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Trove of Elemental Evil

vikoonvikoon Member Posts: 165 Arc User
in General Discussion (PC)
I have been VIP for a few months now and I finally get a decent drop with my key of the day, a Trove of Elemental Evil. I look at the potential contents of the box and I see these 2 green item appearance changes I could potentially get. GREEN ITEMS in a paid lockbox? Come on man!!! Of course I end up with a ridiculous flame main hand item that is worth less than 500 AD and is a one time use. This is the final nail in the coffin for me as far as VIP goes. There is no way that anybody should be able to get hosed after we already beat the first insane RNG check. I am discouraged to see such a terrible system that seems to be designed against a paying customer.

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  • urabaskurabask Member Posts: 2,923 Arc User
    edited August 2016
    vikoon said:

    I have been VIP for a few months now and I finally get a decent drop with my key of the day, a Trove of Elemental Evil. I look at the potential contents of the box and I see these 2 green item appearance changes I could potentially get. GREEN ITEMS in a paid lockbox? Come on man!!! Of course I end up with a ridiculous flame main hand item that is worth less than 500 AD and is a one time use. This is the final nail in the coffin for me as far as VIP goes. There is no way that anybody should be able to get hosed after we already beat the first insane RNG check. I am discouraged to see such a terrible system that seems to be designed against a paying customer.

    People have been complaining about this for ages. The best thing to do if you don't want to get hosed is just sell the trove. You're better of selling just about every lockbox drop.
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  • frozenfirevrfrozenfirevr Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,475 Community Moderator
    Why would you open such an old lockbox?!
    FrozenFire
  • frozenfirevrfrozenfirevr Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,475 Community Moderator
    And btw, it ain't an issue with VIP... Just the rewards for a gamble using Enchanted Keys...
    FrozenFire
  • samaka#2511 samaka
    samaka#2511
         Member Posts: 568 Arc User
    VIP is great, look at it this way; you are paying VIP for the perks it provides, the keys are just a free bonus! :)

    I open a lockbox each day, and usually I even open whatever drops if that is openable... why not? Sure, I get a bunch of HAMSTER, or a couple ugly skins for weapons/shields, but sometimes I get some very useful items. It is all stuff I would never normally have if it weren't for the VIP status. So I just look at it as my daily free gift, and I never buy keys... way too much of a gamble for me!

    Even if you buy VIP for the keys, 1000 Zen for 3750 Zen worth of keys is still a fantastic deal... but you have to enter into that deal knowing you're not likely to get anything good from your 30 keys, which is why I just treat my daily key as my free gift for being VIP! ;)
    @samaka#2511
  • urabaskurabask Member Posts: 2,923 Arc User
    edited August 2016
    samaka#2511 said:

    VIP is great, look at it this way; you are paying VIP for the perks it provides, the keys are just a free bonus! :)

    I open a lockbox each day, and usually I even open whatever drops if that is openable... why not? Sure, I get a bunch of ****, or a couple ugly skins for weapons/shields, but sometimes I get some very useful items. It is all stuff I would never normally have if it weren't for the VIP status. So I just look at it as my daily free gift, and I never buy keys... way too much of a gamble for me!

    Even if you buy VIP for the keys, 1000 Zen for 3750 Zen worth of keys is still a fantastic deal... but you have to enter into that deal knowing you're not likely to get anything good from your 30 keys, which is why I just treat my daily key as my free gift for being VIP! ;)

    If you just sell the lockbox drops without opening them you're basicslly guaranteed to come ahead by 200k AD.
    frozenfirevr said:

    Why would you open such an old lockbox?!

    Glorious resurgence lockboxes can drop the trove and it's still worth opening.
    defiantone99 said:

    Unless you plan on opening 1000-2000 lockboxes, never open a lockbox that contains the Trove. It is the most common drop in them, and you are almost guaranteed to get a transmute or the Emblem of the Cults. There are plenty of warnings about the Trove here on the forums.

    Trove has a ~7% drop rate.
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  • nameexpirednameexpired Member Posts: 1,282 Arc User
    vikoon said:

    I have been VIP for a few months now and I finally get a decent drop with my key of the day, a Trove of Elemental Evil. I look at the potential contents of the box and I see these 2 green item appearance changes I could potentially get. GREEN ITEMS in a paid lockbox? Come on man!!! Of course I end up with a ridiculous flame main hand item that is worth less than 500 AD and is a one time use. This is the final nail in the coffin for me as far as VIP goes. There is no way that anybody should be able to get hosed after we already beat the first insane RNG check. I am discouraged to see such a terrible system that seems to be designed against a paying customer.

    Look up the value of "Emblem of the Cults" - which is what I got out of it.
    You should be happy with your 500 AD flame main hand item!
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