Guild Wars 2

So I decided to splurge on gems/lockboxes, hoping to get a couple of black lion tickets for weapons. I bought a total of 35 keys. 35. I already had 2 tickets from a long time ago, so I figured that out of 35, I would likely get 3 tickets worth of scraps and/or actual ticket drops. Out of the 35 boxes, I also got 2 more lockbox keys. So 37 lockboxes in all.

Out of 37 lockboxes, I got
0 Tickets
13 Scraps

…

That’s hardcore. A ton of random boosters and some ingredients, some giant wintersday gifts… and that’s all.

I hate to say, but with the level of regret I feel after buying those keys, I can’t see myself ever buying any more in the future. :-\

The RNG gods hate me.

Hate to break it to you but this patch they changed what is dropped and how often from the black lions boxes.

lol seriously? I opened all these yesterday, though. I’m guessing they increased the ticket drop rate? =D

doubt it. they did reduce the tonics though.

Well, it increased by removing the guaranteed Mystery drop (giving it a chance to drop instead). So you now have 2 chances to get a ticket instead of 1 per chest. I think this change was wanted by most people since the start of the game and I’m happy they did. I might invest in some keys to see how the drop changed.

Yargesh.4965:

doubt it. they did reduce the tonics though.

I have kept all the tonics I have gotten from chests over the last year…almost a year, I am up to 280. Can’t sell ’em……but the smell of tinged fur sure is appealing.

A quick tip for the future, you can check the drop rate of different items from black lion chests in this page:

http://gw2blacklion.com/

according to it you have a roughly a littie over 20% chance of a scrap, and roughly 1.5% chance of a ticket, which means you would have expected about 8 scraps and 0 (maybe 1 if you were lucky) tickets from 37 chests… so I guess you did get lucky on the scraps.

locoman.1974:

A quick tip for the future, you can check the drop rate of different items from black lion chests in this page:

http://gw2blacklion.com/

according to it you have a roughly a littie over 20% chance of a scrap, and roughly 1.5% chance of a ticket, which means you would have expected about 8 scraps and 0 (maybe 1 if you were lucky) tickets from 37 chests… so I guess you did get lucky on the scraps.

Woah… yea, I guess looking at it like that, I made out pretty well on my lockboxes.

Ouch >_>

Thanks for the link, btw!

Hmmm. Off the top of my head, each lockbox key costs 5 gold (at the normal gem→gold rate).

20% of a scrap means 5 boxes to get one, or 25 gold per scrap.

Have fun with that.

Naevius.3185:

Hmmm. Off the top of my head, each lockbox key costs 5 gold (at the normal gem->gold rate).

20% of a scrap means 5 boxes to get one, or 25 gold per scrap.

Have fun with that.

or a 30 min run on a human commoner.

Yargesh.4965:

Naevius.3185:

Hmmm. Off the top of my head, each lockbox key costs 5 gold (at the normal gem->gold rate).

20% of a scrap means 5 boxes to get one, or 25 gold per scrap.

Have fun with that.

or a 30 min run on a human commoner.

This. It take 20-30 minutes to run a human through to story level 10 to get a key. I’m typically only level 4 or 5 when I get there. Not very exciting, but if you only have a few minutes to play, not a bad use of time.

The keys are a horrible waste of gems IMO.

I’m so sorry for derailing this thread, but how do you do the commoner run in 30 minutes? On a warrior/Guardian it takes me at least an hour.

On topic: Buying keys is a serious waste of gems unless you get really, REALLY lucky. Unless you feel the need for those tonics and armor repair stuff.

I can’t believe there’s not a guide in the new player forum telling people not to bother with black lion chests. Such a waste.