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Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:05
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

Link courtesy of Flowchart: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/105927

I'm glad that they're using the celestial box's effect more for these, and I'm glad that the actual odds of finding items is entirely greater than 1%. Overall, I'd definitely say that this is an alright promotion to buy into. It still has a bunch of reskinned stuff, but it's a new colour scheme and if you like it then you'll be pretty happy and you'll have a pretty decent chance (>15%) of getting one of the "big gets".

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:10
#1
Flowchart's picture
Flowchart

http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Vile_Prize_Box_Promotion_November_2014

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:10
#2
Whimsicality's picture
Whimsicality

Can't be disappointed if you're always expecting the worst.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:13
#3
Klipik-Forum's picture
Klipik-Forum

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IBHL_-biMrQ/maxresdefault.jpg

! ! ! ! !

:D

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:21
#4
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

@Whimsicality

I mean that's not entirely an inaccurate picture of what's happening here.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:24
#5
Midnight-Dj's picture
Midnight-Dj
:/

Come on OOO, where is my 4th of July Celebration set? I want to liberate the clockwork with PURE FREEDOM! 'Murica!!!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:27
#6
Klipik-Forum's picture
Klipik-Forum

But it's november... :/

Also fun fact, the last time an update had patch notes was 3 months and 4 days from the end of this promo, August 29th. .-.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:28
#7
Avihr's picture
Avihr
Void

With the ammount of cosmetics being pushed up one could say that Bechamel is the one who is really leading SK HQ, screw Feron.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:56
#8
Turn-Me-On's picture
Turn-Me-On
Just putting this out there,

Just putting this out there, the new Venom stuff looks pretty awesome.

Also, people complaining on free game.

Get. a. LIFE.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 13:59
#9
Leafblader's picture
Leafblader
01101101 01101111 01101111 (binary for moo)

I'm still waiting for a greaver and silkwing promo.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 14:06
#10
Ewbte's picture
Ewbte
:>

I like Vile colors, thankies!

/e wonder how power scanner looks like :o

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 14:08
#11
Fangel's picture
Fangel
Oh.

I don't know why I honestly didn't realize they could make a promo based off statuses.

But this promo looks pretty neat! At least we have something else to be paired with green personal colors.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 14:19
#12
Addy's picture
Addy
Any pictures of the Fiend

Any pictures of the Fiend costume armor yet? :O Unless that's what's in the promo image. I guess that'd make sense.

Getting up at 6 am is killing me hahaha

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 14:21
#13
Holy-Nightmare's picture
Holy-Nightmare
I hope the colors match up

I hope the colors match up with the Virulisk armor set

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 15:04
#14
Noxiousnarwhal's picture
Noxiousnarwhal
O_O

It's so... beautiful.

RIP crowns, hello costume

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 15:39
#15
Thunder-The-Bright's picture
Thunder-The-Bright
algorithms are the solutions to any problem.

I don't know about you, but I find odd the fact that vile glasses have a lesser chance of dropping than an aura. do your math an see that I'm right.
oh, whatever. vile glasses are in the 20% part of the table, and there are 19 items in that section including the glasses. you have 20/19% chance of getting those glasses, which is less than 1.5%. it's actually 1.05%. so weee, .05% increase.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 08:14
#16
Autofire's picture
Autofire
You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

I don't like this promo too much. Things are so much prettier when they burn...

Maybe if you could dress up like a big-ol tree, then frolic in some fire, then we'd have some beauty.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 09:04
#17
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

@Thunder-The-Bright

Actually, I kind of think that's the way it should be for these promotions.

Collectively, you have a much greater chance (85%) of getting an old item that's received a new skin, but individually you have a much greater chance of getting something unique and interesting. If you're buying into these prize boxes, I'm going to guess that you're in it for the 15% chance of receiving phantasmal toxic fiend wings and venomous auras.

Failing and receiving an even rarer item that can still benefit your costume when you do get the big thing makes the boxes that much more palatable, even if it is still failing to get the big new thing that you're probably after. Making it less likely to receive something rare that you want makes it feel more or less like you're just buying lottery tickets- only good until you open it and unlock disappointment.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 09:18
#18
Vohtarak-Forum's picture
Vohtarak-Forum
I'm vohtarak, call me by that name

is no one going to comment on the fact that theres finally something that looks like the skelly stuff

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 00:23
#19
Arcknightdelta's picture
Arcknightdelta

They could have trolled and made a gunner promo. All sense of humour has vanished from OOO HQ.

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 06:08
#20
Avihr's picture
Avihr
Void

what, so some angry dude can come and say that they're laughing at us and they don't care about their playerbase and other things? save them the trouble would ya, we both know how fragile are the player's butts when it comes to the unnameable update.

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 10:18
#21
Jungle-Sword's picture
Jungle-Sword
I love this promo!!!!

AHHH gimme dem venomous stuff! looks so awesome!!

I think this will be the 2nd promo I'll be paying for

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