The Crystal Ball 2

Originally Posted by Ataros

It is resolved already. In the last patch skin loading protocol was changed to load skins slowly over time to prevent high network load and a freeze at the moment of engagement. That is why a skin was not visible in some cases if it was not 100% loaded yet even when enabled.

Servers keep skins turned off just to exclude another variable in fine-tuning settings for more stability, less lag and less bugs. It may change when a stable patch version is available.

Hmmmm, Im not sure this is correct, we need ATAG Bliss here to clarify, I know he as tried everything to get even stock skins on their server without causing lag/stutter. The only thing that works is just to have a default skin.