In each Esports title, there are various ways to honor players who have achieved significant milestones or prestigious titles. For instance, in League of Legends, the champions of the World Championship not only receive prize money and a championship trophy but also get special skins to celebrate their achievements. Moreover, players who own these World Championship skins also receive a share of the profits from these skins. For players, a World Championship skin is something that everyone dreams of as it symbolizes victory in the most prestigious tournament in the League of Legends scene. For Riot, it represents a huge profit. For fans, it is a memorable token that expresses their affection for their beloved team.
Therefore, the idea of having honor elements is currently a major topic of interest among the renowned FPS gaming community, specifically from VALORANT players. Recently, there have been discussions suggesting that Riot should also introduce honor skins for the VALORANT Champions similar to what they have done for League of Legends. This matter has attracted attention because, although VALORANT has been around and the VALORANT Champions tournament is quite grand, the champions of this game still lack appropriate and deserving recognition for their accomplishments.
However, not everyone agrees with this idea. In nature, FPS games like VALORANT are fundamentally different from League of Legends. Therefore, the recognition might primarily focus on the players’ weapons since players experience the game from a first-person perspective. In this case, whether the character you choose has an honor skin or not, you won’t be able to admire it yourself. Furthermore, some opinions suggest that Riot might set the prices for these honor skins at a controversial level, similar to the recent Hall of Legends collection of Faker.
– I still like the idea of champion skins having different variants for each world champion team. There’s a purple and white variant for the Vandal in 2021 with the Acend logo on the end-game screen, and similar for the Phantom and Vandal skins in 2023 for EG and LOUD.
– No, they will raise the price like the HoL Ahri skin.
– So how will it work? Will they have to pick individual guns to customize for themselves, or will they receive a special skin for the entire team on a gun of their choice? This is much easier in League of Legends since there are so many champions.
Nonetheless, the idea of honor elements like skins for VALORANT has likely been considered by Riot. And players of the currently hottest FPS title have every reason to anticipate that these mechanisms will appear in the future.