[2019] I don't think we should accept reskins as raid loot.

TL;DR: Pax west leaked the Garden of Salvation raid armor for hunters (and titans), which is a reskin of a CoO Eververse armor set, instead of providing a new set of Black Garden themed armor, which we previously saw in the Shadowkeep ViDoc.

Not TL;DR:

Earlier this day, this post revealed the new Exotic trace rifle, Divinity. OP pointed out that it is found in the raid collection, meaning the armor that is found along side it, is the raid armor set for the hunter from the Garden of Salvation raid.

The issue with that being, that the armor is basically a reskin of the Curse of Osiris Omega Mechanos Eververse armor set.

Now, where is the issue with that, I hear you ask? Well, the issue is that we had a preview as to what the Garden of Salvation raid armor initially could have been,

as it was seen in the first Shadowkeep ViDoc.

Now, why this is upsetting, I hear you ask? Well, this is upsetting, because the armor we could have gotten as a raid reward, was could have been moved into the monetization section of the game, namely, the Season of the Undying universal ornaments

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If you compare those 2 sets, you can see that they're basically identical

, with model changes made to the hunter and titan helmet, plus the texture changes to account for the Black Garden theme.

This change in the aesthetic of a previously leaked armor, with an obvious black garden theme, with the Season of the Undying not being centered around the black garden, with the Season of the Undying universal armor set looking just like the previously leaked armor that was hypothesized to be the Garden of Salvation raid armor, while the actual Garden of Salvation raid armor is a reskin, makes it look like that they decided to use the better-looking armor set as an incentive for their monetizations, after changing it up a bit to fit the Season of the Undying theme more appropriately.

This is quite the bummer because getting the Black Garden themed Vex armor would have felt like a thing we asked for years to return to D2, where we basically scavenge the enemies we defeat for their stuff and use it for ourselves and with that in mind, I'm looking way less forward to playing the raid, now that I know that the armor it will reward is just reskins with glows slapped onto them.

Now, what can we do about it? Well, we can provide constructive and respectful feedback and hope the devs see that we're not pleased with the decision to axe the supposed raid armor to use it as bait for people to buy into the Season of the Undying.

What do you think of this whole situation, let's give your feedback down below.

Edit: Added link to the comment that highlights the existence of Garden of Salvation Titan raid armor leaks.

Edit the 2nd: Phrasing, as been made apparent by following comment.

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