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Experience with the Nightmare lockbox (no whining)

soulwhispsoulwhisp Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 161 Bounty Hunter
edited November 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
So i opened like 30+ lockbox with my first char and no mount (in open beta), after that when the game went live i opened 100+ lockbox whit my second char (thats my main now), but still no mount. I gived up, totally. But now with this key price lowering i started opening them again, i opened 220+ lockbox in the past 2 days (including today). It was a huge AD loss, because im a free to play gamer. So in a total 350+ lockbox and no mount!

Actually i had to buy the 2 nightmare, and the twilight out from tarmalune trade bar.

Im still happy, but seriusly 350 lockbox??? I met a person who got 2 mystic nightmare out of 8 lockbox!

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Spent in total:

Inferno: for 2x hero (when it was 400k in AH, in total: 800k) (bought it with first char)
Twilight: 2500 tarmalune trade bar (its in AH for 1,3M) (bought it today)
Mystic: someone opened two and he sold it for me for only 1M, he is a nice guy! <3 (bought it today)
Total: 3,1 mil only

Wasted on key: 6-7 million AD (not calculated the cycle, when you sell the stuff that you opened, it could be 14 million)

So instead of opening i could save at least 3 million AD.

And im a free to play gamer. Its just a tip for those who want to open it: dont buy key, buy the mount instead of AH! Belive me!

Only buy key if you are after the twilight!
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  • baronvonboombaronvonboom Member Posts: 536 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Forget the % chance of getting a pony..

    What worries me is that a F2P player has that much AD/Gold in the first place, don't mean to question it but I cant help myself..

    Some sort of farming/speed running monster per chance or you telling me that since Beta you've managed to gather over 7 million AD to spend on keys for your 220+ boxes you opened..

    I seriously doubt what you've been doing is anywhere near legit, albeit my opinion is tainted with a smidge of jealousy..
  • kantazo1kantazo1 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Ouch, that hurts. I will follow your advice and just buy the mount from AH
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  • soulwhispsoulwhisp Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 161 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    baronvonboom wrote: »
    Forget the % chance of getting a pony..

    What worries me is that a F2P player has that much AD/Gold in the first place, don't mean to question it but I cant help myself..

    Some sort of farming/speed running monster per chance or you telling me that since Beta you've managed to gather over 7 million AD to spend on keys for your 220+ boxes you opened..

    I seriously doubt what you've been doing is anywhere near legit, albeit my opinion is tainted with a smidge of jealousy..

    I trade a lot in zone chat, any admins can look my logs! I play absolutely legal, and the joke is im not that good like others i know. I know one who has over 25 mil worth assets and workers and gear just in one char.

    And over 7 million spent on keys over 3 months? Why is it so much? I dont get it. I have 5 chars that make at least 50k ad per day just with leadership / invoking.

    And top of that the more AD you have the more business can be made. This is not a miracle, a lot others can do this.
  • buxirbuxir Member Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    ....And im a free to play gamer.....

    and then you have 5 chars :)
    Cryptic gave you 3 ekstra chars for free
  • soulwhispsoulwhisp Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 161 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    buxir wrote: »
    ....And im a free to play gamer.....

    and then you have 5 chars :)
    Cryptic gave you 3 ekstra chars for free


    You can buy zen from AD anytime in the AD/Zen exchange!
  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I went to Las Vegas and put hundreds of dollars in a slot machine and didnt win. Yet some little blue haired old lady hit a jackpot on her second quarter. Its almost as if its totally random and gambling on your chances.

    True story
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Yeah, you can be a F2P gamer and buy things from the cash shop without it costing you anything but time. I've acquired 8 character slots investing nothing but time. The sale last week helped.

    I know I could have them free across multiple accounts, but as someone who has put in some money (Guardian), it makes considerably more sense to have everyone under one account.
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  • soulwhispsoulwhisp Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 161 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    beckylunatic wrote: »
    Yeah, you can be a F2P gamer and buy things from the cash shop without it costing you anything but time. I've acquired 8 character slots investing nothing but time. The sale last week helped.

    I know I could have them free across multiple accounts, but as someone who has put in some money (Guardian), it makes considerably more sense to have everyone under one account.

    Not just that, you can transfer AD beetween chars in the same account, so you can earn a lot AD with 5 chars doing leadership. And top of that if you buy a zen epic mount, you will get that mount for every chars!
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Exactly. With the Guardian pack, I have an account-wide companion and other goodies as well as a mount. And it's far easier to share around crafting materials and the bags I also bought with invested time, and consolidate my runes and enchantments, and swap gear if I get a blue drop for a different class than I'm playing, etc.

    Plus there are all those giveaway codes....
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  • khimera906khimera906 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 898 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I hate gambling. Not that I think I am unlucky, I just hate it. I will try my luck on those profession boxes though. What I wouldn't do is waste my gold/astral diamonds on gambling for flashy mounts. When I have some extra astral diamonds I will buy it straight out of the auction house. No wasted astral diamonds and most of all no anger management therapy.
    Good luck!
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  • chifawnchifawn Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I bought a card and spent it all on the lock boxes not that im harping about it ...I think the lockbox if possible should be level adjusted to the one opening them ..I have like a bunch of shards for the level 60 campaign and a few level 60 items I cant use for like 30 levels yet.. as for mounts there are a few cool ones but I don't think they worth the price ..I think a level ajustment would be cool if possible..instead of level 10s running around with epic stuff??
  • dhuras1dhuras1 Member Posts: 166 Bounty Hunter
    edited November 2013
    My guild mate opened his first 3 boxes. He got the mount and the companion. I still want to choke him.
  • khimera906khimera906 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 898 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I think someone's working for Valindra...
    I hate dancing with Lady Luck. She always steps on my toes.
  • armeanianarmeanian Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    So i opened like 30+ lockbox with my first char and no mount (in open beta), after that when the game went live i opened 100+ lockbox whit my second char (that's my main now), but still no mount. I give up, totally. But now with this key price lowering i started opening them again, i opened 220+ lockbox in the past 2 days (including today). It was a huge AD loss, because im a free to play gamer. So in a total 350+ lockbox and no mount!

    So finally you get, they Don't want to give u any kind of mount that easy, the fact some people get one after opening 3 if random and most likely after others like yourself have open over 300, its a a main pocket liner for them, because they ppl will excitedly spend big amounts in the hope of getting that Random Rare mount, when theyre probably sitting back laughing at ppl who do, when they could've just bought a nice looking mount off the zen shop.... any game with lock boxes, is the same .. imo
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited November 2013
    Closing for necromancy. (Rule 3.13)
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