Guild Wars 2

Excuse me if this has already been discussed but I’d like to make some suggestions and comments on these items.

These things are dropping all over the place and to be quite honest they’re not even worth the price of a key. I’m seeing unlocked boxes going for a measly 4 bronze coins. You get some deceit buffs sometimes but it’s not worth the price of a key. The drops you get are dismal for the most part and not even worth a gamble. The exp boast is nice if you get one and the magic find but hey I can get something better from my guilds influence for free why bother ?

Suggestions – ( It’s obvious the chest drops need to be improved without having any balance issues with some godly items inside ) so…… that being said. What about things that are simply nice to have in the first place ?

All us die hard fans want to support Arena.net but I’m not buying anything which doesn’t give me something in return. So how’s this for some added items to throw in the chest that might help the sale of gems while also benefiting players ? I’m all for helping and supporting the gem store ( micro-transactions help keep the game alive ) but seriously Arena.net you made a dud with these chests.

Minis – Add a small % chance to have a random mini drop from one of these. Enough so that it doesn’t compete with the purchase of those in the gem store but allows players who don’t want to buy gems a chance to get them otherwise.

Crafting Materials – Add a chance for a rare crafting material drop. I doubt with all the crafting going on that this would have any impact on the in-game economy.

Recipes – Add some unique recipes for items that can only be found in these chests. Now we’re talking, I want a recipe for that Binford 3000 Grawl Whacker !

Treasure map – Inherit a treasure map. Que up a mini dynamic event where said person is directed to a buried treasure when they get to " X marks the spot". Something like some of those boss chests already in-game. Assuming this could be added sometime later down the road. We P vs E types love easter egg hunts !

I also realize that there are far more pressing issues with the game at hand but there’s my two cents on improving something which could be made better for both Arenanet and players alike.

I really like these ideas! I would never buy keys myself because you’re right, the box contents are valuable. I just squirrel them away for when I get a key from my story quests to throw at them for the heck of it. I especially like the chance for a dynamic treasure hunt event.

I also really like where the OP is going with his comments because I opened a few chests in the beginning and stopped caring about them after a while. Nothing has been really useful to me, mostly poor items, uninteresting boosters and once a… new key xD

The recipes and unique weapons/armor is cool but I do not like the “unique” part. I would prefer if they are really hard to get in the game but the chance increase dramatically if you open a chest.

The whole treasure map thing could even be a collection of unique events or missions so that they do not get tiresome Some could have random rewards, other “named” tasks could have guaranteed rewards like find that place, do something and you will get X item. Getting there could be easy or hard, it is maybe one time only necessary to visit a antique shop and you have to climb a whole mountain the next time. Killa a boss at the end or solve some small in-game puzzle, be rewarded by opening a chest or interacting with a character and so on

NO!! If they added things like that, I would actually want to open the chests and would find it hard to resist purchasing the keys!

I also posted this over on the fan site I usually follow and there was also the suggestion made of making the chests a gold sink where instead of buying a key with gems an NPC lock smith could open the things for you at a price.

One of the other things you find in those chests which I find almost useless at this point is the tonics. They take up way too much room, are account bound so I can’t even save em up and give em to friends for an in-game party or anything so those things take up some unwanted space as well. I do like the detail and some of the forms we can morph into but being account bound kind of dumbs down the whole idea of the tonics.

So……….

The tonics need a title perhaps that folks can unlock or I was thinking what about if you manage to drink enough of the said beasties ( making the chests also worth more ) that due to toxic effects from drinking " X " amount of the same tonics you get yourself the ability to have an ever lasting tonic after so many are drank. Say tonic whatever # becomes you’re ever lasting tonic. Those things were tradable, very popular and a hit in GW 1. The problem with the idea though is these are currently account bond and that would need to change as well. Bet you see these helping increase the trading post activity as well if they were more usable as well. Again it adds value to things we know are already in these chests.

I can come up with a ton of ideas about these chests but as they stand now they really do need some re-work when things settle down for the design and dev guys.

these indeed don’t break the economy, except maby the rare craft materials… but if the "Binford 3000 Grawl Whacker " would be a skin item (just like heritage gear) i really love the idea

I like the idea of some better items rather than just getting spammed with “tonics of transform into a worthless creature that nobody cares about”.

As it is I’ll never buy a key because they aren’t worth it. I’ll just use the keys from 100% areas. If they ever remove that then I’ll just delete all the chests because they aren’t worth it seriously.