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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

best place to get the coat is the chest at the end of Mordrem Vinewarth boss event, I got all 3 in just 4 runs to the boss, and so did many people in my guild took them about 4~6 runs only for the 2 pieces.

Proving yet again that ANeT’s RNG is messed up.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

Then the dice are weighted here. 55 times to get 2 coat boxes? In sheer odds at any casino I should have gotten at least 1 coat box by the 15th try. Even in a casino you get a win when the odds are 10%. Many players have experienced the exact same issue with this event. And then you had players get an extra one the first try, then completed it before trying the vine event even 10 times. Many just after 3 tries.

I’m not going to repeat my post, but I’ll link it here for your, and everyone else’s, edification.

TL;DR: Assuming a 10% drop chance, a 50-chest dry run is about half as likely as getting the two coat boxes in your first two successful Vinewrath events and should affect on average around one in 200 players. You just happen to be one of those.

You know what they say about assuming….

And Bahlol’s post above yours shows that ANeT’s RNG needs to be fixed, as do many of the posts in this thread. I’m not saying that your randomness statement for the real world is wrong, it’s your statements about the coat box RNG that are wrong. It is broken. Has ANeT secretly told you what its RNG is for the event?

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Posted by: Gudy.3607

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And Bahlol’s post above yours shows that ANeT’s RNG needs to be fixed, as do many of the posts in this thread.

They do no such thing. What they show is that some people get all the coat boxes they want after only a few runs while others have frustratingly long dry spells. Which is to be expected given an unbiased, uniformly distributed RNG as the basis for the drop probability. If that inequality bothers you then don’t play games where dice rolls and other random chance events are a major part of the ruleset. Or petition ANET for an additional way to acquire those coat boxes that isn’t RNG based.

I’m not saying that your randomness statement for the real world is wrong, it’s your statements about the coat box RNG that are wrong. It is broken. Has ANeT secretly told you what its RNG is for the event?

Of course not. But contrary to your dismissive attitude and your repeated insistence that my analysis must be wrong and that the RNG must be broken, my working assumption of an unbiased uniformly distributed RNG and a drop chance of roughly 10% is entirely consistent with the observed behaviour, both in my own experience and in what people have been posting here in this thread.

For a similar situation, look at precursor drops – some people have been playing since the beta without a precursor ever dropping for them. Others seem to be getting them with envy-inducing regularity. Does that mean that ANET’s implementation of their RNG is broken? No, it doesn’t. Does it mean that random drops may not be the optimal delivery vehicle for highly desirable items? Maybe, but this is not the “RNG as a concept” thread, where such game design issues are presumably discussed.

In short: Are you justifiably frustrated by your bad luck in acquiring the coat boxes? Oh, yes. Does that mean that ANET’s RNG is broken? Nope. Would an alternative way of acquiring the coat box and other wanted loot be desirable? Quite possibly.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

We have asked ANeT to make them available via the vendor. No response.

RNG broken: Yes. If it weren’t then I wouldn’t need 55 tries at the event to get a lousy 2 coat boxes. That alone shows the RNG is not working. And others have the same issue, thus I’m not alone in my justified observation that the RNG is broken.

The problem is you’re making the assumption that the RNG is10%. Very kittenumption. If ANeT stated it were, this would be a moot argument.

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Posted by: Kross.6428

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I have been playing the Silverwastes on a regular basis ever since it first came out, and I am working on collecting all of the pieces for the Carapace armor set. Although it is a lot of fun, quite frankly the RNG on that map is not working in my favor. At all.

Despite constantly maintaining a 300+MF (including food buffs), I regrettably used up over 3 stacks of Bandit Keys and I have not found a single Glove Box or Boot Box. Not one. Nada. Zilch. Furthermore, to add insult to injury, I have yet to find a Coat Box from the dozens of successful Vinewrath events that I have participated in. (Not including the obligatory reward upon my first completion of the event.)

While I have given up on Bandit Chests entirely, I have simply resorted to just buying the armor boxes with the crests, instead of wasting them on stupid keys. However, the Carapace Coat is not available from vendors, and only found by getting lucky at Vinewrath….. Seeing as this game hates my guts, I desire to purchase it instead of wasting my time. Will it ever be purchasable in the near future? Also, will it ever be possible to trade Carapace armor boxes? The friends that I play with find boxes all the time, and they all say “Too bad I cannot give you my spare boxes”.

Pardon me for complaining, but considering how many weeks I have spent on this gorram map, one would think that I would have found at least one box by now…

/end rant

TLDR;
Will Carapace Coats be available from vendors in the near future?
What are the chances of armor boxes being exchangeable?
Is RNGesus real?

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Posted by: Krag.6210

Krag.6210

Don’t give up, I had to do about 30 Vinewraths before I got my second Coat Box then I got the third one about 5-6 VW later the next day.

Had to buy all the other boxes too.

I’ve seen people link 40 Coat boxes, crazy.

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Posted by: Kross.6428

Kross.6428

Thanks for the encouragement Krag.

I don’t have much of a choice in the matter, so I will keep trying until I find it.

*fingers crossed*

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Posted by: Kross.6428

Kross.6428

Try harder instead of complaining

Effort = Luck?

Not sure if you’re ignorant, or trolololing.

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Posted by: dadoppelny.7945

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To be honest, I didn’t have a hard time with any of the luminescent armor pieces, neither with getting the pieces, nor with getting the right organs for them.
But that Coat Box… my god. It took me at least 50 successfull vinewraths, one or two fails and even some disconnects and I have not seen a single coat box, safe for the one you get from the first time defeating VR, until this morning, when I did another run. I defeated that stupid boss, and got the coat box. I felt like I was on a roll and did it again. Got another box. And even boots from the lost chests. So I kept going and got the preserved bee queen from the third run.
See. Just be patient. If you really want the armor set, go for it, keep on. Silverwastes is a great way to farm, whether it be mats from salvaging items, rares from the rare bags, and champion bags from champions, events and the chests. You really get a lot of stuff, but I guess you know that – and one magical run, the rng will be in your favor.

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Posted by: Kross.6428

Kross.6428

Like you, the Mordrem organs were no problem for me, because I had control over what I received from the bosses. I got to choose my loot in that case. I have all the organs, and finished all the achievements in the Silverwastes. Now I’m just waiting on finishing my armor collection. I don’t like relying on RNG or chance when it comes to getting rewarded for the work I’ve put into the game. I work my butt off to earn my share. I sometimes pop my commander tag to coordinate/rally people on my position, I try to get people ferried into the map, and I never AFK during an event because I am not a pathetic leech. And yet, what took a couple days for my friends/guildies to finish, is taking weeks for me solely because the numbers are against me.

Of course… I have this really bad feeling that I am going to grind a bunch of bandit crests, buy the gloves and the boots, and then that is when RNG decides it is time for me to drown in Carapace Boxes. That’s how it usually works, doesn’ it?

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Posted by: naiasonod.9265

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RNG is boring as boring gets in my book. Ice darned all the crests required for all my carapace pieces beyond the freebies given by LS chapters, and all I can say is…

If this much RNG factors into getting goodies in HoT, in doing to roll a 1d10000 on my phone’s dice rolling app.

Whenever I roll a 1 at the start of a given month, I’ll spend some money in the gem shop, but I’ll have to roll to see how much. Again on 1d10000.

1-9000 shall be merely $10
9001-9750- $25
9751-9950- $35
9951-9999- $50
10000 – $100

That way, Anet doesn’t get left out of having so much fun™ either.

Is hate for them not to have as good a time as we do.

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Posted by: Ashen.2907

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I honestly assumed that the coat box drop was common. Ive gotten one in every time I do the event. I’ve been salvaging them.

Hope your luck turns around OP.

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Posted by: LadyRhonwyn.2501

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Of course… I have this really bad feeling that I am going to grind a bunch of bandit crests, buy the gloves and the boots, and then that is when RNG decides it is time for me to drown in Carapace Boxes. That’s how it usually works, doesn’ it?

Yes, at least for me. But I’ve some weird luck regarding those boxes…. I got my first (non-coat) box as drop after I bought the last required one from the merchant.

And I got my first coat box from the first vine encounter (guaranteed drop), the second from my second encounter and the third, yes you guessed it right, from the third encounter….

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Posted by: Hayashi.3416

Hayashi.3416

pRNG uses a time seed, so while looting approximates randomness if the time you loot the chest is random, when the drop rate of anything is low enough, it does not necessarily follow random trends. And since it’s based on a time seed, it’s not even truly luck. RNGesus may depend somewhat on the time in which you play the game.

Too bad, as they say. All you can do is watch tryhards link it 40 times in your face in an attempt to feel better about themselves by making you feel worse. Rinse and repeat for everything from precursors to fractal weapons to tequatl weapons to regurgitated armor.

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Posted by: Tao.5096

Tao.5096

3 Vinewrath runs, 3x Carapace Coat boxes.
Honestly, I believe that Anet should tone down drop rate in SW overall.
Especially rare drops and obsidian shards.

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Posted by: Nash.2681

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I feel you, OP.
Though I’m usually all but not favored by RNGesus, Coat boxes seem to be my thing. Besides the one guarenteed box for the first Vinewrath victory I did 6 additional Vinewrath kills- and scored 4 more boxes. My wife however, who fought besides me every time got- 0. If only I could donate her the two I don’t need…. (on the other hand she got the fractal sword skin lately, the only reason I still do FotM, but well….)

So there’s really no point in tweaking droprates as long as the distribution remains 100% rng. A.Net simply has to understand that pure RNG is not the way to go, especially when it’s about non-tradeable items.

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Posted by: ZudetGambeous.9573

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Well I find it highly unlikely that you’ve done “dozens” of VW events. I know it can feel that way, but you’ve probably only done 8-10.

Secondly, i’d try to get your MF up higher for a better chance. 300% with 5 stacks of perseverance is actually pretty low. Shoot for 500-600% for a decent chance.

Also, if you aren’t already, make sure to use the lfg tool to hop between maps. Generally you can easily get into maps that are between 50-70% completed. You can also look for VW posts, there are generally ~5 extra spaces after breach for people, due to people logging or DC’ing.

Finally, keep at it. Remember, SW is one of the best gold farms in the game right now. Think of it as getting lots of mats for ascended armor, or legendary weapons, or just plain gold for skins. The coat boxes will come eventually.

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Posted by: apocalyps.7106

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do the story which award the coat box on another character , that’s how i completed the set, doing the story again , some story’s give the boxes on another char, some don’t , check the wiki, it tells you which

DID YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THAT?

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Posted by: Tao.5096

Tao.5096

do the story which award the coat box on another character , that’s how i completed the set, doing the story again , some story’s give the boxes on another char, some don’t , check the wiki, it tells you which

DID YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THAT?

(didn’t read all the wall of text above)

Coat is available only from Vinewrath.
Last story chapter award with head piece.

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Posted by: Taygus.4571

Taygus.4571

I honestly assumed that the coat box drop was common. Ive gotten one in every time I do the event. I’ve been salvaging them.

Hope your luck turns around OP.

this, I’ve gotten one, almost each run as well. :/

I really do think, it shouldn’t just be RNG though.

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Posted by: Yumiko Ishida.3769

Yumiko Ishida.3769

I had 7 in a row in one day, and I still get one like very 3 runs.

You must have really bad rng OP

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Posted by: Kross.6428

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Since my original thread got merged, I wanted to respond to some of the players that took the time to reply to my thread.

As an update, since my previous post, I have participated in another 4 runs. No luck yet.

Well I find it highly unlikely that you’ve done “dozens” of VW events. I know it can feel that way, but you’ve probably only done 8-10.

<snip>

Finally, keep at it. Remember, SW is one of the best gold farms in the game right now. Think of it as getting lots of mats for ascended armor, or legendary weapons, or just plain gold for skins. The coat boxes will come eventually.

I stopped counting after 30 successful runs… trust me, I know that I have done more than 8 runs.

As for the latter comment, the decent supply of gold and the fun gameplay is what keeps me going to the Silverwastes. I am merely frustrated at people who seem to get rewarded every single time (like that ignorant jerk that posted a picture of his 44 boxes and said I wasn’t trying hard enough), while I am struggling just to find a single one. I don’t doubt the boxes will come. It is simply a matter of when..?

do the story which award the coat box on another character , that’s how i completed the set, doing the story again , some story’s give the boxes on another char, some don’t , check the wiki, it tells you which

DID YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THAT?

(didn’t read all the wall of text above)

Maybe you should read the “wall of text” before replying so then you know what I am talking about. At this time, the Coat Box is EXCLUSIVELY available from defeating the Vinewrath. I have no problem earning the pieces that are rewarded from Story Mode, because that is what I did for the other pieces. Maybe you should check the wiki and get your facts straight.

I honestly assumed that the coat box drop was common. Ive gotten one in every time I do the event. I’ve been salvaging them.

Hope your luck turns around OP.

Thanks Ashen. I appreciate the encouragement. My fingers are crossed Krossed! (^_^)

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Posted by: Underdark.3726

Underdark.3726

since the event started i’ve done it at least twice a day every day and I only got 1 (one) box after the one you get the first time.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

Since my original thread got merged, I wanted to respond to some of the players that took the time to reply to my thread.

As an update, since my previous post, I have participated in another 4 runs. No luck yet.

Well I find it highly unlikely that you’ve done “dozens” of VW events. I know it can feel that way, but you’ve probably only done 8-10.

<snip>

Finally, keep at it. Remember, SW is one of the best gold farms in the game right now. Think of it as getting lots of mats for ascended armor, or legendary weapons, or just plain gold for skins. The coat boxes will come eventually.

I stopped counting after 30 successful runs… trust me, I know that I have done more than 8 runs.

As for the latter comment, the decent supply of gold and the fun gameplay is what keeps me going to the Silverwastes. I am merely frustrated at people who seem to get rewarded every single time (like that ignorant jerk that posted a picture of his 44 boxes and said I wasn’t trying hard enough), while I am struggling just to find a single one. I don’t doubt the boxes will come. It is simply a matter of when..?

do the story which award the coat box on another character , that’s how i completed the set, doing the story again , some story’s give the boxes on another char, some don’t , check the wiki, it tells you which

DID YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THAT?

(didn’t read all the wall of text above)

Maybe you should read the “wall of text” before replying so then you know what I am talking about. At this time, the Coat Box is EXCLUSIVELY available from defeating the Vinewrath. I have no problem earning the pieces that are rewarded from Story Mode, because that is what I did for the other pieces. Maybe you should check the wiki and get your facts straight.

I honestly assumed that the coat box drop was common. Ive gotten one in every time I do the event. I’ve been salvaging them.

Hope your luck turns around OP.

Thanks Ashen. I appreciate the encouragement. My fingers are crossed Krossed! (^_^)

Keep it up, Kross. I had to do 55 successful runs to get the coat boxes. 1 on the 35th and the last one on the 55th. Obviously there are people who are lucky and like to brag about it and say “Nanynanynany.” And people who have no clue that the coat box only comes from the vine event after the breach. But the RNG sucks on this.

All I can say to those braggarts who post here or in map chat about how incredible their luck is on the coat boxes is – I’ll match my 5 precursor drops(3 from the forge) to your coat boxes any day. At least my RNG on that is awesome.(Took 3000 hours of play to get the first one.)

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Posted by: KyreneZA.8617

KyreneZA.8617

Did my 1st (and last) Vinewrath only this weekend and was a lucky outlier by getting the guaranteed box and another one (collecting dust in my bank). The only way to cheat the RNG is to make it understand that you no longer care about it.

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Posted by: Zok.4956

Zok.4956

I have done 34 successful vinewarth events and opened 34 end-chests and still only got the one coat box from the achievement. This is not fun. I have now 7500 bandit crests and 150 silverwastes shovels but will take a longer break from the silverwastes because I do not want to feel unlucky there, again.

Like others have already mentioned: For those players that are this unlucky, the coat box should be sold by the vendor in the silverwastes like all the other carpace boxes.

Greetings.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

I have done 34 successful vinewarth events and opened 34 end-chests and still only got the one coat box from the achievement. This is not fun. I have now 7500 bandit crests and 150 silverwastes shovels but will take a longer break from the silverwastes because I do not want to feel unlucky there, again.

Like others have already mentioned: For those players that are this unlucky, the coat box should be sold by the vendor in the silverwastes like all the other carpace boxes.

Greetings.

Hang in there. Got my first actual drop at 35. Second at 55.

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Posted by: Zok.4956

Zok.4956

I have done 34 successful vinewarth events and opened 34 end-chests and still only got the one coat box from the achievement. This is not fun. I have now 7500 bandit crests and 150 silverwastes shovels but will take a longer break from the silverwastes because I do not want to feel unlucky there, again.

Like others have already mentioned: For those players that are this unlucky, the coat box should be sold by the vendor in the silverwastes like all the other carpace boxes.

Greetings.

Hang in there. Got my first actual drop at 35. Second at 55.

After I read your post I wanted to give it one last, final try.

When I entered the silverwastes map the vinewarth event has already started (never happened to me before) and I was just in time to kill the second boss in the mid-lane and at the end got a carapace coat box from the chest.

Maybe it is just random, maybe at 35 tries the unlucky ones get a guaranteed drop.

Greetings.

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Posted by: Bubi.7942

Bubi.7942

I’ve cameback to this forum, to say that I have gotten my 1st coat (non-guaranteed first ofc) around 35 tries, and gotten the 2nd around 42. Boy am I sick of SW.

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Posted by: Underdark.3726

Underdark.3726

Tonight I was doing for the umpteenth time the event. Died at defending the ammo cos nobody does that at top lane and collecting the ammo is so hard (/sarcasm off) so i wp and run back. While I was running the lane started to kill the champ and I was left out and couldn’t get in. When they killed the champ I finally entered the room and saw the chest open and thought "great, now I won’t even be able to loot it. But I did. And I got my last coat chest. I’m so happy I could cry.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

Boy am I sick of SW.

That’s overwhelming feeling of those of us who had to do so many vine events to get the coat box drop. I think I’ve been there maybe 3 times since in the last 2 weeks. Basically to use up my shovels and to help a friend. Other than that ANeT ruined a nice area with that stupid drop only from the vine idea.

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Posted by: raubvogel.5071

raubvogel.5071

If the vine event would should start every hour or at a fixed hour.
Usually people are not doing the events (capturing, defending) instead they use a taxi. Its also keeping me to much in that area. But thats just me.

Maybe turn it into a world event so it will be still done in the future.

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Posted by: Satenia.9025

Satenia.9025

Having finally finished my luminescent collection, I’m gonna throw in 2 more cents:

Overall, I like the Silverwastes map and how the collection required different activities ranging from achievements, doing bosses for parts as well as just collecting tokens.

However, that this many weeks after the patch still nothing has been done about the coat-box availability disappoints me greatly. Since getting my 3rd box, I’ve done around 15-20 more vinewraths and haven’t seen any further boxes. That people have to try up to 50ish times to get a drop is nothing short of ridiculous. This can so easily ruin the overall experience of the map and the luminescent collection. Personally, I would not have had the patience to retry this many times.

I’m not even sure what the problem is here – are some accounts bugged? Or are they just this much unlucky? How can some people get box after box after box and others none at all if the drop-chance is anywhere near reasonable? Has this been looked into? Why no more updates from Anet? Just add some token-vendor after a successful vinewrath kill and let those “unlucky” players trade for the box…

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Posted by: Nash.2681

Nash.2681

RNG is RNG… and this is just another perfect example why this “concept” is so terribly bad, at least as far as it concerns accountbound stuff.
By now I’m having 5 or 6 coat boxes while my wife is still missing one more box… I so wish I could give her one of mine but noooo, acc bound…
It’s like the Dev’s yelling at me: “How dare you not follow RNGesus but wanting to act for charity’s sake! Kitten you!”

And even greater- on a vinewrath run this weekend we both got one of those disconnects, which are so kittening common lately, while fighting the 2nd boss on top lane (yeah, mid failed… again).
Since we were in party with a third guildmember we were automatically thrown back into the same map and started running back to our lane from Hidden Depths WP, getting credit for the champ kill on the run (hope some ppl that prefer to keep lying dead on the ground read that…).
Bottom lane then finished off the 3rd boss and tadaaaa- no tadaaaa. Neither of us was able to loot the big chest, it wasn’t even shown (besides the minimap icon).
Well played A.Net, well played. As if it wasn’t kittening hard for some ppl to get those coatboxes already…
(and yes, I submited a bug report right away but I guess telling it to a wall would have had the same effect…)

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Posted by: Matheyus Landroval.5726

Matheyus Landroval.5726

ANET: Any particular reason this still hasn’t been addressed?

I echo others’ suggestion to have it unlock at the bandit crest vendor after defeating the Vinewrath. Alternatively, if they don’t think one run is sufficient, there’s a complete set of 10 Vinewrath-related achievements in place that could be tied into it. Require defeating the Vinewrath, defeating each of the 3 champions, avoiding the Vinewrath attack in all 3 champion fights, and defending all 3 siege. Then it can be unlocked for purchase for anyone who’s demonstrated mastery/participation in all aspects of the fight.

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Posted by: Nash.2681

Nash.2681

So… we had a patch yesterday, but not a single word in the patch notes about coat boxes finally being available at the vendor…
Someone already checked in game wether they just forgot about it in the notes or did they really not include it?

Btw.- since my last post we did another 5 succesfull vinewraths… ofc still no 3rd box for my wife… I really start getting sick of all that sand… kitten…

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Posted by: Ziantra.8502

Ziantra.8502

Rng is bs….took me 24 successful Vinewraith’s to get the last coat box while others were telling me it was automatic on a win as they were getting them every time. I have 148% MF at a base rate so it’s not like my MF is super low. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!!

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Posted by: Ziantra.8502

Ziantra.8502

And another note on RNG and cursed players. 18 months doing TEQ daily and never so much as a mini. Knee deep in runes of the useless and spoons ofc. Yet I take a guildy who just hit level 80 with very low MF and they get the ascended drop. Another guildy turns up for her 4th teq 8 mins into the fight and gets the ascended. Totally sick of this RNG nonsense. See above-applies to some players like me on EVERYTHING that requires RNG

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Posted by: Zok.4956

Zok.4956

… and at the end got a carapace coat box from the chest.

Maybe it is just random, maybe at 35 tries the unlucky ones get a guaranteed drop.

And the next and final box I got with the next try (number 36) after that.

But after that I really haven’t visited the Silverwastes anymore.

Greetings.

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Posted by: Satenia.9025

Satenia.9025

So… any further word on this?

Haven’t been back to the Silverwastes in a while, but I would think that popularity decreases over time and therefore the RNG not only continues but increases to be a problem.

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Posted by: Heibi.4251

Heibi.4251

Rng is bs….took me 24 successful Vinewraith’s to get the last coat box while others were telling me it was automatic on a win as they were getting them every time. I have 148% MF at a base rate so it’s not like my MF is super low. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!!

I had over 200% MF without the silverwaste boost and it 55 total tires to get the final coat box. Something very wrong in how this was dealt with. Since then I’ve been back 4 times or so over the past month. One or twice to use my keys and shovels, and once or twice for dailies or guild events. The RNG fiasco ruined silverwastes for me and any fun I was having.

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Posted by: Ed Guardian.4825

Ed Guardian.4825

I got 3 carapace coat boxes in my first 2 hours in SW… Got luminescent coat the hour after, carapace coat looks better, waste of 2.5 hours.

you are living proof that people actually bother to read these signatures.

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Posted by: NilSatis.6720

NilSatis.6720

75 tries now on Vinewrath. 1 Carapace coat box; that everyone gets. Rest of the collection done, so am waiting for something that relies on rng and is clearly broken. FIX it please ANET! No Carapace coat box since. Actually the drop rate from other carapace pieces is non existent now too incidently. Something is not right here. I dont even like the coat, but I want this collection done. It took AGES and is worthless waiting on a broken mechanic.

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Posted by: ChakLong.7421

ChakLong.7421

75 tries now on Vinewrath. 1 Carapace coat box; that everyone gets. Rest of the collection done, so am waiting for something that relies on rng and is clearly broken. FIX it please ANET! No Carapace coat box since. Actually the drop rate from other carapace pieces is non existent now too incidently. Something is not right here. I dont even like the coat, but I want this collection done. It took AGES and is worthless waiting on a broken mechanic.

Meanwhile, I’ve gotten so many Carapace Coat Boxes from Vinewrath that I’m absolutely sick of them. And I haven’t gotten any other Carapace Boxes ever.

Oh RNG you.