Cosmetics do affect gameplay.

100% absolute truth

10/10

They either effect visibility, making people easier/harder to see on backgrounds. In other games, excessive particles lower FPS like it does in Dota 2.

>>376747213
Going Valkyrie Mercy makes me feel sluttier and stick to my teammates more, which translates in better gameplay.

So yes, you are 100% right.

>>376747437
They also allow you to personalize your game experience.

>>376747461
???

>>376747437
that second point is more of a hardware issue and different map designs will give differing advantages to different skins so the advantage of a single skin will be negligible in the long run

>>376747598
>moba
>different map designs

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>>376747213
>play red Pharah
>get sniped by Widows and Hanzos frequently
>switch to black Pharah
>I'm apparently invisible now

>>376747678
He means skins. Dota 2 has a few map skins, newest one is deep sea underwater looking. Actually runs better even though visually its more complicated.
>>376747598
Not really a hardware issue, more on the developer side of optimizing specific stuff. Stuff like Monkey King ult used to drop heavily, CM using immortal+arcana is a bit insane right now.

>>376747791

>play red Pharah
>get sniped by Widows and Hanzos frequently
>switch to black Pharah
>make a blogpost editorial about racism in video games if they shoot at me

>>376747213

> Unlocking skins used to be a fun challenge.

> Now you can only do it by spending real money.

Darkest timeline.

>>376749075
the devs knew where the money was. Personalization is one of the greatest powers behind making a video game yours and making you love the gameplay. And they basically took that away and sold it with additional costs. Imagine if Mario was running around with underwear on and you couldn't have anything else unless you bought his red overalls for $4 more. It's the greatest fucking sin.