Character and Talisman chance packs....

[drrchmnd]

In a nutshell I normally don't spend money on this game. But in a couple of moments of holiday cheer I spent money on the game. Twice none the less. Why you might ask? Because I really wanted that nice Magus Hierophant critter. So I spent the money on a Christmas pack and a rank up II pack. 40 chances at the blue hierophant... got 0 5 star characters. 2 or 3 - 4 star characters (all crap)... 3 or 4 sets of light talisman.... and you might go ick but at least the holiday souls gave you something... and well no... 0- 5 star... 1? 4 star and the rest yeah..... so out of 50 souls a grand total of nothing.

How do I say this.... I get a bloody better drop rate out of the regular fecking rare souls. Note to self... next time I am tempted to spend money on this game refer to this post.

[Muzzleloader]

Banner packs, souls packs and event souls are the worst way to spend real money or in game resources. Some do get lucky, but for most it is a crap shoot and the house wins. The only time buying event souls is worth it is when you are completing a guaranteed frag event and you dont have the time to complete the event.

I just dropped a mythlc talisman soul and pulled a blue T2 with MR augement. If I spent money on that I would have been quite upset. The game is designed like a lottery a few get lucky while the majority get the goose egg.

[trooper206]

Like most games with in app purchases, this one too is designed to be a money grabber machine. The thing is that RNG is extremely unfair, and like things are, most fresh accounts get a boost in scoring newest characters, while old players so rarely get a chance on a new character through event souls or other packs. This is why I stopped chasing the wind with that game. It will be annoying that I will not be able to compete in the top levels of arena etc, but I will not allow myself to get upset by a mobile game. This company is not trustworthy in its game politics at all, in my personal opinion, and they have proved it numerous times.
However, a big thanks to those who decide to spend, because those keep the game live for us non-spenders.

[drrchmnd]

Sad part is if the return for the money was there I wouldn't mind spending 20$ a month, unfortunately the return is absolutely not there as I have just completely proven to myself.

The banner packs are a good idea yeah but if you only increase the possibility of getting the specific character 1% and the rest of the rules for souls apply than it isn't a good item. The fact I got 3 or 4 sets of talisman is probably the most annoying part about it. Since that should be the same "rarity" of a drop as the character itself.

And something that just occurred to me.... ya know those banner packs say an exclusive chance at whatever talisman (all sub-types). Shouldn't that mean if it is a gunner set of 5 talisman I should be getting 15 talisman not 5?

[Ydex]

Sad part is if the return for the money was there I wouldn't mind spending 20$ a month, ...

If you want to spend a little money on something that actually has value, get the 7-day time boost for $2.99 and the 30-day Ironite pack for $9.99

That's $21.95 a month, and it will increase the amount of time you can play, per-day, EVERY day, without draining your Ironite.

And something that just occurred to me.... ya know those banner packs say an exclusive chance at whatever talisman (all sub-types). ...

Exclusive chance means "no other soul drops this talisman"

[drrchmnd]

Exclusive chance means "no other soul drops this talisman"

Yes yes... but its the (all sub types) that I am getting at. Cause if it is a gunner talisman that means there are technically 3 variations of the talisman. So that should mean if it is a 5 talisman set you should get 15 talisman not 5.

[Mateja]

Yes yes... but its the (all sub types) that I am getting at. Cause if it is a gunner talisman that means there are technically 3 variations of the talisman. So that should mean if it is a 5 talisman set you should get 15 talisman not 5.

No, it means that you can get any sub type, not all sub types, all sub types are available.

[drrchmnd]

No, it means that you can get any sub type, not all sub types, all sub types are available.

that is what you get yes... but like a lot of things around here the wording in the description (or the intent) isn't very good. A literal interpretation of it is you should get the set with all sub types. It should however say something like this... one set of "X#" of "X talisman" of a single sub type. (all sub types are available). Or something like that... am i splitting hares... figuratively yes....

[Azagthor]

the 30-day Ironite pack for $9.99

Oh yeah, easy to forget that one exists. Slow, but guaranteed ironite.