Please discuss all Lockbox changes relating to the recent PTS update here.
Blazing Lockbox
- Added Scorching Slide travel, Meteor Blaze power, Swoon Emote, Sassy Wink Emote to the pts store.
- Added Blaise loyal sidekick.
- Added the following Blazing costumes to the lockbox: Tights, Wisps, Feathers, Eyewear, Headwear, Necklace, Shoulders, Emblem, Bracers, Belt, Skirt, Greaves, Feet.
- Added a chance to drop gear boxes alongside mod box drops with the Blazing lockbox.
- Example: Regular Modification Cases have a chance to come with a Bold Primary Pack, and Rare Modification Cases hav a chance to come with a Mercenary Primary Pack.
- This does not impact the overall droprate of mod boxes, but instead adds a chance to get gear in addition to the mods.
- Bold Primary Pack drops 2 slot green Primary gear at the level you open it up at.
- The Blazing Lockbox will drop Booster Box IV's instead of III's.
- Changed the Crafting Skill +10 item to purple quality to better reflect its rarity.
Booster Box IV can drop the following items:
- A Costume Change Token
- Crafting Skill+10
- 10% Catalyst x3
- XP Boost Plus
- Resource Boost
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Suggestion: Meteor Blaze doesn't look very "ultimate". It's quite small and I also believe it may simply be using the model of the volcano rocks that fall on Monster Island. I'd make it bigger or more explode-y.
Does this mean more stuff not listed is going to be added or that all of the things listed haven't been added yet? If it's the latter, it's weird there are no costume bits.
Isn't 2 slot gear normally blue? Why make it green? People just associate green with trash tier.
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Most senior players will probably not see the green gear as useful, but others may find it handy.
And, once again, it's not taking up spots for other items, it's just an addition you can get when getting the green mod case as a drop.
A practical and useful item we want from lockboxes is Legion gear.
Let's say as an example the chance to get a green mod box is 5% (this is an example, not actual values).
With this change the chance to get a mod box is still 5%, there's just a chance that the mod boxes will also come with gear.
It's understood that many won't care for the green gear, but some will find it useful. It's not removing any value from the Lockbox since it's not taking away from other drops.
Green garbage gear isn't adding any value to the lockboxes either. You're better off putting merc and legion boxes back in it
Would rather see legion gear as a drop / token exchange from playing the game that can be traded / sold like heroics.
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Green two slots are usually vendor trash, but that means a bit of Resources. Also, level 40 Green Utility Primary do actually sell in the AH.
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Putting RNG gear in a lockbox isn't going to change that. Or is this green gear more like heroics in that it has no stats, leaving you free to stick in the mods you want? If that's the case, it should probably be blue.
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What would be ACTUALLY FACTUALLY useful for the people buying keys and opening the lockboxes (and not a mostly imaginary secondary market) is returning Legion Gear to lockboxes.
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- As per usual now, both Sassy Wink and Swoon emotes are amazing. I really hope whoever is doing the animation work for these things reveals themselves soon, but for now, if they are reading the forums...GREAT WORK! (Please make a face palm emote!)
Auras:
- Unfortunately, from my perspective only one aura really stood out as something I'd want "RIGHTNOW" and that was the Spinning Embers Aura.
- Thermal Energy Aura looks a bit weird and/or has colouring issues maybe? It seems to be running pink/yellow/orange as a default, I think it may look better if it was just two colours which complimented each other per base colour selection.
I look forward to seeing other items from this lockbox!
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Blazing Helmet should have fire as a material...
I have no idea if it would look good, but the fact it doesn't have it seems strange. Either that or it should have a flame object (like cosmic flames).
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Upon logging into the latest version of the PTS, I gained the perk "Stuffed" for "Eating too much turkey"? I assume this shouldn't happen and is meant to be related to an item use.
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though, a description like that makes it sound more like there's going to be a turkey-related consumable added, along with a set of perks for consuming them...better not be another damn 1K one like those stupid hot dogs
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Not at levels 30-38, no. There's a dearth of moddable gear to buy in the AH and if you haven't been bothered to spend Q on a levelling set this might be a nice alternative. Presumably the green gear will still work the same was other lockbox kit, i.e. be set to the level of the toon that opened the box...
Blazing 2 top accessory, color channel 4 lacks glow. As all the other color channels in blazing 1 and blazing 2 have glow, this seems likely not intended
Blazing shoulders have no materials.
Color channel 4 of blazing clothing has glow. Nothing actually uses that color channel (the attachment does and can have glow, but is separately colored).
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Blazing chest and arms could have a variant that replaces the first two colors with skin.
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Hopefully there will be a good secondary bunch of costumes, it'll be a bit hard to live up to the Futuristic pieces but I'm hopeful.
A "fire support archetype" sounds interesting, as far as I know this is a new treatment for powerset reviews. Usually it's just existing powers getting their own archetype a la Psychokinetic, Icicle, Gunslinger, or whatever the laser sword one was called. This should do well to increase variety, I know a lot of players want more options for healing than telepathy or celestial.
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Personally, I'm not too sure adding this kind of gear makes the lockboxes themselves worthwhile. The problem with Legion's gear being in Lockboxes was that it was selling power. They were strong pieces of gear that could have only been acquired if someone paid for the lockbox. I understand that maybe putting gear into the lockboxes is a part of their appeal, but it seems that the appeal for gear from the lockboxes has been gutted since the gear within doesn't have much more strength than a typical piece of Mission or Dropped gear. Sure it's a nice bonus, but few people will desire this gear other than those that may not know that it's behind a lockbox anyway, or think that such gear is beneath the payment required to open one.
Suggestion: I would much rather scrap the idea of putting gear into lockboxes altogether. It's a slap in the face for anyone in need of the equipment. Though I like the idea of Bold Gear and the packs they come in. Instead of cutting out this work, allow this gear to be purchasable from the UNTIL Recognition Vendor. They don't really have the same value to be placed with Mercenary's Questionite or Heroics or Endgame Sets SCR/GCR costs. This equipment should be readily available, moreso than the aforementioned gear types, and UNTIL Recog is always a plentiful resource.
In addition, I'd hate to see Legion's gear become extinct since new lockboxes are no longer serving them. I think a perfect place for them would be in the QWZ Hermes vendors. An endgame area for such powerful Endgame gear that doesn't necessarily require us to spend GCR or SCR to collect. The relatively new Mercenary Secondaries should also be moved into the Questionite store to live with their Primary family.
I think the part about this I like the most is that the Costume Change Token was added here.
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