10 Things I Learned hunting Unique Strongbox for challenge

I'd given up chancing boxes altogether, and written that off as one of the ten or so challenges I'd never see.

Looking for a rare Blackguard Elite in Barracks some days later... oh, unique strongbox (Ashes of the Condemned, I think - I didn't even ID it but checked after) and I'd actually forgotten there was a challenge for them.
Won't get to 36 anyhow but it was nice to find and utterly random.
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Found 2 unique strongboxes on my first character, not going for 40/40. RNG is RNG.
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I don't understand why people chasing 40 complain about 1-2 challenges being unfairly difficult or having to much RNG. It is all 40 challenges it is supposed to be hard. You still finished with like 2 months to go.


Players should expect to buy challenges or parts of challenges every league, this isn't a solo game there is no solo mode you should expect to have to trade if you want all 40 challenges. This league's challenges were much more grindy and much less RNG then the previous leagues as requested by the forums and yet people still complain at any bit of RNG.



Edit/P.S.
We should all be thankful they didn't make us grind Zana to 8 again, that one while completely within the realm of achievable was just getting repetitive and boring. Heck this league did a great job with a new variety of challenges considering how they don't want to narrow the endgame choices.


Oh no they are not unfair don't get me wrong i'm just astonished i had to grind more for an unique box than all others challenges themselves it just doesn't feel great or even fun.

I'm partialy agree with you on the buy challenge part. Players should expect to play the game the way they want to play it as it has always been the case isn't it ? :)
But on the other yeah i've to recognize this is trading oriented game of course ^^ Make things way too simple this way in my opinion.

The point is i played all leagues so far and i have always the feel at the end ( not alone in this boat ) that challenges shouldn't be so much gated by rng. ( I'm the darkside i know k ? ).

Actualy really enjoyed the challenge list except this one that i would seriously replace with another boss farm or even a crafting challenge why not.

Introducing crafting challenge is just an idea but could greatly improve knowledges of newcomers and even older players on item roll etc ... wich is something in my opinion lot of players ignore at this moment or don't pay attention to.

One little regret is piety map drops counting for challenge ( or volls etc ... ).
It's not about beeing good or bad to allow doing it this way but more like missing an opportunity to impact economy in a good way regarding maps.

Last thing that will appear in my extended feedback on challenges list ( writing it atm ) is introducing new kind of challenges like timed runs / oba's cursed mechanics or similar / or generaly challenges where you have to be prepared or even dedicate a character / skill tree would be interesting. That's just an idea but what do you think about it ?

Hf :)
Last edited by Heli0nix on Jul 4, 2016, 3:59:28 PM
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Heli0nix wrote:


Oh no they are not unfair don't get me wrong i'm just astonished i had to grind more for an unique box than all others challenges themselves it just doesn't feel great or even fun.

I'm partialy agree with you on the buy challenge part. Players should expect to play the game the way they want to play it as it has always been the case isn't it ? :)
But on the other yeah i've to recognize this is trading oriented game of course ^^ Make things way too simple this way in my opinion.

The point is i played all leagues so far and i have always the feel at the end ( not alone in this boat ) that challenges shouldn't be so much gated by rng. ( I'm the darkside i know k ? ).

Actualy really enjoyed the challenge list except this one that i would seriously replace with another boss farm or even a crafting challenge why not.

Introducing crafting challenge is just an idea but could greatly improve knowledges of newcomers and even older players on item roll etc ... wich is something in my opinion lot of players ignore at this moment or don't pay attention to.

One little regret is piety map drops counting for challenge ( or volls etc ... ).
It's not about beeing good or bad to allow doing it this way but more like missing an opportunity to impact economy in a good way regarding maps.

Last thing that will appear in my extended feedback on challenges list ( writing it atm ) is introducing new kind of challenges like timed runs / oba's cursed mechanics or similar / or generaly challenges where you have to be prepared or even dedicate a character / skill tree would be interesting. That's just an idea but what do you think about it ?



Sorry I misunderstood you. I think overall the RNG gate wasn't as bad as previous leagues, where you have to identify x number of tier 1 uniques. I don't know if this is the perfect spot for the RNG challenge but I think there should be at least one RNG challenge, it's a big part of the game. I like your idea's about timed challenges, or skill tree they have an achievement based on the skill tree, called Specialist where you allocate 4 keystones. Kind of an interesting idea.

Variety is always good and I think they worked on that this league. That being said the down side to variety is people are gonna get challenges that just don't work out for them. Then they have to decide if they want to pay for it or tough it out and get it themselves, risking not getting it at all.

One challenge that surprised me was the:
Complete a Master's Mission (200)
Kill all members of a Bloodline pack (200)
Open any Strongbox (200)
Touch any Shrine (200)

I thought for sure easy peasy on this one. I even thought it would be easier then the touch a divine shrine. Turns out I was about 50 shrines short when I hit 36/monkey. Overall though I think it was a good challenge and sort of a recap of the older leagues.
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Heli0nix wrote:


Next time i don't even do challenges. The burnout is real.


That unique box is the only challenge remaining for me that I question will happen or complete. The other 2 (div cards and endgame grind) are pretty much completed and will be in a couple more days.

Last edited by Menacetech on Jul 5, 2016, 6:17:30 PM
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That unique box is the only challenge remaining for me that I question will happen or complete. The other 2 (div cards and endgame grind) are pretty much completed and will be in a couple more days.


Hope you will get to it and are enough patient for the box.
Basicly can come at 39 in two months or tommorw ^^ RnG.

Good luck anyways :)
Hf :)
Since they added unique boxes in ambush league i think? I've found it twice! Both was Kaoms, first in perandus event and second in std via chance orb. I think i'll never find one of those newly added :D
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Since they added unique boxes in ambush league i think? I've found it twice! Both was Kaoms, first in perandus event and second in std via chance orb. I think i'll never find one of those newly added :D


Found three barrels in thousands hours :D
Hf :)
barrels dont even count for "challenge" >_<

A lvl 93 & 92, found one of those unique boxes. High variance RNG helps the economee grow!
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3.5 years playing and have never seen shavs or a unique stongbox; bout 20 pure exalted have dropped.. found lots of really nice rares and have 6Ld about ~15 things.. strange ass RNG
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