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Post by JRandall0308 on May 19, 2017 15:45:52 GMT
What is your goal?
Quickly get a lot of Rares --> Premiums Get Rares but also get more Boosters --> Experts
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Post by kalil on May 19, 2017 15:46:32 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. As much as I love consumables I love unlocks more. It is not like consumables are needed to extract on gold.
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Post by anon on May 19, 2017 15:47:20 GMT
I had 6.7 million built up, building up for new characters and weapons, but decided to spend it all last night on premiums. My results ...
67 Premium packs, 22 UR (14 weapons, 8 Characters) which is just under 33%. However, I believe it was skewed pretty badly in the start with a run of good luck, the first 11 packs i got 8 URs(73%). After that point 56 premium packs yielded 14 UR, 25%, during that time frame i had 4 runs of 7 packs without a UR, getting a UR on the 8th pack each time.
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Post by vomder on May 19, 2017 15:48:31 GMT
Hmm, I'm torn because I do like consumables, but I'd like the best chance at UR while still working on the Rares. But this game even with the better powers and weapons now, still doesn't hold me in enough. So I play sporadically
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Post by gethadept on May 19, 2017 15:50:05 GMT
Really wish they would have added one extra consumable slot to premium pack.
It would have balanced things out and made a lot of people happier than now.
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Post by bacon4breakfast on May 19, 2017 15:57:23 GMT
The most expensive pack should be the one dropping more URs. The only problem is they didn't say they changed the expert packs right away.
People should be getting butthurt about shit like off host headshot bullshit.
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Post by JRandall0308 on May 19, 2017 16:00:23 GMT
Hmm, I'm torn because I do like consumables, but I'd like the best chance at UR while still working on the Rares. But this game even with the better powers and weapons now, still doesn't hold me in enough. So I play sporadically I say Premiums then. You will be a little light on consumables (which is annoying because ammo consumables are already scarce, and ammo is AWESOME in this game) but whatever. After I started really grinding the Premiums I was surprised at how fast my Rares ranked up. Made a lot of characters / guns more satisfying to use.
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Post by zeph on May 19, 2017 16:32:55 GMT
Hmm, I'm torn because I do like consumables, but I'd like the best chance at UR while still working on the Rares. But this game even with the better powers and weapons now, still doesn't hold me in enough. So I play sporadically Depends on your play style and how well some consumables work with your weapon. I've amassed a stockpile of consumables and have been using many aggressively to help accelerate my mastery progress on weapons. Combinations of weapon and ammo consumables help but also others like Shadow w/Targeting VI. Great combination together, even w/o weapon amp. Same with Sidewinder w/ammo amp II+ in conjunction with turbocharge...oh man that was devastating combo. Also using Charger/Hornet/Hurricane w/ammo to prime rapidly and detonate with powers. I've maxed all items except UR's so I've been working on those. It was great to restock on consumables with expert pack and pity UR but, have to bite the bullet and ration out my consumables. To be honest, i'm not THAT reliant on them but it's nice use.
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Post by vomder on May 19, 2017 16:38:00 GMT
Thanks for the replies everyone, guess I'll go with the Premiums for a while and see how it goes.
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Post by OneWomanArmy on May 19, 2017 18:01:10 GMT
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 😇? You're missing my point. I'm not saying "don't buy mea and buy other games instead", I'm just saying that instead of wasting real money on those packs, then spend those money on games or things you need. I don't know how else to explain it.
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Post by Transcended One on May 19, 2017 18:18:39 GMT
You mean other games as in another copy of the same game but on a different platform, right 😇? You're missing my point. I'm not saying "don't buy mea and buy other games instead", I'm just saying that instead of wasting real money on those packs, then spend those money on games or things you need. I don't know how else to explain it. I know what you meant, I made a bad attempt at a joke, since you bought MEA for both PS4 and Xbone (or was that someone else). But you're absolutely right. It's a waste of money to spend it on this sort of transactions. Even though I did so myself.
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Post by rtrnofdmax on May 19, 2017 18:51:44 GMT
A couple more data points for anyone who is concatenating:
* Bought 10 UR packs consecutively last night * Before I started opening I had 15 Rares left to unlock and 5 Uncommons * After 9 packs, I had unlocked 3 uncommons, all 15 Rares and 3 URs * Pack 10 was, wah-wah, all consumables
So that's a small sample size rate of 30% per pack, or 15% per slot. Also, it is contradictory to the theory I have been reading about pack increments of 10 (10, 20, etc.) always giving an UR. I have an xboxlive DVR of this pack opening if anyone wants evidence.
I did find something odd about uncommons though. So I had 2 more uncommon weapon mods after opening these packs. I figured that if I bought two Advanced packs, with their guarantee of an uncommon, I would max my non-UR manifest. It took me opening 5 packs to get the last two. Not sure if I was getting Gold consumables instead, but this doesn't seem right.
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Post by Symbolz on May 19, 2017 20:18:22 GMT
Another addition. Sample size of 10 premium packs, of which 3 had URs. So far this has been remaining consistent with what I was getting before, although a bit higher imo. Again could be just a fluke but I usually get 2 URs out of a million credits on premiums. Now I take a break before I decide whether to grind out another million tonight.
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Post by OneWomanArmy on May 19, 2017 20:28:42 GMT
You're missing my point. I'm not saying "don't buy mea and buy other games instead", I'm just saying that instead of wasting real money on those packs, then spend those money on games or things you need. I don't know how else to explain it. I know what you meant, I made a bad attempt at a joke, since you bought MEA for both PS4 and Xbone (or was that someone else). But you're absolutely right. It's a waste of money to spend it on this sort of transactions. Even though I did so myself. Yeah that was me. It wasn't a bad joke, I'm just a bit slow at getting them sometimes lol, I'm sorry for that hah
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Post by hanskey on May 19, 2017 20:57:06 GMT
Contrarian view - I don't plan on buying another game for many months, maybe a year, so I planned and still plan to spend normal level a of game-buying dollars, just only on ME:A. Premium Packs were already the smarter buy for real money, so my plans remain unaltered. On a typical night (when I'm not passed out from lack of sleep playing the game the previous night) I get about 500K points, though so I have not much incentive to buy anything with real money, because I'm still unlocking Gold rarity stuff and don't yet care if I get UR's or not.
For Rare/Uncommon, Expert remains the pack to get if I understand correctly, and once I have nothing but UR's to collect I'll reassess, maybe deposit coinage and buy the better pack.
I appreciate the flaming rage-fest and nothing I've said should be viewed as an attempt to tell anyone not to give Biower a piece of their mind.
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Post by zeph on May 19, 2017 22:24:10 GMT
Played a bit but can't stay to play more. Opened 7 premium packs and got zero UR's
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Post by Symbolz on May 20, 2017 3:47:51 GMT
Well I just did another run of 10 premium packs, and another 3 URs. Seems pretty consistent to me.
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Post by TormDK on May 20, 2017 9:05:42 GMT
Well I just did another run of 10 premium packs, and another 3 URs. Seems pretty consistent to me. My 40 pack run gave me 10 URs, I opened them in streaks of 10 just to check on the pity timer, which for me was consistent. (Every 10th pack would drop an UR, regardless of if I had gotten an UR the previous 10 boxes) *EDIT* It is worth noting that I maxed out my non UR manifest on like box 4 out of 40.
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Post by vomder on May 20, 2017 14:33:16 GMT
If the timer hold true for the PP, they will see that we know and be like, 'hey guys we noticed another glitch with packs and are going to fix them, you'll love it!'
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Post by gethadept on May 20, 2017 16:35:31 GMT
tried my million credit on premium
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Post by TormDK on May 20, 2017 16:37:22 GMT
tried my million credit on premium got 3 urs Did you get one on the 10th box though?
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Post by gethadept on May 20, 2017 17:31:42 GMT
tried my million credit on premium got 3 urs Did you get one on the 10th box though? No.. 10th one was total bummer... Second one was double drop... then 6th one had Soned V. ....After that all bummers..
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Post by gethadept on May 20, 2017 19:36:17 GMT
tried my million credit on premium got 3 urs Did you get one on the 10th box though? i purchased one more just to make it to 10th counting my first ur as 1st... and it had no ur either i don't think there is and guaranteed pattern
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Post by TormDK on May 20, 2017 19:43:40 GMT
Did you get one on the 10th box though? i purchased one more just to make it to 10th counting my first ur as 1st... and it had no ur either i don't think there is and guaranteed pattern When I did it, It was the 10th box, not the 10th box from whenever you got an UR last. You can see my video here; link
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Post by vynticator on May 20, 2017 20:26:57 GMT
Did you get one on the 10th box though? No.. 10th one was total bummer... Second one was double drop... then 6th one had Soned V. ....After that all bummers.. Three URs from a million is still better than the expert pity timer...
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