Pack opening Disappointment

KroNoS

Just opened a 600 crystal pack. Didn't get a single rare except the guaranteed one.

Probably the worst 600 pack I have ever opened.


That's what... 14 packs opened! And 0 rares! Besides the pity rare of course

Anyone else had such pitiful luck?

Nitymp

At least 3 times! lol

Mangus 73

KroNoS wrote:

Just opened a 600 crystal pack. Didn't get a single rare except the guaranteed one.

Probably the worst 600 pack I have ever opened.


That's what... 14 packs opened! And 0 rares! Besides the pity rare of course

Anyone else had such pitiful luck?

Join the club!!!

ridfrenzy

Not only did I join the club, I also got the t-shirt

Theros

I spent 1200 crystals last week on SOI. You guys obviously know the outcome. In case you dont', I got 0 mythic, 3 rares (1 new) and all dupes.
why are we getting duplicates within a pack?
I got up 4X (copies) and many other X (copies) of the same cards within a pack. If they designed packs such that you do not get duplicates within a pack, problem solved.

Barrelrolla

Because their random generator sucks.
And because when you buy a pack all cards are chosen and you watch animations from that point, all cards are chosen in less than a second. Any random number generator that has to select 70 cards will give you a lot of duplicates, unless you give it some rules.
Well, of course, they did not forget to give a rule to increase the odds of cards you already have with 90%

huntly

Yeah the drop rates are ridiculous. Their is a thread that got moved to the feedback section.viewtopic.php?f=36&t=49913
It has a post from a moderator stating their interest in the drop rate. The original post in the thread has reached the threshold to make it a "hot topic". Help push the idea by giving it more likes.

Steeme

Mangus 73 wrote:

Join the club!!!

Truer words have never been spoken.

I have opened many packs and boxes. Sometimes you get lucky. But more often than not, you are just completely let down. You see the little symbol shake and you're like "oh boy, rare or mythic!" and then you see that it's a duplicate. Then you see another Rare proc, and it is the exact same duplicate that you just pulled in the same box.

You have to understand that there's a delicate balance. If everyone was able to consistently proc new rares and mythics with every pack / box, then everyone would have a huge selection of the most powerful cards. However, the issue is that these Big boxes are being marketed to us in such a way that we think there is a good chance to pick up at least one good card that we need; evidence has shown many of us that it may actually be a much lower percentage than intended.

HunMike

We tend to remember the bad events better, so i write this down for the record:
My event rewards today for 20th place (Platinum) was: Devils playground (dupe). With the coaliton i got From Under (new). But the fat pack, that was wicked: Invocation of Saint Thraft (dupe), 2x Corrupted Grafstone (both dupes) and a Soul Swallower (new). The mythic and the two grafstones all came from the very last deck. And i also got a rare (dupe) from the free booster just about an hour ago.

So that means no new rares for me until Christmas?

KroNoS

MADAFAKA wrote:

I spent 1200 crystals last week on SOI. You guys obviously know the outcome. In case you dont', I got 0 mythic, 3 rares (1 new) and all dupes.
why are we getting duplicates within a pack?
I got up 4X (copies) and many other X (copies) of the same cards within a pack. If they designed packs such that you do not get duplicates within a pack, problem solved.

well.. they are simulating a TGC (trading card game)

you WILL get duplicates. if they designed it to never repeat anything everyone would have everything pretty quickly

Ythalacuatha

I am a very new player:

I got my first mythic yesterday.

It was in one of the daily three packs.

I've had difficulty playing it. It doesn't seem to be that useful, but I'm just excited to have a mythic.

Descend upon the sinful: (12) Destroy every creature on the battlefield, DELERIUM: summon 2 4/4 white flying angel tokens.

This card would be awesome if it didn't have the word delerium on it.

Rootbreaker

I am a very new player:

I got my first mythic yesterday.

It was in one of the daily three packs.

I've had difficulty playing it. It doesn't seem to be that useful, but I'm just excited to have a mythic.

Descend upon the sinful: (12) Destroy every creature on the battlefield, DELERIUM: summon 2 4/4 white flying angel tokens.

This card would be awesome if it didn't have the word delerium on it.

It's a pretty great card for objective events like Terrors in the Shadows. Just ignore the delirium text for the most part. You can wipe your own board if you're too close to winning, or your opponent's board if they get too good of a cascade. Remember to disable your own creatures if you think you'll cast it soon.

Abenjes

from a big box expect one rare, anything else is a bonus.
Expect nothing from any other pack.... I no longer have any expectations about obtaining rares or mythics from packs.
if it does happen it happens to somebody else.

Melevorn

That's happened to me so many, many times. The guaranteed rare out of a Big Box, maybe a dupe or two I can sell for runes if I'm lucky!

I have 14 Mythics (out of the possible 80 or so), and last weekend I pulled a Mythic out of a free booster pack! Was quite excited, until I realised it was a duplicate.

Serakiel

I opened 3 of the red/green fat pack and 3 of the white big box this weekend. 1 mythic (dupe) and 0 new cards. I got 5 of the same rare dupe. Not a happy camper about these terrible rng rates.

fox1342

I've now opened 3 boxes of SOI plus various boosters etc. I still don't have RC, let alone various helpful rares.

Ythalacuatha

I opened a white big box today.
got a new mythic and two new rares.
Very happy with Angel of Tithes.

Ythalacuatha

Skidoo

I feel your pain Kronos. I feel I've been screwed on my last 3 big boxes. I quit spending money after the third frustrating RNG screwjob.

majincob

If you have not already done so please visit the thread in the suggestions forum and "like" the original post regarding drop rates.

jetnoctis

Exactly same experience today... 600 crystals, no rares let alone mythics, only the guaranteed rare which was a dupe. It's so disheartening because it took me so long to gather that many crystals...

span_argoman

I'm going to post my tally for cards drawn from SoI sometime this weekend. The data set is small cause it's only my own drops but thus far it's looking bleaker than BFZ/OGW. The data collection would go much faster if data could be collated from a few coalitions, especially those getting a ton of packs from the events.

As I mentioned before, if anyone is interested to help me better approximate the actual drop rates, you can help by sending me your drop data. And it has to be as comprehensive as possible meaning you should try to record all packs opened (except the 8-hour boosters).

I've actual already set up a Google Docs form for easier submission so either comment in this topic or like the post if you're interested. If there are enough people willing to participate, I'll post the link together with my results.