Blacklight: Retribution – Free to Play FPS | Viper Premium Skin
By CrabClaw @ July 25, 2012 at 10:12am
Viper lay on the ground, covered in rubble and debris. Who would have thought that three feet of concrete wouldn’t stop a stinger missile? As the ringing in his ears finally subsided, Viper suddenly realized that he was lucky to be alive.
Flexing his left arm, Viper winced with pain. Although his custom tooled Warzone oX9 had absorbed most of the blast, the entire left arm piece and a significant portion of the chest had been completely blown away. The hot air of the battlefield did little to alleviate the burning, acrid feeling that the infection constantly left him with. The infection that, now, the whole world could see.
No helping it now, Viper thought, as he activated his HRV module and surveyed the squad of enemy Agents that was rapidly approaching. Viper readied his SMG, and prepared to exact his vengeance.
Introducing Viper’s first ever Premium Skin – Patient Zero! This skin reveals the ghastly infection that serves as the driving force behind the conflict being waged in the Blacklight universe. This doesn’t slow Viper down at all though, and he remains as combat capable as always.
You can grab this skin via the Viper Premium Skin Pack! This pack has a chance to contain this skin, as well as an array of other prizes. Also, the base Viper hero is now available via direct purchase. If you’re in the market for a stealth based hero, this is the one for you. Check out the full loadout that Viper comes with by clicking here.
The full contents of the Viper Premium Skin Pack are as follows:
Permanent Viper Hero & Premium Skin
Permanent Pizza Belly Weapon Tag
1 Day 50% Self GP Boost
3 Day GL-7 Bear Claw Grenade Launcher
7 Day SpeedDemon Armor
7 Day AR Explosive Ammo
7 Day AR Electro Ammo
100 GP Token
1000 XP Token
2 Uncommon Datanode Chance Packs
1 Rare Datanode Chance Pack
Silence your foes with precision machete strikes today!
Play Blacklight: Retribution, the free to play FPS with intense futuristic action.
realniggawhatsup @ Sep 22nd, 2012 4:25PM
how do i get this skin pack it says its an award please help me
donta79 @ Aug 11th, 2012 2:22PM
They need to make this skin available on the market the chance pack is well a real money dump...
lmo613 @ Aug 8th, 2012 10:59AM
I got lucky with a chance pack and now I own this Hero :{
ecoleader145 @ Aug 3rd, 2012 11:55PM
looks good skin i have to say :D
jessica117881 @ Jul 30th, 2012 5:42PM
should I either buy Dutchess or should I buy viper?
darkhero007
buy of what you want :D
randomshooter @ Jul 28th, 2012 11:07AM
wow i havent played yet but that looks very awesome
jessica117881
oh it's awsome alright
darkhero007
He/she is right i bought it
lolemokids @ Jul 28th, 2012 12:28AM
i bought 80,000 zen today i got terrry the penguine pizza belly tags the Helmit from tango down and P.Zero Skin perm along with an array of other things ty Zombie for making my life worth living!!!!
dukenukemusa @ Jul 27th, 2012 9:59PM
Lucky though ModernGamer. I went many many bouts in the early days trying to win a hero, and never prevailed. Ended up with my inventory full of nodes to fuse and worthless items I never used. Congratz though. The lucky winners seem to have the same story about winning on first or second try. They must have saw me coming. Are there any advantages to a custom skin now that Im level 35 ? Or is it just for looks at this point ?
ragingteabag @ Jul 27th, 2012 4:02PM
The prices on this game are seriously off putting, I've spent around $50 with Mass Effect 3 but items don't cost more then about $4 for premium packs, no way am I spending $10 on one gun or anything like that on the chance I might get something. They would be making so much more money if they sorted their prices out.
m0derngamer @ Jul 27th, 2012 3:54PM
I got him on my second chance pack (got 200 zen from offers). Feel lucky considering it is a 2%-3% chance to get him.
vaylgar @ Jul 27th, 2012 2:40PM
Not going to pay that much money for a chance to get it, post it on the shop for a fixed price then maybe if its not overpriced too bad which we both know it will be, but spending a dollar per chance and the box pack only having 1:333 chance to get that pack which means you can spend hundreds of dollars and not get it, No thank you!
newkoreanbeast @ Jul 27th, 2012 2:02PM
i think im going to get it
hatemezilla @ Jul 25th, 2012 6:20PM
If you purchase the viper hero does it in essence unlock the stealth kit? That would make it more attractive since that alone costs 10$/11K GP.
rusleejy
No , The stuff viper comes with cannot be customized with a custom charecter .You have to buy it With GP or zen if you want to use it for your custom , Hero Gear also cannot be swapped.
hatemezilla
That's pretty terrible then. Thanks.
xdanikx @ Jul 25th, 2012 3:10PM
is real Assassin
overflow777 @ Jul 25th, 2012 12:29PM
yeah!
spawn992 @ Jul 25th, 2012 10:57AM
I'm not gonna buy it, I don't like any hero. They got a little advantage that doesn't count at all when you're fighting, and they get some disadvantages too (also, little disadvantages), so... I preffer custom char than heroes everyone will use. :) Anyway I spend cash for other ZEN items, it's not a money issue but it's just that I don't like them. I played on my friend's desktop with his heroes (yep, he got all of them) and they weren't OP. I didn't feel the advantages of MARS, for example, but I felt the disadvantages of it. I kept playing better with my custom than with heroes, but there's no problem if whoever wants to use heroes. I'm saying that I didn't like them, but that's not a bad point. It's a good point, because you can notice they're not OP so it means you can still rock without paying money for the game. Even I use money to get ZEN, I still agree with not using the "pay to win" system that everyone talks about, and if BLR keep this way, I'm glad. I used ZEN, but I want that the guys who can't pay for that keep being dangerous to me, I want they can give me a hard fight and I don't wanna get any advantage against them because of my ZEN. I've using ZEN for things like my helm that I really wanted to wear(I was level 12 and it's the Overmatch Bonebreaker level 25) and for camo, etc. It doesn't make me OP against nobody and I saw good players (some guys that really knew how to play) using heroes, but they weren't OP for me and we had balanced fights. Hope you keep this fair and balanced ZEN system, Zombie Studios and PWE! Please, don't increase any hero or any other ZEN service/item that gives notable advantages, and keep adding little disadvantages to balance little advantages on heroes.
ccxccxccx
I'm agree with you.I bought MARS robot but his 25% armor is useless.my customized hero is better then MARS.
thephero @ Jul 25th, 2012 10:26AM
MY DREAM HAS FINALLY COME TRUEE!
machro @ Jul 25th, 2012 10:19AM
When you wanna make money get more weapons out there, not skins... And don't make skins that you have to get with luck for the ones you have to get with luck...
operative19
Their facebook page shows that people are stupid enough to spend $20 on something and STILL not get it. Chance packs are doing what they're made to do. Gain the developers money and give them something to argue (temp items that nobody wants) when someone cries that they "didn't get anything out of it". I will gladly buy skins, just as I've bought camo. But not from chance packs. MARS has several available for direct purchase. Weapons require balancing in addition to modeling, textures and particles. Skins require models, textures and proper rigging to the skeleton. Not as much work across so many fields.
reifill
I'm the one who spent $20. It wasn't really that stupid. I have extra money, but the fact is when at the current rate or statistical luck, the item is at a less than 5% chance to acquire, chance packs are kind of stupid.
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