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Overwatch Director Apologises Over Mei Legendary Skin Categorisation

Some Overwatch fans can feel pretty invested in the characters of the game. In every patch the forum explodes into chaos over fans of a character usually claiming that their favorite character has been slighted one way or another.

There was a bit of a hubbub over a cosmetic recently though. When the Winter Wonderland event went live, some Mei fans felt her seasonal skin should have been ranked as 'Epic' and not 'Legendary, so much so there was a post made about it in the forum. Director on the game Jeff Kaplan decided to respond to the complaint, saying that he hopes that Blizzard can find the 'cool' in the future.

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.

Honestly, I think the Skin looks pretty great, and the fact that you get a nice snowman when you turn into your ice block in game is a nice cherry. Still, it's good that the developers of such a big title will engage with topics like this (even if I think they are a little silly).

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