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Posted by: SkylightMoon.1980

SkylightMoon.1980

You have been warned. Prepare for much kitten on the forums, for the RNG boxes are on the horizon….I dont like it completely either, but I dont know that it will change…

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Posted by: Fiontar.4695

Fiontar.4695

It won’t change until people stop buying them completely, or just boycott the gem store until Arenanet stops with the foolishness.

Why they would want to emulate one of the most game-detrimental, short term revenue boosting, long term revenue destroying ploys in the MMO cash shop milieu is difficult to fathom.

The boxes are very unfair by design and research has shown that “lack of fairness” is the most destructive trait for a company/brand to acquire and the most difficult and expensive to overcome.

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Posted by: hedix.1986

hedix.1986

“RNG” and : D smiley face should never be in the same line…

[QQ] – ex RoS, current Piken Square
[DV] – megaboss community

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Posted by: Antara.3189

Antara.3189

What is your source that “RNG” boxes are on the horizon?

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Posted by: KodChim.5670

KodChim.5670

Check reddit, people datamine and post the results there. It’s a minipet and “Jade something weapons”. Or something.

Really sad that Anet keep doing this.

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Posted by: Antara.3189

Antara.3189

Check reddit, people datamine and post the results there. It’s a minipet and “Jade something weapons”. Or something.

Really sad that Anet keep doing this.

Mind posting a link? I don’t use reddit.

EDIT: Found Link in other post

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Posted by: DaMunky.6302

DaMunky.6302

Guys, really. Everyone needs to just STOP BUYING THESE.

And don’t think it’s ok to trade gold for gems and buy them that way. Even if you spend only in-game money, you are trading your IRL time for driving the gem prices up, which is what they want! (Time = Money!)

If you want to spend money in the gem store, buy their non-RNG items. If people buy non-RNG stuff and ignore the boxes, the boxes will have to go away eventually, but it’s not going to work unless a majority of the player base gets on board with it.

Dear lord, what have I done? – Matthew Medina, Gw2 Content Designer

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

^ Basically this. However, I’m kinda resigned to the fact that the RNG boxes will continue. If existing sales data is any indication, there’s a LOT of players out there willing to continue playing the RNG slot machine. Since it brings in a lot of income for ANet, they’d be foolish to stop doing it as long as there are people willing to pay for it.

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Posted by: Gabby.3205

Gabby.3205

None of the skins that were released by RNG boxes appealed to me. So far so good.
I hope that it doesn’t change, or I guess I will go crazy farming so I can trade gold for gems (nope, I’m not buying RNG stuff with real life money EVER).

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Astrid Strongheart, Norn Ranger.
“I wish juvenile wolves were bigger”

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Posted by: RusieQ.8569

RusieQ.8569

This is considered RNG?

Compared to other games like Scarlet Blade the item-mall here is pretty much fair. But lacking.

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Posted by: DaMunky.6302

DaMunky.6302

By the standards of scammy Korean FtP-Pay2Win MMOs it’s very fair. But this isn’t some scamgrind Korean MMO, this is GUILD WARS 2, and we all expect better of Arenanet.

Realistically, the RNG boxes probably aren’t ever going away, because there are enough people who hate their money to keep them profitable.. and if that is the cost of Anet keeping Nexon happy and staying in business so be it. I just hope that they will continue to offer adequate content and rewards for people who outright refuse to participate in it.

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Posted by: Mastruq.2463

Mastruq.2463

This is considered RNG?

Compared to other games like Scarlet Blade the item-mall here is pretty much fair. But lacking.

The concern is about the RNG items and not about the entire ‘item-mall’. And yea obviosly the RNG-based chests are considered RNG.

Maybe you are mixing it up with pay-to-win? GW2 so far has no pay-to-win.

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Posted by: TehPwnerer.7215

TehPwnerer.7215

Yep. Yet again they add cool new weapons that 90% or more of the players will never see. So glad they’re investing their time and money creating neat skins that almost the entire playerbase will never be able to use.

But it’s ok, we can keep using the same skins that are available level 1-80 (you know, the same basic greatsword, sword, wood shield, etc).

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Posted by: Dark Saviour.9410

Dark Saviour.9410

This is considered RNG?

Compared to other games like Scarlet Blade the item-mall here is pretty much fair. But lacking.

With the crap they pulled in Scarlet Blade, that game should never be used as a metric for these things. If it gets to the point where you have to use that as a means to display a favourable comparison, the game in question has fallen too far.

Gone for good after Halloween 2Ø12.
A shame fun things could not simply be fun.

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Posted by: TheMagickDoll.7594

TheMagickDoll.7594

If it is popular in other places, fine. But I am getting sick of this. It has to end. At this rate, if this continues, I think I am just done with MMOs all together. I really liked this game too but this is getting too aggravating and I do not know if I really want to be part of game that carries such practices as this box crap.

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Posted by: Gibson.4036

Gibson.4036

Awaiting, “I spent $60 on boxes and didn’t get anything but crafting materials!!!!! I’m never going to buy another one!!”

At least it provides some you can count on.

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Posted by: Kidel.2057

Kidel.2057

As long as they’re just weaponskins, I don’t care.
They don’t prevent you from enjoying every game content.

I just hope they keep giving us “free” weaponskins as Super Adventure Box and Halloween ones.

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Posted by: TripCharge.5134

TripCharge.5134

I’m ok with rng boxes. They make the unique items more rare plus a-net might actually earn some profit from the gem store… possibly. Then there’s the fact that without them, I would have stayed in Southsun for 2 days tops opposed to my two weeks of grinding.

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Posted by: Whitey.6185

Whitey.6185

Why is Arena Net doing everything they can to make me hate them and stop supporting their game?

I really like the game but I’m losing respect for AN because all these stupid random boxes with a 0.001% chance just to get 1 skin is becoming a joke.

If you want to charge for the skins then fine put the skins up for straight sale and i will buy them.

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Posted by: xXRichiXx.3846

xXRichiXx.3846

Please anet stop with this……… make them difficult to get, but this is not the best way to do it, RNG boxes are just terrible, the only thig that RNG boxes says to all the people is that ANet only wants money. You are just repeating the same error that precursors have.

i buy Guild wars 2, not Grind wars 2,

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Posted by: nexxe.7081

nexxe.7081

Buying stuff from cash shop doesn’t even go to arena net. It goes to NCSoft. :/