# Will SKINR go the way of WiS? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889 "2025-03-24T11:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bakster\_Kane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bakster_kane/32/460913_2.png) [@Bakster\_Kane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bakster_Kane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/1 "2025-03-24T11:27:38Z")
Hello, it seems EVE Online had walking in stations but was likely removed for economical reasons. I wonder if SKINR will suffer a similar fate? There are regular updates of ~168mb and i suspect its the SKINR database that gets updated with newly sequenced skins due to there never being any patch notes. So if that is the case, i did some calculations on bandwidth cost. And assuming it gets downloaded 30,000 times 2-3 times a week then the bandwidth bill could exceed revenue from SKINR which puts it in an awkward situation. Lets discuss or not. ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/2 "2025-03-24T11:34:07Z")
In my personal opinion, SKINR was poorly implemented, and I wouldn’t miss it’s removal. There are far better things they could have spent development resources on. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/3 "2025-03-24T13:21:49Z")
If it’s given a transaction log feature that will improve it considerably. But I agree - if it had released with the features it now has (lower rendering costs, second pattern, etc.) I think it would’ve been more widely embraced. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/4 "2025-03-24T14:12:26Z")
> [@Bakster\_Kane](#): > > I wonder if SKINR will suffer a similar fate? Why do you think that? Why pick SKINR as ‘equal’ to WiS out of hundreds of features of EVE? What makes you think that SKINR, which was added on popular demand and had an entire engine made for SKINR alone to make extra money for CCP will go the same route as WiS, which was a tech demo that used the same mechanics as a game CCP was working on at the time? That other game was canned, so it’s no wonder CCP didn’t want to spend more dev hours on keeping that engine up-to-date. What makes you think SKINR is anything alike? > [@Bakster\_Kane](#): > > There are regular updates of ~168mb and i suspect its the SKINR database that gets updated with newly sequenced skins due to there never being any patch notes. Why do you think that? Couldn’t it be literally anything else in the game as well? ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/5 "2025-03-24T18:34:28Z")
> [@Gerard\_Amatin](#): > > Why do you think that? You don’t really want to know. Seriously, the whole thought process is so absurd, better not ask for details. There are things that make you dumber if you know them and this is definitely one of these… ---
**Author:** ![Kiera\_Oramara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kiera_oramara/32/456080_2.png) [@Kiera\_Oramara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kiera_Oramara)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/6 "2025-03-24T19:48:12Z")
Skinr is overall a good thing 😀 And i see no reason for to end up like WIS 😱 (taken out of the game that is) (not sure how you ended up comparing Skinr to wis but…) But it would be nice if they fix the damn thing… Skinr thumbnails have been gone for 132 days now 😡 oooh and paying to get around game mechanics is NEVER a good thing 🤑 🤑 🤑 ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/7 "2025-03-25T10:54:32Z")
I was around when CCP added WiS (it was fun times). And i was around when WiS was deleted. But i’ve been away when SKINR appeared. Am i right that it is some kind of self-made skins? I’ve seen something about it in client but never really looked at. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/8 "2025-03-25T11:00:26Z")
Walking in Stations is still available, you just have to find the entrance. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not in a Caldari station. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/will-skinr-go-the-way-of-wis/480889/9 "2025-06-23T11:01:02Z")
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