@EA_BlueberryI want to start by saying, I get it, I am neutral on the matter. I am part of the majority who think this event was a huge mistake on your part as a team. I get and I believe a lot of us get, that you need the funds, but it's really not our fault you released Apex as a free to play and have not impressed the community enough.
You have made a huge mistake with this upcoming store listing. The value of these skins dropped massively with this announcement.
I really hope you do respond with an answer to the people who already spent money in the hope of getting a specific skin. You can't possibly believe it is acceptable to make players pay for a full price legendary skin after they spent money on the packs.
P.S. I think it's safe to assume you just confirmed this event and future events are in fact fund raising events at core. Yes, from a business point of view that's always the case, but this is different, this is just wrong. Should we, the player base, expect the things we ask for to always come with money making packages? Should we never expect play to earn, play to progress events? Are you going to provide a bug free game and cross platform play only when you think of an event for it? Are you not going to release anything if you don't get paid from the previous event? I am neutral, but I do have a gut feeling telling me there is a bad ending to this story, despite the fact I really like Apex and root that you make decisions to please the vast majority of the player base ( I will be completely satisfied even as part of the minority, as long as you keep most happy).
One more time, because I feel it is really important, please do not make any more funding excuses. If you need more funding state this clearly in a post and see if your community cares. I for one, would completely understand if you had a donation page or put a price on the game, but let us enjoy what the game has to offer and don't put a price on every new thing that is added to the game.
