# A skin I bougth has changed, I'd ask to have it changed back **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325 "2023-02-28T15:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kitaula_kuusa_jouhinen/32/498716_2.png) [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kitaula_Kuusa_Jouhinen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/1 "2023-02-28T15:45:00Z")
So I bought the Vindi skin “Sarpati’s Revenge - Virge” a while ago. It looked sweet, with coiled snakes all over it and colored a light green-ish color. Now, it’s been changed, and most of it is shiny and reflective, and the _defining feature_ is relegated to small parts of the ship. What is this. I wouldn’t have bought it if it looked like this. I understand that it’s not a big thing, but like, it is for me. What do we do when what we bought isn’t what we have anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Nienna\_Nannie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nienna_nannie/32/373656_2.png) [@Nienna\_Nannie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nienna_Nannie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/2 "2023-02-28T16:14:03Z")
> [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](#): > > What do we do when what we bought isn’t what we have anymore? Make a thread apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Altara\_Zemara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/altara_zemara/32/390110_2.png) [@Altara\_Zemara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Altara_Zemara)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/3 "2023-02-28T16:18:46Z")
> [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](#): > > What do we do when what we bought isn’t what we have anymore? Ah, you mean like when they removed two mid slots from the Procurer. All a bit like BMW turning up in the middle of the night and fitting a 1.4 litre engine to my 2.0 litre fully paid off car and then vanishing. Now _that’s_ something that almost made a noob leave the game…if CCP are looking for reasons for noobs leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kitaula_kuusa_jouhinen/32/498716_2.png) [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kitaula_Kuusa_Jouhinen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/4 "2023-02-28T16:24:10Z")
They change ships all the time. It’s pretty regular. And they’re in-game assets, pretty cheap ones too. I paid for this with real money, and it wasn’t as cheap as a procurer. ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/5 "2023-02-28T16:25:14Z")
Hm, yes, that skin looks like total garbage. The chrome is not even evenly distributed and looks like a spotty, dirty mess from most angles. However, you can’t really do anything about it. You could try a support ticket so that they remove the skin from your library and refund the cost, but I doubt that it will go through. The Igil variation received the same disastrous disprovement. This is what it looked like in the past: ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/f/4/c/f4c15a35c333dc0991494b403ae776d2d65e5ff8.jpeg) This is it now: ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/1/3/e/13ec914f11609be687e3edcba6f1f5121008bec7.jpeg) Interestingly, this change must have happened at some point since November but there was no mentioning of skin design changes in patch notes at all. The first picture is from [here](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/wts-misc-rare-limited-skins/386138). ---
**Author:** ![Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kitaula_kuusa_jouhinen/32/498716_2.png) [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kitaula_Kuusa_Jouhinen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/6 "2023-02-28T16:30:23Z")
Thank you! Exactly. I didn’t have a picture of my old Vindi. The Igil version looks at least somewhat better, you can kinda see the snake detail on the top panel. On the Virgil one, it’s almost invisible. ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/7 "2023-02-28T22:10:16Z")
But why? Why they change it? I have seen them introduce a lot of bugs in past time, even now things working wonky like MTU not pulling wrecks, maybe its an error? Imagine Marshal had some strange looking shiny spots on the hull for some time, out of nowhere, no matter what skin was used. There were also migrations of holographic signage from skin to skin, as it turned out unintended. ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/8 "2023-02-28T22:25:14Z")
Chances are, it is a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Nujenif\_Talvanen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nujenif_talvanen/32/433113_2.png) [@Nujenif\_Talvanen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nujenif_Talvanen)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/10 "2023-03-02T00:48:46Z")
Why was this flagged? ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/11 "2023-03-02T07:05:30Z")
No idea probably some oversensitive snowflake without a sense of humor flagged it. Obviously wasn’t meant to be offensive or anything just as a joke for the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Gleb\_Koskov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gleb_koskov/32/374138_2.png) [@Gleb\_Koskov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gleb_Koskov)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/12 "2023-03-05T21:49:33Z")
Have you tried changing the shader quality video setting? ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/13 "2023-03-07T13:32:55Z")
Looks like a bug to me! File a bug report if changing the shader doesn’t do anything: > [@Gleb\_Koskov](#): > > Have you tried changing the shader quality video setting? This. Shader settings can have a lot of impact on ship skins. ---
**Author:** ![Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kitaula_kuusa_jouhinen/32/498716_2.png) [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kitaula_Kuusa_Jouhinen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/14 "2023-03-07T14:00:44Z")
Oh, I’ve changed around the shaders. It didn’t do anything. They changed the actual skin itself. And I put in a bug report weeks ago, they haven’t gotten back to me yet. ---
**Author:** ![Altara\_Zemara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/altara_zemara/32/390110_2.png) [@Altara\_Zemara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Altara_Zemara)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/15 "2023-03-07T15:35:50Z")
> [@Kitaula\_Kuusa\_Jouhinen](#): > > They change ships all the time. It’s pretty regular. And they’re in-game assets, pretty cheap ones too. > > I paid for this with real money, and it wasn’t as cheap as a procurer. You have to own the TTT or a highsec Sotiyo to get away with bending the rules. Us plebs with Procurers don’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/16 "2023-03-07T16:08:36Z")
I have max shader settings. Shaders do not change Skins like that. Let me show you what shaders to with skins: High Shaders Igil skin: ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/5/e/8/5e8783c2f2fab8a4838252135dd17f218a45665c.jpeg) Low Shaders Igil skin: ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/c/e/e/cee335c2c59d8f56617f084244dce6d74cc5a43d.jpeg) Shaders are definitely not the reason for this extreme skin quality reduction. ---
**Author:** ![MaxxOmega](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/maxxomega/32/482044_2.png) [@MaxxOmega](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MaxxOmega)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/17 "2023-03-07T16:11:35Z")
They are both ugly… ---
**Author:** ![Rocket\_Hellfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rocket_hellfire/32/396905_2.png) [@Rocket\_Hellfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rocket_Hellfire)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/18 "2023-03-07T16:51:37Z")
> [@Altara\_Zemara](#): > > All a bit like BMW turning up in the middle of the night and fitting a 1.4 litre engine to my 2.0 litre fully paid off car and then vanishing. … _ **what** _ ? ---
**Author:** ![Altara\_Zemara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/altara_zemara/32/390110_2.png) [@Altara\_Zemara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Altara_Zemara)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/19 "2023-03-07T17:04:37Z")
Which bit didn’t you understand ? ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/20 "2023-03-07T20:30:21Z")
The game would be much more fun if when you need to repair a ship, instead of just clicking twice and paying a bill, you have to go to a licensed player mechanic and haggle over the price of patching up the leaky hull and the engine gummed up with stasis webifier goo. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325/21 "2023-03-07T21:03:02Z")
or taking the time to peel off all the ductape and tape glue [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-skin-i-bougth-has-changed-id-ask-to-have-it-changed-back/397325.md?page=2)