Loot boxes - getting duplicates of things like footsteps feels terrible

Hi,

Getting duplicates of things like footsteps feels terrible. Items that can’t be used (ie footstep glitter) should be removed from the drop table if you already own it.

I’m fine with the fact that I might get 3 of a hideout decoration or a 2nd weapon glitter since I’d at least be able to use them. But duplicates on things like glitter armor and footsteps feels like a ripoff (ie terrible).

This feedback is intended for any interested parties at GGG. It is not a complaint or cry post about wanting my money back. Just feedback from a player that has played from the beginning who just had a rare in game moment that felt really bad.

I appreciate you taking the time to read my post regardless of whether or not you agree or understand where I’m coming from.

Kind regards,
A Guy Who is Probably About to Be Stoned by a Fanboy

Then stop buying them.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Then stop buying them.

What a dumb post.

as someone who bought alot of boxes i can say i agree and have even a better suggestion ..

and ill say that over the years the loot boxes became worse and worse .. i feel like there are alot more items in the boxes than there have been years ago.. and there seem to be always a piece or two that refuses to come out regardless of how much you spend ! i recently just spent over 8k points on a box and i was shocked that i couldnt even finish off the set with that..

its amazing how you could get 9 pieces of 1 set and 0 of the other .. and i agree its sort of meh.., and more so ill admit that doesnt encourage me to further support GGG it does the exact oppsite and makes me feel ...GGG have gone more greedy over the years and put alot of doubts about further supporting them.

what i suggest is adding a new mechanic and ill advice here 2 of them. (with a hope that GGG actually bother to read this post but to be fair.. i hardly doubt that )

the first option is to add something that allow you to break down duplicated items into shards.. a small amount based on the item rarity which could then be used to craft a item of choice (from inside the box where this item came from) if you have enough shards.. lets say something like if you you;d need to break maybe 5 rare items to craft 1 rare item.. or even more.. you could also destroy alot of uncommon items to craft your rare item but youd need alot more.. than 5 .

this way if you spend alot of money into the box you know you would atleast most likely be able to finish your set with less RNG because youd break all the duplicated to maybe be able to craft the 1 piece that refused to come out.

and it wont be abuseable by people who spent alittle money becaue the amount of shards you get is very little to not be worth it to destroy items you didnt get few times and got 0 use for.. and since youd need like either 5 rare or 15 uncommon items to make just 1 rare. you already have to spend quite abit just for that .



second option is more simple. since the loot boxes are basically 2 sets of reward or should i say 2 lines of reward that each reward got his twin.. for example misery helm > suffering helm..

this system would allow you to sacrifice 2 of the same item to get 1 of the twin item. for example if your luck was that you got 5 suffering body armor but lets 0 misery body armor.. you could mix 2 suffering body armors into 1 misery body armor ^^ so this should helm prevent a rough frustration from a very bad luck .

A simple solution is NOT having duplicate. But that will NOT happened. You kmnow why, because it will DEFEAT the core gambing-addiction design of lootbox.

When you find 4 out of 5 of an armor set for instance, the addiction mindset is you already invested money, & without getting the final pierce, your investment will wasted, they know many will keep throwing money at the loot box until they got the final piece. They will earn less money f the next peice is garanteed sümething you have not unlock.

Lootbox is unethincal, as it exploit the weakness of gambling mindset in people (You do not have to be a gambler to have this mindset, its inherit in us all, at various levels). I bought lootbox before & cannot complete my armor dispite spend a lot & decide to stop. Never bought Lootbox since.

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kiadaw wrote:

A simple solution is NOT having duplicate. But that will NOT happened. You kmnow why, because it will DEFEAT the core gambing-addiction design of lootbox.

When you find 4 out of 5 of an armor set for instance, the addiction mindset is you already invested money, & without getting the final pierce, your investment will wasted, they know many will keep throwing money at the loot box until they got the final piece. They will earn less money f the next peice is garanteed sümething you have not unlock.

Lootbox is unethincal, as it exploit the weakness of gambling mindset in people (You do not have to be a gambler to have this mindset, its inherit in us all, at various levels). I bought lootbox before & cannot complete my armor dispite spend a lot & decide to stop. Never bought Lootbox since.

yeah im never gonna spend on them again :) and frankly i dont think ill support ggg anymore untill something is done about these boxes

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plaguefear wrote:

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Then stop buying them.

What a dumb post.

It is somewhat true, though. You know what you are getting into - I checked it out and the most I've bought is I think 3 or 4 loot boxes once. I don't like this gambling stuff (and I don't like MTX that much to begin with, except for some skill effects).

If you are prone to gambling addiction, you can ask GGG to lock your account out from buying loot boxes, by the way.

If you are prone to gambling addiction you would never do that would you?

and there are people who loves MTX and if they stuck with full set but missing just body armor you think thats an easy choice to wait months untill this body armor is on shop so you can finally get to use that "set" you invested alot into?

if you couldnt get dupes the boxes would cost a lot more

1 box would cost above the average of all mtx combined to balance out the
"luck" some ppl would have (only getting high tier ones at start and than stopping to buy them=

these mtx and mtx boxes are designed to make a certain amount of money and this goal would be jeopardized if you couldnt get dupess and the box price would stay the same.

you can agree with their priceing/their mtx box system or not
if you dont,
than dont buy them

Loot boxes' content is going into store in 4 months after release, just wait for it. It's just early access gambling system which you can skip.