Black Lion Chests Bugged?
I have the same bug. All BL-chest I got over the time show the “Halloween Chest Preview” and the key gives a Halloween bag listed as the first item. I would appreciate a fix for that as well.
I’m not sure why anyone is expecting the festival drop to change that quickly. ANet’s has said that every BL chest will always include a seasonal drop
The Black Lion Chest has been updated, and its contents will continue to rotate more often with the in-game seasons.
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Every chest contains a guaranteed seasonal item that will change regularly.
They never defined what they means by “in-game seasons” or “seasonal item”. All we know is that the chests will always have them, whereas before the 1 November patch, the chests only had ‘seasonal items’ during festivals.
My guess is that the ANet has divided up the calendar into seasons that overlap with festivals. It might look something like this:
- Sep-Nov: Halloween + ToTs
- Dec-Jan: Wintersday + Gifts
- Feb-Mar: Lunar New Years + Envelopes
- Apr-May: April Fool’s + SAB-related drop (not sure what this might be)
- Jun-Jul: Dragon Bash substitute + Dragon Coffers (well, I can dream, can’t I?)
- Jul-Aug: Queen’s Jubilee + Gauntlet Entrance tickets (apparently, I’m still dreaming)
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Oh, I did not see that this was part of the change. Great, now one of the three slots is always blocked by something, that will most certainly give you rubbish. Which effectively reduces the available slots for the chance of getting a ticket scrap. What a kitten.
You could never get a Ticket Scrap from the Booster slot nor from the occasional 4th Festival drop slot before the change, and you won’t get one from those 2 slots after the change. Ticket Scraps are common drops, and now you have a better array of items in the 4th slot (Rare, etc.) not to mention the added common drop, the Wardrobe Unlock.
Thus, no reduction in scrap chances, I would say. I’ve certainly acquired more since the change, not to mention 3 whole Tickets from 13 keys.