Apex Legends' Pay To Win Skins Could Be Returning Soon

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Players have been complaining about Apex Legends’ ‘pay to win’ skins for a long time now. The accusations are usually leveled at the Heat Sink and Heavy Metal Flatline skins from the Season 4 Battle Pass, as well as the Outlands Avalanche R99 skin that’s available to craft. These three skins all have superior ironsights to other skins, giving players a slight advantage when they aim down the sights of the weapons.

While this won’t turn a bad player into a good one, there’s a definite advantage to being able to see more of your screen when ADSing with these skins. The Death Ray and Merciless Wing Wingman skins also offer this, although not with the sights. The body of the pistol is significantly thinner on these skins, allowing you to see more to either side of the gun. This may sound small, but when every Apex Legends esports player is running the same skin on their weapon, you can see why it’s a problem.

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The Flatline skins are more of a problem in my eyes. The skins for the R99 and the Wingman can be crafted with Crafting Materials, meaning that anyone can get them - for free - just by playing the game and grinding. Yes, you can pay EA a huge chunk of money and open hundreds of Apex Packs to get more Crafting Materials more quickly, but you don’t have to. For both the Flatline skins, however, you had to spend real money on the Season 4 battle pass to unlock them. However, that could be due to change.

According to dataminer ‘GarretLeaks’, these skins will be available to return as recolours in the future. Skins from the Season 11 Battle Pass onwards (since EA added, “These items may return in a future event or promotion” line to the