’t help it. x.x Case in point, as a customer of said paid shop: It refreshes bi-weekly (not weekly), lately they’ve been up to a day late almost as often as not, and most of the skins there are just recolors too (many of those not even from the money store’s own selection but using penance & free skin bases). They’ve gotten a ton of complaints about that for a long long time now.
Anyway I don’t disagree with OP’s idea at all. I want more skins too, I’m a huge fan of fluff and what I got is nowhere near enough even with the paid stuff on top! I also want more decent facial & hair options. 
But like I said that doesn’t mean we need to start being disingenuous about what FS actually has given us. Nobody wins if ppl don’t stick to the truth.
no, we got a decent amount of recolors for the free shop of existing cosmetics already earnable through penances and pretty bad recolors aswell.
The penance rework added the cosmetics from the cover art that we have been waiting for since the game came out together with recolor of them. These are things that have been in the game files since the game came out that they have waited to release for some reason.
But we did get a loyalist version of the mobien 6th that is compleatly new and 2 chest, chest and head pices ontop of that for each class.
So all in all it have been pretty bad regarding cool free stuff up until recently.
ESPECIALLY with the free store.
Hopefully the right high muck-mucks will learn from the recent ‘comms rework’ and see that good will begets good will.
Let people feel good about browsing the entire catalogue instead of annoyed that they see nothing they like every other week.
Give people the ability to freely tweak armour colours to foster a sense of attachment so that any premium item(s) that complete your ‘fit are more meaningful.
Stop it with the contrived, dodgy digital scarcity — blatant manipulation is a huge turn-off (and red flag) y’know?
Strawhat, Catfish, if either of you happen to be browsing this thread, I’d adore to have robes like this model available to Shouty.
It is quite disappointing that we didnt get any weapon skins for the penance update. Also, what they should do with that shop, is add different colors for the penance cosmetics once you unlock them.
I just don’t see the need to defend the idea of not having more options.
Didn’t realise a quarter shaved head or having nothing but a frontal hair facade with a bald rear was the height of fashion. Guess I’m just a plebeian.
If they could, at least, put all weapon color skins available for all new variants and new weapons… the one we have bought and the free… it would be a start.
Must admit I don’t care anymore of it as I use for the drip mod, but it is something that would annoy me a lot without it.
As an example, I have bought the yellow skin for weapons. When they have released the yellow armor I wanted to use them. Looks great with the armor set. Except the boltpistol, and all other new weapons, cause you cannot skin them.
personally i think they should take premium skins that have been out for more than a couple years and chuck them into the commissary for a shitload of ingame earnable currency or half the price they were few years prior. they get their whales and a healthier playerbase.