Guild Wars 2

I am bringing this up at this moment because the loot pool for black lion chests are getting to the point that they are large enough there is slim to no chance of getting what you want which diminishes the desire to purchase keys to open them and try at a desired item.

I’m throwing out an idea here, but what if we got different black lion chests available to us that had different “rare” rewards.
such as a chest specifically for the endless mystery tonics, a chest for the personal contracts, a chest for back/item skins(and the rare black lion claim tickets, blue ones can drop from any of the chest types)

this would limit the loot pools and actually encourage buying keys to work for a desired item, at this point it is so much of a crap shoot getting something you want. buying things off the trading post is probably the cheaper option.

item drop rates would need to be adjusted most likely but would encourage people to buy keys again, and just have the keys work on all box types as well as all box types can drop the basic rewards from black lion chests currently… with the exception of the money bags and un-identified dyes, those can reduced in drop rates drastically right now they are more of an annoyance and turn off from buying more keys since you can get nothing back from a chest besides just dyes and a couple silver.

hell I know I would buy more keys if I knew I had a better shot than I would currently at getting the never ending mysterious tonics… wish I tried for them back near release when the loot pool was so small and didn’t get so much junk… I felt like I was actually getting things for my money.

I mean this wouldn’t be really an issue if there was more ingame ways to get the keys or if we got more keys for less money but there is so many filler items with such a slim chance at getting the desired rare item you want it isn’t worth spending the gems on the keys, if anything starting new chars and doing the personal story for the key is the most cost rewarding method to actually open them right now.

The main issue with Black Lion chests is that hoping to get <insert item> out of one is much like the belief that if you pay for a limitless supply of buckets filled with fresh manure, you’ll eventually stick your hands into one that somebody dropped one whole quarter into.

SpeedFiend.4521:

The main issue with Black Lion chests is that hoping to get <insert item> out of one is much like the belief that if you pay for a limitless supply of buckets filled with fresh manure, you’ll eventually stick your hands into one that somebody dropped one whole quarter into.

yes and it has only gotten worse as more junk items people don’t really care for have been added

Black Lion Chest are never worth it, the odds of profiting off these chest is near impossible, you have better odds getting a precursor from the forge. Any item from the Black Lion Chest can be bought except the Endless Tonic, so if you don’t want or need that, I would buy anything you desire from the chest directly off the TP with gold if that’s boosters, weapon skins, or contracts.

Black Lion Chest has horrible odds for anything worth more than the cost of keys. How much gold you could have gotten if you just cashed in your gems for gold or vice versa is high compared to anything the chest offers, the best items are contracts only worth around 350 gold and I hear the drop rate on the contracts are like 1 in 10,000 but can’t confirm. Don’t gamble with them imo.