changing the way Anet handles lottery box’s?

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Posted by: grayskull.2367

grayskull.2367

First of i just like to say i enjoy buying items of the Gem store when i know what im getting or there is a FARE change to getting said item. I have brought many Gems far too many to list here and i don’t mind gambling with my RL money/gold on lottery rewards every now and then if i feel the chances are good.

But I’m sick of this crap now! this style of business practices Anet is using to screw its customers out of money It’s immoral and downright disgraceful.

To say you have a RARE change of get a said item from a cash shop lottery without clearly stating the change of get that said item is not right. I mean what dose RARE even mean? are we talking 10%, 1% what are, are chances here? Well let be honest here it’s more likely to be 0.00000001% and this is why the percentage are not openly told to us. Using terms such as “a rare change” is far too of a bought statement to be interpreted correctly and that why they use it. it’s then are fault if we interpret the information we are giving incorrectly not Anets their backs are covered.

So why dose Anet feeling this is a fair and just way of giving a costumer a fair chance in an item? Of the top of my head i can name three other FREE online rpgs that have cash shop which also sell lottery box’s with different items in them. The difference here is each and EVER items available in these box’s has a percentage chance to win each item listed and available for their paying costumer to see before buying them.
So my question to you is if these other games can do it and sell their lottery box’s without any trouble. Why can’t Anet do the same?

just in case you where wonder what i was talking about here is an example of how spiral knight RPG dose its biasness this information is send to you in game and is also found on the forum room posted up by admin a list of each items and more importantly the percentage change of them dropping.

Items and Odds

70% for one of the following:
- Green Antique Bench
- Purple Antique Bench
- Purple Antique Chair
- Green Antique Chair
- Antique Table
- Antique Bookcase
- Moldy Tome Stack
- Musty Tome Stack
- Antique Luggage
- Antique Suitcases
- Skull Pile
- Bone Stack
28% for one of the following:
- Ancient Tome Stand
- Orange Tall Gaslamp
- Orange Short Gaslamp
- Blue Tall Gaslamp
- Blue Short Gaslamp
- Green Tall Gaslamp
- Green Short Gaslamp
- Purple Tall Gaslamp
- Purple Short Gaslamp
2% for one of the following:
- Cursed Tome Stand
- Mystical Tome Stand
- Curious Mewkat
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Winterfest Prize Box Items and Odds

62% for one of the following:
- Snow Block (a furnishing perfect for building snow forts)
- Crest of Winter accessory
- Red Holiday Presents (furnishing)
- Green Holiday Presents (furnishing)
- White Holiday Presents (furnishing)
21% for one of the following:
- Red Candles (furnishing)
- Green Candles (furnishing)
- White Candles (furnishing)
15% for one of the following:
- Red Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- Green Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- White Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- Snowfall Aura accessory
- Crown of Winter accessory

So why i ask you dose Anet not list its percentage change freely to see i can not be sure but I’m guessing it due to how low the percentage chance are which if this is the case they should be ashamed of themselves.

I for one want them to change the way they handle lottery box’s by list the percentage chance of get each item. I believe this would quickly silence most of their critics, unless they are too afraid to let their paying customers know just how low your chances really are.

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Posted by: Thelgar.7214

Thelgar.7214

I don’t know that the odds matter that much. In the end, gambling is the method of getting money from customers that is most likely to engender hard feelings. In a MMO it is worse than a casino and you’re going to have more long-term animosity.

In a casino, you don’t have any investment. You don’t lose anything that you built up if you are unhappy when you switch to another casino. If you switch MMOs, you lose the time and or money you put into your existing characters/items.

So, you can quit and give up what you have, or you can stick around, less happy than you were. It makes for a great community…

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Posted by: Ursan.7846

Ursan.7846

In a casino, you don’t have any investment. You don’t lose anything that you built up if you are unhappy when you switch to another casino.

Wait, money spent isn’t an investment? It isn’t something you earned with time you spend?

When you switch to a casino, the money you’ve spent on that previous casino isn’t just going to come back, you know. You do lose things.

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Posted by: Thelgar.7214

Thelgar.7214

In a casino, you don’t have any investment. You don’t lose anything that you built up if you are unhappy when you switch to another casino.

Wait, money spent isn’t an investment? It isn’t something you earned with time you spend?

When you switch to a casino, the money you’ve spent on that previous casino isn’t just going to come back, you know. You do lose things.

No, you don’t have any investment in a casino. That time you spent and money you lost is gone. You don’t have stuff that you give up by moving to another casino.

In an MMO, you build up characters and accumulate items. When you leave one MMO for another, that investment of time and money is wasted.

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Posted by: Ursan.7846

Ursan.7846

No, you don’t have any investment in a casino.

That time you spent and money you lost is gone.

Right, exactly why you do make an investment in a casino why you gamble there.

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

Casinos tend to have some kind of loyalty card that a player will insert into the various slot and table games and accumulate reward points so yes a frequent player at a casino does invest in a casino for walking away means walking away from their loyalty reward points.

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Posted by: grayskull.2367

grayskull.2367

Of curse the odds mater your spending RL money to try at a chance to get an item but the point im making here is if you new what your odds where you would easy know if it worth trying gambling for or not.

and here lies the problem are chances of getting anything good are so low and Anet are screwing us out of every penny we have with these poor drop percentage if we new the truth we would never buy gems again and this is why Anet are to scared to release the drop rates of lottery box’s