Guild Wars 2

By now pretty much everyone has stated they don’t care for the RNG crates in the gem store. I tend to agree that they are not a very good item unless you like to take a chance, a big one at that, from time to time. It would indeed be nice if they posted the odds.

Since most people do not buy crates to get a few shells or some cakes I imagine aside from the very rare lucky person, there is some degree of disappointment whether anticipated or not. I have developed an idea to make this less of an issue. I am attaching concept art as part of the explanation so please hold back comments until reading the full explanation and viewing the lovely artwork my team has worked hard to develop.

Instead of crates dropping RNG loot the idea is they drop RNG armor skins. However, and this is a big one, you will not know what the skin is until applying it and at that point it will be account and soul bound on use. This method provides the individual attempting acquire a skin with an actual skin and a highly subjective factor as to its level of ‘coolness’. Additionally each piece is randomly generated within the set. What that means is you might get a chest piece from one set mixed with leggings from another and so on.

I feel the gem cost to buy the RNG armor should increase to reflect the fact that there would indeed be a guaranteed skin whether desired or not. Maybe 1000 gems or so. Also for all those that prefer not to buy gems or don’t have the means to I believe these skins should drop from mobs and chests, just at a much lower chance than the gem store ones. I have posted what I believe should be the odds for each set.

My team and I have worked hard to develop the concept art for these skins. When discussing the art work please keep in mind that there is some minor polishing to be done before the artwork is complete. Also please try to keep discussion civil and as the standard RNG chest debate has been around the block a few times maybe this will inspire some refreshing conversation and ideas.

JustTrogdor.7892:

By now pretty much everyone has stated they don’t care for the RNG crates in the gem store.

This is pure speculation.
Basing any kind of statistic off of your friends or these forums is anything from an accurate representation of the playerbase, or their spending habits. These forums represent a fraction of all the people that play. Furthermore, people that are content may not stop in the forums at all, seeing as they are content with the game state. So what you end up calling as ‘everyone’ are the disgruntled few who come to the forums to complain. Which also includes myself and others who have stated in other topics that we are fine with it as it is.
The only ones who know how popular the RNG crates are, are the ones who see the amount of Gems being spent on them. One could assume they sell well and are popular with the overall playebase, seeing as how they keep adding them there. Why add an item that doesn’t sell, afterall. But again, that is also speculation since noone outside of the Anet employees who know how many Gems are spent can know truly.

I wasn’t quite sure what you were getting at with this until I looked at the picture more closely.

Now I think I understand your point.

You made me chuckle!

Danikat.8537:

I wasn’t quite sure what you were getting at with this until I looked at the picture more closely.

Now I think I understand your point.

There really wasn’t a point to it. I was mostly goofing around because I was doing some work, accidentally opened a screen cap and got distracted. I’m glad to see you read past the first sentence. Hope you enjoyed my teams artwork. It wasn’t easy for them to do.

LOL…..now that was funny!

Chest plate, blue jeans, leather cowboy pants, and hello kitty sneakers. Good look right thar.

Satire is truly a dying art.

Jabberwock.9014:

Chest plate, blue jeans, leather cowboy pants, and hello kitty sneakers. Good look right thar.

Oddly I would kind of like the first set. Well maybe the chaps too.