Did OOO decrease the chance of getting one in the prize wheel in a previous patch? I haven't seen one in ages and the price has skyrocketed leading me to think this is a game-wide increase in rarity...
So what's up with these lockboxes?
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 17:53
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:08
#2
Nope
No, The drop rate should be the same.
HOWEVER, have you ever noticed how the prize wheel only appears In An Arcade Run?
Every time you finish a floor of a mission the prize wheel does not appear.
I suspect that with the release of missions, not may people do arcade runs anymore.
So it's not really the rate that have decreased, just the opportunities to obtain it.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:26
#3
It does make sense that there
It does make sense that there would be less of them since not many people do the arcade anymore, but I was wondering if anyone who was using the arcade noticed a change as well because I've run basil 30ish times since I've seen a lockbox
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:26
#4
I don't know.
I've never received a lockbox from a prize wheel:(
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:30
#5
If they did change the rate
If they did change the rate they did it a long time ago. There have been thread like this in the past i think during the explorer pack promo. The price is getting higher now since less people are doing arcade runs so there is a smaller supply.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:38
#6
Lockboxes seem to drop more frequently in the test servers.
Probably the server keeps up a certain number of lockboxes, and rolls for the next guy in the arcade to receive one when it dips below a certain number.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 21:17
#7
What Dark Ritual?
I havn't got one since I opened my last lockbox.
During the explorer pack promo for $3, I opened lots and got lockboxes almost every depth. I had 14 in a row, then get another 8 after that. All in one day. At the end of the week, I had about one hundred lockboxes.
I havn't got one since then, which was about... 3 months ago? During that time I've run too many depths to count. I'm saying you have a higher chance of getting them when you open lockboxes.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 21:34
#8
...
I've still got my First Lockbox from like 5 Months Ago. Gunna go get me a Key once I get everything I need.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 21:47
#9
I think they did decrease the
I think they did decrease the chances of getting a lockbox, but this was a while back. And now that everyone only does missions, lockboxes will be even more rare. I saw this coming a mile away yet I was too stupid not to make great amounts of profit from this. Lockboxes were dirt cheap back then and now they're somewhat expensive, and if OOO keeps it this way, the prices are only going to get higher. But I'm against making it more available. I like the idea that the box which actually holds the goods will more costly than the silly keys themselves.
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 22:10
#10
I've heard that...
...opening lockboxes increases your chances of getting one
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 22:39
#11
I have a sneeaking suspicion
I have a sneeaking suspicion that having a Silver Key already in your possession increases your chances of getting a box in the roulette...
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 23:12
#12
@Lakhell
I've had the exact opposite happen to me xD
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 00:00
#13
Now that I think about it...
If they put silver keys in the roulette, would that bring back life to the arcade? O.o
I dunno. First time I poked my nose in clockworks for like weeks I got 2 of them right off the bat... As for the prices... well who knows...