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Anyone Know Best Way To Get AD to get Keys to Open Lockboxes?

kurtb88kurtb88 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 597 Arc User
edited January 2015 in General Discussion (PC)
I am poor and can only grind in game. I cannot afford to drop actual money on enchanted keys.
Sigh, I see all these people opening amazing items. Should I ignore and resign myself to living poor life or is there a way to get the keys without having to grind 24/7?
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  • kr3ndkr3nd Member Posts: 132 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2015
    Lockboxes are luxury, they only show those so you may want to open them too, but the chances of getting back the investment are low.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    One key is 62,500 AD at maximum exchange rate, and the highest rate for ZEN is slightly below max. Salvaging epics is probably your best bet. However, getting the "amazing" item from the lockbox is hardly a guaranteed thing. You'll likely spend several times the amount you would have spent getting the same item from the AH waiting for it to pop out of the lockbox.

    Still, if you don't try, the odds of winning are exactly zero.
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  • henry404henry404 Member Posts: 690 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I've opened about 30, all with AD earned in-game. I got nothing worth mentioning. I did sell some stuff to sell on AH but only enough to cover the cost of about 7 of the keys. So all I'm left with is a bunch of trade bars, a few bits of other currency and a lesson about gambling. Now I just buy what I want off the AH. Not quite so exciting but...

    As for your question. The ONLY way to get instant Zen/AD/Keys is to spend real money. Earning enough AD in game will take a while, either through Daily Dungeons, salvaging, cunning AH trading or the long term but reliable way of building an army of leadership alts. No quick AD unless you pay. Then You'll blow it on a handful of keys and wonder why. Or is that just me?
  • kurtb88kurtb88 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 597 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Sounds like even if I did save up lots of AD I should spend it on Trade House items rather than Keys. I guess this makes sense. Now I need to work on getting the AD somehow. Thanks guys :)
  • dwarf75dwarf75 Member Posts: 89 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I spent a whole 60 usd just on keys and got nothing usefull i strongly recommend to keep away from keys and buy what u want from AH.
  • hfgtfsdfshfgtfsdfs Member Posts: 688 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Keys and lockboxes are the Devils work.
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  • damko00damko00 Member Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    hfgtfsdfs wrote: »
    Keys and lockboxes are the Devils work.

    Yeah, it's the 'new' weapon the Ashmadai use to bring Asmodeus into our plane! Beware!
  • jaotutjaotut Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 576 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    kurtb88 wrote: »
    I am poor and can only grind in game. I cannot afford to drop actual money on enchanted keys.
    Sigh, I see all these people opening amazing items. Should I ignore and resign myself to living poor life or is there a way to get the keys without having to grind 24/7?

    They purposely announce all the people who's gotten something valuable from lockboxes just to make people like you fall into the trap of wanting to open some and try your luck. You should think of it as gambling, and only gamble when you can afford to. Know that the odds aren't that great, but there are some big prizes if you're willing to try and give it a go.

    As a F2P player like you have described yourself, don't bother wasting your resources in these lockboxes.
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  • onecoolscatcatonecoolscatcat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 575 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    kurtb88 wrote: »
    I am poor and can only grind in game. I cannot afford to drop actual money on enchanted keys.
    Sigh, I see all these people opening amazing items. Should I ignore and resign myself to living poor life or is there a way to get the keys without having to grind 24/7?

    1) Build a time machine.
    2) Go back in time to Neverwinter's beta/launch
    3) Make millions of AD through actually playing the game
    4) Invest that AD into making more AD
    5) Congrats! You're now a multibillionaire and can buy lockbox keys galore!

    If the above isn't an option you can still:

    a) Spend thousands of dollars on NW.

    or:

    b) Open a few lockboxes here and there after saving up.
  • graphicgreggraphicgreg Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I was trying to make Zen doing the Surveys on the Earn Zen part of the website. At first I made about 800 Zen but then all the sudden they started saying I didn't fit the survey target market and dropped me. Now today trying to do this during down time, I was doing a survey for like 98 zen and was about 20 minutes into it asking my son questions for the survey and suddely they say BUMMER you dont fit the target market!! WTH I probably did over 50% at least, most likely 75% and got NOTHING for it?!?! I am thinking that it is a waste of time unless there is some trick to doing the surveys?
  • yolohahahayolohahaha Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Ye lockboxes are traps, its better to make AD by running dungeons, trading,... And try to join in a good guild, ppl will help u to gear up and make ad... thats the only way...

    I guess U really dont know how much these lockbox-openers had to spent to get these fancy things,... I know a guy who sold his perfect enchants to gamble with these boxes, he spent 250 keys, and got aint worthy things...
  • rollingonitrollingonit Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    onecoolscatcat wrote: »
    1) Build a time machine.
    2) Go back in time to Neverwinter's beta/launch
    3) Make millions of AD through actually playing the game
    4) Invest that AD into making more AD
    5) Congrats! You're now a multibillionaire and can buy lockbox keys galore!

    If the above isn't an option you can still:

    a) Spend thousands of dollars on NW.

    or:

    b) Open a few lockboxes here and there after saving up.

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  • balthezar2balthezar2 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 151 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I have 20 toons, all profession slots open and doing leadership, and max out on AD everyday so I get almost 500k refined AD a day. Enough in a week's time to buy almost anything. Now if I didn't spend it as fast as I got it I would be rich :)
  • fantasycharacterfantasycharacter Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 675 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    lewstelamon01 wrote: »
    One key is 62,500 AD at maximum exchange rate, and the highest rate for ZEN is slightly below max. Salvaging epics is probably your best bet. However, getting the "amazing" item from the lockbox is hardly a guaranteed thing. You'll likely spend several times the amount you would have spent getting the same item from the AH waiting for it to pop out of the lockbox.

    Still, if you don't try, the odds of winning are exactly zero.

    They are pretty close to zero as is. OP, it is more practical to save up and purchase desired items off the AH. Lockboxes are a poor gamble.
  • lisarae19lisarae19 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I'm trying to earn zen doing stupid surveys while the game is down, everytime i finish one it says open and never gives me zen! But it says I earned 325 zen today but when i go to transfer it says 0???????????????????????????????
  • kurtb88kurtb88 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 597 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    balthezar2 wrote: »
    I have 20 toons, all profession slots open and doing leadership, and max out on AD everyday so I get almost 500k refined AD a day. Enough in a week's time to buy almost anything. Now if I didn't spend it as fast as I got it I would be rich :)

    You're my hero! :D
  • dragoness10dragoness10 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 780 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Lockboxes are gambling fun. Tymora ganged up with Waukeen on them. Never look at lockboxes as a "source of income in game".
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  • berhudarolberhudarol Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    kurtb88 wrote: »
    You're my hero! :D

    He may be your hero but ask him how much money he paid to make 20 toons and their level 20 leadership. If not, he might have been playing this game since beta which is a lot lot of time. What i mean is, you can't have much AD if you don't pay or you have been playing since beta.

    Do like me...Wish to be lucky.
  • yolohahahayolohahaha Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    berhudarol wrote: »
    He may be your hero but ask him how much money he paid to make 20 toons and their level 20 leadership. If not, he might have been playing this game since beta which is a lot lot of time. What i mean is, you can't have much AD if you don't pay or you have been playing since beta.

    Do like me...Wish to be lucky.
    balthezar2's joindate: may 2012....
  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2015
    onecoolscatcat wrote: »
    1) Build a time machine.
    2) Go back in time to Neverwinter's beta/launch
    3) Make millions of AD through actually playing the game
    4) Invest that AD into making more AD
    5) Congrats! You're now a multibillionaire and can buy lockbox keys galore!

    If the above isn't an option you can still:

    a) Spend thousands of dollars on NW.

    or:

    b) Open a few lockboxes here and there after saving up.

    This right here
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