Tokens and drop rate

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I'm so pissed lately with tokens and their drop rate I had to come to forum and see if there will be any changes to them soon. In the time since the beginning of the Prodigal Sun PvE event until today I have received at least 20 ''named'' tokens and I have receive 0 3* covers. I don't know if I'm the unluckiest man alive or what but this surely sucks. In Prodigal Sun there was at least 6 small brackets and I received 1 token in each from solo and alliance bracket which gave tokens since main gave covers not tokens, so that was 12 Prodigal Sun tokens, since then to today there should have been at least 6 PvP events, which brings amount of tokens to 18, I received 2 Simulator(even tough these have too big a drop chance on 2* but they are not heroic ones so I count them here) tokens in this PvE event, which is all together 20, and also I bought 1 token yesterday when I got another 2* from Cage Match token I had to see if I will be unlucky and get 1 more stupid 2*, which I of course did...

2* covers have to go from those event tokens, let them stay in standard and heroic tokens, or at the least reduce their drop rate to 1-3% chance, the way it is now with some 3* covers. This unlucky thing is killing my will to stay and play this game any further. I've got all 2* covers about a month ago and now I'm getting swamped with them, they drop like crazy from tokens, they also drop a lot from PvP. I just can't transit into 3* land because of this problem, my best 3* is new Daken at 3/2/1 , and it is only because there were loads of them being given away during the last few events and also thanks to being in an alliance that was doing well in them. My only chance for getting any 3* tokens it seems is through grinding like crazy through PvE and PvP event which have a guaranteed 3* cover as a reward. However grinding is making me feel burnout and making me less inclined to play the game, and also my grinding in PvP is making me run into more and more people that have 3* rosters as opponents which makes grinding PvP even more non enjoyable.

I'm close to getting my Heroic 10-pack as reward in PvP Season 2 reward, and if I get all 2* from them I will surely quit the game since it is really not fun how screwed I feel by D3 for trying to play, and support this game with buying hp for roster slots, and progress. To me it seems like D3 is trying to force me into buying hp and spending it on buying covers for the 3* covers I have luckily unlocked for 1250hp, which is close to 10$ is just a way too much for 1 cover. And there are currently way too many 3* out, and more and more are coming out to justify 2* in named tokens since it's already a lottery to get a 3* cover that one needs and can use.

So after all this rant I just wonder is there anyone else having problems with token drop rate of 3* covers or it's just me whos having abysmal drop rates?

mohio

yeah, it's gotten to be where if I get a 3* from an event/heroic token I just consider it a bonus. I mean odds of a 3* are like 17% or something right? So you certainly should have been getting some 3* from all those tokens, you just got pretty unlucky. You just have to be patient and focus on the rewards you have control over winning.

Not that I envy your position any, but at least you need any 3* you open. It's pretty frustrating to finally see that gold symbol pop up and then see it's your 7th Steve Rodgers Blue or 6th Punisher Black

noobprime

mohio wrote:

Not that I envy your position any, but at least you need any 3* you open. It's pretty frustrating to finally see that gold symbol pop up and then see it's your 7th Steve Rodgers Blue or 6th Punisher Black

the day this happens to me ...
KHANNNNNN!!!!!

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Players find it more fun to buy tokens with horrible drop rates, apparently.

HailMary

I spent at least 4-6 weeks without a single 3* dropping from any event tokens -- and I've gotten every event progression token available, and at least 1 token in every PVE sub. I pulled a Torch red a couple days ago from a Simulator token, but now I'm back to pulling only 2* covers from event tokens.

I had some recent luck with Heroics, though. I'm not opening my S1 and S2 ten-packs until after Sentry and maybe Punkstorm enter the token pool, but I've opened 3 odd Heroics in the past week or so. They've netted me a Punisher black (already maxed), a CStorm, and a Patch yellow (yay!).

Unknown

yup this is pissing me off as well. It's a 13% chance to get a 3* from those tokens. Can't remember the last time I got one outside of my ten pack.

Unknown

I can't understand how their data reinforces that more people are buying 10-packs with the **** percentages.

It defies all logic.

I'll admit I've been really lucky these past 3 days and netted no less than 5 *3 covers at random, but to pay in for such a minimal chance at a *3?

I sure won't be doing that, sorry.

rixmith

I went about 3 weeks without pulling a gold token from anything (named event tokens, heroics, recruit) and then within the last few days have gotten about 6 golds (including from my Season 2 10 pack). It is amazing how quickly I went from very grumpy to very happy.

Exce1sior

I know this is cold comfort, but a guy in my alliance hasn't received any 3* out of his last eighteen 2* or better tokens. So, you're not alone.

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Nereb wrote:

I can't understand how their data reinforces that more people are buying 10-packs with the **** percentages.

It defies all logic.

I'll admit I've been really lucky these past 3 days and netted no less than 5 *3 covers at random, but to pay in for such a minimal chance at a *3?

I sure won't be doing that, sorry.

In an attempt to obtain daken blue i found myself in awe at how many non-daken 3-star covers i obtained. After 3 x 42 and 2 x 10 covers i obtained three invisible woman covers, three purple daken, three black daken, quite a bit of 3-star covers, probaby would have been more of a consolation if I didnt already have so many. I started collecting duplicate covers because i hated to waste them but now 8 have 83/85 slots and i'm again selling 3-star and 4-star covers.

Anyway, that blip was my fault. I'll try not to get all OCD next time

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I co sign with you OP over 20 gold tokens and the only 3 star I got was a rags.... I have no motivation because there is no progression for me right now.

Unknown

Just an update, got my heroic 10 pack as season reward. *drumroll* All 2*...

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I get more 3☆ covers from standard (free) tokens than any other tokens. About 1 3☆ every 15 standard tokens or so!!!!

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10% chance to get a higher rarity character from a token isn't bad. If it was a normal TCG game.

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ZeroUnderscoreOu wrote:

10% chance to get a higher rarity character from a token isn't bad. If it was a normal TCG game.

i stopped playing MTG more than 10 years ago, but I do remember in a booster pack of 15, you get a single rare.

1/15 = 6.67%

for Heroics Tokens, you get around 15% of a 3* and above. so discounting game mechanics, you are getting a better deal in MPQ!

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I just got a Human Torch cover from a regular recruit token. Makes a change from endless Black Widows (she has both her skills maxed, so they get immediately sold). I actually now have a different problem. I have 18 different covers recruited. I have 21 waiting to be recruited. A lot of them are 1 stars (Yelena, Hawkeye, Venom), but I've already had to sell Wolverine to make way for Sentry. I have 175 Hero Points. I can raise the 75 to get to 250 just fine (I have some I haven't won yet from the prologue), but the game says I need 500 to buy two slots! I want to buy them one a time, thank you very much. Looks like I'll have to sell either White Magneto or Bagman Spidey to make way for Johnny. I only remaining 1 star heroes are Iron Man, Black Widow, and Storm, and I'm keeping those in case a 1 star tourney comes up. That means the 2 stars are the ones that are sale fodder, regrettably. No way am I letting a 3 star go to waste.

If you're interested, my primary team are Hulk, Ares, and 2 Star Thor. 1 star Iron Man is my main backup if any of those three are on an enemy PVE team. I have quite a few 3 star heroes, but Hulk's the only one powerful enough to use so far, unless they're boosted (as both red Magneto and Sentry were in the last Simulator).

Unknown

Across 2 accounts I haven't gotten a 3 star from a recruit token since the odds of 2* cards were raised. However long ago that was, maybe 3 months or so?

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Haven't got a single 3* out of ANY standard token received as reward, ever (or I might have in the beginning, I just can't remember getting any in the past months). However, I got about 1 x 3 * cover for every 20 standard tokens I buy with ISO. Kind of a weird coincidence.

Unknown

I've ben grinding away to make the 3* transition. Finally now have 3 characters over level 85- Hulk (102), Patch (105) and Punisher (89). But it's getting super frustrating. Between the aforementioned 15% chance at best for a 3* cover, and the unending rain of new 3* characters, actually leveling up someone you care about is basically impossible. I just keep grinding away with my fingers crossed- and even when you see that gold seal, half the time it ends up being a Loki or Hood (sorry both are worthless). Hell I don't even want to have Sentry, I'm not a fan of high damage high self inflicting characters (I rarely use Ares) but I only want it to not screw myself out of my tiny chance of needing him to get cover packs so I can increase my infinitesimal odds of getting a decent cover i actually want.

- How about some new 2* characters to mix things up?
- How about making event tokens actually 3* guaranteed packs? Or at least higher chance? (the simulator ones were horrible. Like 90% chance of a 2*)


D3- I love this game. I've been playing for a long time now. Please help the 2* transitioners out. We are frustrated.

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I think the bigger problem is that there are just too many characters now that the chances of you getting a cover you need is next to nill. As is, it's like a 1.5% chance to get the character you want, and then less than that to get the color you need. They really need to implement a system to change cover colors or just make cover drops from tokens be a wildcard or something. There are just too many potential drops now that it's super hard to make any real progress on characters, especially 3*'s.

Unknown

I am the same problem, multiple subevent tokens for nothing but 2*'s. It seems that MPQ is just now focused on the new player, build their roster get some money as the work from 1* - 2* but then once you hit the next transition to 3* you are in for the long haul with not much love! There needs to be fairer way to reward long time loyal players.