[2020] Spline Phantom gun buddy attachment point bugged/intentional but hideous?

It’s meant to float. We were experimenting with a floating mount and thought it would be cool for this thematic that’s more abstract. The whole thematic has a bit of a floaty feel to it.

Thanks for caring about the skin and asking these questions. It’s honestly pretty cool that people care so much. Didn’t expect this when we made all this stuff.

So with this skin we wanted to try something different. We’ve done really out there stuff like Elderflame and Prime and such. But there are players who want something simpler that doesn’t have VFX/animation/audio but don’t just want a new paint job on their skin. So with Spline we took a really cool and abstract design and tried to keep the rest basic for someone who wants a fantasy and new gun model without all the bells and whistles, but also still wants color variants. And actually there is some “VFX” in the orbs. We used a tech that would create a really cool material that’s basically like VFX. It’s just less out there than some of the other VFX we’ve done. Once again, different type of stuff for people with different tastes. Let’s see what you all think!

As for knife variants, we would have loved to do them. Our team is pretty small so it’s hard for us to do everything. We’re still new to being live, so we’re trying our best. :(

No problem! Glad you liked the explanation. :)

Aw, I love that you love the Prime Vandal. Hope you can get it soon. The teal Variant is my favorite.

The orb effect is more like the swirls you see on the Sovereign gems in how it looks, it has some swirls that move subtly. The Nebula (Galaxy) skin is something completely different.