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I know back in the day it was always worth it. is it still worth it or am i better off just transferring the zen to AD
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Dead🔪The Quality of Life things don't make much impact on playing the game.
The lockboxes are worse than ever - usually 2 rank 8 stones and a refinement stone worth 1000rp. *yawn*
Don't waste your money on it unless you really need to gain an extra few RP per day or have NO runes and enchants over level 5
I just did open a little over 100 boxes with keys I had accumulated over the last few months. I did not get anything spectacular - one Deep crow hatchling (which I decided to keep, as its +1500 Power makes it BiS for my AC DC build), one UES and one Brilliant diamond... no legendary mounts or anything like that....so, pretty average. 95% of the boxes were nothing special, with maybe 3 Black opals and some other stuff, worth a few thousand AD in total, but as I said, there were a few more valuable items in between.
The bottom line was that if I would sold everything and if I bought the VIP at a 40% discount I made a small profit. So, getting some AD basically "for free" and getting all the QoL improvements makes VIP certainly a "must have" for me.
The average value of the lockbox drops might not cover the cost of VIP any more if you buy the VIP at full price or do not play every day, though, but you really need a larger sample size to determine that.
You used to be able to sell RP @ approximately 2AD per RP point.
It is now 0.7AD per RP point, making lockboxes even more worthless.
Really honestly, I get 2 rank 8 stones and 3 black opals in a box - worth something like 8,000 AD altogether? That is just trash.
However, as I said, if you do not play every day, or pay full price for your VIP, it will not be self-sustainable.
i.e. if they remove the lockbox key from VIP, I will keep buying VIP.
If they remove the QOL part from VIP, I will quit the game,
For me, the QoL items are 100% worth it.
So ask yourself if the convenience of a signpost, mailbox and bank on demand are worth it to you. Not to mention the free LB key (which is just a bonus to me not the basis on which to determine the value of VIP) and all the other bonuses.
If none of that appeals to you then VIP is not worth it to you.
If you are getting it as a means of funding your gameplay, then, maybe, just barley, if you play every day, and really know how to play the Auction House.
If you are getting it because of Fast Travel, Mail Everywhere, Invoke Everywhere, and Chest Rerolls, then, yeah, it's still worth it. Maybe even more so, as it makes the new Workshop WAY more player friendly (you can travel to it from anywhere and get your mail inside it, including A.H. materials).
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
Spent wisely in FBI/MSP/Tong/cradle they also carry some economic value.
I bought the six months as a kind of experiment, and my overall impression is that I can live in a game without any of the above.
I suspect many newer players will/do feel the same. This worries me because without people paying out $$£££ then there won't be a Neverwinter in the future.
The mailbox, bank and vendor would be hard to live without as well. It's been nearly 3 weeks since I used an enchanted key but the summonable items see constant use.
I gave up on hope to get anything useful from lockboxes a long time ago, so the keys are not the reason why I get VIP.
If I imagine, however, to have to walk back to the entrance of an area to get out again?! ... yeah, I'd probably quit, too.
Again, for me, the daily key is fun in the same way a lotto scratcher ticket is. I enjoy that moment of "maybe this time" but deep inside I know I will not get the stuff I want. If I had to justify buying VIP only on the keys and lockboxes I would not have it.
But since what I believe your real inquiry is: “Is VIP going to be worth it to you?”...
What @jorifice1 said - And only you will be in the best position to answer that one.
Since you asked my opinion, VIP holds no value for me, I tried it, I don't like it. If you find any value in buying VIP for cash or time spent playing, then it is up to you to form an opinion of your own. Do not rely on myself or others to make decisions for you.
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Keys were converted to reroll tokens. Those are located on your Riches tab under "Other Currencies".
I'll admit you need to be hunting those zones to get the full benefit of the rerolls though.
Anyway, my point was if he is still talking about epic key, it probably means he was not playing in the last 2 weeks. If you are not playing often, you should not buy VIP.
In the past, lockboxes contained other boxes with purple companions, blue mounts, and artifacts. This structure has nothing to break down and sell. I bank these, and at a much later date, I will sell them for a profit or gift them. If you buy VIP to support the game, I applaud your efforts. For the most part, I just sense many just grind the AD, convert to zen, and buy the VIP. These people have no reason to complain. They are fortunate the game allows the conversion. Pray they never do my solution, and just remove the ZAX altogether. Enjoy what you are given.