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From a Xbox player point of view, the preview provided on the new lockbox does not look promising.
It used to be that we had 1 pack from the box that wasn't sought after, being either a profession pack or fashion pack.
Then came the mount insignia's, and with them a bag which
90 % of the time grants the player 2 blue insignia's. A bag which most people either vendor or turn in as gems in the stronghold.
Then the refinement changes brought in changes to the artifact pack.
It used to contain various refinement in the form of resonance stones and then either Gmops or Smops. And sometimes refinement with the additional genies gifts.
Now you are lucky if you get anything other than some green and blue enchanting stones. Like we don't have an overflow of those already from the leadership bags...
Now I see this new lockbox... and I am not impressed!
Firstly, they changed the legendary mount bonus from critical strike to defense to HP??? Who would choose the HP bonus over say 4000 power??? Show me which Paladin in his right mind would make that swap.
The companion packs have been completely removed, reducing RP, AD and companion token income even further. Another AD sink hoping players will pay for ZEN to get overpriced tokens.
The profession pack is back, but honestly this is a change I welcome, they can at least be sold for some AD, although not a lot.
The mount pack is still present, and so is the enchanting stones in the artifact pack.
There is both a legendary and an epic mount, which should be worth a decent amount. If not for the bonus then for the visuals that is.
Then you can get a augment gorilla. It's cute, but not a lot more than that.
So far this brings us to 4 rather unattractive pulls out of 7. ( The enchantment pack is still present though, thank god).
Then they have introduced an Adventurer pack and the Genie Gifts, as a pack of their own. Those gifts don't really bring anything useful to the table for established players. Outside the little worth of AD they generate.
But I have a feeling their price will drop quickly, once the market is overflowing with them.
Now that Adventurer pack is just plain bogus. It is not even mass scrolls of life, but the single scroll of life... And those teleport scrolls are completely useless. The first thing you get with VIP is the signpost... Oh wait.. I almost forgot about the epic dungeon keys. Those are awesome... I most certainly don't already have 200+ keys on each different character I own, from the VIP rewards. (This part is sarcasm @kreatyve ).
So out of 10 drops, only 4 are really worth the subscription to VIP. And considering the drop chance on both the epic and legendary mount, as well as the Trade Bar jackpot, you are mostly looking at a 1 in 6 chance of getting something worth the AD / ZEN / Real life money in which you spend for VIP.
Yes, yes then there is the small stuff like accumulating trade bars from every bag, but overall I am starting to wonder if they are trying to drive us away from the game...
In any case, I haven't had my hands on a lockbox yet, as consoles are still some time away from MOD13.
So how are you, the PC players, experiencing the new lockbox?
All answers are appreciated, and thank you for your time.
Patrick
It used to be that we had 1 pack from the box that wasn't sought after, being either a profession pack or fashion pack.
Then came the mount insignia's, and with them a bag which
90 % of the time grants the player 2 blue insignia's. A bag which most people either vendor or turn in as gems in the stronghold.
Then the refinement changes brought in changes to the artifact pack.
It used to contain various refinement in the form of resonance stones and then either Gmops or Smops. And sometimes refinement with the additional genies gifts.
Now you are lucky if you get anything other than some green and blue enchanting stones. Like we don't have an overflow of those already from the leadership bags...
Now I see this new lockbox... and I am not impressed!
Firstly, they changed the legendary mount bonus from critical strike to defense to HP??? Who would choose the HP bonus over say 4000 power??? Show me which Paladin in his right mind would make that swap.
The companion packs have been completely removed, reducing RP, AD and companion token income even further. Another AD sink hoping players will pay for ZEN to get overpriced tokens.
The profession pack is back, but honestly this is a change I welcome, they can at least be sold for some AD, although not a lot.
The mount pack is still present, and so is the enchanting stones in the artifact pack.
There is both a legendary and an epic mount, which should be worth a decent amount. If not for the bonus then for the visuals that is.
Then you can get a augment gorilla. It's cute, but not a lot more than that.
So far this brings us to 4 rather unattractive pulls out of 7. ( The enchantment pack is still present though, thank god).
Then they have introduced an Adventurer pack and the Genie Gifts, as a pack of their own. Those gifts don't really bring anything useful to the table for established players. Outside the little worth of AD they generate.
But I have a feeling their price will drop quickly, once the market is overflowing with them.
Now that Adventurer pack is just plain bogus. It is not even mass scrolls of life, but the single scroll of life... And those teleport scrolls are completely useless. The first thing you get with VIP is the signpost... Oh wait.. I almost forgot about the epic dungeon keys. Those are awesome... I most certainly don't already have 200+ keys on each different character I own, from the VIP rewards. (This part is sarcasm @kreatyve ).
So out of 10 drops, only 4 are really worth the subscription to VIP. And considering the drop chance on both the epic and legendary mount, as well as the Trade Bar jackpot, you are mostly looking at a 1 in 6 chance of getting something worth the AD / ZEN / Real life money in which you spend for VIP.
Yes, yes then there is the small stuff like accumulating trade bars from every bag, but overall I am starting to wonder if they are trying to drive us away from the game...
In any case, I haven't had my hands on a lockbox yet, as consoles are still some time away from MOD13.
So how are you, the PC players, experiencing the new lockbox?
All answers are appreciated, and thank you for your time.
Patrick
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When another cursed-with-[censored]-[censored]-[censored]-loot packs lockbox pops up, we can at least spend our keys on the new and improved Glorious Resurgence Lockbox.
Btw. placing that Fashion pack in one of the former lockboxes was a mistake, and i thought the player feedback about it was clearly enough... but the new Adventurer pack really takes the cake.
I suggest giving us the option to turn those kind of packs directly into Trade bars at some NPC... that could become a nice new job for Rhix.
Bonding runestones will now probably go up in price on the AH, as this was a major source for them.
I don't mind the Adventurer pack so much. At least the potions earned can be converted into gold or AD. It's significantly better than the old Trove of EE loot boxes from the EE campaign with their useless Emblems.
Seriously get a grip, kids - trolls are already in the game; we don't need more on the outside.
*EDIT* - oh HO; well played Cryptic! You snuck the 'Adventurer Pack' into the Glorious Resurgence Lockbox too! You guys are masters at this - you should relocate your offices to Las Vegas and join the casino business circles...
I guess that is one way to go on reinforcing the viewpoint that opening a lockbox is essentially gambling with a significant chance at getting a near zero value payout...
Luckily, I am a cynic, and not a conspiracy theorist, or I might see a grab-the-money-while-its-there strategy evolving in the light of a looming slaughter of the golden goose
I have so many older ones on a bank toon... going to be opening those.
I started playing this morning. Once I hit ~ level 15, I've been getting lockboxes all over the place. Because of the amount, I decided to put down $10 and get some keys. I went through the whole purchase, got confirmation I bought it, but when I try to open my lockbox, it says I have no keys. I've been trying to get a hold of a GM, but for whatever reason using the "Request GM Help" seems to always result in a message saying something like "GM will NOT help", which seems pretty dumb if you ask me to even have something like that there to begin with.
Am I missing something? At this point I don't know what to do.
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