test content
Logo
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
Options
The Phoenix Prize Pack.....
exarch1701
Member Posts: 71 Arc User
This isnt me griping, just putting a little info out there for anyone thats curious. 114 Phoenix packs opened. 78 uncommons, 21 rares, 15 very rares. Like with all boxes with this game, theyre just another scam. The upgrades are nice though. Got my sci alt nicely upgraded.
0
Comments
*sums corrected
Ouch......
Total disappointment!
I was only after the Corvette, and now get to decide which other UR ship to get. Already had all the epic ships too.
We still get a good bunch of free chances all week, account-wide times however many toons you have. "the ability to claim a free Phoenix Prize Pack once per account."
You dont say?!?!?!? After almost 9k hours played, had absolutely NO idea that getting ultra/epic drops from any box was statically less likely than hitting the actual lottery. Please, tell me more.......
All jokes aside, this thread was just more to inform the community of our drop rates. Some people just reserve their right to be grumpy about it, whereas some people (you) reserve your right to jump in threads and needlessly inform people of information that they, most likely, know (Assuming theyve been playing the game for longer than a week). But that 1 guy in the community that has never opened a reward box, and lives under a rock, thanks you for that timely piece of information.
Edit: That came out harsher than I intended. I was actually just poking fun at ya. Sorry if I came across as rude or mean.
I haven't played this game in two years or more years. I recently started again, and it is largely the same. The 10,000 points I had banked was nice though. I only wish there was some way for the game to make money that does not involve exploiting people with gambling addictions or similar mental illnesses.
13 very rare
30 rare
58 uncommon
Overall I'm pretty satisfied. I would have liked some ultra rare to pick up the Risan ships I wasn't interested in back when they were offered for their admiralty cards. But I can now have the Tanius on all my characters. I can pick up the shotgun, antiproton torp, and Absorption Matrix console for the delta recruit I kept and my TOS character. And I now have 58 Phoenix tech upgrades waiting for the next upgrade weekend.
Pretty much my feelings on it. I'd like to have gotten one epic so I could get the Kobali warp core I missed but as it stands the character I use AP weapons on has a nice new torp and console, I have a cool shotgun on my tac character, all my alts now have the V.S.S. Tanius and RMC, and I've got upgrades for days when I finally get them all the rep sets I want for their builds. (Only thing I really want now is a Sheshar so hopefully I can find someone in game to trade me one for EC+keys) Would I have liked to get the Kobali ship? Obviously, but I have a week of free boxes to cross my fingers and hope my notoriously bad luck finally doesn't happen. Getting free upgrades to catch myself up to older players who didn't take long breaks is more than enough for me in addition to getting some really nice free goodies I otherwise wouldn't have.
box seem vanished.
Am I happy I got 1? Yes.
Am I unhappy it took so long? Yes.
Was i expecting such a huge number to be necessary? After various experiments on Tribble with hundreds of character copies with various lockboxes and promo packs, yes.
Do I have regrets? A bit, of course, but that's the game. I knew exactly what to expect since it was a gamble. If you were expecting otherwise, then you need to understand what gambling is and when to stop.
At least, the rest of my characters have all the other items, now, and that's very welcome. It's just too bad I can't keep the rewards safe somewhere for future characters.
I think you can. I'm pretty sure they said you can use the tokens after the event ends. Using will open up the 'token store.'
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
I still have glossy photos of Q on one character, and those have been useless for a full year.
That's different for the tokens, though, assuming they still stay valid and there'll be another Phoenix event. And based on what we have seen from the devs, both cases are possible (whether there'll be another event or not, and whether the tokens will still be valid if another event happens).
Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
I looked up the developer response (it's in the galactic news thread).
"Boxes can only be purchased for a limited period of time. Once purchased, they can be opened at any point in time and items from the stores can be purchased at any point in time."
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
i am not willing to blow all my Dils for those pheonix boxes, just one time for 10 pack was enough for me, good enough for once a year event.
didnt like PWE/Cryptic gambling tactics, since thier RNG had made this game no longer as rpg format, and turning into "casino online" format.
Well...
If my fleet ever does a Voth Day, at least, I'll have a Bulwark to show instead of my Vengeance.
So I started opening them and with some luck I got a VR within the first 10 I opened. Mission accomplished I got my Red Matter Capacitor everything else is icing on the cake. So luck was good I got 27 VR tokens so
All in all for me Christmas came early
My feelings on it is this, its nice it gives us a chance at old things, but with the drop rate so low, they cant be traded, why not let us trade UP tokens say 10:1 UC to Rare, 5:1 Rare to VR, 5:1 VR to UR, 5:1 UR to Epic. After all they arent account wide unlocks and they cant be traded.