Now I don’t be meaning to imply hivebuster skins are underrated or anything. I just recently realized how much I enjoy the general aesthetic of those skins. I used to not really care for Del’s character for example, but I thought his hivebuster skin looked sweet. Out of boredom I decided to take him out for a spin in Escape with it equipped. As a result, I am somehow slowly growing fond of him. And he still looks really good.
I think from now on I will try to purchase every skin for this theme I see. Previously I didn’t care for any sort of collecting, but I might have changed my mind. Really hoping for Hivebuster Private Vermelo and Gabe to show up in the future.
I now also will always swap skins around when I play Escape to make people fit in better.
How about you guys? Anyone else also enjoying the hivebuster aesthetic? You got anyone on your wishlist that you hope to see a skin for?
I favorite Del’s hivebuster skin myself. He looks quite spiffy in hivebuster gear, I must say. It’s his best skin IMO. Was also the first store-only hivebuster skin I dropped coin on, second was Clay’s.
I prefer young Baird, and I see the others as fun “what-ifs”. Having anyone else other than Keegan, Lahni and Mac in a lobby already breaks a lot of canon
I like the fact that the hivebuster skins kind of resemble modern day battle gear. I’ve got them equipped on everyone who has one. Marcus is my main, of course. Here’s a wallpaper I made when it first came out.
Edit: for those who didn’t know, he actually carries and uses Dom’s knife that was given to him in Gears 3. I think that’s a great addition and really adds to the character. Of course Marcus would keep this knife and use it again in combat.
I can relate to never caring for Del… but it was his Winter skin that was my fav Del skin of both 4 and 5 lol… regardless Hivebuster skins are cool too
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