Guild Wars 2

…there were more interesting things in them. Black Lion Chests are such a more reasonable “gamble” because you get a lot of useful stuff from them.

Besides the rarest most desired thing (this sclarite skins), there isn’t much you can’t get for several silver from the TP.

Single use mystic forge and crafting stations are joke too. Who really needs to do either of those things on the run?

BeardRex.6739:

Single use mystic forge and crafting stations are joke too. Who really needs to do either of those things on the run?

This… this 100 times over… the forge would be nice if permanent but for one use.. I’d almost rather have the materials haha

Magnus Steelgrave.6580:

BeardRex.6739:

Single use mystic forge and crafting stations are joke too. Who really needs to do either of those things on the run?

This… this 100 times over… the forge would be nice if permanent but for one use.. I’d almost rather have the materials haha

Plus, there already is a permanent forge access (Mystic Forge Conduit). A permanent crafting access would be cool, though.

They are so easy to get that I don’t really see the problem. I’ve farmed 20 of them so far with minimal effort. I still haven’t seen anything other then mats though.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

They are so easy to get that I don’t really see the problem. I’ve farmed 20 of them so far with minimal effort. I still haven’t seen anything other then mats though.

What did you get your % magic find up to? I was ~250% and haven’t gotten any.

well… single-use TP and crafting stations COULD be a good thing to drop, IF them dropping gave you like 50-250 of them.
I have the same problem with things like bank access express and merchant express. with only 5 of them out of hundreds of chests opened, I’m never going to use them because there’s rarely a situation that might need them. If I had 500 of them, I’d be more willing to use them for smaller things, getting me hooked, then buying more.

If they just had boosters I wouldn’t be so disappointed. Regen boosters are pretty crap, but xp, karma, glory, and magic find are a great compensation.

BeardRex.6739:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

They are so easy to get that I don’t really see the problem. I’ve farmed 20 of them so far with minimal effort. I still haven’t seen anything other then mats though.

What did you get your % magic find up to? I was ~250% and haven’t gotten any.

I use 363% and get about one every 30 minutes of constant killing.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

BeardRex.6739:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

They are so easy to get that I don’t really see the problem. I’ve farmed 20 of them so far with minimal effort. I still haven’t seen anything other then mats though.

What did you get your % magic find up to? I was ~250% and haven’t gotten any.

I use 363% and get about one every 30 minutes of constant killing.

Yeah, I have about the same drop rates as well and run between 384 and 434.

I grab the +200%, so I have 220% mf, and when I go around killing karkas I’ve gotten an average of 0 crates from 10 total hours of killing.
maybe mf increases the chance of them dropping, but the +200% mf is bugged?

Mystic.5934:

I grab the +200%, so I have 220% mf, and when I go around killing karkas I’ve gotten an average of 0 crates from 10 total hours of killing.
maybe mf increases the chance of them dropping, but the +200% mf is bugged?

I had my first crate drop yesterday while running with 220% MF. I haven’t kept track of my total time on the island since the patch, but I’d estimate it to be in the 7-8 hour range.

Astraea.6075:

Mystic.5934:

I grab the +200%, so I have 220% mf, and when I go around killing karkas I’ve gotten an average of 0 crates from 10 total hours of killing.
maybe mf increases the chance of them dropping, but the +200% mf is bugged?

I had my first crate drop yesterday while running with 220% MF. I haven’t kept track of my total time on the island since the patch, but I’d estimate it to be in the 7-8 hour range.

I haven’t gotten any and played 6 or 7 hours there over the weekend running mostly 250% MF. A couple people I was running with got at the most 2 over the equal amount of time.

running what i said earlier i’ve gotten at least 15-20 crates… try adding some food or search for a bonfire or something to boost your mf more.

I run about 350 MF, I’ve got about 8 crates (one weapon ticket!) in about 10 hours there doing events and stuff

I’ve only had one drop with 450-503% magic find. I’m starting to hate this game.

bravoart.5308:

I’ve only had one drop with 450-503% magic find. I’m starting to hate this game.

Same here. If there is one thing that is making me really dislike the game it is the RNG boxes involved.

Even worse is that over 90% of the boxes had just various amounts of the 3 Southsun materials.. If I’d brought those with real money, I would have been SO peeved.

AnonEMouse.7932:

Even worse is that over 90% of the boxes had just various amounts of the 3 Southsun materials.. If I’d brought those with real money, I would have been SO peeved.

Read the description of the crates again.

An assortment of souvenirs from the Southsun islands. This chest contains Southsun crafting materials and a chance to get a wide variety of items such as shoulder skins, new boosts and convenience items, and a rare chance at new weapon skins and mini pets.

I’ve bolded the part where it states quite plainly what you can expect to get from the majority of these chests. I wouldn’t spend money on them myself, and I don’t buy the RNG chests, but it’s clear what they usually contain.

An assortment of souvenirs from the Southsun islands. This chest contains Southsun crafting materials and a chance to get a wide variety of items such as shoulder skins, new boosts and convenience items, and a rare chance at new weapon skins and mini pets.

Whilst this is true, for a real money item, that chance should be much nearer 50/50 than the current 90% nothing, especially as some of the items are are added are still awful.