It seems very obvious to me that the new hunter skins with update 1.8.1. Dire Wolf and Luna Wolf as well as the dlc hunter were originally intented to be part of the Traitors Moon event. Just like they did it with the Light the Shadow event. Instead crytek decided that is was more profitable to sell the skins after the event. Also explains the four random hunters that gave you more exp but hat no connection to the event lore whatsoever. Kinda leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
External link →I wanted to react to this thread as the hypothesis is completely untrue, and I would like to put a stop to it before it spirals into a conspiracy-theory.
I can confirm that the Event had absolutely nothing to do with the new "Wolf-themed" Hunters, the Moon theme of the event may have confused some, but we built an event on an original story (which we plan to do so going forward as well!) and it happened to involve a Moon.
The included rewards during Traitor's Moon in form of 2 brand-new weapons and 2 new variants, as Kseniia described in our dev stream, was our plan all along, but we overestimated the value players find in them, so therefore we decided to go back to having a Legendary Hunter for the next event.
The theme of the bonus Hunters this time, just as the event itself, was that they all have something to do with betrayal, which is part of their backstories.
I am happy to answer more questions, but please don't try to spread information that is just not true! :)
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