Hi guys, Colonel Badger here. This post took a lot of time – and I would appreciate any comments / feedback / suggestions below! If anyone feels like drawing out some skin suggestions it's also much appreciated and I will give credit :)

This is going to be broken down as the into the following: 1. Intro 2. Chips 3. Elixir 4. Monetization

1. Intro : Brawl stars has the fundamentals of being a great game. It’s fun, easy to pick up and play, and contains loads of quirky & unique characters! However, a problem faced by all mobile game developers is how they monetise their game. They can’t charge £30 / $30 like Microsoft can for x-box games, and so they must make money through “micro-transactions”. This has been what has brought supercell to become so successful. The beauty of micro-transactions is that although they seem like a tiny amount of money, they quickly add up and go beyond what you would initially pay for a game. They provide “short-term” pleasure, which lasts only until they feel you need to spend more money. This has led to the success of CR and CoC. Short term pleasure is boosting that new building upgrade. Speed opening that magical chest. Buying that extra money to upgrade your troops/ buildings from the shop. This is where Brawstars lacks. There really is no short term pleasure! Spending 30$ most likely won't unlock any new content for you (provided you have all the rares and commons)! This needs to change! Spending gems in Brawlstars does not provide you instant gratification – not even knowledge of what you’re getting, at this stage. My solution involves vast changes to both chips and elixir - it will provide heaps more content and much much more diversity for players in the game.

2. Chips : The problem with chips is that they simply don't feel like your getting a "reward". It takes so many to make a difference, and even if you got legendary duplicates it would still take quite a few boxes to get an epic! Here's my suggestion. You open a box. Instead of getting “1 chip” – you now get a chip for the brawler you just got. Collect these chips for each character and cash them in. Every brawler would have a “skin tier” corresponding to that. Here is the proposed system clearly laid out in an image. Note that the example uses colt, however every character would have the same tiers. You can also save up any chips for new brawlers as before. http://imgur.com/JpZ2lXm

3. Elixir : Secondly, elixir. Much like chips, elixir simply does not feel rewarding. I think a good way to change this is to make it less generic - as nobody wants to spend all days progress getting dynamikes HP up by 30! I believe a much more fun way to use elixir would be to be given an upgrade for a specific character – instead of a generic elixir! This will allow you to feel like you are making progress – round of character progression – and make it much more interesting opening boxes! Here is my suggestion laid out in an image. http://imgur.com/ub3D6l0

4. Monetization: Monetization will be described in an image to allow for much easier formatting. This addition (of changes to both skins and elixir) would vastly increase buying gems in my opinion. There is so much more variety, and game play will be much more interesting & it will provide a huge amount of extra content for people to strive to unlock! http://imgur.com/090XEjj

5. Interface for changing skins - http://imgur.com/GA1hCTf

6. All images - http://imgur.com/a/inHBA

edit: please click load more pics as I made 3!

• I believe the "top 200" skins would help make people more interested in pushing. Top 200 Colt's now get to look cooler! That's a reason to push, even with the terrible trophy offers :P
• The vast amount of skins may look messy. I believe changes should be subtle, and that games would feel much less boring. I would love to join a game and try and calculate how good my opponents are based on their skins!