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Overwatch | Anniversary Event
- Thread starter Strakt
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If true this is really good to know... it's not a F2P game afterall...
First time I've picked up a 24 crate thing and regretted it, feels like they've really toned back the rewards or haven't taken into account the chance of re-rolling one of the existing legendaries I already have.
Is it just greed at this point? getting £24 every 4 months feels like it should be enough to sustain the content they are generating for the game, considering the number of players. Doubt i'll buy them in future unless it improves.
Is it just greed at this point? getting £24 every 4 months feels like it should be enough to sustain the content they are generating for the game, considering the number of players. Doubt i'll buy them in future unless it improves.
Psychoward
Banned
Yeah I don't think it's supposed to be a reference at all, just shitty dancing.
But like, any old white dude can pull off the twist.
Welp, once again croaked and bought another 100 boxes. Got a ton of OG game stuff.
Seriously, year 2 better be some damn good permanent additions to the game for all the raking of my wallet.
How? I get maybe 150-200 xp per match in that mode.
Seriously, year 2 better be some damn good permanent additions to the game for all the raking of my wallet.
How? I get maybe 150-200 xp per match in that mode.
Paltheos
Member
I probably like Comp the most, but out of the arcade modes, Total Mayhem is easily my favorite, and I'm so glad it's back for straight picking instead of in a rotation. Everything is so preposterously strong and team fights so ridiculously elongated (unless your team sucks and picks terrible heroes for the mode) that the fights can go for minutes at a time as teams struggle to accomplish anything. It's constant action without any of the pre-fight pokes that often characterize Overwatch fights, which, by all means, have their place in the game, but sometimes you just wanna go fucking ham, and Total Mayhem lives up to the name.
old manatee
Banned
Oh for God's sake.
The Omega Man
Member
They have definitely toned down the rewards drop rate, it wasn't this hard to get the good skins before.
I dunno I got like, most of em already *shrugsville*
Oh right, cause I gots money!
*throws dollar bills at you*
I think I got 6 Event Legendaries from 100 boxes. Lol
That's my opinion?
You could literally comment "okay...?" to any comment in any thread ever.
The Omega Man
Member
I'll take it!
My experience as well, Drop rates are way down, I have bought lootboxes on previous events and it was never this bad.
Are you implicating hyperbole? Getting your weekly crates can take varying amounts of time, and you might even play beyond that for more. Even then, there's no guarantee you get the loot you want. I certainly haven't so far. That has been my personal experience.
freeofgreed
Member
Ah ok, I think you're right actually.
Your opinion is fine, but I'm not sure what it had to do with my post that you responded to, or what else you expected me to respond with.
The Lamonster
Member
I noticed this with the Uprising event. Bought $40 loot boxes in every event and it seems like Blizzard nerfed the drop rates starting with Uprising.
Dreams-Visions
Member
God bless ya'll. I got 4 from about 15 boxes so far.
Zarya ( zzzzz)
D.Va (notbad.jpg)
Bastion (notbadbutnotgood.jpg)
Symm (notbad.jpg)
And I've gotten a dance move in just about every box. I have 8 or 9 of them, I think. It's weird, as I really don't have a strong motivation to get any of the others or preference for drops other than NO DUPES. I'd like to have some of the others, but the resolve just isn't there. I love Jazz, so maybe the Lucio one?Maybe Tracer because I like her as a character. Idunno. They're all only slightly above meh for me.
therealminime
Member
The lack of new Junkrat skins over the last year kills me. Junkenstein is great but he hasn't gotten enough love.
Yeah this is something that bugs me a lot, and it is pretty lame that they haven't done so.
I don't even understand why they reduce how much currency you get from duplicates during events.
They should give you 600 for those drops and It'd be fine. 200 is bullshit.
Ok, I found an article which talks about the official drop rate in an Overwatch crate. The official numbers were released, as mandated by law, in China. They may or not match up with rates in the rest of the world.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatch-loot-legendary-skin-chance
I previously stated a 1 in 11 chance for a legendary item dropping from a crate, that was a little high. The rate cited in the article is 1 in 13.5.
The article also states that there is no "pity timer" revealed in the Chinese statistics but their previous research estimated it to be at 25, meaning they never went 25 crates in a row without getting a legendary item.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatch-loot-legendary-skin-chance
I previously stated a 1 in 11 chance for a legendary item dropping from a crate, that was a little high. The rate cited in the article is 1 in 13.5.
The article also states that there is no "pity timer" revealed in the Chinese statistics but their previous research estimated it to be at 25, meaning they never went 25 crates in a row without getting a legendary item.
It was to show a different perspective. You may be upset because these event skins are 3000, but I'm fine with it because it was crappy when you couldn't buy the skins you wanted at all. 3000 is better than not having the option IMO.
You didn't really have to respond at all, I was just commenting on it.
Paltheos
Member
They didn't tone down jack. What they did do is make allot more rewards this time around and make all of the event skins legendary, whereas in past events there was a pretty even distribution between epics and legends.
My legendary drop rate has been as high as it's always been, although I've had the worst luck for the contents of the legendaries since Christmas
This stuff's inevitable.Well it never been reduced really, just that no changes were made for event item duplicates when they put in the option to buy them at higher prices.
Yeah, good point. I don't know why I thought so originally.
Definitely. I've opened like, 13 or so boxes and only got one Legendary, which was a dupe skin and wasn't even from the event.
iirc, event costumes have always been 3k. You couldn't buy them during the Summer Games and everyone got upset so they decided to let people buy them for a premium compared to the year round 1ks.
Sebastiano
Member
Bought the game yesterday, I'm level 10 now and I have already 3 legendary anniversary skins, Mei, Soldier 76 and Symmetra. Guess I'm lucky!
PullumPurna
Neo Member
I opened six boxes already and no skins... D:
Well, I have one more box to get this week and my level isn't that high, so I guess I'll keep trying for that Symmetra skin! I desperately need it!
Well, I have one more box to get this week and my level isn't that high, so I guess I'll keep trying for that Symmetra skin! I desperately need it!
SmackAttack
Member
Saw there was a new Pachimari icon and got it right out of my free loot box. Already a good start!
ScottSullivan
Member
I feel like I used up all my best luck just before the event, I had opened like 20 boxes and got like 5 legendaries, now none so far with 6 opened
Kremzeek
Member
This has been my experience as well.
Seems like Halloween & Christmas events had awesome drop rates, then I felt it went down a touch with Rooster, and Uprising & Anniversary even lower.
Before, I felt pretty rewarded for spending some $$ on boxes, but now it just leaves me with such regret that I'm considering just not spending money at all and I get what I get.
The Last Wizard
Member
To make people more likely to buy lootboxes.
super-famicom
Member
Event legendary skins are always 3k.
King Gilga
Member
Got the sombra dance emote on one of my first loot boxes.
Just need symettra's skin now and I'm done here.
Just need symettra's skin now and I'm done here.
I'm never gonna get it am i, fucking 3k jeez.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I finally get a Legendary
and it's kid Genji
and it's kid Genji