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Post by zeph on May 19, 2017 5:38:27 GMT
so, after reading various threads is this the final conclusion:
Expert packs no longer have a pity timer for UR's, correct?
Also, premium packs now *supposedly* drop UR's at a higher rate?
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 5:51:42 GMT
From all the spam I did a few hours ago with my 40 boxes sample;
1; Pity timer still exists in v. 1.06/hotfix on PREMIUM PACKS. Every 10th Premium pack gave me an UR, even though there may, or may not have, been an UR drop the previous nine boxes.
2; UR drop in my 40 boxes test sample was 10 URs in 40 boxes. Since 40 boxes would be worth four million credits, this would put the UR "price" at 400K credits on average.
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Post by N7Mith on May 19, 2017 5:58:57 GMT
So, that's a bit better than before, right? Can't say I mind the premium packs now working properly...
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 6:02:43 GMT
So, that's a bit better than before, right? Can't say I mind the premium packs now working properly... I can't say, my sample size is only 40 boxes so hard to get any firm facts, I may simply have been blessed by RNGSus during my 40 box opening. We'd need a Drasca'ian sample size (25'ish million credits worth of Premium boxes in one go) to even begin to see what drop rates might be.
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Post by Transcended One on May 19, 2017 6:03:31 GMT
So, that's a bit better than before, right? Can't say I mind the premium packs now working properly... Same here. If Premiums now have a better chance of providing URs, I can live with the fact that Experts don't.
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Post by OneWomanArmy on May 19, 2017 6:13:38 GMT
I'd personally never spend any real money on those packs no matter what though, not the way they keep screwing us over, I pity the ones who do.
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 6:19:32 GMT
I'd personally never spend any real money on those packs no matter what though, not the way they keep screwing us over, I pity the ones who do. *shrug* Just money, nothing important
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 8:37:41 GMT
So, that's a bit better than before, right? Can't say I mind the premium packs now working properly... Same here. If Premiums now have a better chance of providing URs, I can live with the fact that Experts don't. Well I would like a refund for sure if I bought packs with broken rates.
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Post by kpeter on May 19, 2017 8:45:44 GMT
yesterday i bought 10 expert packs. i did not receive any ur card, and i doesn't remember i had any before that for a while.
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Post by biotichazard on May 19, 2017 9:33:28 GMT
Today is just one data point. I got my daily Ur after 550k on expert packs with the 1.07 update. Yesterday, the same thing happened. Both days, I got an Ushior.
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Post by biotichazard on May 19, 2017 9:34:50 GMT
I'd personally never spend any real money on those packs no matter what though, not the way they keep screwing us over, I pity the ones who do. You pity people with too much cash? 😂
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Post by OneWomanArmy on May 19, 2017 9:43:58 GMT
I'd personally never spend any real money on those packs no matter what though, not the way they keep screwing us over, I pity the ones who do. You pity people with too much cash? 😂 No.. I pity people who waste real money on those packs and get shit in return I choose to spend my money on games I can play and actual good stuff. That came out a bit wrong. I do own the game, I just mean that instead of wasting real money on the packs and getting nothing in return, I choose to use my money on other games and other stuff but I do own the game itself ofc.
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Post by Uchimura on May 19, 2017 9:56:51 GMT
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Post by Transcended One on May 19, 2017 10:16:36 GMT
You pity people with too much cash? 😂 No.. I pity people who waste real money on those packs and get shit in return I choose to spend my money on games I can play and actual good stuff. That came out a bit wrong. I do own the game, I just mean that instead of wasting real money on the packs and getting nothing in return, I choose to use my money on other games and other stuff but I do own the game itself ofc. You mean other games as in another copy of the same game but on a different platform, right 😇?
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Post by piniana on May 19, 2017 11:06:14 GMT
My Friend spent 7.3 million credits on Premium, got 13 UR. That was 13/73 = 17.8% for him. so we have reports of between 18% to 25%, i guess its still around 20+% like it was
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 11:27:46 GMT
My Friend spent 7.3 million credits on Premium, got 13 UR. That was 13/73 = 17.8% for him. so we have reports of between 18% to 25%, i guess its still around 20+% like it was Did he check for the pity timer?
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Post by piniana on May 19, 2017 11:33:10 GMT
nope
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 11:58:25 GMT
Shame, would have been nice to see the drop spread.
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Post by piniana on May 19, 2017 12:14:16 GMT
I asked him, he said he was counting, and longest non UR streak on Premium for him was 10.
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Post by TormDK on May 19, 2017 12:34:28 GMT
I asked him, he said he was counting, and longest non UR streak on Premium for him was 10. Thats nice. Would have been liked to see the spread though, as I got an UR every 10 boxes on the dot, but typically got more, as I would otherwise only have gotten four URs from the pity timer alone, and ended up with 10 URs total for the 40 boxes.
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Post by SentinelBorg on May 19, 2017 13:14:39 GMT
So the "bug" probably was, that the 10 pack pity timer also worked for Experts, which wasn't intended.
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Post by Symbolz on May 19, 2017 13:34:54 GMT
I'll add in my small sample size. Out of 12 premiums I had 4 URs. Could be a fluke, but I'll be doing some more playing today and will save up a bunch more for a mass opening again.
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Post by vomder on May 19, 2017 15:36:40 GMT
So which pack is better if one still needs rares?
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Post by gethadept on May 19, 2017 15:39:28 GMT
So which pack is better if one still needs rares? Personally I will still buy expert if you haven`t maxed rare yet. Equipping Consumables matter to me so I would like to store some before moving onto serious UR hunt. ...but if you find consumables useless there is no reason to buy expert now.
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