Guild Wars 2

Hi I’ve been farming Southsun crates since the release, I’ve opened over 50 crates, any money iv made has been converted towards gems for more crates. I still haven’t recieved a weapon claim ticket, I know it’s a rng based system, but the odds of not having one by now are very very unlikely. Is there a possibility of a bug on this?

They want you to buy lots of crates (not just 50) with gems.. maybe with 500 crates, you will be lucky.. ^^

You know.. having a chance.. that doesn’t mean anything..

EDIT: I would say it is working as intended, all the things they had before worked the same way, it is really, really, really rare to get a skin…
(I don’t like their system, but it seems they do. -.-)

There’s a 1 in 50 chance apparently, almost all that I know of have got a ticket before the 50.

Has anyone from anet confirmed this 1 in 50 chance?
If not the people you are speaking of were just VERY lucky.
Sorry. :-(

I know for a fact it was a 1 in 50 for the Flameheart chest, this was from statistics provided by 100s of users. It’s likely to be the same for this, i’ve also seen a lot of videos and results of people opening 50 and getting 1 ticket

if the chance of dropping a skin is 2% for each of the crates, then probability of not getting a skin in 50 consecutive attempts is about 36%, which is relatively high

Fair enough xD Won’t argue with maths :P

Hmm, they could include a “special ticket” in each box opened and after collecting 25 (50, 100, or which amount would be adequate) you could turn these tickets into a “real ticket”.
That would be fair system… and maybe more people would spend gems on them. ^^

Iv been thinking the same thing tbh, it’s unfair to provide a single ticket at such a low low rate. Iv been farming southsun since forever and from the looks of it I will get no reward, with a ticket in each box or even a 10% of a ticket in each box and needing 25 for a full reward would ensure you can get something out of it.

yeah well.

We’ve been saying that since the Halloween update.

In any result RNG drives the sale of gems for crates – this means ANET makes money.
The unfortunate part is when people like you or I who want a skin has to gamble to get one (since they cannot be traded). With my horribad luck I was still able to snag 2 tickets from 60 crates, where as my buddy got 1 from 60 for around 1/40 drop rate. But it also goes to show that even a large RNG chance (fractal rings 10+) can still result in a poor outcome – with fractal rings at a 20% chance it took me 26 daily runs before I got a single ring. Also back on the RNG – my 1 molten weapon cost me 150 keys (I still think I got my value from it cause of all the BLSK I recieved). But compare it to a few others I know who poured in 200 keys for a molten and didn’t get a ticket… some people will NEVER get a ticket, while others will get a ticket eventually.

So in any case having a redeemable ticket which ticks with tries would be a nice idea. Make it so the amount of tickets needed would be slightly higher than the RNG chance – say 60 or so, and it would be obtainable by everyone!

Its RNG all time.
Yesterday ’s first time I farming at SC and got 3 box about 2 hours.
Got ticket from 3rd.

Since southsun has been nerfed on farming too, my odds of getting a ticket has vastly reduced, if your going to introduce something at least make it possible for everyone to do if they put enough work into it… (so angry)

Statistically speaking iv put as many hours into Southsun Farming as possible, since release (I have no life), these skins go really well with Arah armor so I want one badly, yet it is impossible/ exceptionally unlikely.

Time to look for a game that doesn’t make a money-leech or gold-sink of every possible mechanic, screws the player and rewards him/her accordingly to the effort.
There’s a certain great game going free very soon…