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Post by spacev3gan on May 21, 2017 2:01:02 GMT
I don't ever save up credits, I buy packs just as I hit the number I need to buy one unit of them. That being said, I can tell my UR droprate has increased after switching to Premium ones post-Patch 1.07. I have gotten 12 UR out of (if my memory doesn't fail) 40 Premium Packs, resulting in 30% chance. I had two long dry streaks, 8 and 9 packs. Though I also had a few of these UR dropping in sequence, the highest one being 4 in a row.
If it goes on like this, I am somewhat more pleased with this droprate than the former 'guaranteed by the 10th Expert Pack' we used to have before, which overall had a higher price per UR. Still, I think that one would be more favorable to beginners and even intermediate players who are looking to max their rares, stock their supplies up and have a UR card dropping every now and then.
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Post by Symbolz on May 21, 2017 3:47:31 GMT
I think they did increase the premium pack drop rate just a little. Per 10 packs I'm averaging about 3 URs, whereas before I was getting maybe 2 URs pre-1.07. Obviously more data is required but I can only play so much.
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Post by vynticator on May 21, 2017 10:40:49 GMT
Fwiw, I got 5 from 20 packs. I don't think the drop rate is as high as 30%.
My friend just went 15 Premiums with no UR drop. Looks like there's no pity timer at all.
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Post by shinobiwan on May 21, 2017 17:43:28 GMT
Can we get a tl;dr summary in the op or somewhere conspicuous? What changed, which packs should we be buying, and are we better or worse off now? Or do we not know the answers yet?
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Post by TormDK on May 21, 2017 18:02:45 GMT
Can we get a tl;dr summary in the op or somewhere conspicuous? What changed, which packs should we be buying, and are we better or worse off now? Or do we not know the answers yet? We should be buying Premium Packs now. Better or worse is a matter of perspective - we're worse off because it'll take longer for the pity timer to kick in (19 gold matches, instead of 9), and we lose out on equipment, but gain a better average chance of URs.
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Post by Transcended One on May 21, 2017 18:22:13 GMT
I'm usually 'unlucky', but the last 11 premium packs gave me 3 URs, so I'm not really complaining.
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Post by biotichazard on May 22, 2017 4:44:13 GMT
I am starting to think the pity counter is totally random. While I had great luck before, I used 1.1 mill credits today and got nothing. I was so pissed my OCD went into overdrive, so a bunch of resetting characters and ranking them up a few hours later, I saved another 700k. Nothing. 1.8mill credits and nothing. Maybe there's a pity counter and also a "his luck was too good recently" counter. Hopefully, it will all average out. This recent dry spell feels like ME3 again. Well, I got a bunch of good consumables (I hope).
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Post by gethadept on May 22, 2017 5:12:31 GMT
Today spent 500000 & got 3 ur.
That would make total 1.5 million for 6 UR..
I don't think there is pity timer since my drops were arranged in totally random order...
but I think the new premium pack has much higher chance for UR even better than old expert pack pity counter.
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Post by zeph on May 22, 2017 14:30:57 GMT
Fwiw, I got 5 from 20 packs. I don't think the drop rate is as high as 30%. My friend just went 15 Premiums with no UR drop. Looks like there's no pity timer at all. Yea, I have your friends luck
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Post by dariat on May 22, 2017 14:47:35 GMT
I just spent 1.1 mil on expert packs. Got 4 URs. Not a bad drop.
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Post by JRandall0308 on May 22, 2017 18:41:34 GMT
Purchased 32 Premium Packs on 20 May 2017 which was a couple days after 1.07 / the pack drop rate fiasco. 7 URs / 32 Packs = 21.9% per-pack drop rate (slightly below what most other people are reporting) I did not receive a UR on my 10th Premium Pack, but starting with my 11th Premium Pack I did receive 1 UR every 10 packs (in addition to the other URs I was getting). Thus I can tentatively support that the Premium Pack pity RNG still exists. I have not tested with breaking up the string of Premiums by buying other packs, etc. Date Purchased | Type | Pack Number | # URs | Packs Since Last UR | Premium Pack Counter | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 158 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 159 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 160 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 161 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 162 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 163 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 164 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 165 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 166 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 167 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 168 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 169 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 170 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 171 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 172 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 173 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 174 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 175 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 176 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 177 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 178 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 179 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 180 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 181 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 182 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 183 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 184 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 185 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 186 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 187 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 188 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 189 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
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Post by zeph on May 22, 2017 19:21:00 GMT
Purchased 32 Premium Packs on 20 May 2017 which was a couple days after 1.07 / the pack drop rate fiasco. 7 URs / 32 Packs = 21.9% per-pack drop rate (slightly below what most other people are reporting) I did not receive a UR on my 10th Premium Pack, but starting with my 11th Premium Pack I did receive 1 UR every 10 packs (in addition to the other URs I was getting). Thus I can tentatively support that the Premium Pack pity RNG still exists. I have not tested with breaking up the string of Premiums by buying other packs, etc. Date Purchased | Type | Pack Number | # URs | Packs Since Last UR | Premium Pack Counter | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 158 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 159 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 160 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 161 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 162 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 163 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 164 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 165 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 166 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 167 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 168 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 169 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 170 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 171 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 172 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 173 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 174 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 175 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 176 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 177 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 178 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 179 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 180 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 181 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 182 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 183 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 184 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 185 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 186 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 187 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 188 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5/20/2017 | Premium | 189 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
You mean purchasing an expert pack? I normally buy supply packs if i have creds left over. Didn't break my RNG pity before.
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Post by JRandall0308 on May 22, 2017 19:27:13 GMT
You mean purchasing an expert pack? I normally buy supply packs if i have creds left over. Didn't break my RNG pity before. I don't *expect* anything to break the pity RNG but I prefer to test it myself to be sure.
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Post by zeph on May 24, 2017 23:31:15 GMT
After my first set of 10 PP post patch 1.07, I got one UR at the 10th pack. Couple days ago I purchased 11 PP and unpacked 2 UR's on pack 10 and 11. Minutes ago I opened 14 PP and unpacked 6 UR's, one set was unlocked 3 in a row. Have to say this has been the most i've unpacked in bulk.
Has anyone tried purchasing a PP the moment they had 100K and have a consistent rate of unlocks similar to mine or noticed higher rate of UR drops?
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Post by unclemonster on May 25, 2017 14:13:59 GMT
After my first set of 10 PP post patch 1.07, I got one UR at the 10th pack. Couple days ago I purchased 11 PP and unpacked 2 UR's on pack 10 and 11. Minutes ago I opened 14 PP and unpacked 6 UR's, one set was unlocked 3 in a row. Have to say this has been the most i've unpacked in bulk. Has anyone tried purchasing a PP the moment they had 100K and have a consistent rate of unlocks similar to mine or noticed higher rate of UR drops? my luck has been shite...only 3 UR in my last 30 premiums opened...
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Post by eng59land on May 26, 2017 16:49:03 GMT
After my first set of 10 PP post patch 1.07, I got one UR at the 10th pack. Couple days ago I purchased 11 PP and unpacked 2 UR's on pack 10 and 11. Minutes ago I opened 14 PP and unpacked 6 UR's, one set was unlocked 3 in a row. Have to say this has been the most i've unpacked in bulk. Has anyone tried purchasing a PP the moment they had 100K and have a consistent rate of unlocks similar to mine or noticed higher rate of UR drops? my luck has been shite...only 3 UR in my last 30 premiums opened... you're a lucky one - my first 16 PP after patch 1.07 gave me 1 UR. Think I will max my manifest in the early 2030s...
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Post by unclemonster on May 26, 2017 18:01:38 GMT
my luck has been shite...only 3 UR in my last 30 premiums opened... you're a lucky one - my first 16 PP after patch 1.07 gave me 1 UR. Think I will max my manifest in the early 2030s... bad luck continues...4 UR in 49 Premium...painful as my squadmates were getting UR every 2-3 premium. They couldn't believe how good their luck was and how bad my luck was...they started feeling a little bad as they just kept getting UR and I got none :sob:
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Post by wingerjd on May 26, 2017 18:59:14 GMT
3 UR in 21 Premium Packs since I switched after the update. My last day of Expert Packs (also after the update-meaning superlow drop rate) I got an UR two packs in a row.
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Post by Kazu on May 26, 2017 19:23:40 GMT
My last million had one UR. One million for a Soned update feels meh. Before I got 3 character cards for the price of a million. That felt better.
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Post by wingerjd on May 26, 2017 19:38:45 GMT
My last million had one UR. One million for a Soned update feels meh. Before I got 3 character cards for the price of a million. That felt better. Two of my Three were Soneds as well. Up to V on it while no other UR weapon higher than II. And yeah, what happened to the character cards?
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Post by JRandall0308 on May 26, 2017 19:40:42 GMT
I am slowly accumulating data for a new post 1.07 Pity RNG research findings. So far it is working for me *except* that the very first time I bought packs after the patch, my pity RNG didn't kick until the 11th pack (in addition to other URs I was getting)... but since then it has been rock steady every 10 thereafter, 21st, 31st, etc.
Weird, right?
Anyway this takes a while, I can only grid so much each day and now it's twice as expensive to test as it was with Experts.
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Post by TormDK on May 26, 2017 20:07:15 GMT
I am slowly accumulating data for a new post 1.07 Pity RNG research findings. So far it is working for me *except* that the very first time I bought packs after the patch, my pity RNG didn't kick until the 11th pack (in addition to other URs I was getting)... but since then it has been rock steady every 10 thereafter, 21st, 31st, etc. Weird, right? Anyway this takes a while, I can only grid so much each day and now it's twice as expensive to test as it was with Experts. Thats exactly my experience, as per my video. In my small sample, it didn't matter if I had gotten an UR the previous nine boxes or not, every 10th box would give me an UR.
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Post by wingerjd on May 26, 2017 20:13:22 GMT
Anyway this takes a while, I can only grid so much each day and now it's twice as expensive to test as it was with Experts. It was so nice getting an expert pack after every gold mission. Needing to clear two golds to get a pack with an UR drop rate that (for me) is about what it was on expert packs has been a real pain.
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Post by Kazu on May 26, 2017 20:20:48 GMT
My last million had one UR. One million for a Soned update feels meh. Before I got 3 character cards for the price of a million. That felt better. Two of my Three were Soneds as well. Up to V on it while no other UR weapon higher than II. And yeah, what happened to the character cards? My memory for names already went to sleep, but I got one UR Asari, one UR Salarian and one UR Krogan. I know it is just me, but I cant help to feel a bit let down when I funnel a million into a weapon upgrade for a weapon I dont really like while in the meantime I dont even have all the URs unlocked. Still waiting for my Piranha. At this point I would give away my Soned V, Black Widow III, Inferno IV and even my Naladeen III alltogether for a friggin Piranha I. I am slowly accumulating data for a new post 1.07 Pity RNG research findings. So far it is working for me *except* that the very first time I bought packs after the patch, my pity RNG didn't kick until the 11th pack (in addition to other URs I was getting)... but since then it has been rock steady every 10 thereafter, 21st, 31st, etc. Weird, right? Anyway this takes a while, I can only grid so much each day and now it's twice as expensive to test as it was with Experts. Maybe that 11 packs means you are entitled (is that the word in the context?) for the kind of compensation they talked about during the stream.
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Post by JRandall0308 on May 26, 2017 20:41:29 GMT
Nah I didn't even log in until after they fixed everything.
I've watched my own recording twice, I need to watch it again to make sure I didn't mis-count the first 10 or 11 packs.
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